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Ugh

( Feb. 21st, 2012 04:11 pm)
I don't have time to be fighting off a cold. Alas, I don't think my immune system is listening to my willpower. So much for the To Do list I had planned for today. Instead, I am bundled up on the couch and watching Mary Poppins.

Which leads me to ask, how do I forget EVERY TIME how much I loathe Dick Van Dyke in this movie? Especially considering the Stroppy One will rant about his loathing for that actor at the merest mention of the movie? Anyway, Dick Van Dyke's "performance" is the main reason I want to see a remake of the movie. However, Julie Andrews is perfect, and I can't imagine anyone improving her on her performance.

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Oh! My copy of Timeless, the last Parasol Protectorate book, arrived yesterday. I finished it last night, and loved it. I'm kind of sad this is the last book of the series, because there are plot developments I would LOVE to see more of.

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Ugh. I feel wretched. Send tea and cupcakes.
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I think people who are regular readers of my burblings know my answers.

Firstly, I would love to see a remake of Dracula. A remake that is more faithful to the novel. No tacked on love story (even tho' I must shamefully admit that I do like that in the Langella and Coppola versions), no changing characters around, and make Dracula menacing, thanks. Make the scene where he forces Mina to drink his blood to be chilling, because that's how it should be.

The other movie I would LOVE to see remade? Mary Poppins. Remember a few years ago when the "re-imagined" trailer for Scary Mary went around? Mary Poppins treated as very strange and creepy? YES, I WANT THAT. I want something closer to the books, where Mary Poppins is a force for ... something. Not necessarily for good or happy families, but for chaos. Weird things keep happening around her, and when Jane and Michael ask questions, Mary Poppins shuts them down. "How dare you suggest I would take part in such things? What are you talking about?" Mary Poppins isn't a shiny happy nice nanny, and I want a movie that reflects that.
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