A Trivial Buttonhole: 05/16/10

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Rooobin Hoood suuuperstaaaar

Reviews of the new Robin Hood movie aren't hot--the feeling seems to be that it's too slow, too convoluted, and takes itself too seriously.

When will people learn that they need to watch the BBC version?? Huff. It manages to keep a serious and dark side, while still having a cheeky Robin; you get one Tragicky Sexy Bad Guy and one Twisted Funny Bad Buy (for whatever your taste); nice mix of sidekicks, including a "Saracen" woman in season two; and a perfectly done romance. Until they make a movie version that does all that (and with British accents), BBC will be my *definitive* version.

Mind you, it might be a little too good. I can't bring myself to watch season 3 because I'm still heartbroken over the character they nixed in season 2.

I am so ahead of my time

Years ago I wrote a story about a friend I worked with who wanted to be a kids book writer. In my usual style, I made her into a fictional character, who meets with famous children's author Simon Nibble, and tries to get him to help her with her career. She ends up falling in love with his personal "handler."

Obviously the name Simon Nibble was a play on Robert Munsch. My Nibble character was nice and fun in front of the public, but a lech behind scenes. (Though I like to think he was a fun lech.)

Well now it seems that Robert Munsch is an alcoholic and uses cocaine. I think it's great that he's talking about it publicly--would be worse if it got out on its own.

Maybe my writing is sooo powerful that I accidentally cursed him!