Wow

Feb. 18th, 2008 11:34 pm
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I knew that they'd recently remade Fantasy Island. Imagine my surprise when I learned that recently was ten years ago.

I need to go lie down now.

Date: 2008-02-19 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com
That is recent - for a dinosaur. :-)

(And to my defense, I didn't even have cable TV when that came out, which was why I didn't know about it to discuss it in my posting.)

Date: 2008-02-19 07:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanba38.livejournal.com
Yeah, I remember when they were filming that on Oahu. A friend of mine invented a film festival so she could meet Malcolm McDowell. Who knew that would work?

Date: 2008-02-19 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanba38.livejournal.com
The Maori film "Utu!", and to draw Malcolm MacDowell to campus, "O Lucky Man!" The movie was so long, he stood up and announced that his ass had fallen asleep. There was a reception at our department afterwards. Eric Burdon of the Animals was there.

Date: 2008-02-19 01:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redeem147.livejournal.com
I wish I hadn't clicked on that. Then I wouldn't have known about the scary planned film with *argh* Eddie Murphy as Roarke.

loved the redo

Date: 2008-02-24 10:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] makeda42.livejournal.com
Oh yeah, I loved the remake of Fantasy Island--unlike the original. Roarke and his assistants became real characters with hidden lives that the watcher had to discover by watching.

Re: loved the redo

Date: 2008-02-25 02:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] makeda42.livejournal.com
Not really. Roarke and Ariel (one of the assistants) had one show that focused on them. In general, their lives were hidden. You had to watch each week in order to paste together the hidden narrative on Roarke and who he might actually be.

One of the other assistants was always trying to escape the island, and he eventually had the last fantasy storyline.

In general, the mystery of the Roarke and why he and the others were there was the frame. Like the current show, "Lost", you had to watch each week to discover their mystery. The show itself concentrated on the fantasy guest. And it was a darker show. Every guest didn't have a happy ending.

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