Yeah, the first one was pretty good, overlooking the total lack of resemblance to the book plot (which, I freely admit, has serious problems, especially in the lack of swordplay).
Actually I haven't seen "Ugly Betty" since I got back to LA, because I have no television. I saw Casanova in theatres last year with... somebody. edajaram? It is good-hearted and cute and funny, and historical accuracy is permitted, on occasion, to take a holiday for the greater good. And it is really, really pretty.
Speaking about graphic novels, I just got back from a talk by the creator/author of "Rostam: Tales from the Shahnameh", which will be a comic-book trilogy. I bought and read the first one. It's okay. The style is purposely modern and designed to interest young Iranians (in America - it's in English) in their own culture, rather than to portray it accurately. It was an interesting talk, and I now have something to sit on my shelf next to "Age of Bronze: Sacrifice", which is truly amazing and one volume of an enormous series presenting the Trojan war in such a way as to square with history AND with Homeric and later tragic cannon. Whose creator/writer/illustrator also spoke here a while ago. *whew*
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Date: 2007-01-24 04:25 am (UTC)Yeah, the first one was pretty good, overlooking the total lack of resemblance to the book plot (which, I freely admit, has serious problems, especially in the lack of swordplay).
Actually I haven't seen "Ugly Betty" since I got back to LA, because I have no television. I saw Casanova in theatres last year with... somebody.
Speaking about graphic novels, I just got back from a talk by the creator/author of "Rostam: Tales from the Shahnameh", which will be a comic-book trilogy. I bought and read the first one. It's okay. The style is purposely modern and designed to interest young Iranians (in America - it's in English) in their own culture, rather than to portray it accurately. It was an interesting talk, and I now have something to sit on my shelf next to "Age of Bronze: Sacrifice", which is truly amazing and one volume of an enormous series presenting the Trojan war in such a way as to square with history AND with Homeric and later tragic cannon. Whose creator/writer/illustrator also spoke here a while ago. *whew*