Comments for C. L. Norman http://clnorman.com Of Rogues and Writing Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on A Month of Movies on Monday by Malcolm Q. http://clnorman.com/2010/03/01/a-month-of-movies-on-monday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Malcolm Q. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:01:16 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=202#comment-446 Can Robert Pattinson play someone with a pulse even though he doesn't have one? Can Robert Pattinson play someone with a pulse even though he doesn’t have one?

]]> Comment on A Month of Movies on Monday by Candi http://clnorman.com/2010/02/01/a-month-of-movies-on-monday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Candi Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:33:47 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=185#comment-362 Actually that was on my list for January. I haven't yet had a chance to go see it but I definitely want to. Actually that was on my list for January. I haven’t yet had a chance to go see it but I definitely want to.

]]> Comment on A Month of Movies on Monday by Kami http://clnorman.com/2010/02/01/a-month-of-movies-on-monday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Kami Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:55:23 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=185#comment-357 You forgot "When in Rome". I think it looks entertaining enough with the premise that a girl in Rome for some sort of wedding obligation gets tired of her love life not working out so she grabs some coins from a wishing well in hopes that someone amazing will fall in love with her and it will all work out. The trailers had me laughing. You forgot “When in Rome”. I think it looks entertaining enough with the premise that a girl in Rome for some sort of wedding obligation gets tired of her love life not working out so she grabs some coins from a wishing well in hopes that someone amazing will fall in love with her and it will all work out. The trailers had me laughing.

]]> Comment on A Month of Movies on Monday by Candi http://clnorman.com/2010/01/04/a-month-of-movies-on-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Candi Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:15:59 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=162#comment-299 You have a good point there. However, I am always hopeful of new projects and stories. I find that I can usually find something I enjoy in most movies. You have a good point there. However, I am always hopeful of new projects and stories. I find that I can usually find something I enjoy in most movies.

]]> Comment on A Month of Movies on Monday by Jared http://clnorman.com/2010/01/04/a-month-of-movies-on-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Jared Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:16:39 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=162#comment-294 I don't know, but I am very apprehensive about January movies. January seems to be the time when the movie studios decide to cut there losses and dump the movies that sounded like very good ideas at the time, but somehow went awry. I think the biggest example of this was the movie adaptation of Inkheart with Brendan Frasier released last January. It had the elements of a potential blockbuster--adaptation of a popular fantasy book franchise, big stars, big special effects--but also with the BIG challenge of translating a story that is focused on the "magic" of printed words in books into the medium of big-screen cinema. Needless to say, the translation failed miserably (not to mention, I find the book series itself to be annoyingly pretentious to begin with). Even a re-written ending by focus group could not save it from ending up as a January "scrapyard month" release. I certainly hope that some of these promising January-release movies are good, but without the summer or Christmas holiday break blockbuster movie viewing audiences or the end-of-year-release-the-artsy-movies-before-awards-season motivation, I hold little hope for anything really special coming out in the January-February-March months. I don’t know, but I am very apprehensive about January movies. January seems to be the time when the movie studios decide to cut there losses and dump the movies that sounded like very good ideas at the time, but somehow went awry. I think the biggest example of this was the movie adaptation of Inkheart with Brendan Frasier released last January. It had the elements of a potential blockbuster–adaptation of a popular fantasy book franchise, big stars, big special effects–but also with the BIG challenge of translating a story that is focused on the “magic” of printed words in books into the medium of big-screen cinema. Needless to say, the translation failed miserably (not to mention, I find the book series itself to be annoyingly pretentious to begin with). Even a re-written ending by focus group could not save it from ending up as a January “scrapyard month” release. I certainly hope that some of these promising January-release movies are good, but without the summer or Christmas holiday break blockbuster movie viewing audiences or the end-of-year-release-the-artsy-movies-before-awards-season motivation, I hold little hope for anything really special coming out in the January-February-March months.

]]> Comment on Magical December Is Here. by Becky Backstrom http://clnorman.com/2009/12/03/magical-december/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Becky Backstrom Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:52:45 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=134#comment-292 Night time...right after a snowfall. The whole city is silent, even the cars driving by don't seem to make a sound. I love this. Night time…right after a snowfall. The whole city is silent, even the cars driving by don’t seem to make a sound. I love this.

]]> Comment on Why Do I Like Urban Fantasy, You Ask? Let Me Tell You. by Candi http://clnorman.com/2009/12/06/why-do-i-like-urban-fantasy-you-ask-let-me-tell-you/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Candi Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:50:03 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=136#comment-238 Found this list of best of urban fantasy and paranormal fantasy. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Best-Paranormal-Fantasy-Novels-of-the-Last-Decade-2000-2009/ba-p/422556 Wish I knew how to clean it up so it wasn't so long. Found this list of best of urban fantasy and paranormal fantasy.

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Best-Paranormal-Fantasy-Novels-of-the-Last-Decade-2000-2009/ba-p/422556

Wish I knew how to clean it up so it wasn’t so long.

]]> Comment on Magical December Is Here. by Candi http://clnorman.com/2009/12/03/magical-december/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Candi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:01:49 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=134#comment-237 Oooh. I like that too. Oooh. I like that too.

]]> Comment on Magical December Is Here. by Kami http://clnorman.com/2009/12/03/magical-december/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Kami Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:47:28 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=134#comment-236 The nights are the most magical to me. The fog rolls in, or the street lights make the snow glitter all around like fairy dust. The nights are the most magical to me. The fog rolls in, or the street lights make the snow glitter all around like fairy dust.

]]> Comment on If You Give Mouse A Ruby by Candi http://clnorman.com/2009/10/18/if-you-give-mouse-a-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Candi Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:42 +0000 http://clnorman.com/?p=90#comment-185 No. I'll try to get a new episode written and up by the end of the week. No. I’ll try to get a new episode written and up by the end of the week.

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