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| John Edwin Lee |
Just seen the latest film.
Shocked!!
A row of hanging dead ferrets... Food for Buckbeak.
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| Fitz |
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:10:34 +0100, "Just Molly"
<oldmollyREMOVETHIS@tesco.net> wrote:
> Could that be because they weren't *really* ferret carcasses? Don't tell me
>you think wizards really exist too :0)
What the !!!! You mean there aren't any real wizards? Next you'll be
telling me that Father Christmas, the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy
don't exist either! ;-)
Pat
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| Miranda |
"Randy W. Sims" <randys@thepierianspring.org> wrote in news:BS3xc.16064
$Iu6.5360@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
> John Edwin Lee wrote:
>> Just seen the latest film.
>>
>> Shocked!!
>>
>> A row of hanging dead ferrets... Food for Buckbeak.
>
> I'm about to go see it with my nephew. I'm not sure I can see anything
> wrong with it-all animals have to eat. Some, including humans, like to
> eat other animals. As long as there is no cruelty involved & they are
> being used for food, they're fair game.
>
> Randy.
Yeah, I agree. Of course, no ferrets were harmed in the making of the movie
- there would be an outcry if they were.
But after watching the movie I gave Avalon extra kisses. :)
Miranda
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| John Edwin Lee |
Well I know no real ferrets were used in this film.
What I am concerned about is the depiction of our fuzzy friends in an
unknowing world.
The FIRST question I get asked whenever people stop me when walking with
them is ...
"Do they BITE?"
This is all fuelled by cinema/TV.
Recently on TV, there was "It shouldn't happen to a TV Vet" where they
showed that clip of
Richard Whitely being bitten by a ferret. I think ferrets featured 3 times
in this program.
Kinda undoes the good PR that I have been trying to portray the ferret in.
( Kind furry, fun filled mischeveous creatures ).
Still enough said.
Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
1. Harry Potter
2. Along came Polly
3. Beastmaster
4. Starship Troopers......
Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look them
up.
Thanks
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Ok, now nobody ruin it for me!! I'm nearing the end of The Prisoner of
Azkaban so don't tell me the ending!! :) I do have to ask...how did
everybody like the new Dumbledore and is it true the movie doesn't follow
the book as closely?
Holly
"John Edwin Lee" <johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Just seen the latest film.
>
> Shocked!!
>
> A row of hanging dead ferrets... Food for Buckbeak.
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> :(
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"Kindergarten Cop" with Arnold Schwarzenegger
"John Edwin Lee" <johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40c4f93f$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Well I know no real ferrets were used in this film.
>
> What I am concerned about is the depiction of our fuzzy friends in an
> unknowing world.
>
> The FIRST question I get asked whenever people stop me when walking with
> them is ...
>
> "Do they BITE?"
>
> This is all fuelled by cinema/TV.
>
> Recently on TV, there was "It shouldn't happen to a TV Vet" where they
> showed that clip of
>
> Richard Whitely being bitten by a ferret. I think ferrets featured 3 times
> in this program.
>
> Kinda undoes the good PR that I have been trying to portray the ferret in.
> ( Kind furry, fun filled mischeveous creatures ).
>
> Still enough said.
>
> Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
>
> 1. Harry Potter
> 2. Along came Polly
> 3. Beastmaster
> 4. Starship Troopers......
>
> Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look them
> up.
>
> Thanks
>
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| Miranda |
"Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote in news:0b8xc.3071
$Hf.1754228@newshog.newsread.com:
> Ok, now nobody ruin it for me!! I'm nearing the end of The Prisoner of
> Azkaban so don't tell me the ending!! :) I do have to ask...how did
> everybody like the new Dumbledore
Quite different. A bit more humorous, but not very compassionate.
> and is it true the movie doesn't follow
> the book as closely?
Yes. There are a lot of unhappy puppies on alt.fan.harry-potter right now.
Personally I feel the film caught the emotional impact *really* well, but
left out - I stress: not so much changed, as left out - big chunks of plot.
Miranda
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| Miranda |
<jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net> wrote in
news:fm8xc.25362$Tn6.15730@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
Were there ferrets in Wind in the Willows, or was it just stoats and
weasels? I remember they were villainous, but funny.
Miranda
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
<jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Kindergarten Cop" with Arnold Schwarzenegger
>
>
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> "John Edwin Lee" <johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:40c4f93f$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> > Well I know no real ferrets were used in this film.
> >
> > What I am concerned about is the depiction of our fuzzy friends in an
> > unknowing world.
> >
> > The FIRST question I get asked whenever people stop me when walking with
> > them is ...
> >
> > "Do they BITE?"
> >
> > This is all fuelled by cinema/TV.
> >
> > Recently on TV, there was "It shouldn't happen to a TV Vet" where they
> > showed that clip of
> >
> > Richard Whitely being bitten by a ferret. I think ferrets featured 3
times
> > in this program.
> >
> > Kinda undoes the good PR that I have been trying to portray the ferret
in.
> > ( Kind furry, fun filled mischeveous creatures ).
> >
> > Still enough said.
> >
> > Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
> >
> > 1. Harry Potter
> > 2. Along came Polly
> > 3. Beastmaster
> > 4. Starship Troopers......
> >
> > Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look
them
> > up.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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If not mentioned:
Kindergarten Cop
Mars Attacks
On TV:
Northern Exposure
Friends (I believe)
Mad About You
More, but can't remember them....
johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
>
> 1. Harry Potter
> 2. Along came Polly
> 3. Beastmaster
> 4. Starship Troopers......
>
> Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look them
> up.
>
> Thanks
>
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| swamp |
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:25:56 +0100, "John Edwin Lee"
<johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>Well I know no real ferrets were used in this film.
>
>What I am concerned about is the depiction of our fuzzy friends in an
>unknowing world.
Ferrets have been associated w/ magic and witchcraft for as long as
people have been writing about them, so it doesn't surprise me
Rowlings would use them in her books.
>The FIRST question I get asked whenever people stop me when walking with
>them is ...
>
>"Do they BITE?"
Stock answer:
Anything w/ teeth bites until trained not to, including ferrets.
Next comes: "Don't they have rabies?"
Stock answer:
Any land mammal can contract and shed rabies, including ferrets, but
there isn't a single documented case of a ferret ever transmitting the
disease. They tend to die before the virus shows up in salivary
glands.
>This is all fuelled by cinema/TV.
>
>Recently on TV, there was "It shouldn't happen to a TV Vet" where they
>showed that clip of Richard Whitely being bitten by a ferret. I think ferrets featured 3 times
>in this program.
>
>Kinda undoes the good PR that I have been trying to portray the ferret in.
>( Kind furry, fun filled mischeveous creatures ).
I imagine vets frequently get bit, kicked, clawed, etc. by all sorts
of animals. afaik, we don't get that show this side of the pond, but I
hope the bite was portrayed as a day in the life of the average vet.
>Still enough said.
>
>Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
>
>1. Harry Potter
>2. Along came Polly
>3. Beastmaster
>4. Starship Troopers......
>
>Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look them
>up.
Hmm, "Kindergarten Cop; Mars Attacks; Dream Catcher; Fellowship of the
Ring"... I know there are more. Try a Google "group search" on
ferrets+movies and they'll pop up.
>Thanks
-- swamp
"Who me officer? What's a ferut. These guys?? No, they're Polish cats."
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| Scott Thomas |
Miranda wrote:
> "Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote:
>>and is it true the movie doesn't follow
>>the book as closely?
>
> Yes. There are a lot of unhappy puppies on alt.fan.harry-potter right now.
> Personally I feel the film caught the emotional impact *really* well, but
> left out - I stress: not so much changed, as left out - big chunks of plot.
This wasn't too surprising, considering the choice of directors for the
first two films (Chris Columbus) was made in order to keep the fans
happy by sticking to the source material nearly verbatim. Alfonso
Cuarón (director of the third film) is known for being able to boil a
work down to the emotional core and present this in a fluid, stylized
manner. "Great Expectations" was a perfect example of this - the plot
points varied slightly in the re-telling, but each strongly important
emotional turn and tone was there.
On a more practical note, I don't think it's that big chunks of the
plot were left out so much as various devices and sub-plots that were
not absolutely required to advance the main theme. It's particularly
relevant when you start considering the size of the book they had to
start with. It would be wise to start viewing and thinking of the
movies and books as two somewhat-related but otherwise copmletely
separate entities - because from here on out, as long as Rowling is
writing such heavy YA tomes, the gap between them will only widen.
--
Scott Thomas, thomass@cs.rose-hulman.edu
http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~thomass/
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Oh one more for tv...Golden Girls. The girls are raising "mink".
Holly
"MC" <MC@ProgressiveSystemsInc.org> wrote in message
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> If not mentioned:
>
> Kindergarten Cop
> Mars Attacks
>
> On TV:
>
> Northern Exposure
> Friends (I believe)
> Mad About You
>
> More, but can't remember them....
>
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> johnedwinlee@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>
>
> > Just got me onto the number of films that I have seen ferrets in.....
> >
> > 1. Harry Potter
> > 2. Along came Polly
> > 3. Beastmaster
> > 4. Starship Troopers......
> >
> > Can't think of any others. If anyone knows, let us know so I can look
them
> > up.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
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| Miranda |
Scott Thomas <thomass@cs.rose-hulman.edu> wrote in
news:Bacxc.24775$5v7.14527@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com:
(Spoilers for Prisoner of Azkaban)
>> "Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote:
>>>and is it true the movie doesn't follow
>>>the book as closely?
<snip>
> On a more practical note, I don't think it's that big chunks of
> the
> plot were left out so much as various devices and sub-plots that were
> not absolutely required to advance the main theme.
Good point. The pieces expunged could be re-introduced to the films later
and, indeed, who would remember lines from 2 films back? The only thing is
that they did not identify who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were. A
smart audience member may have been able to figure it out, but one line
would have helped with it.
That's my only quibble. I was crazy about the movie and I don't mind the
ferret-eating, because it is a "wild animal" eating them (albeit an animal
that doesn't exist). :)
Ferrets are not shown as mean, just as food for giant half-eagles. Rats, on
the other hand...
BTW, Get Fuzzy online has special guest stars at the moment: two mink.
Miranda
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| Larry C. Lyons |
Miranda wrote:
> <jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:fm8xc.25362$Tn6.15730@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
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> Were there ferrets in Wind in the Willows, or was it just stoats and
> weasels? I remember they were villainous, but funny.
>
> Miranda
Yes there were, but Jan Needle's continuation called Wild Wood the main
character is a ferret.
larry
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| johnny |
In article <qChxc.659$Rp4.398273@monger.newsread.com>, Jason and Holly
Harper <jhharper@tm.net> wrote:
> Oh one more for tv...Golden Girls. The girls are raising "mink".
>
> Holly
>
And don't forget the Budweiser commercials... ;-)
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| Melissa |
More tv:
General Hospital
Star Trek TNG
7th Heaven
I think there was one on Home Improvement too?
About Malfoy being turned into a ferret, I thought that too, but I'm not
certain if that was in this book or the next.
As for the ferrets at the end of the current movie, my sister was
thoughtful enough to warn me about that. Fake or not, personally, it
would still upset me. That's just me though. I think I'd be more upset
at how a scene with Malfoy being turned into a ferret in front of a
bunch of screaming kids would be handled. I hope we never find out. I
can't imagine they'd do that in a way that wouldn't be traumatic for a
ferret :(
-Melissa
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| Larry C. Lyons |
johnny wrote:
> In article <qChxc.659$Rp4.398273@monger.newsread.com>, Jason and Holly
> Harper <jhharper@tm.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Oh one more for tv...Golden Girls. The girls are raising "mink".
>>
>>Holly
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> And don't forget the Budweiser commercials... ;-)
There was also that "Are you Bold And Daring" Doritos ad.
larry
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| Dav Vandenbroucke |
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:31:46 GMT, Melissa <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote:
> I can't imagine they'd do that in a way that wouldn't be traumatic for a ferret
Oh, I can. If you get a ferret in the right mood, he'll think it's great fun to
be thrown all over the place. The problem would be rounding him up afterwards.
Dav Vandenbroucke
dav_and_frances_vandenbroucke@compuserve.com
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