I happened to taker in Gene Shalit's review earlier this week, rave, and he mentioned that change in the story line that you enunciated. Another reason for me to pass.
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In line with our other disagreement regarding female beauty I was > disappointed by Davalos' casting as Andromeda because I don't think she is > fetching enough for the role. IMHO the actress playing Io (Gemma Arteton - > the erstwhile "Strawberry Fields" in "Quantum of Silence") is way prettier > (and, the way the auteurs have bastardized the original story, you actually > root for Perseus and Io to get together). > > Davalos' casting is another example of the current filmmakers being "tone > death" to the story. Andromeda has to be beautiful enough to offend the > Gods. In the original "Titans," Judi Bowker was arrestingly comely in the > Andromeda role. > > ~(no)rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith > Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > I hate to see Rave's review (which was great, Rave) that Alexa Davalos > wasn't used much. I think she is a nice screen presence, and so nice to see > a gorgeour brunette instead of blondes all the time. I thought of her as a > Wonder Woman candidate at one point (a bit slight of build, but then if > Meagan Fox was considered...) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "B Smith" <daikaij...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:20:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Tale of the Titans > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Same here. I was looking forward to this movie but the early buzz has > been underwhelming. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> , > Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@> wrote: > > > > > > (writing that down as a must-miss) > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2010/03/tale-of-titans.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
