RE: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
And of course, you can't forget the magical growing skirt. In one scene it's a mini, then it's suddenly knee length, then ankle length! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 7:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows In a message dated 4/21/2007 9:02:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tarzan and Bolero, the Bo Derek *** Tarzan! HAHAHAHAHAHA! What a riotous mess! It's so bad it's hysterical. I love Richard Harris' [an actor I love to hate] advice to his daughter Bo when she's about to be raped by a big black buck: Leave your body! Let your mind leave your body! Thanks Daddy! The rest is just excuses for Bo to get wet in her frilly knickers. Too funny. Remember Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes? Also not very good, but fantastic costumes. Now that's 100% fantasy and still works well [as the script will allow] with correct period stuff! ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
In a message dated 4/22/2007 9:07:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And of course, you can't forget the magical growing skirt. In one scene it's a mini, then it's suddenly knee length, then ankle length! Who wants to bet they filmed that sequence in reverse order. I can hear John Derek now Let's cut it off a little more. WARDROBE! Those poor set people! ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
In a message dated 4/21/2007 9:02:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tarzan and Bolero, the Bo Derek *** Tarzan! HAHAHAHAHAHA! What a riotous mess! It's so bad it's hysterical. I love Richard Harris' [an actor I love to hate] advice to his daughter Bo when she's about to be raped by a big black buck: Leave your body! Let your mind leave your body! Thanks Daddy! The rest is just excuses for Bo to get wet in her frilly knickers. Too funny. Remember Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes? Also not very good, but fantastic costumes. Now that's 100% fantasy and still works well [as the script will allow] with correct period stuff! ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
Robot silhouettes! A fellow Mistie! Best show EVER! Obligatory costume comment (although not period) -- great skit from Teenagers from Outer Space, w/ all the duct tape costumes -- and quite prescient, given the proliferation of Make Your Prom Dress from Duct Tape kinds of contests. Okay, back to lurking. KP Sharon Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We recently watched both Tarzan and Bolero, the Bo Derek movies. My husband doesn't think we'll be able to top these for a LONG time. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E House Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:53 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least trying to criticize people who do enjoy watching that kind of thing--I'm actually wishing that I COULD enjoy it, like everyone else seems to! I want in on the fun! But I'm the sort of person who has never seen a single soap opera episode and could never, ever watch the movie Beaches unless tied to a chair with my eyelids propped open. I am a guy with boobs, and not one of those sensitive 90s guys, either. I am doomed to only being able to enjoy a costume flick if it also contains pirates, bear-worshipping neanderthals, or garderobe humor. Ok, I'll settle for just plain humor of any sort. Mmm, Bad Movie Night. Maybe I could watch Dangerous Beauty or Somewhere in Time if there were little robot silhouettes at the bottom of the screen... -Elmer House (I'm sure they're wonderful movies! Really! I believe you! I'm going to go watch Monty Python now! Or possibly South Park!) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least trying to criticize people who do enjoy watching that kind of thing--I'm actually wishing that I COULD enjoy it, like everyone else seems to! I want in on the fun! But I'm the sort of person who has never seen a single soap opera episode and could never, ever watch the movie Beaches unless tied to a chair with my eyelids propped open. I am a guy with boobs, and not one of those sensitive 90s guys, either. I am doomed to only being able to enjoy a costume flick if it also contains pirates, bear-worshipping neanderthals, or garderobe humor. Ok, I'll settle for just plain humor of any sort. Mmm, Bad Movie Night. Maybe I could watch Dangerous Beauty or Somewhere in Time if there were little robot silhouettes at the bottom of the screen... -Elmer House (I'm sure they're wonderful movies! Really! I believe you! I'm going to go watch Monty Python now! Or possibly South Park!) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
Turn down the volume and enjoy the visuals. What I find really fun is to critique the costumes and scenery--you can always date the movie how the lead actors are costumed, styled and made up. Even available colors at the time of the making of a film can give the date away. Also doing scene selection, skipping around which one can do with DVDs, is a good way to get around the talk. Cynthia Abel ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
The Tudors TV show is yet another example of something that makes me wonder, Am I the only one? 19 times out of 20, it doesn't matter how good or how interesting the costumes are in a production; I just can't stand to watch it. I haven't seen more than about 30 seconds of any of the famous costume flicks, like The Lion in Winter, because they just bore the socks off of me. I just cannot block out the contents of a movie well enough to watch it for the costumes. I seem to only be able to watch costume flicks NOT set in the periods I find interesting, like the adaptations of Oscar Wilde plays, or some of the better Jane Austen movies. (I'd walk a marathon for a good Northanger Abbey movie--why don't they make one, already!) If I do find a movie I actually enjoy that's set closer to the eras I find interesting, it's almost never one known for its accuracy--for example, I actually loved A Knight's Tale. Schlock, but such FUN schlock! (Though from what I hear, they at least put some decent effort into researching how jousting really worked, not that I know anything about that.) And yet, of course, so hideously costumed. The Tudors is a great TV example of my conundrum; it's set so very close to my time of interest, with characters whose portraits I have spent years studying, but I don't even enjoy seeing commercials for it, much less feel the least interest in watching the actual show. Whereas Robin Hood, which has to be the most hideously costumed piece of fluff I've watched in quite some time, is a show I can actually stand to watch, studded black leather duster and all. (At least until the overt politics finally get grating enough. It doesn't matter if I agree or disagree; quit beating me over the head with it, already!) Am I the only one?! I'd love to be able to settle down and listen to a nice costume flick whilst handsewing, really I would. Sigh. -E House (keeps forgetting which email address to use with this list, argh!) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
Simplest solution: you are already doing it. Ignore what you do not like, much like when you were a child and did not want to eat that ... stuff ... mom and dad kept telling you to eat but your mouth screamed for soap to get rid of the taste. If you personally find something so revolting why even talk about it? If you absolutely must torture yourself then turn the volume off. That is what I do with probably the most racist good ol boy commercial there is on Texas TV these days. Thank god it is after 8pm that they show it. I hit mute and all is well. :) Mute, it is your friend .. so is the delete button ... :D Chiara - Original Message - From: E House [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows The Tudors TV show is yet another example of something that makes me wonder, Am I the only one? 19 times out of 20, it doesn't matter how good or how interesting the costumes are in a production; I just can't stand to watch it. I haven't seen more than about 30 seconds of any of the famous costume flicks, like The Lion in Winter, because they just bore the socks off of me. I just cannot block out the contents of a movie well enough to watch it for the costumes. I seem to only be able to watch costume flicks NOT set in the periods I find interesting, like the adaptations of Oscar Wilde plays, or some of the better Jane Austen movies. (I'd walk a marathon for a good Northanger Abbey movie--why don't they make one, already!) If I do find a movie I actually enjoy that's set closer to the eras I find interesting, it's almost never one known for its accuracy--for example, I actually loved A Knight's Tale. Schlock, but such FUN schlock! (Though from what I hear, they at least put some decent effort into researching how jousting really worked, not that I know anything about that.) And yet, of course, so hideously costumed. The Tudors is a great TV example of my conundrum; it's set so very close to my time of interest, with characters whose portraits I have spent years studying, but I don't even enjoy seeing commercials for it, much less feel the least interest in watching the actual show. Whereas Robin Hood, which has to be the most hideously costumed piece of fluff I've watched in quite some time, is a show I can actually stand to watch, studded black leather duster and all. (At least until the overt politics finally get grating enough. It doesn't matter if I agree or disagree; quit beating me over the head with it, already!) Am I the only one?! I'd love to be able to settle down and listen to a nice costume flick whilst handsewing, really I would. Sigh. -E House (keeps forgetting which email address to use with this list, argh!) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows
I'm one of those who can watch, even if there are glaring inaccuracies. I've been active in live theatre for many years, and so often, because of budget constraints, or directorial vision,(I recall especially one show, set specifically in 1904, where the director wanted the women dressed in 1830's ball gowns! Ouch!) historical shows aren't close to what really would have been worn. I just try to concentrate on the acting/script. If the story and acting are good, I can forgive a lot. And of course, the worst offenders make it to Bad Movie Night. :-) Sharon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E House Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:33 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] The Tudors other costume shows The Tudors TV show is yet another example of something that makes me wonder, Am I the only one? 19 times out of 20, it doesn't matter how good or how interesting the costumes are in a production; I just can't stand to watch it. I haven't seen more than about 30 seconds of any of the famous costume flicks, like The Lion in Winter, because they just bore the socks off of me. I just cannot block out the contents of a movie well enough to watch it for the costumes. I seem to only be able to watch costume flicks NOT set in the periods I find interesting, like the adaptations of Oscar Wilde plays, or some of the better Jane Austen movies. (I'd walk a marathon for a good Northanger Abbey movie--why don't they make one, already!) If I do find a movie I actually enjoy that's set closer to the eras I find interesting, it's almost never one known for its accuracy--for example, I actually loved A Knight's Tale. Schlock, but such FUN schlock! (Though from what I hear, they at least put some decent effort into researching how jousting really worked, not that I know anything about that.) And yet, of course, so hideously costumed. The Tudors is a great TV example of my conundrum; it's set so very close to my time of interest, with characters whose portraits I have spent years studying, but I don't even enjoy seeing commercials for it, much less feel the least interest in watching the actual show. Whereas Robin Hood, which has to be the most hideously costumed piece of fluff I've watched in quite some time, is a show I can actually stand to watch, studded black leather duster and all. (At least until the overt politics finally get grating enough. It doesn't matter if I agree or disagree; quit beating me over the head with it, already!) Am I the only one?! I'd love to be able to settle down and listen to a nice costume flick whilst handsewing, really I would. Sigh. -E House (keeps forgetting which email address to use with this list, argh!) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
