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1. Would you rather have unlmited resources with which to make a movie, including being able to hire any actors you wanted, but have to answer to Hollywood type producers, or have a limited budget but complete freedom to write whatever? And either way, what would your movie be about?
Wow, this is a tough one. If I could do any movie in the world, it would be set in either the Age of Sail or the Henrician era, which needs a big budget for ships and wardrobe and sets for locations that burned down, but the Hollywood system is so odious, with the studio execs, who don't know a damn thing about storytelling, controlling everything, and then you have to appeal to a large audience and then the whole thing just goes downhill. Although the first POTC movie came from the studio system, so there's hope (I am so thankful Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer let Johhny Depp get away with his Jack Sparrow so he could prove those stupid execs wrong). And there was Master and Commander. Which didn't get a sequel. And what are the chances of the first POTC happening again? *cries at memory of Pirates 4* *sign* Maybe I could do a low budget Tudor movie all filmed in historical York if the scrip was simple enough. I might have more of a chance of putting slash in it (because you know that in my ideal movie, the slash is canon).
2. If you had to chose between all of the nationalities you feel alliances to (Mexican, American, Puerto Rican, English if you want), which would you choose?
I've spent most of my life in Puerto Rico, this is were my best friends live, where I grew up in, so I'm going to go with that one. Though it would hurt to not have the Mexican one anymore. Honestly, I don't mind losing my American citizenship as part of a process of making Puerto Rico a sovereign nation (though fat chance of that happening). And I'm fine with a permanent visa for the UK. One of my professors had one (he was American, married to a Mexican). As long as I was able to get a permanent visa. Which I really, really want. Cause I really, really want to live again in the UK.
3. If The Rapture happened, would you rather go up to heaven with all the "saved" people or party down here with the rest of the sinners?
I'm staying here to party! It would be cooler without the Bible-thumping, "having fun is a sin" people.
4. Dogs or cats: pick a side, we're at war!
Cats! All the way! I like dogs. I had two of them growing up, but, honestly, the barking gets to me. Where I live, one dog starts barking and ten more join in. It's not fun. And after meeting my cousin's precious kitty, who is so sweet and so lovable and whom I am so attached to that I'm sad if I don't see him once a week (I'm sad now. He's so far away). So different from a dog. He's got a whole different type of personality, he marks his territory by rubbing his cheek glands against you instead of pissing everywhere, he doesn't try to hump me, his meows are so cute, especially when we're eating and he begs for food, which we can't give him because of the spices and he wouldn't like it anyway, but he won't understand that. Though that might not be normal cat behavior. People keep describing him as "dog-like". He's not like most cats I've met who refuse to be seen. He's right at the door the moment you walk in. He needs to be surrounded by people, else he gets really lonely. But it's still in a way completely different from a dog.
Wow, that got longer than I expected. So, bottom line, I'm just biding my time until I can finally get a cat. Hopefully one of my furry nephew's (yes, he's my nephew) kids if my cousin breeds him.
5. If you could make one world leader/politician disappear for good (not die or anything, necessarily, just not be around/influential anymore), who would it be?
Just one? But there are so many who need to disappear. Most of the Latin American ones, at least. And there are so many in the rest of the world. And so many Republicans. Fine, if I have to pick just one, the one most annoying me right now is Luis Fortuño, the disgraceful governor of Puerto Rico, who has done his best to destroy everything since he came to power. There really should be a way to impeach that man. He's so greedy and corrupt and horrible. At the moment, he wants to destroy our karstic region by building a gas pipeline through it. Oh, and to try to take the stink off, they're calling it Via Verde (Green Way). It{s so stupid I can't handle it.
visiblemarketComment with "Come at me, bro"
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1. Would you rather have unlmited resources with which to make a movie, including being able to hire any actors you wanted, but have to answer to Hollywood type producers, or have a limited budget but complete freedom to write whatever? And either way, what would your movie be about?
Wow, this is a tough one. If I could do any movie in the world, it would be set in either the Age of Sail or the Henrician era, which needs a big budget for ships and wardrobe and sets for locations that burned down, but the Hollywood system is so odious, with the studio execs, who don't know a damn thing about storytelling, controlling everything, and then you have to appeal to a large audience and then the whole thing just goes downhill. Although the first POTC movie came from the studio system, so there's hope (I am so thankful Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer let Johhny Depp get away with his Jack Sparrow so he could prove those stupid execs wrong). And there was Master and Commander. Which didn't get a sequel. And what are the chances of the first POTC happening again? *cries at memory of Pirates 4* *sign* Maybe I could do a low budget Tudor movie all filmed in historical York if the scrip was simple enough. I might have more of a chance of putting slash in it (because you know that in my ideal movie, the slash is canon).
2. If you had to chose between all of the nationalities you feel alliances to (Mexican, American, Puerto Rican, English if you want), which would you choose?
I've spent most of my life in Puerto Rico, this is were my best friends live, where I grew up in, so I'm going to go with that one. Though it would hurt to not have the Mexican one anymore. Honestly, I don't mind losing my American citizenship as part of a process of making Puerto Rico a sovereign nation (though fat chance of that happening). And I'm fine with a permanent visa for the UK. One of my professors had one (he was American, married to a Mexican). As long as I was able to get a permanent visa. Which I really, really want. Cause I really, really want to live again in the UK.
3. If The Rapture happened, would you rather go up to heaven with all the "saved" people or party down here with the rest of the sinners?
I'm staying here to party! It would be cooler without the Bible-thumping, "having fun is a sin" people.
4. Dogs or cats: pick a side, we're at war!
Cats! All the way! I like dogs. I had two of them growing up, but, honestly, the barking gets to me. Where I live, one dog starts barking and ten more join in. It's not fun. And after meeting my cousin's precious kitty, who is so sweet and so lovable and whom I am so attached to that I'm sad if I don't see him once a week (I'm sad now. He's so far away). So different from a dog. He's got a whole different type of personality, he marks his territory by rubbing his cheek glands against you instead of pissing everywhere, he doesn't try to hump me, his meows are so cute, especially when we're eating and he begs for food, which we can't give him because of the spices and he wouldn't like it anyway, but he won't understand that. Though that might not be normal cat behavior. People keep describing him as "dog-like". He's not like most cats I've met who refuse to be seen. He's right at the door the moment you walk in. He needs to be surrounded by people, else he gets really lonely. But it's still in a way completely different from a dog.
Wow, that got longer than I expected. So, bottom line, I'm just biding my time until I can finally get a cat. Hopefully one of my furry nephew's (yes, he's my nephew) kids if my cousin breeds him.
5. If you could make one world leader/politician disappear for good (not die or anything, necessarily, just not be around/influential anymore), who would it be?
Just one? But there are so many who need to disappear. Most of the Latin American ones, at least. And there are so many in the rest of the world. And so many Republicans. Fine, if I have to pick just one, the one most annoying me right now is Luis Fortuño, the disgraceful governor of Puerto Rico, who has done his best to destroy everything since he came to power. There really should be a way to impeach that man. He's so greedy and corrupt and horrible. At the moment, he wants to destroy our karstic region by building a gas pipeline through it. Oh, and to try to take the stink off, they're calling it Via Verde (Green Way). It{s so stupid I can't handle it.
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*laughs* I'm torn about this, because I love a) historical films and b) canon slash, but Tudor wardrobes are so unattractive on men. On the other hand: more excuse for nakedness!
Good answers, good answers. Although I would admittedly go American and Dogs, if it were me.
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nakedwonderful in Elizabeth. Although through a long, tortuous trail I wound up in 1515 rather than the Elizabethan era. I would just need to have them naked as much as possible. *grin*From:
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I know I've mentioned it before, but my absolutely favorite CE moment in Elizabeth is the "Only a little disappointed" exchange with Walsingham, where he struts off the little platform thing, and it's so randomly camp and I love it. Anyway...the nakedness is also appreciated :D
1515, though, that is quite early. Is that still Henry VII?
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I know! He's so cocky yet suavely mocking,
Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509. Wolsey is barely coming real power in 1515 and Henry is still happy with Catherine and the Reformation is way off in the 1530s, so there's no major upheavals interfering with the plot I had set out, which is how I wanted it. However, historians are much more interested in what happened during the Reformation, so finding info specific to the 1510s is quite difficult. Altjough I can just wing it using info from the Yorkist era, what little I can find on Henry VII's era (no one pays any attention to him, yet there was lots of interesting stuff happening at the time), and later Henry VIII. But so much of the info I have is of the later 16th century, which frustrates me a bit, but a lot of things did remain pretty much consistent, save for the religion and festivities and certain clothing, so it's not that horrible.
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Heh, and strutty. Oh, the strutting.
You're right, that's not a period that gets a lot of play. I mean Henry and Catherine were married for years before all the Reformation stuff happened.