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narcasseJust a thought: if the twist at the end of E. M. Hull’s The Sheik is "Don’t worry; he’s European" since the titular sheik’s father was English and his mother was Spanish; what the blazes is he doing in Saudi Arabia? In fact to better phrase that, even though I’d thought that his mother was meant to be Moroccan, it still wouldn’t explain what he was doing in Saudi Arabia or a similar gulf Arab state in an attempt to reconnect with his heritage.
At least, in opposed to that, the 1931 film version of Dracula staring Bela Lugosi wasn’t half as bad as I’d suspected it might be. I’d heard some rather negative comments about Lugosi’s tanned Dracula and had worried that I’d find myself watching yet another of those odd monochrome films where they’d simply not bothered to change the lighting to indicate day or night, but as it was; I was rather pleasantly surprised. And beyond the somewhat farcical special effects to highlight Dracula’s eyes, the rest of the film was really quite well done and it might prove interesting to watch again with Philip Glass’ accompanying score.
I should probably also see about finding a copy of Mark of the Vampire for comparison. There’s also a 1964 film version of Masque of the Red Death that I ought to watch, though IMDB tells me that there’s a 1989 version too. And there’s still that Subspecies series produced by the same folks who created the Puppet Master series that I was intending to have a look at.
In other news; though my first response to this was to mutter "Leave Suffolk alone" darkly; at least nobody’s ever tried to market Sizewell B like they did Sellafield a few years ago. Except this is another of those occasions where 'a few years ago' is in fact ten, since I remember the disparaging comments my A-level Chemistry teacher shared on the matter: I wonder if I should start worrying about that discrepancy.
At least, in opposed to that, the 1931 film version of Dracula staring Bela Lugosi wasn’t half as bad as I’d suspected it might be. I’d heard some rather negative comments about Lugosi’s tanned Dracula and had worried that I’d find myself watching yet another of those odd monochrome films where they’d simply not bothered to change the lighting to indicate day or night, but as it was; I was rather pleasantly surprised. And beyond the somewhat farcical special effects to highlight Dracula’s eyes, the rest of the film was really quite well done and it might prove interesting to watch again with Philip Glass’ accompanying score.
I should probably also see about finding a copy of Mark of the Vampire for comparison. There’s also a 1964 film version of Masque of the Red Death that I ought to watch, though IMDB tells me that there’s a 1989 version too. And there’s still that Subspecies series produced by the same folks who created the Puppet Master series that I was intending to have a look at.
In other news; though my first response to this was to mutter "Leave Suffolk alone" darkly; at least nobody’s ever tried to market Sizewell B like they did Sellafield a few years ago. Except this is another of those occasions where 'a few years ago' is in fact ten, since I remember the disparaging comments my A-level Chemistry teacher shared on the matter: I wonder if I should start worrying about that discrepancy.
