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This tread is going to be for everyone to guess what's going to happen in next weeks episode. Please post any thought,suspicisons,guesses or ideas that you have here concerning a character,scene . The train will leave the station every Thursday at: 5:00 PM depending upon your timezone. Come prepared, and put your thinking caps on........... all aboard!!!!! VAMPIRES,MORTALS,WOLFS,HUMANS ALLOWED !!!! V**V V***V ![]:)](http://boards.hbo.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif)  , (\/) -- Edited by Marleneemm at 09/16/2008 2:17 PM PDT
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 4:32 PM
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Hajnalka:
Did you hear that there was a shooting at Fort Hood.
It's on www.msnbc.com
Check it out.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 4:06 PM
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> Just had to pop in to say, sadly, that though I would
> treasure the opportunity to hitch a ride with Hajni,
> my church duties as music director require my
> presence at work on Sunday AM. Sigh. If you go,
> Hajnalka... I will travel with you in spirit!
Good afternoon, Like-Mindeds --
Fulvia is not alone. It is another day of insanity for me as well, and so I must exercise brevity... something I'm not generally known for.
Piperpals, mein guter Kamerad! It is wonderful to 'see' you again, old friend. I also wish that you could ride shotgun with me down to Charlottesville (although I've still not decided definitely if I am going or no). For those who intend to be there, but are either in lurk/read-only mode (or simply haven't spoken up for whatever reason); if you do happen to see me, feel free to cordially say hello and introduce yourselves. I've already described myself to the Railcar several times; but new passengers embark and disembark all of the time, so I should probably do so again. Quick Checklist: I stand just under 5'5"; am Caucasian with a lightly freckled complexion; of fairly lithe, slender build; have very short, punkish/tousled platinum blond hair and hazel eyes. I'm afraid I've no idea what I'll be wearing (as I've not looked at the advanced weather forecast for the area); however, chances are good that I'll have on my usual jeans and cowboy boots (unless its raining... don't wanna ruin the Tony Lamas!). If it's chilly, I may have on my Arsenal scarf. It's just too early to say at this point... but the hair is usually enough for most people.
Must dash. As you were, people. Keep calm and carry on.
Hajnalka
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 9:46 AM
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Bluetkg:
try MSN~I've had them since I have my computer
I love them~they're like a point/click camera,real
easy to use. and they have a new search engine
called "Bing"
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 8:45 AM
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Good morning! *waves hi to everyone*
I just found a new recipe for a spice cake made with eggnog. I'll have to try it out and bring it onto the railcar...
Not that it's really a big surprise given the company, but I adore the Scarlet Pimpernel. I was way too young when I saw it the first time, and thus was plagued with beheading nightmares for ages (I had an overactive imagination). But I loved it all the same. Most people just look at you funny when you say the title... And while Emma is not my favorite Austen character, who could not love Mr. Nightly? *sigh*
S3 SPOILERS
So I broke down this morning and read the AB and the writers spoilers. Yeah - my resolve is weak at best, and down-right pitiful when you really get to it. But I was curious to see that Bill's only gone for 6 episodes. Six? They're obviously changing up the book. Of course, that's not really surprising either, as they will continue to deviate more and more from the books. But six? I understand that six days (assuming they keep the frantic pace) of torture would be a really long time, but gosh. That's just... Not what I'd thought.
Maybe we should start stockpiling water now, to wash down all the processed cheese?
Woof woof
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 7:32 AM
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Good (early) morning, peeps:
The whirlwind continues today and I if I get a few seconds of computer time, I will consider myself lucky. I didn't get home from work until after 7:00 p.m. and Computer Hog is very, very sick. Plus, I get the luxury of doing some of his work while he is out.
Piperpals: Glad you could peek in, even if just a little. I love The Scarlet Pimpernel with Richard E. Grant and Elizabeth McGovern. This is rather strange, too: Richard E. Grant is in the Twelfth Night production we've been discussing and when I re-watched it a few weeks ago, I can remember seeing Mr. Grant and thinking it would be good to rent The Scarlet Pimpernel sometime soon. It has been a few years since I've seen it.
Hajni: Thanks for the news about Imogen Stubbs. Her marriage would explain why we haven't seen her again. I hope that you do get to go to the UVA event. Perhaps the fact that you are the only one going and the area that you live in is littered with a number of people on the boards is a good sign, a sign that it won't be a crowded mess.
Blue: Hang in there.
Sorry to be so off topic, but I have no more time left. Must run out the door and go to an early, early hearing in the next city over. I will certainly try to make it back.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 1:25 AM
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Hey all: Just a note and then have to rest.
Thanks Haj, VampAnnie, Mar, fulvia and DJ for the wishes and concerns. Believe me, they are needed and appreciated.
I have emailed a couple of you and they keep bouncing back. I have been having trouble with my emails for weeks. I am trying to get another email server. Will apprise when I do.
Thanks again. Miss everyone.
Blue
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 5, 2009 12:11 AM
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Piperpals:
it's good to see you aboard the train we've missed
you~ Hope all is well with you.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 9:47 PM
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Poking her head inside the railcar for a brief moment, Piperpals puts down a lemon bundt cake and some jasmine tea for the passengers.
Hello all...
Just had to pop in to say, sadly, that though I would treasure the opportunity to hitch a ride with Hajni, my church duties as music director require my presence at work on Sunday AM. Sigh. If you go, Hajnalka... I will travel with you in spirit!
My favorite period movie is SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, and the always fabulous Alan Rickman as the morose Captain Brandon. That man can do no wrong as far as I am concerned...
I do own a lovely collection of BBC TV DVDS that a friend gave me for Christmas -- and there is a truly wonderful adaptation of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL with Richard Grant. He's another rogue with irrepressible charm and debonair.
Kind of reminds me of a certain FIRST SEASON Lieutenant that we know, eh...?
'Night all,
Piperpals
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 6:39 PM
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Haj:
Where do you stand on the 'Shakespeare didn't write the plays of Shakespeare' controversy?
The only thing I've read about it said something to the effect the Shakespeare everyone thinks wrote the plays was a relatively uneducated, lower class guy who couldn't have written them, he simply didn't have the ability to write such great works. I thought this a somewhat elitist attitude, but I really don't know anything about any of it, either about Shakespeare, his history, or even about the plays themselves.
It took me a week, one of those yellow 'cheat sheet' books & the Mel Gibson 'Hamlet' on tape to read that one. It was a somewhat comical effort, involving reading the play with the yellow book at my elbow, then watching the same scenes from Mel's movie.
In the end, the only thing I was sure of was that Hamlet was a wishy-washy, self-absorbed ass & Ophelia was an idiot for killing herself over him. Not sure that was the message I was supposed to get... I decided not to go any further into Shakespeare-land.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 4:58 PM
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> > Synchronicity strikes the railcar once more. I
> love
> > that production of "Twelfth Night" and just
> > re-watched it not two weeks ago. Imogen Stubbs
> is
> > great in that production and I always wonder why
> we
> > don't see her more. She's just lovely. She
> played
> > my favorite Jane Austen villain, Lucy Steele, in
> the
> > Ang Lee production of "Sense and Sensibility",
> and
> > gave Lucy a sweet maliciousness that hasn't
> been
> > riveled in any other production I've seen.
Sense and Sensibility is an all time favorite of mine. I have not watched this in long time, I will have to pull this one out. In fact, I have not read Ms. Austin's works in a long time, this should keep me occupied.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 4:41 PM
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O'l Blue, I am sorry to hear you are not feeling up to par. I will send positive vibes out to the universe for you!
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 3:50 PM
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> Synchronicity strikes the railcar once more. I love
> that production of "Twelfth Night" and just
> re-watched it not two weeks ago. Imogen Stubbs is
> great in that production and I always wonder why we
> don't see her more. She's just lovely. She played
> my favorite Jane Austen villain, Lucy Steele, in the
> Ang Lee production of "Sense and Sensibility", and
> gave Lucy a sweet maliciousness that hasn't been
> riveled in any other production I've seen.
How odd... I own this film and also rewatched it yet again only last night. I believe that Stubbs is married to Trevor Nunn (or perhaps I am mistaken in this); however, she rather dropped off the face of the earth after her marriage.
Well, it appears that no one at all aboard the Railcar intends to drive over to UVA (or if they are, they are keeping silent about it and going all SpecOps on us). I may actually arise VERY early Sunday morning at crack o' me, gas up the truck, and just drive down alone. It used to be an absolutely gorgeous drive through the historic Virginia equestrian countryside -- past landed estates, wineries, and FFV Federal or Georgian plantations to the bucolic "town that Tom built". Alas, whilst still being mostly beautiful, it is not nearly as bucolic as it once was. Suburban sprawl has spread its insidious tentacles everywhere. I still adore the hamlets of Orange and Keswick, however. Montpelier used to host great hunt terrier field trials, sighthound lure coursing, point-to-point races and other equestrian events, as well as a first-rate sheep and wool festival. As parking on campus is difficult at the best of times (and Charlottesville's streets are infamous for moving at a colonial pace), I'm worried about finding a place to park the truck within a day's walk from the Culbreth Theatre. If I get there terribly early, I suppose I could just doze in the cab of the truck; however, I've no idea how many people intend to show up for this panel. It could be total insanity (which is my biggest dread). I loathe crowds of rabid, frothing fans screaming and panting about Team Bill, Team Eric, or (God forbid) dressing up like the characters. If that's the scene, then I may just end up running for the Blue Ridge screaming my bloody head off. This is why events like Comic.con, et al hold absolutely NO interest for me whatsoever. I'd rather gnaw my own foot off. I want an educated, passionate, yet objectively critical examination of TB -- not a fan lovefest. If any work of art is to be taken seriously, it should be able to hold its own with the respected RTVF critics. I am hoping desperately that this is what I'll get (IF I go, mind).
> If I had to choose the literary hero
> of my dreams, it would be Jeremy Northam's Mr.
> Knightly in "Emma" from about 1995. I didn't like
> that production as well as the BBC production with
> Kate Beckinsale, but I loved Northam's Mr. Knightlty.
Oh, a most excellent choice, Fulvia. Well done! A handsome, dashing man, no doubt... but -- most importantly -- a man of kindness, honesty, tact, and good moral judgement. And a lifelong friend.
Latbfan, I've not forgotten that I owe you an email.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 3:24 PM
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> Latbfan and Fulvia --
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> My entire family adores Shakespeare in
> Love, and we quote it all of the time.
> Geoffrey Rush has some of the choicest lines, and
> it's amazing just how many life situations one can
> pop his 'pearls of wisdom' into.
Same with my family. I've seen that movie so many times it is ridiculous, but love it each and every viewing.
> If you enjoyed Shakespeare in Love, have
> either of you ever seen Trevor Nunn's wonderful
> production of Twelfth Night with Imogen
> Stubbs, Toby Stephens (who looks ravishing and
> suitably Napoleonic as Duke Orsino), Helena Bonham
> Carter, and Sir Ben Kingsley?
Synchronicity strikes the railcar once more. I love that production of "Twelfth Night" and just re-watched it not two weeks ago. Imogen Stubbs is great in that production and I always wonder why we don't see her more. She's just lovely. She played my favorite Jane Austen villain, Lucy Steele, in the Ang Lee production of "Sense and Sensibility", and gave Lucy a sweet maliciousness that hasn't been riveled in any other production I've seen.
Blue: Get well, soon. We're all thinking of you.
latbfan: I never got the chance to respond about Edward: he is so perfect that he is intimidating. If I had to choose the literary hero of my dreams, it would be Jeremy Northam's Mr. Knightly in "Emma" from about 1995. I didn't like that production as well as the BBC production with Kate Beckinsale, but I loved Northam's Mr. Knightlty.
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Re: THE SPECULATION TRAIN: The VAMPIRE EXPRESS
Nov 4, 2009 1:15 PM
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> Hajni: Shakespeare in Love is one of
> my favorite movies of all time. (I have about three
> that vie for that title depending on my mood). The
> analogy is perfect. When I see these characters that
> are poorly written, I shake my head and realize that
> we are, indeed, getting the bit wif the dog.
Latbfan and Fulvia --
My entire family adores Shakespeare in Love, and we quote it all of the time. Geoffrey Rush has some of the choicest lines, and it's amazing just how many life situations one can pop his 'pearls of wisdom' into.
Re. Joe: I've only managed to catch two bits or so of Flash Forward, but I was intrigued with what I saw. Jack Davenport was also excellent, as usual. As Joseph ages, his facial expressions and some of his mannerisms resemble his elder brother more and more. The resemblance wasn't nearly as marked several years ago. He's actually a twin, is our Joe... a fraternal twin. His brother Jacob used to be a prize-winning gamekeeper on a private estate in East Anglia (Norfolk, I believe). He may be there still, for all I know.
If you enjoyed Shakespeare in Love, have either of you ever seen Trevor Nunn's wonderful production of Twelfth Night with Imogen Stubbs, Toby Stephens (who looks ravishing and suitably Napoleonic as Duke Orsino), Helena Bonham Carter, and Sir Ben Kingsley? It was primarily filmed on location in lush, dramatic Cornwall, and I visited many of the locations when last I was there (St. Michael's Mount, several Trust properties and formal gardens, et al). I also visited The Eden Project, hiked along Lands End, and Bodmin Moor. Anyway, I digress. It is a passionate, luscious film with a great musical score... a perfect rainy day movie. I highly recommend adding it to your Netflix queue.
This afternoon, Arsenal hosts Dutch side AZ Alkmaar at Emirates Stadium (I still miss Highbury) in the UEFA Champions League. Life is heinously unfair in that I was not born independently wealthy, and so I will be at work; but I'll have my DVR treat and a pint when I return home. The lads have done pretty well and are moving up steadily in the Premiereship rankings. I love our ever-flowing, attacking style of play... now if we can only leave off being the 'haute artistes' for a mo' and show more grit/killer instinct to shut a game down we'll be apples, mate.
Ol' Blue --
I am thinking about you and sending positive thoughts your way. PM me if you need to talk. Has anyone heard at all from VwVjuiced down in Mobile? At first I thought she may simply be off on holiday; but it's been awhile now, and I've become a bit concerned.
Hajnalka
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