The Glade 4.0

Hmm. No thread yet on this incarnation. Saw a poster for it that was released last week. Delicious.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Reeeeeeally looking forward to this. Syfy's got an Alice miniseries coming December from the guy who made the flawed but interesting Tin Man and some interesting and inspired casting choices (Kathy Bates as the Red Queen, Tim Curry as the Dodo, Harry Dean Stanton as the Caterpillar, Matt Frewer as the White Knight), but it's taking less creature-y, more mundane approach to the material. This is going to be the good stuff. And that cast! Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Michael Sheen, Alan Rickman, Matt Lucas, Timothy Spall...incredible.

I will watch anything with Anne Hathaway in it. I mean, if you just filmed her walking a dog, I would watch it.

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I just saw the trailer posted on MSN..the YouTube one won't work for me on my iPhone. It looks incredible! Cannot wait!

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Wow I *neeeed* to see this movie in 3D

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Ron Paul 2012

We saw the trailer in 3D when we went to see Avatar. Trippy.

Since when does Alice in Wonderland have a **** dragon?

Maybe I should have read the book.

Also, a familiar face coming back to save Wonderland from the evil queen? Reeks of Narnia.

It seems based more on the plot of American McGee's Alice rather than the original story. It's more like a sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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I bet it's the jabberwocky, which has always been depicted as very dragon-like. (And it's also the origin of D&D's "Vorpal" weapons)

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

/\ Favorite. poem. evar.

Coincidentally, 'Jabberwock' was the name of the best player in our LMCTF clan back in my online Quake 2 tournament days (LMCTF = Loki's Minions Capture the Flag). We won the national tournament (including Canada; and appropriately named Ragnorak) which I take no credit for because I was pretty much the worst player in that clan.

Dude... I loved Q2CTF. I would still wager to this day that I logged more hours to Q1 and Q2 CTF than I have World of Warcraft. CTF died when the grappling hook was taken away.

I took pride in my optimized modem strings (cutom made by myself, no Alta Vista-ing) and took even more pride with every Low Ping Bastard I took out. I'm still a little miffed that I crammed so much knowledge of modems and their Attention commands into my brain (for multiple chipsets) and it is now 100% useless knowledge.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Just got back, its a good one.

One of the best parts for me was listening to a quite demented Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) reciting the Jabberwock.

If you like Alice in Wonderland at all, go, see. Remember, it is a sequel.

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

QFT

Loved it. Johnny Depp certainly stole the show, but I was highly impressed with the entire movie.

I always find myself enthralled with the landscapes and visions that Tim Burton is able to create. And this is certainly no exception.

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"I Live, I Love, I Slay, and I Am Content."
- Conan the Barbarian

Frankly, I didn't enjoy this movie very much.

I'm trying to put my finger on why.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Different strokes for different folks DFK!

Maybe its just not your kind of movie.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Perhaps. I dunno.

I just felt like it was a kids movie I think, and that wasn't how I figured it would be.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Ahh, I expected it to be family friendly, because of the fact it is Alice in Wonderland. I wasn't disappointed. Tim Burton even kept the creepy level he can do so well down to minimal.

What were you expecting? You've identified that it wasn't what you were expecting, so look a little deeper into your head and ask what you wanted that wasn't there.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

So this is a sequel? Crap. Nitefox has never read the book, seen the cartoon, or even heard the story. I guess I'm going to have to get him up to speed.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Yes. This book is based off of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There which is considered the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Specifically, it is based around the poem listed earlier in the thread about the Jabberwocky.

He might be able to enjoy the movie on it's own, but there will be quite a few things/scenes that will make more sense if he's at least seen the Disney cartoon.

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"I Live, I Love, I Slay, and I Am Content."
- Conan the Barbarian

Time to break out the classics then! Thanks Caleria.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Well Alice in Wonderland is decidedly creepy and disturbing, to my mind. So to have Tim Burton helm that or its sequel would, in my imagining, be like "decidedly creepy and disturbing, squared."

Also, I keep typo-ing "distrubing." That's annoying.

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