[Bryn-gwlad] "He is... inconvenient."

[James Crouchet]

See, I guess that is a difference in outlook. Having read the books long
before the Disney Movie came out we just assumed the Disney movie was named
for the candy bar, not the book.

(Credit to Gwenneth for the candy bar comparison.)

Christian Doré

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Susan Froebel <susanfroebel at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>  Actually, Eule, I finally read the books not long after seeing the Disney
> version and was amazed at how close a lot of it was to the book.  Yes, it
> was cleaned up, sugar coated, and Disney-ized, but a lot of the details were
> very good.  I very much enjoyed Kiefer Sutherland's portrayal of Athos.  And
> Tim Curry as Richelieu reminded me so much of Lord Caradoc ap Owain being
> "evil" that I couldn't stop giggling.  (Caradoc, or "Morphin" as he was
> sometimes known, mka Troyce Wilson, is an old friend from Shadowlands who is
> very good at being melodramatic.)  Not pure Dumas, but entertaining.
>
> But, you're right.  The earlier one is better, if only because they had
> time for more detail.  You must admit, though, that Spike Milligan as
> Constance's husband is very reminiscent of Iolo at his silliest.
>
> Rhiannon "any excuse for a party" o Goed Niwlog
>
> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008
> From: <eule at ecpi.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] "He is... inconvenient."
>
> Good for you Rhiannon!!!!
>
> And for the younger rapier fighters, she is not speaking about the
> Charlie Sheen , Keifer Sutherland and Chris O'Donnell version from the
> 90's...which has more to do with the candy bar than Alexander Dumas'
> epic serial.
>
> Eule/Steve
> Unus sed Leo
>
>
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