Timewaster's Guide Archive

I hadn't thought of using the cans... hmmm, it could work.  Was there any metal in the rock though??
As for soothing and rioting, she would have been doing it blindly.  She had no way of knowing how many guards were out there and what they were feeling.  The best she could have done is send out her soothings and riotings and hope the hit the right people and worked.  Maybe you're right and she should have at least tried it.  And all soothing and rioting with duralumin would have been to make the guards jump
If I remember correctly, weren't some of her metals getting low at this point?  Experimenting with duralumin might have been tricky.
Should what she did have been her first try at getting out of her situation, maybe not.  I'll give you that.  Perhaps jumping to that decision right away was out of character.  But choosing to take a risk and hope it pays off instead of torturing someone, i don't think that is out of character at all.

Drizzt!  How can you stand that many.  I've read a fair number of his books, some parts are good, but he annoys me so much though!  I actually can't stand him.

100 pages to go in The Name of the Wind!  Someone broke into our house last night, and long story short, I ended up staying up until 3:00 reading.  I was almost asleep at 1:30, but then... Funny how things happen.

He said Marsh MIGHT concievably come back.  He never said he would.  I suppose that would depend on whether he has enough Atium (most of it is gone remember, how long can what's left last), and whether or not Brandon wants him around.

I  also thought Depp didn't live up to expectations.  He was a little zany and a little crazy, but we've already seen him do that.  This is the MAD Hatter, and I assumed he was going to pull out all of the stops.  But I don't think he did.  I think he could have taken the character a lot farther.  Also, it seemd like Burton made too much a big deal out of the character just because Depp was playing him.

The ending was... bad.  He tried to make it all epic, but Alice in Wonderland isn't really that type of story.

That said, my earlier comments still stand.  I really did love this movie, a lot.  It was not without these criticisms however.

ARGH!! You comments make me itch to continue reading, but I'm over two thirds done the Name of the Wind, and I'm enjoying it so much I just have to finish.  There's also the small matter of the chapter I promised myself I'd have finished for tomorrow.  It is now two chapters, and still two viewpoints to go.

Ellen Page all the way!  From what I've seen of Glau, definately too old.  I can maybe see her playing Hero of Ages Vin, but short-haired boyish Final Empire Vin?  No way.  Of course, by the time the movie actually happens, Page might be too old as well.
Nonetheless, she has my whole hearted vote.

I have to say, so far my detour into the Name of the Wind has been a good one.  It's hard to put it down, which is different from Eye of the World.  There came times while reading it that I had to put it down.
I just hope I can pull away from it long enough to get some writing done today!