Videos for Your Friday

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to prettybirdy979, and happy early birthday to cherylmmorgan and muuranker! May each of you enjoy a fantastic day and a wonderful year to come.


And to everyone, happy Friday! I come bearing videos...


Here's the first trailer from the upcoming film adaptation of Susan Hill's Gothic novel The Woman in Black (starring Daniel Radcliffe): check it out!

And here's Peter Jackson's first video blog from the set of The Hobbit: check it out!


"How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?"
- Mary Doria Russell, Children of God

Comments

[thepirateship.livejournal.com]

Looking very forward to The Hobbit, I was watching that video yesterday and was thrilled with it.

The Woman in Black trailer looks interesting too.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm thrilled with it, too! I can't wait to see The Hobbit.

And I agree: The Woman in Black looks very interesting, too! I just read the book last year and quite liked it, so I'm all geared up for this.

[jadepilot.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooooooh thanks for sharing these! Trying hard not to squee!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

You bet! I'm a lost cause: I'm still squeeing over this. :)

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Isn't that Hobbit video fun? :)

Hey, I see you quoting from Children of God. I had my socks knocked off my The Sparrow earlier this year, and wonder if the sequel is as good. Do you have an opinion on that?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

It's great fun! :)

Oh, The Sparrow is one of my very favorite novels of all time. All time. Like "take it with you when stranded on a desert island" kind of favorite.

Children of God is quite good. It really is. It didn't approach quite the same level of brilliance The Sparrow did for me, but not many do. If you liked The Sparrow and felt invested in the characters and the themes, I think it's definitely worth reading. The best part (no spoilers) is that she leaves the same kind of moral "big questions" open at the end for your contemplation, and she resists the urge to "fix" everything and tie it up with a neat bow. That would've disappointed me terribly.

I haven't reread it with the same frequency as The Sparrow, I must admit. But I'm glad that I did read it. I'm avoiding saying more for fear of spoilers, but let me know if you'd like me to be less vague. ;)

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

Go, Peter! Go!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. *cheers*

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

It was so much fun to see PJ's video when in NZ. Three of us actually ran down to the Starbucks to get decent internet to watch it! We're such geeks! :-D

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Now that's the way to watch it - while you're in NZ!!! Fantastic! *geeks out with you vicariously*

[vyrdolak.livejournal.com]

A&E Channel showed a pretty good adaptation of The Woman in Black years ago. Atmospheric, with maybe one scary scene.

OK, maybe it was only so-so. But it beats Swamp Truckers or whatever crap they show these days.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I didn't see that adaptation! Sounds interesting.

OK, maybe it was only so-so. But it beats Swamp Truckers or whatever crap they show these days.

I laughed out loud at this. Good point.