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« Reply #31 on: December 23, 2009, 06:50:53 pm » |
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One of my Aunts married a White Russian who fled from the USSR after the war. If you know even a little of the history of that time, you will understand why this artist won. |
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« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2010, 10:23:16 pm » |
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For all you Opera lovers! |
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« Reply #33 on: January 22, 2010, 10:24:31 pm » |
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The Sound of Music anyone??!! |
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« Reply #34 on: January 22, 2010, 10:39:26 pm » |
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For all you Opera lovers! LOL!! see what happens when you stand too close the front? you get dragged into the proceedings! that was fun! |
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« Reply #35 on: January 22, 2010, 10:44:06 pm » |
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The Sound of Music anyone??!! well ok..>THAT one was fun!  thank you Jocelyn! |
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« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2010, 08:26:25 pm » |
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http://oliverandchristianwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Oliver+%26+Christian%27s+Story+-+Part+1+to+10This is not your typical Youtube post. This is a whole storyline which I've lately gotten quite interested in from, all of things, a German TV series which has been subtitled on Youtube. It sounds preposterous but this story, which has been running since the end of 2007 and is still developing, is very well written and I found myself really getting drawn into it. And it is apparently turning into an Internet phenomenon, with a whole new audience in English-speaking countries because of the subtitles, which are done by a fan and are very good. And because this is Youtube and most of the episodes are only about 5 minutes, you do move through the story pretty fast. I think the actors who play Christian and Oliver are just outstanding. The first forty parts are about how Christian, who has a girlfriend and who has managed to suppress his gay feelings, starts to fall in love with Oliver who is out, fighting his feelings like mad the whole way. By part 14, the camping trip, they start to feel like buddies to each other after all the tensions caused by Christian's homophobia and the problems he is starting to have with the girlfriend.  This scene introduces a guitar theme is which is almost a steal from Brokeback Mountain. And the actors were well aware of the film, the one who plays Christian (who has a tad of Ennis in him) said in an interview, "I gained inspiration from the movie Brokeback Mountain. I know that might be a little exaggerated but I try to aim high. After watching that movie I was surprised in a positive way. The movie showed how realistically and beautifully you can portray the love between two men." However, the story is set in a present-day German city and one of the best sequences is in parts 31 - 39 where Christian and Olli, who are still standoffish, start chatting to each other about their real feelings in a gay chatroom without either realizing who they are spilling their feelings to. After Christian lets himself fall in love and they accept each other, there are several other interesting story arcs, like about being gay in a sometimes violent macho sports world (Christian is working on his dream to become a boxer, and goes far). And then, much later, when he has to give this up because of an enlarged heart, he gets interested in working with horses at a local estate. Overall, the best part is, after they have become a couple, seeing how accepting their friends and the society around them are of their loving each other in an open way. They get to be a kind of anchor and beacon to their friends who are mired in their own love problems. It's very funny in places, especially in the parts where they are trying to find that life-work balance that seems to elude us all. It almost never feels like a soap to me, the writing is just way too good.
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« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2010, 08:43:46 pm » |
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http://oliverandchristianwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Oliver+%26+Christian%27s+Story+-+Part+1+to+10This is not your typical Youtube post. This is a whole storyline which I've lately gotten quite interested in from, all of things, a German TV series which has been subtitled on Youtube. It sounds preposterous but this story, which has been running since the end of 2007 and is still developing, is very well written and I found myself really getting drawn into it. And it is apparently turning into an Internet phenomenon, with a whole new audience in English-speaking countries because of the subtitles, which are done by a fan and are very good. And because this is Youtube and most of the episodes are only about 5 minutes, you do move through the story pretty fast. I think the actors who play Christian and Oliver are just outstanding. The first forty parts are about how Christian, who has a girlfriend and who has managed to suppress his gay feelings, starts to fall in love with Oliver who is out, fighting his feelings like mad the whole way. By part 14, the camping trip, they start to feel like buddies to each other after all the tensions caused by Christian's homophobia and the problems he is starting to have with the girlfriend. This scene introduces a guitar theme is which is almost a steal from Brokeback Mountain. And the actors were well aware of the film, the one who plays Christian (who has a tad of Ennis in him) said in an interview, "I gained inspiration from the movie Brokeback Mountain. I know that might be a little exaggerated but I try to aim high. After watching that movie I was surprised in a positive way. The movie showed how realistically and beautifully you can portray the love between two men." However, the story is set in a present-day German city and one of the best sequences is in parts 31 - 39 where Christian and Olli, who are still standoffish, start chatting to each other about their real feelings in a gay chatroom without either realizing who they are spilling their feelings to. After Christian lets himself fall in love and they accept each other, there are several other interesting story arcs, like about being gay in a sometimes violent macho sports world (Christian is working on his dream to become a boxer, and goes far). And then, much later, when he has to give this up because of an enlarged heart, he gets interested in working with horses at a local estate. Overall, the best part is, after they have become a couple, seeing how accepting their friends and the society around them are of their loving each other in an open way. They get to be a kind of anchor and beacon to their friends who are mired in their own love problems. It's very funny in places, especially in the parts where they are trying to find that life-work balance that seems to elude us all. It almost never feels like a soap to me, the writing is just way too good. how nice...thank you Andrew...I'll watch it for sure! |
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« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2010, 08:57:13 pm » |
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There is a real chemistry there between those two, that is one reason I can't stop thinking about that story. You really see Christian develop from a young man with a lot of anger about the painful parts of his family history, and who really needs that punching bag, into the most gentle sweet man. And all because he has finally found someone who believes in him completely, who will do anything to support him, who isn't going to go away.
Even if you can't understand the words the tone of his voice is saying everything. He just has such natural talent as an actor - he supposedly just took a short acting course after college and started right in on the show.
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« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2010, 08:59:04 pm » |
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There is a real chemistry there between those two, that is one reason I can't stop thinking about that story. You really see Christian develop from a young man with a lot of anger about the painful parts of his family history, and who really needs that punching bag, into the most gentle sweet man. And all because he has finally found someone who believes in him completely, who will do anything to support him, who isn't going to go away.
Even if you can't understand the words the tone of his voice is saying everything. He just has such natural talent as an actor - he supposedly just took a short acting course after college and started right in on the show.
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« Reply #40 on: January 25, 2010, 03:56:09 am » |
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Oh no Andrew!!  The last time you sent me a link to a series, I spent all the next day watching it. (I think it was the Coronation Street one.) I was still in my dressing gown and slippers at 3 in the afternoon.  Tomorrow happens to be a public holiday here but I have work to do. Yes, definitely have work to do......... No I can't afford to spend all day watching Youtubes......... No I can't........... Hmmm, 5 minutes x 40 divided by 60 = 3 and a bit hours............. Weelllll, MAYBE if I get up early, I could watch just a FEW.......... |
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« Reply #41 on: January 25, 2010, 01:44:46 pm » |
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Maybe this needs to be a wake up at night activity. Yes, I know there is work on the farm (and your job) pre-sun up to sun down. Though, the effect on me was to keep me up past bedtime. I'm glad you had a chance to watch the Todd and Karl Coronation Street back when I was enjoying those Youtubes, although I think this goes far beyond that in terms of how it treats the whole arc of a relationship. Todd and Karl don't even become a couple, the only long term result of that whole story is to make Todd realize he is gay. He then went off the show, supposedly to study in London.
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« Reply #42 on: January 25, 2010, 08:19:12 pm » |
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I have watched the first two and I can tell you, them subtitles take some getting used to! I keep getting distracted by the words that sound the same!  |
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« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2010, 08:28:57 pm » |
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They do use a lot of borrowed English in German today, apparently, it is pretty stylish. And then, German is the language most like English after Dutch. Lots of basic words are even spelled the same, like Finger and Hand, although they are pronounced a little differently. And there are other words that are spelled a little differently like Vater and Mutter which are easy to remember because they are so close.
Yes, you may have to look at some of them twice so you can pay more attention to the acting once you know everything that's being said. But after a while you just learn how to do it.
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« Reply #44 on: January 25, 2010, 08:30:26 pm » |
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They do use a lot of borrowed English in German today, apparently, it is pretty stylish. And then, German is the language most like English after Dutch. Lots of basic words are even spelled the same, like Finger and Hand, although they are pronounced a little differently. And there are other words that are spelled a little differently like Vater and Mutter which are easy to remember because they are so close.
Yes, you may have to look at some of them twice so you can pay more attention to the acting once you know everything that's being said. But after a while you just learn how to do it.
another new experience you offer me...  I will stick with it...even if Olli's cousin is crazy... |
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