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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5955 on: April 08, 2013, 05:45:24 PM »
Oh and Tilda Swinton as Lash.
Cant see it.  Lash's chosen form was supposed to be an alluring, "girl-next-door" type.  Cute and a little vulnerable looking, very beautiful, and very feminine.  Tilda Swinton has carved out her niche between Stark, Alien Beauty and downright androgynous.  I could see her for some of the other denarians maybe, or a Winter Sidhe (thought Lion Witch and Wardrobe may be skewing my thoughts on that one).
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5956 on: April 08, 2013, 09:15:01 PM »
Cant see it.  Lash's chosen form was supposed to be an alluring, "girl-next-door" type.  Cute and a little vulnerable looking, very beautiful, and very feminine.  Tilda Swinton has carved out her niche between Stark, Alien Beauty and downright androgynous.  I could see her for some of the other denarians maybe, or a Winter Sidhe (thought Lion Witch and Wardrobe may be skewing my thoughts on that one).
Remember that there's Lash, and there's Sheila.  Lash is supposed to be Greek Goddess-type.  Sheila is the 'girl-next-door' type.  Lash appears distinctly as both in DB, and after the big reveal, we never see Sheila again. 

Tilda Swinton might work as Lash.  She's not exactly what I'd pick though.  She's got the stern look for Gard, but I'm not sure what I've really seen in her in, other than Constantine.  And in that she was very androgynous, because she was supposed to be an angel.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5957 on: April 08, 2013, 09:31:27 PM »
I could see Tilda Swinton as Tessa.  I think she'd make a great Tessa.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5958 on: April 08, 2013, 09:37:34 PM »
She is normally quite androginous. I don't know, I am imagining Lash much more beautiful.
She has the acting skills to do anything, thought, so she could do it. It's just that she won't be my first choice.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5959 on: April 08, 2013, 10:28:57 PM »

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5961 on: April 08, 2013, 10:41:33 PM »
Remember that there's Lash, and there's Sheila.  Lash is supposed to be Greek Goddess-type.  Sheila is the 'girl-next-door' type.  Lash appears distinctly as both in DB, and after the big reveal, we never see Sheila again. 

Tilda Swinton might work as Lash.  She's not exactly what I'd pick though.  She's got the stern look for Gard, but I'm not sure what I've really seen in her in, other than Constantine.  And in that she was very androgynous, because she was supposed to be an angel.

Oops, I thought you meant Tilda as Lasciel.  Lash, Sheila?  I'm several books behind (still stuck on "Turn Coat"), due to lack of time to read these days.  I'm either getting behind on my TV shows/DVDs or on books.  Can't keep up with both due to work/eat/sleep. ::)

I never pictured Lasciel as beautiful. 
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5962 on: April 08, 2013, 11:45:01 PM »
Oops, I thought you meant Tilda as Lasciel.  Lash, Sheila?  I'm several books behind (still stuck on "Turn Coat"), due to lack of time to read these days.  I'm either getting behind on my TV shows/DVDs or on books.  Can't keep up with both due to work/eat/sleep. ::)

I never pictured Lasciel as beautiful.
Remember that we never actually see Lasciel.  We see the imprint taking on a form for Harry in his head.  And it can appear however she likes, so that she appeals to Harry.  And I'd say that Harry likes the appearance of both Lash and Shiela.  He makes out with one, and his subconscious makes eyes at the other.

 - Lash (DB):  She was a little taller than average and had hair that fell in a sheet of golden silk to her shoulders. She was dressed in a silken tunic belted with soft rope, both pure white. The outfit neither displayed any impropriety nor allowed anyone looking to ignore the beauty of the body it clothed. Her eyes were of a deep, deep blue, like a sunny October sky, and her skin glowed with wholesome appeal. She was, quite simply, a stunning creature.
 - Shiela (DB):  She was young, midtwenties at most. She was dressed in a long wool skirt, a turtleneck, and a cardigan sweater, all in colors of grey. She had hair of medium brown, held up into a bun with a pair of pencils, wore glasses, and had a heart-shaped face that was more attractive than beautiful, her features soft and appealing.
 - Lash (PG): Her most common form was that of a tall, athletic blonde wearing a white Greek-style tunic that fell almost to her knee.
 - Lash (PG):  She appeared at once, stepping into the circle of light. She wore her most familiar form, the functional white tunic, the tall, lovely figure, but her golden hair now appeared as a waist-length sheet of deep auburn.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5963 on: April 09, 2013, 01:39:35 PM »
She is normally quite androginous. I don't know, I am imagining Lash much more beautiful.
She has the acting skills to do anything, thought, so she could do it. It's just that she won't be my first choice.
She definitely has the acting skill for most characters, and she has a certain stark beauty, but (to me at least) there is nothing appealing about it, it's a cold and distant beauty. 
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5964 on: April 09, 2013, 02:47:13 PM »
So when this gets to 400 Pages can we lock it? or maybe Archive it and start fresh?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5965 on: April 09, 2013, 03:08:41 PM »
Is its presence on the forum a problem?  Folks are constantly coming up with new suggestions.  I think they should have a place to do so.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5966 on: April 09, 2013, 04:38:46 PM »
Mostly I just get tired of seeing this pop up in my unread posts (I'm selfish!), if we do a new thread, I'm totally not posting it.
Also it's a 4 year old thread and it feels like every flavor of the month has been mentioned. I just think 400 pages is a good number to retire at and stat a NEW casting thread.
I mean you guys lock threads in "The Bar" after a few days

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5967 on: April 09, 2013, 05:04:10 PM »
Mostly I just get tired of seeing this pop up in my unread posts (I'm selfish!), if we do a new thread, I'm totally not posting it.
Also it's a 4 year old thread and it feels like every flavor of the month has been mentioned. I just think 400 pages is a good number to retire at and stat a NEW casting thread.
I mean you guys lock threads in "The Bar" after a few days
I figure if they close up this thread and start a new casting thread, then everyone who commented on this one will comment the same in the new one.  So that one will shoot up.

Can you delete your posts to this thread to stop the notifications?  Would that work?

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5968 on: April 09, 2013, 06:13:25 PM »
I figure if they close up this thread and start a new casting thread, then everyone who commented on this one will comment the same in the new one.  So that one will shoot up.

Can you delete your posts to this thread to stop the notifications?  Would that work?

I don't have the energy to try and go through it.

Also I just think we need a fresh thread, or even three

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5969 on: April 09, 2013, 07:05:51 PM »
I think we need a thread of the Llamas who should be cast in the parts for TDF, but that's just me.
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