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The Princess Bride Musical

Posted by samzenpus on from the singing-rodents-of-unusual-size dept.

adamy writes "Maybe a good thing, maybe a bad thing. William Goldman has started collaborating on a musical version of the time-honored classic. Guess the only thing left to do now is go through the pockets and look for loose change."

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  1. How can /. cover this... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 4, Informative

    How can /. cover this, and never ONCE mention that there's a musical version of the Silence of the Lambs now in production? Entitled "Silence!" it's now playing in New York at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. I suggest you run, not walk, to the BO and buy tickets!

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  2. This really hurts to do this... by The+Wooden+Badger · · Score: 2, Informative

    From http://imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes :

    [Vizzini has just cut the rope The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing up]
    Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
    Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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  3. Re:Article relevance to slashdot...... ZERO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    He wasn't going to say, "true love" he was trying to say, "to blaithe." And as we all know, to blaithe means to bluff.

    Poker is very popular among geeks right now and thus learning more about bluffing will also interest them. Obvious connection here guys, stop bitching.

  4. Re:but where will they get... by Arathrael · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're in South America. :-)

  5. Did you read the article? by Misagon · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's only a rumor, folks.

    The project was described as a fairy tale with swordfighting. Many movies fit that description, and it wasn't even mentioned as an adaptation of a movie. Duh!

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  6. Re:Am I on the right site? by Shaper_pmp · · Score: 2, Informative

    While it may not be to your personal taste, the fact that roughly every other post on the subject is referencing or directly quoting TPB indicates that you're in the minority.

    Geeks love TPB - it's a cult thing.

    And if you haven't seen it, do so - at least then you'll see what everyone's raving about. It's hysterical.

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  7. Re:Do me a favor... by Bishop · · Score: 3, Informative

    The movie in question really didn't need to change sharks to eels, but it did. How does that help the story?

    I thought that the eels were better then the sharks. The idea of screeming eels is sillier and works better with the rest of The Princess Bride. Seeing as William Goldman wrote the book and the script to the movie I view this as Goldman refineing his work. Much the same way that there are 3 true versions of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio play, book, and tv series. (The movie dosen't count.)

  8. Re:You know the really sick thing... by FlopEJoe · · Score: 3, Informative

    Chick Flick?
    Are you kidding? Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.

  9. Re:Scandal! by scovetta · · Score: 4, Informative

    I spent about a month trying to track down the original book (Princess Bride) by S. Morgenstern. I was redirected from rare book seller to rare book seller until one of them was kind enough to tell me that such a person does not exist.

    That tricky William Goldman...

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    Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
  10. Re:loose change? by bcat24 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Just a minor nitpick, but what Max actually said is that he was only "mostly dead". The exact quote is:
    Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
    Inigo Montoya: What's that?
    Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.