The Poisoned PenWe thank our readers for their thoughts
in the Lord of the Rings cast. It is possible, I suppose, that Sir Alex could make a
passable Gandalf, but one rather wonders if he's not carrying more than a little baggage
from that Star Wars comic strip. The Pen went a little further and had fun casting the
rest of the crew: Anthony Hopkins as Saruman, perhaps with Cate Blanchet as Galadriel,
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Boromir and Tom Hanks as Faramir. The rather pretty Meg Ryan
makes a fine Eowyn and perhaps we could shrink Brian Blessed and have him play Gimli. For
Wormtongue I rather fancied the 'Inconceivable' man from the Princess Bride. Who better
than Anthony Andrews for Legolas?
It's come to the notice of the Pen that some British
comedies are being exported across the Big Pond to entertain our American cousins. Only
fair, I suppose. They did bring us Dukes of Hazard. Thank goodness they were not all
re-done like Man about the House and Alf Garnetts. Still we wondered what export you
would rate the best of British.
If youd like to share your opinion with the Pen you
are permitted to write me an e-mail and Ill have one of my lackeys read it. Who
knows, maybe Ill read it and respond. |