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October 24th, 2008 12:49 PM #1Member
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My names for Twn Girls WDYT?
I had a dream a while back that I had twin girls. Twins do run in my family, about every other generation we have a set, so someone (my siblings, my cousins or me) will probably have a set. I have always wanted twin girls since I was a child, so maybe my dream was prophetic or something. I am not pregnant, but it got me thinking about what I would name twins. In the dream one of them was named Eden. I had never thought to use it before, but have loved it since the dream.
So I decided that if I have twins, one will be named Eden Katherine. I have always loved classic names plus Katherine is a family name on both sides. However I am undecided about the other girl.
I was thinking about some of these:
Audrey Corrine
Leonora Grace (Lena is my GGM's name and would be her nn), but its my least favorite of these names.
Rosalind Sharai
Jaqueline Danae
Laila Grace
Alexandra Jade (Xandy)
3 Questions:
1. Which name fits better with Eden Katherine?
2. Do you have any other suggestions not on the list?
3. If the second twin was a boy, what name would you use?
I don't want another E name, and I can't stand classic names that are too common, like Mary, Margret, Cecilia, Cynthia, Natalie, Bridgette, Sophia (or any variation of these), or most of the overly trendy names: anything unisex (Morgan, Taylor, Madison, etc.), Ava (love Ava, but too common now), Basically anything in the top 20. And please please, not boy names that end in -aden. Caden, Jaden, Hayden...there will be 10 in every classroom soon...
I was thinking Josiah or Gavriel. I like biblical names for boys, but slightly uncommon ones. Gavriel is the traditional Hebrew spelling of Gabriel.
Ok, this post is longer than I intended, so enough babble...any suggestions?
October 24th, 2008 04:53 PM #2lola Guest
Re: My names for Twin Girls WDYT?
1. Which name fits better with Eden Katherine? With Eden Katherine, I quite like Rosalind Sharai (even if Sharai's not my cup of tea, would you consider Sarai, the original Hebrew form of Sarah?). Rosalind has the same open feel as Eden and is just as elegant. Jacqueline feels a bit stuffy next to Eden, Alexandra too bland. Leila's too loose. Audrey's a decent fit but feels more elegant and makes Eden feels a bit hickish to me. And while I adore Leonora Grace (and it's got as much significance to you as Eden Katherine which would be ideal for me), if you don't like it as much as the others, Rosalind Sharai gets my vote (Rosalind Sarai would be gorgeous!).
If you like Ava but dislike her popularity, would you consider simple Eve? Eve would compliment Eden and would fit in nicely elsewhere.
From your boys, I'm a sucker for Gavriel. I have the Russian form (Gavriil) is my famiyl tree but find Gavriel easier for most to say. It's snappy and handsome. Josiah's nice but I much prefer Gavriel. For # 2 : Some other somewhat uncommon Biblical boys names:
3. Me? I'd happily name a boy Balthazar, Boaz or even the somewhat mainstream Raphael (Rafael is a family name for me too)
With Eden Katherine I would go with Raphael myself but have no idea what I'd use as a middle for him!
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It's wonderful that you had a dream about naming your daughter Eden. I like Rosalind Sarai, too! I think if you name one twin girl or even one sister Eden, you have to be careful about what you name the other sibling. Eden sounds so perfect and it is short and yet full of meaning. It is a bit contemporary because it ends in an "n". It is a place name, too. You don't want to get too cutesy with it. Like naming the sister Nevaeh-Heaven backwards-might be too cutesy for some people's taste. But everyone is different in their name taste. Some people might love Eden and Nevaeh.
So my choices are:
Girls: Tove (has Hebrew origin but I don't know the meaning), Celeste, August, Iris
Boys: I love Gabriel or Gavriel, too. Also Justus/Justice, Leonardo, Dante (but would people think of Dante's Inferno plus I'm worried that Dante is going to get really trendy), Zane( I like it because it is also four letters and ends in an "n"), and August.
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Saturday, 22 November 2008
UAE Street Style
22 comments:
- Organica said...
What's the point of a long abayah when your hair is showing?
- 22/11/08 13:02
- Jana said...
The "point" I guess is that in the Gulf, the abaya and shayla are often cultural garments rather than religious ones. The ladies with their hair showing may not necessarily class themselves as wearing 'hijab', but simply wearing this clothing because it is their culture. And I'd much rather a woman wore a loose abaya with hair showing than having all her hair covered up but clad in tight clothing...
- 22/11/08 13:10
- Anne Marie said...
I think the top left are my faves...:)
- 22/11/08 17:30
- virgo said...
they seem to wear lots of black..
- 22/11/08 21:22
- nida said...
I love the middle one on the left... Sooo awsome... Adding a little color to the black of the abaya :D and seems most casual for my taste... Thanx for the post
- 22/11/08 22:45
- Pixie said...
Love em all. Leave the hair: D
- 23/11/08 02:42
- Megan said...
I don't think women in the gulf can wear colours other than black (out in public anyways), can they? I'd sure want to be wearing a lighter colour!
- 23/11/08 04:59
- Didil said...
i like the first picture. :))
- 23/11/08 10:41
- A7la Bint said...
Of course we are allowed to wear colored clothes in the gulf megan...its just a personal preference
- 23/11/08 10:48
- Fashionably Modest said...
My favorite is the fourth. I love the blousson type sleeves. When I was in Dubai I couldn't believe it. Sure most everyone was wearing black, but it was all so beautiful and varied. Never have I seen so much black! That was so stylish. In Saudi, it's just a lot of black, but very plain.
- 23/11/08 12:00
- Anonymous said...
i disagree in Saudi people there is alot of variety it just depends what city in Saudi u go to...
- 23/11/08 13:44
- Anonymous said...
Assalamulaikum Jana,
I adore all these..especially the
3rd one, very nice colorful embroidery. I want each one!
- 23/11/08 16:41
- Anonymous said...
The styles are great...but please, please,please my muslim sister...cover your hair! that's not a hijab!, May Allah bless all of you...
- 23/11/08 16:50
- WAHI said...
salam, the pictures are nice, very fashion forward.
I am stopping over in dubai for 2days only for abaya shopping, can anyone please name some good malls where I can shop for abayas and hijab in a short period? It will be a great help.
- 23/11/08 21:23
- Inspired Muslimah said...
I think they all look pretty
- 24/11/08 04:15
- Babli said...
Sr. Wahi, Dubai is a city of malls so basically you just need to walk into any mall and get the abayya you need. "Emirates Mall" is pretty good! And ofcourse cant go wrong with Black ... I agree with the sister who commented about hijab being culture for them and not adhering to our religion, which is sad ofcourse. just my 2cents
- 24/11/08 20:14
- malizea the french hijabi said...
- 27/11/08 21:51
- Anonymous said...
The BOTTOM left is absolutely GORGEAOUS. I love the waist!!! Where can I find one of those?
- 4/12/08 07:56
- sumera said...
can anyone tell me..............what arab girls wear under their scarf to have a elongated look.i simply love the way they wear the shayla.please help me out
- 24/4/09 15:57
- Anonymous said...
I loove the first one ..the sister with the cream bag- love the way she done her scarf!!!
Does anyone know how she done it?
- 14/5/09 12:21
- Nemo said...
Yeah I would also know how the sister with cream scarf did it! It looks really beautiful!
- 7/3/10 11:19
- Ameena said...
i like the bottom left.. the waist degign is really great.. do anyone know how to wrap hijab in gulf style?
- 11/8/10 06:02


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a little bit of History....
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17.
It is the Irish national holiday and one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland (a bank holiday in Northern Ireland); the overseas territory of Montserrat; and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In the United States, Australia, and rest of Canada it is widely celebrated, although not an official holiday.
It became a feast day in the universal church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding, as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary [1] in the early part of the 17th century.
A common practice among gardeners is to plant at least one potato, no matter how cold the weather, on St. Patrick's Day. This is done in order to ensure a good harvest for the coming year. Some speculate that this may have arisen from the Irish Potato Famine.
This is what teacher... Timothy Reed Robinson does to celebrate this festivity:
Well I don't know much about the actual origins of the day, but I do know how it is celebrated in the US. In the mornings for families we have large parades with big floats and marching bands. Everyone wears green, and if you don't wear green on that day, you'll get pinched. For adults, the day is celebrated with the Irish tradition of drinking lots of beer. Sometimes food coloring is added to make the beer green, or in the case of Guinness beer which is very dark, a 4 leaf clover is formed on the top. Happy St. Patrick's day!!!
One of the traditions to celebrate this day... A parade...
Now, what do you think? do we have any thing like this festivity our country?


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"Special Relationship" is a term used to describe the relations between Great Britain and the US, but if ever there were two countries linked by historical events of unparalleled magnitude, it is Germany and Israel. The Holocaust has defined the relationship between the country of the perpetrators and the country of the victims, so much so that German Chancellor Angela Merkel frequently calls the security of the Jewish state Germany's responsibility, its "raison d'etre" even.
But not all Germans agree, and the decisions Mrs. Merkel makes based on that "special relationship" stir growing unease among many Germans.
This week Der Spiegel magazine ran a cover story about German submarines being sold to Israel. The article quotes several former members of the German defense ministry alleging that Israel is arming these submarines, delivered at very generous terms, with nuclear cruise missiles and that the German government has been aware of this modification for quite some time.
Neither German nor Israeli officials have commented on the story, but experts see it as an open secret. The fact that Berlin is not even denying it has led the political opposition and commentators to re-open the debate on the character of German-Israeli relations.
"The submarines are a vital addition to our national security," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German tabloid Bild in an interview on June 5. "They are an affirmation of Germany's commitment to Israel's security."
"Of course the German government never asked what would happen to these subs," says Karsten Voigt, a former Social Democrat member of parliament and government coordinator for US-German relations. "The worst thing would have been if the Israelis had said the truth – any German government would have had a hard time defending itself."
There is no lack of critics. Günter Grass, a Nobel-Prize-winning German author, found himself at the center of an international scandal when he published a poem a few weeks ago in which he defended Iran against the threat of a military strike by Israel and asked the – rhetorical – question of whether Germany should be part of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
"I'm speaking out," Mr. Grass said in his poem, "because my country, scene of crimes beyond comparison, under the pretext of penitence is sending Israel another submarine, which can direct all-destructive warheads toward an area in which not a single nuclear bomb as been proven to exist."
The poem drew condemnation around the globe, notably in Israel, where Grass was declared persona non-grata. In Germany it rekindled the debate on whether criticism of Israel was equivalent to anti-Semitism or a liberation from the decades of guilt.
A majority of the political class will side with the official government line, albeit with less emphasis than the chancellor. On a state visit to Israel last week, President Joachim Gauck spoke about the relationship, although his declaration of commitment wasn't quite as strong. "Advocacy for Israel's security and right to exist is a defining part of German policy," he said.
But a poll conducted by the respected Forsa institute just before the visit indicated rising German unease with Israeli government policy. According to the poll, 60 percent of Germans believe that their country has no special responsibility toward Israel because of the Holocaust; only 33 percent said it does. On top of that, the poll indicated that 70 percent of Germans believe Israel pursues its interests without consideration for other peoples. In a similar poll three years ago, only 59 percent were of that opinion. Similarly, the percentage of those who perceive Israel as "aggressive" has risen from 49 to 59 percent.
Thilo Sarazzin, a former director of the German central bank, now a controversial bestselling author, picks up the theme of Holocaust guilt driving German policy in his new book "Europe does not need the euro." In his view, German willingness to support the common currency and its weaker member states results from guilt.
According to Sarrazin, those advocating eurobonds – collectivized debt guaranteed by the whole eurozone – are "driven by the very German reflex to believe that atonement for the Holocaust and World War II can only be achieved by handing over all our interests, including our money, into European hands."
To be fair, Germany does not blindly support Israel in all its endeavors. Merkel last year irritated Netanyahu by criticizing Israel's settlement policy. Germany is the biggest Western investor in the Palestinian territories. There is a lot of sympathy for the Palestinian cause, particularly in Germany's political left. The Social Democrats (SPD), Germany's main opposition party, accuse Merkel of failing to pressure the Israelis to honor a certain part of the deal – according to them the delivery of German submarines was tied to Israeli concessions over the settlements.
"The chancellor has missed the opportunity to persuade Israel's government to change their view on the settlement issue," says SPD foreign affairs spokesman Rolf Mützenich.
But the criticism from the left is rather mild. After all, all post-war German governments subscribed to the special responsibility towards Israel. It was Social Democrat Gerhard Schröder, Merkel's predecessor in the chancellery, who in 2002 said: "Whatever the Israelis need to protect themselves, we'll give it to them."


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The new Mifflin County High School is poised to become a member of the Mid-Penn Conference for the 2012-2013 school year.
The new school, a merger of Indian Valley and Lewistown high schools that was approved by the Mifflin County School Board last week, will be in place next school year if current Mifflin County School District plans move forward. At current, there is no indication that anything will interrupt those plans, but with school mergers, anything can happen.
But here is what has happened: Indian Valley and Lewistown, both members of the Mountain League, were booted out of the Mountain League in 2012-2013, although the new school will have Mountain League schedules in most, if not all, sports for the next school year.
With the new school, which will be a mid-sized Class AAAA school in football and basketball, thrown out of the Mountain League, it is highly likely that the Mid-Penn Conference will accept the new school as a full member at the start of the next cycle.
On Thursday, the Mid-Penn Conference, as anticipated, accepted State College as an all-sports member; the Little Lions had been a football-only member since 2004. With Mifflin County between State College and Harrisburg, it makes adding Mifflin County a little more palatable to the Mid-Penn.
So palatable, in fact, the conference has included the Mifflin County school in its 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 schedules as a league member, despite the fact that no formal action has been taken on the Mifflin County matter.
In fact, the Mid-Penn, meeting at the same time as the Mountain League and unaware of the ML's actions, would likely have passed the alignments that included Mifflin County had it not been for requests by Trinity and Steelton-Highspire to change basketball divisions. The conference will vote electronically next Wednesday on the alignments once Steel-High and Trinity resolve the issue. Assuming the Mifflin County school is included in those alignments, as they were on Wednesday, that's a pretty good indication Mifflin County will have smooth sailing to Mid-Penn membership.


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My Young connection
My direct Young line starts with 3x great grandmother Margaret Young, born about 1812 in Seghill in Northumberland. Unfortunately she is the only Young I have managed to find so far and I do not think it will easy to identify her parents. Margaret married Peter Stavers in 1833 in Newburn in Northumberland.


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The BVD, a Dutch intelligence service, begins investigating A. Q. Khan over suspicions he is passing on nuclear secrets from the uranium enrichment company Urenco, for which he works, to Pakistan. The investigation starts because of two incidents. In the first, the Pakistani embassy in Belgium uses a report that appears to have come from one of Urenco's owners to order specialized wrapping foil for centrifuges from Metalimphy, a French company. Metalimphy checks with Urenco's owner, which says that the report belongs to it, and should not be in the Pakistanis' hands. The BVD then learns that Khan was asking suspicious questions at a trade fair in Switzerland about atomic weapons. [Armstrong and Trento, 2007, pp. 54]
Entity Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Metalimphy, URENCO, Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst
Timeline Tags: A. Q. Khan's Nuclear Network
Ruud Lubbers. [Source: ru(.nl)]After the BVD, a Dutch intelligence agency, informs the CIA that it intends to arrest A. Q. Khan over the passage of nuclear secrets to Pakistan (see Mid-October 1975), the CIA tells the Dutch to let Khan continue with his activities. Former Dutch Minister of Economc Affairs Ruud Lubbers will say, "The Americans wished to follow and watch Khan to get more information." Lubbers questions this and the CIA tells him to block Khan's access to the secrets, which the Dutch do by promoting him to a job where he no longer has access to sensitive data from the uranium enrichment company Urenco. Lubbers will later suggest that the real reason the US does not want Khan arrested is because of its interest in helping Pakistan, an enemy of Soviet-leaning India. Because Khan no longer has access to the sensitive data after his promotion, the CIA cannot find out anything by monitoring him. In addition, the promotion alerts Khan to the fact he may be under surveillance, and he flees to Pakistan in mid-December. Authors David Armstrong and Joe Trento will later comment: "What no one yet realized was that Khan had already absconded with the plans for almost every centrifuge on Urenco's drawing board, including the all-important G-2 [centrifuge]. It would prove to be one of the greatest nuclear heists of all time." [Armstrong and Trento, 2007, pp. 54]
Entity Tags: Ruud Lubbers, Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst, Central Intelligence Agency, Abdul Qadeer Khan
After returning from the Netherlands, where he had stolen secrets to help Pakistan's nuclear weapons program but was under investigation by the authorities (see March-December 15, 1975 and November 1975), Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan is formally hired to assist with Pakistan's program to build nuclear weapons. The hiring results from a report by Khan to Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto about the state of Pakistan's uranium enrichment program. After touring the country's enrichment facility, Khan tells Bhutto that the program is in a bad state, and Bhutto offers Khan a managerial position. When Bhutto is told that Khan has accepted the position, he reportedly pounds his fist on the table and declares, "I will see the Hindu bastards now." Because of the knowledge Khan has gained during his time in Europe, he soon becomes well respected within the project. [Armstrong and Trento, 2007, pp. 56-57]
Entity Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs drafts a memo urging that the government of the Netherlands cover up its actions in regard of Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Khan's role in Pakistan's nuclear weapons efforts has recently been revealed by a German television program (see March 28, 1979), which highlighted how Khan stole nuclear secrets while working in the Netherlands (see May 1, 1972, October 1974, and March-December 15, 1975). The Ministry of Economic Affairs memo states, "It is of the highest priority [to claim] that from the Netherlands, there is not a single contribution to the Pakistani effort." However, the Dutch government has known the allegations are true for years, but has kept this secret, initially ignored warnings, and even harassed a colleague who blew the whistle on Khan (see Mid-1975, Mid-October 1975, November 1975, July 1976, Second Half of 1976, and (August 1976)). The Dutch government decides in line with the memo, and issues an interim report whitewashing Khan's actions in the Netherlands. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 57]
Entity Tags: Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
The CIA advises Dutch authorities to back off the case of Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan, who had stolen nuclear secrets in the Netherlands for Pakistan's nuclear weapons program (see March-December 15, 1975). Khan had been convicted by a Dutch court (see 1983), but the conviction was overturned on appeal due to a technicality (see 1985), and the Dutch are considering reopening the case. Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers will later say that the US wants Khan to be left alone because Pakistan is a key US ally in the battle against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The CIA had told the Dutch to back off Khan once before (see November 1975) [Armstrong and Trento, 2007, pp. 67]
Entity Tags: Ruud Lubbers, Central Intelligence Agency
The White House convenes a small team of senior officials to look behind the nuclear program of North Korea, which appears to be attempting to start a uranium enrichment program, and focuses on Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Khan travels to Pyongyang several times a month and, according to authors Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, he is the "most visible common denominator" in Pakistan's proliferation network and "a flag to be followed." Levy and Scott-Clark point out that, although the US has been aware of Khan's activities for over two decades (see November 1975), this is the "first serious attempt at interdicting the Pakistani operation." Experienced Officials Head Team - The officials include Robert Gallucci, President Clinton's special envoy on ballistic weapons and WMD, who has been monitoring Pakistan's nuclear program for 20 years and had helped negotiate an agreement with North Korea in 1994. Robert Einhorn, assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation, Karl Inderfurth, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, and Gary Samore, a senior director for non-proliferation at the National Security Council, are also on the team. Problems - However, there are some initial problems. For example, the officials already have so much work that one will characterize it as a "five minute [info] dump on Khan." Levy and Scott-Clark will comment: "There was a surfeit of material, much of it higgledy-piggledy, since over the years no organized overview had been taken of Pakistan's illicit trade. Instead, a multiplicity of agencies in intelligence, defense, and foreign affairs had all assigned analysts to work on the Khan conundrum, stovepiping what they discovered, so no one agency knew everything." More than Missiles - The group soon receives evidence showing that the dealings between North Korea and Pakistan do not involve just missiles, but also uranium enrichment technology (see 1997, 1998, (1998 and Possibly After), February 1998, February 1998 or Shortly After, Early June 1998, and Mid-June 1998). Einhorn will later say: "In 1998 we began to get some information of North Korean-Pakistani deals that went way beyond missiles. There was a nuclear dimension to this arrangement. There were Pakistani and North Korean weapons specialists getting together, including people from KRL [Khan Research Laboratories]. There was a pattern to the interactions." [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 278-280]
Entity Tags: Robert Gallucci, Karl Inderfurth, Catherine Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy, Gary Samore, Robert Einhorn
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By John Goralski
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Charlie Lembo said that he's never worried about a loss. That's why he embraces such a tough regular season schedule. It's the way his team responds to a loss that concerns the Southington coach.
That's why Lembo had a hard time suppressing his smile when he welcomed visitors into the Plainville dugout after a 4-0 win over the defending Class M champions.
The Knights began the week with their first loss of the season, but they responded with two of their best defensive efforts. Brett Susi scored his first varsity no-hitter in a 7-0 win over Newington, and Joe Rivera came one hit short of matching him against Plainville.
Southington improved to 4-1 overall.
"I wish we would start scoring a little earlier in the game to put some pressure on the other teams," said Lembo. "Maybe if we could get more baserunners, we can do more things like hit and run, bunting, or stealing. I think it's going to come around."
The Berlin Wall
Andrew Goralski went 4-for-4 with a pair of RBI. Matt Sirois scored two hits in four attempts, and Ted Shaw scored twice. On Monday, April 8, Southington batters went 7-for-14 (.500) at the top of the order, but the rest of the lineup combined for just one hit.
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The defense did enough to win. Joe Hayes scattered four hits and four strikeouts over as many innings, and Kyle Cole pitched three innings of scoreless relief.
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Dialogue: John Landis on 'Three Amigos,' Singing Bushes, 'American Werewolf' Remake and Why Horror and Comedy Are Alike
Whether you laugh or scream while watching his movies, John Landis loves an honest gut reaction. The 61-year-old director of National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers, American Werewolf in London, Trading Places and Innocent Blood has happily walked the fine line between horror and comedy since his debut with the low-budget 1973 satire Schlock.
One of Landis's most loved comedies is 1986's ¡Three Amigos!, which stars Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Steve Martin as three silent-film actors who mistakenly get bamboozled into fighting for a small Mexican village that is being oppressed by a gang of thugs. ¡Three Amigos! makes its Blu-ray debut on November 22 and includes deleted scenes, interviews and a booklet featuring dialogue from a recent reunion between Landis and his three leading men.
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Movies.com: Even though ¡Three Amigos! wasn't a huge blockbuster, people still have affection for it 25 years later. What is it about the film that has legs?
Landis: I just think it is entertaining. It's fun, so when something is funny and entertaining it lasts.
Movies.com: What was the silliest thing Steve Martin, Martin Short or Chevy Chase improvised on the set that you kept in?
Well, in terms of improvisation, I tend to do that in rehearsal. I remember there were things that were funny to me. Probably the funniest moment for me when shooting was when I had the Three Amigos on horseback in the desert and I was shooting while they were wearing those ridiculous outfits and after having been shooting for three weeks, Chevy objected to a line of dialogue and he said, "I don't think I should say this." And, remember, Chevy plays a character named Dusty Bottoms. So I said, "Well, why not?" He said, "Because my character would have to be a moron to say this." All I could think was, What movie has Chevy been making? So I said, "OK, I'll give it to Marty because it's a laugh." Then Chevy said, "I'll say it!" It's one of my favorite moments with an actor.
Movies.com: Are some of your favorite cut scenes included on the Blu-ray?
Landis: There are 20 minutes of deleted scenes on the Blu-ray and the only scenes that are not included are the one scene with Fran Drescher and one scene with Sam Kinison. Those were cut after the first preview for length.
Movies.com: Whose idea was the singing bush and was that really Randy Newman singing?
Landis: That was Randy singing and that was in the screenplay, which was written by Steven Martin, Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman. I guess that is from the Old Testament. Doesn't Moses talk to the singing bush or some kind of bush? It struck me funny when I read it and I thought, How ridiculous can I make this look? There were huge discussions about whether or not it should be animated or if we should see its lips moving. I said, "Bushes don't have lips! I'm just going to make it look as ridiculous as possible."
Movies.com: If forced to in a social situation, could you still do the Amigo salute?
Landis: I think I could, yeah. We made up that salute on the first day and that was a group effort from the three guys. I forget who added the cough at the end.
Movies.com: Does it irk you a little bit that movies like Galaxy Quest and Tropic Thunder have capitalized on the same ¡Three Amigos! idea where a group of actors are unwittingly thrown into real danger?
Landis: They completely ripped it off! The first Pixar movie about the ants, A Bug's Life, took the same plot. It's amazing how often the plot has been used. If Galaxy Quest weren't so funny, it would probably bother me more.
Movies.com: ¡Three Amigos! was the only Western you directed in your career. Would you ever make another?
Landis: I've worked on a lot of Westerns as crew, but I'd love to direct more Westerns. I would do it in a heartbeat. That's one of the reasons I was so pleased with the Blu-ray of ¡Three Amigos! because I was able to restore the picture the way it was supposed to look. We were trying to make it look like those Technicolor Hollywood Westerns of the '50s.
Movies.com: Hollywood is remake happy. What would your gut reaction be if you heard that someone intended to remake ¡Three Amigos! or another movie of yours like American Werewolf in London?
Landis: Well, I actually wrote An American Werewolf in London and I optioned the remake rights to Dimension. People were all upset about it and said, "Why would you do that?" It's kind of a win-win for me because if they do a good job—and there have been clever ones like David Cronenberg's The Fly, John Carpenter's The Thing and even The Maltese Falcon that have been successful—then I make more money and there will be more. If they do a bad job, then I look like a genius. I don't want to be anywhere near the remake, though.
Movies.com: An American Werewolf in London is a terrific horror film and the makeup in the wolf transformation scenes still holds up. If that movie were made today, it would all be done with CGI. How do you feel about that?
Landis: If I were doing An American Werewolf in London today, I would do a combination [of makeup and CGI]. Did you see the very, very bad Wolfman remake? Rick Baker won an Oscar for that and there was stuff that you probably thought was makeup that was CG and stuff that was CG that was actually Rick's makeup. These are just tools. The truth is, people s**t on CG but I've seen some remarkable work. I didn't think the second Pirates of the Caribbean film was a great movie, but the Davy Jones character looked fantastic. You couldn't really do that with conventional makeup, so I think CG has its use like any other tool.
Movies.com: Your video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was a game changer for his career, MTV and music history. You later directed Jackson's "Black and White"…
Landis: That was the first time anyone had seen computer morphing. There was a man named John Whitney who really is the father of CG imagery and invented it. He was a fine artist. The practical applications of a lot of John Whitney's stuff were flight simulators and a lot of things the military uses. I went to school with John Whitney's son and I went to John Whitney Sr. in 1971 with a description of An American Werewolf in London and I asked him if a computer could generate the in-between transformation steps. He looked at me and said, "Eventually, yes, but we don't have the power now." In 1981 I went to John Whitney Jr. who, in fact, made the first CG feature film with The Last Starfighter. I asked him the same question and he said, "No, not yet. But soon." When I made "Black and White" with Michael, they had finally gotten the technology and I was so impressed because they were doing it with desktop computers, not those giant IBM Univac rigs. Now you can buy that technology used in "Black and White" and do it on your laptop.
Movies.com: You are one of the rare directors that can do comedy and horror well. Do you see them as genres that can comingle?
Landis: Well, they are very similar in many ways. One, they get no respect—critics don't credit how difficult it is to do either one, especially comedy. Two, they both invoke a physical response and are unforgiving. You have a spastic response—you either laugh or you gasp or scream. That's straightforward.
Movies.com: What is the next movie you will be directing?
Landis: It depends because I'm involved in a number of different projects and the truth is that the one that gets funded is the one that you do. It's increasingly hard to get the money to make the movies that I want to make. I have a Western that I'd like to do, but probably the next one is going to be this little monster movie in Paris. It's untitled because no one can come up with a good one, but Trading Places didn't have a title until post production. In many ways the movie is old fashioned but in many ways it is radically new.
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edition 2005
Par Richard Borg
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