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2009 Miniseries
Actors: Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton, Tim Curry, Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone
Genres: Television
NR 2010 3hr 4min
Abandoned by her father as a child, the independent twenty-one-year-old Alice is accustomed to men being unpredictable, but Jack Chase is something else. Just moments after surprising her with a rare family ring, he?s sudd... more »
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Like Alice, LOVE Andrew Lee's Hatter even more!!
A. Lee | 12/09/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I never really got into the whole Alice in Wonderland story, to tell the truth, I was actually terrified with the story as a child. Anyways Alice is a wonderful and refreshing take on the well known classic and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed it. I watched it at about midnight, skimming through the channels until I came across it and for some reason I was hooked at once. Alice is portrayed as a kickass fighting heroine, that's quite different and the story/plot was so exciting and new, I don't want to give it away but there is some interesting bits added to the original.
Summary: So this Alice is a martial arts butt-kicker. She meets Jack who slips her a ring and once Jack is abducted Alice follows, thus leading to her falling down the "rabbit hole" or the looking glass. Once there she meets Hatter who wants to help her find her way home. As she learns more about Wonderland and their emotion-extracting economy, her life becomes endangered when the Queen of Hearts orders for Alice's capture. The Queen ultimately wants the ring Alice recieved from Jack to power the looking glass. Along Alice's journey to find Jack, she also meets The White Knight who accompanys the duo to the Casino(where the captured humans are extracted) while also running away from the Queen's men: White Rabbit and the Suits. Quite an adventure.
Okay back to characters: I must say the acting is top-notch, so great for SyFy to get these incredibly talented actors. First Caterina Scorsone as Alice is amazing and this is my first time watching her, but I am really impressed by her acting. The White Knight(Matt Frewer who is another great star who works perfectly in Alice) is there for some comical parts, and very fun to watch too. Kathy Bates as the Queen, I get what I expected knowing her previous work. The whole cast, Tim Curry, Phillip Winchester, Colm Meaney, etc. is great but the one person that MADE it for me is Andrew Lee Potts as the Mad Hatter. Cute, funny, adorable and most of all he is the one character you can sympathize with (also watch him in the sci-fi show Primeval!) I mean he practically steals every scene he is in. Pott's Hatter is so likable opposite of Scorsone's skeptical Alice that I would watch this just to see the two of them and their romance! He really surprised me with his fun cool side yet it was his sensitive and "mushy side" that just left me wanting more. Now I am curious to see Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter...
The SyFy series Tin Man, was a similar miniseries that I saw a few years back(not sure how long) but I really enjoyed the show and the concept behind it. Alice is much like Tin Man, since it is by the same people, but I think it is slightly better and less gloomy.
The cinematography is also perfect, many beautiful scenes but some might have something to say about the CGI. It kind of bothered me that the CG wasn't too amazing but considering it is SyFy, that is just a very miniscule issue and never took away from the show itself. The small attention to details is exceptional too, if you pay attention you can tell how amazing the level of depth is- from the clothing to the buildings.
Basically the show is fun, bizarre, unique and a truly fantastic adventure. I highly recommend a watch.
One last note: the ending ROCKED! and did I already mention how awesome Hatter was....
Edit: dvd release March 2, 2012"
Alice of legend
E. A Solinas | MD USA | 12/22/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"There's a girl in a blue dress, a Queen of Hearts, and a a magical looking glass that whisks the heroine into a surreal Wonderland.
But beyond that, don't expect this SyFy miniseries to have much in common with Lewis Carroll's classic novel, "Alice in Wonderland." Instead, "Alice" is a whole different animal -- a deliciously gritty sci-fi adventure filled with action, romance, monsters psychedelic horrors, and a revolution against a drug-peddling queen. It's a little silly, but still immensely entertaining.
Alice's (Caterina Scorsone) dinner date with her boyfriend Jack (Philip Winchester) falls apart when he offers her an heirloom ring. When she chases after him, she sees him being dragged off by some suit-wearing thugs -- and promptly trips THROUGH a looking glass. Of course she ends up in Wonderland, a world of grimy urban ruins and art deco casinos. And it's ruled by the Queen of Hearts (Kathy Bates), a ruthless tyrant who keeps her populace drugged with emotions from kidnapped "oysters" (ordinary humans).
Alice ends up following the eccentric Hatter (Andrew-Lee Potts), who offers to take her to the Resistance -- but when they get there, they discover that Jack's ring is actually the Stone of Wonderland (which powers the transdimensional Looking Glass). Since everybody in Wonderland wants the Stone, Hatter and Alice end up on the run from both the Resistance and the Queen's assassin Mad March. Alice is still determined to rescue Jack and return home, but she soon finds that her boyfriend isn't quite what she thought -- and that one of her loved ones is the Queen's brainwashed slave.
The whole idea behind "Alice" is that Carroll's story was real, and that Wonderland has become a very different place in the last 150 years -- crumbling smoky cities, insectile airships, bunny-headed cyborg assassins, and a pair of sadistic interrogators called Dr. Dum and Dr. Dee. It's a far darker, more complex affair than Carroll's books, and that's what makes it so brilliant.
There's plenty of sci-fi action and chaotic battle scenes, including aerial chases, bombing runs and the occasional attack from the grotesque Jabberwock; and the writers keep the complex plot flowing along nicely. But they also keep the story grounded with a love triangle between Alice, Jack and Hatter, as well as Alice's quest to free the oysters and a long-lost family member. And there's just enough humor to keep it from being excessively grim ("We don't have to use a user manual, do we? I HATE user manuals").
Problems? A few of the homages (the grinning cat, the "drink me" bottle) are pretty superfluous, and the siege of skeletal soldiers is kind of silly (especially the "Hit them with everything we've got").
Scorsone makes an excellent modern Alice -- intelligent, capable and capable of butt-kicking her way out, but still vulnerable and young ("You don't remember me!"). Potts makes a deliciously quirky, sexily disheveled Hatter, and Frewer rounds out the main trio as a mildly insane White Knight. Winchester and Colm Meaney are also excellent, Tim Curry is brilliant but underused, and Kathy Bates absolutely rules as the casually cruel, petulant Queen. And yes, she does say "off with his head!"
I don't know what beloved children's story will get reworked next, but "Alice" does a great job with Lewis Carroll's classic novel -- lots of action, a touch of romance, and just enough surreality."
Very Satisfying, Brilliant Acting
T. Owens | MD, U.S. | 12/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"First off, if you're expecting an adaptation of the classic children's story, you're not going to get it. This a more of a spin off. It's an entirely new story based in Wonderland with a woman who happens to be named Alice, but is not the original. So what did I think over all?
STELLAR CAST AND ACTING - Caterina Scorsone just shines as Alice. She strikes a perfect balance between appearing independent and well adjusted while showing hints of vulnerability and fear that have arisen from a past event. Her emotions were pure and her dialogue very natural. She did an excellent job.
Andrew-Lee Potts as "Hatter" commanded the screen whenever he was on. The chemistry between him and Alice was some of the best I've seen in a while. It rang completely true and had me filled with anticipation all movie long for something more to happen. Andrew-Lee Potts is an incredible actor and also very easy on the eyes. If you want some excellent suspenseful romance, this is the movie for you!
There are too many other great actors too name. Truly, all of the acting was brilliant in this film.
SPECIAL EFFECTS - They aren't the greatest special effects. but when you consider that they're part of a low budget movie...erm...a low budget, SCI-FI movie at that, they're not too shabby. I love this modern take on Wonderland with it's mix of trashy urban high rises and spectacular countryside.
PLOT - If you're looking for a deep thinker, you won't find too much to ponder on here. Sure, a prominent feature of this movie is social commentary about the dangers of seeking instant gratification but it's sort of minimized by the strange measures with which it is achieved. There are certainly many interesting questions that arise during viewing about Wonderland itself, but unfortunately many of those questions are not answered. I don't know if the writer's didn't know how to answer them or if there simply wasn't enough time. Although the movie didn't feel rushed to me, I would have loved for it to be longer and more thorough in addressing some glaring plot holes. One is left to speculate just a little too much on this and that at the end. But perhaps it's more fun that way?
SUMMARY - To me, this movie is mostly about the growth of characters and that's why I loved it so much. We see Alice coming to trust deeply for the first time in a very long time, Hatter who learns that doing the right thing is more important than doing the safe thing and a knight who finds the courage to finally make things right. This movie strikes a good balance between character growth, romance, quirkiness, humor and action. It's enough to overlook any other faults. It will leave you grinning from ear to ear. It is one that I know I'll watch over and over again and I can't wait to purchase it!
SyFy "Alice"
C. E. Sewer II | Brandon, FL | 12/28/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This "Alice" is certainly NOT for the children of the household! This is not a tarted-up Disney movie. There is violence, drug references, war, intrigue, abductions and a lot more you really don't want to have to explain to your younger offspring. (Or have them have to explain to YOUR parents.)
I was truly awed by the show. The physical sets were very well-crafted and remarkably realistic in the CGI scenes. The story was gripping and very plausible for a fantasy tale. The many references to "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" were often very subtle (see how many of you can find the "Mock Turtle" on the first try... (hint: look for a little lady and a BIG gun!)). Some were patently obvious and unnecessary to drive the story. Others were a name-only reference to a character from the stories, like the Dodo.
There were some unanswered questions and some plot holes in the story line, but the story moves so fast you may not even notice until after the program is over.
All in all, "Alice" is very entertaining and worth owning. I enjoyed it so much that I pre-ordered it the moment I found out the release date!"


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Happy Monday everyone! Well, today I wanted to talk about stress. Well, really it only just occurred to me just now that I wanted to write this post.
Stress. Stress is an everyday evil in my world. And I'm sure in most of yours it is too. If you tell me you have absolutely zero stress in your life, I probably won't believe you. It's something we all deal with, and so it is probably good if we learn how to deal with it. This is a big issue in my life right now as I deal with my own stress and often have to help others deal with theirs. I did want to be a therapist, so this is something I am quite passionate about. So, I have decided to include a few things in here that help me when I am stressed, and that perhaps you can give a try the next time you are stressed.
1. Get a second opinion before reacting to the situation at hand. When you get stressed your body goes into fight or flight mode. All of those brain chemicals have your heart rate either up, or down, may have your hands clammy, your mind racing.... and sometimes we may react too quickly in those situations. Before making a rash decision, sit down with someone you trust, let them know what's going on, and get a second opinion. You may realize you are stressing over nothing, and they may be able to talk you through calming yourself down and helping you realize the options you have that you may not be thinking of while really stressed.
2. Take on one task at a time. While I was in school, and now working as a receptionist, there are often times when I find I have a hundred things to do all at once and I get really stressed out about having so much stuff to do. My advice? Take it one task at a time. Instead of trying to do little bits of all of your tasks at a time, and stressing about all of the work you have, take one task, perhaps the most urgent or the one that's due first, and focus on that until it's done, and then move onto the next one. You will not only accomplish a lot more and feel less stressed, but your work will be better quality than if you did small bits of each task at once.
3. Breathe. I know this is a common sense one, and you have probably heard it a million times, but really, just BREATHE. Take in a long deep breath for four seconds, and breathe out for four seconds. Do this for about 5 minutes everyday and you'll be good to go.
4. Take your mind out of the past or the future and bring it into the present. This is another one of those bits of advice you've probably heard a lot. A lot of people choose meditation to accomplish this, but my therapist taught me a neat trick that helps me take my mind out of the past and my worry and brings me into the present and out of the mess of my mind when I'm stressed. Go out for a walk. And instead of using that time to worry and staying trapped in your mind focus on what is around you, And not superficially. Actually actively think about the things around you. Perhaps you're walking through the city and you see a beautifully built building. An example of actively thinking in that situation could be thoughts such as "Wow, look at the architecture of that building, it is absolutely beautiful. Those gargoyles are quite scary looking. I love the colour of the trim, and I wonder what time of stone that is, it's quite lovely." Actively think about the world around you, and it will help teach you how to get out of your own mind and bring you into the present moment.
5. Exercise. When I am angry, or stressed, or sad, I love to exercise. I already exercise 4 times a week, but if I'm particularly moody or angry, I will often take a 20 minute run. Not only do I end up pushing myself harder than I normally would, but I am left feeling so much more calm and level headed. If running isn't your thing, a walk could do the same, especially if pair with the tip I mentioned above. Exercise has been shown to decrease levels of depression almost as effectively as antidepressants, and really exercising and eating right will just really help your whole overall health and happiness in general.
6. Take a bath. If I'm really panicky and stressed out, I will often run a really hot bath, put on a face mask, and lay in the bath for 10-20 minutes, and BREATHE. I'll close my eyes, try to relax all of my muscles and breathe deeply. I know not everyone is a fan of bathing, but I always feel looser and more relaxed and a bit more level headed after a nice hot bath.
I could continue this post on with many more tips and tricks I use to help me through the especially tough days, but this post would go on forever! I really hope this post helps at least one person, and please let me know if you have any other tips and tricks for dealing with stress, please share them in the comments below, and let me know if you try any of these tricks!
I hope everyone has a really great and not too stressful week!
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Newton 13, Prairie View 5
DECATUR, Miss. — Newton County jumped out to an 8-2 second-inning lead on its way to a 13-5 win over Prairie View in the opener of a best-of-three MAIS Class 2A playoff series Tuesday night.
Game 2 of the second-round series is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday at Prairie View with the rubber match to follow, if necessary.
Prairie View went ahead briefly in the top of the first when Auston Smith drew a two-out walk, stole second and scored on Hunter Herring's double to left.
NCA countered with five in its half of the first and never relinquished the lead.
Doubles by Zac Kyzar and Braxton Rose started the outburst. Five hit batsman and an RBI single by Bailey McDill later, the Generals had opened up a 5-1 spread.
Connor Ouellette's RBI single chased home Jacob Fortner, who walked, to bring the Spartans within 5-2 in the second.
Kemp Alderman started the NCA second with a home run to straight-away center field and the Generals went on to plate two more en route to building an 8-2 lead.
Taking advantage of two hit batters, a walk and Fortner's two-run single, the Spartans drew within 8-5 in the third, but could get no closer.
Newton added two in the third, two in the fourth and one in the sixth.
Rose, the second of three NCA pitchers, received credit for the win.
NCA out-hit the Spartans 8-5. Kyzar set the tone for the Generals offensively by going 2-for-2 with a double, a single, two walks and an HBP and scoring three runs. Alderman went deep, Rose doubled and Dalton Hollingsworth, McDill, Dalton Sibley and Austin Upton singled.
Herring doubled for the Spartans (22-3) and Tanner Caldwell, Fortner, Andrew Janes and Ouellette singled.
Blake Ray, the first of five Prairie View pitchers, was charged with the loss.
If there was a silver lining for the Spartans, the District 6-2A champions burned a minimal amount of pitching (under MAIS rules, pitchers are limited to 110 pitches per week). Ray was pulled after 40 pitches, and relievers Tanner Caldwell and Mason Rogers threw 49 and 40, respectively. Auston Smith did not take the mound Tuesday.
Notes: Prairie View, which saw its 12-game winning streak come to an end, appeared rusty coming off of an 18-day layoff. The Spartans were charged with five errors, while their pitchers issued an uncharacteristic seven walks and plunked six batters. ... NCA pitchers had control issues as well, walking six and hitting four. ... The Prairie View-NCA winner advances to play the Wayne-Glenbrook winner in the semifinals. Down 4-1, Wayne rallied for four runs in the seventh to nip Glenbrook 5-4 in Tuesday's series opener at Minden.


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Former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has confirmed his transfer to Chelsea from Barcelona after the North Londoners passed on their option to re-sign the Spaniard.
The 27-year-old Spain international moves back to England after three years in his homeland at his boyhood club Barcelona. His transfer from Arsenal after eight years in North London was one of the most protracted transfer sagas in recent memory, as the Catalans demanded he return to the Camp Nou.
However, after just three years with Barcelona, the club have now decided he is surplus to requirements in Spain and offered him to potential suitors around the continent this summer – his former club Arsenal had the first right of refusal but chose not to re-sign their former skipper.
Instead he signs for Premier League rivals Chelsea, much to the dissatisfaction of Arsenal fans to whom he had remained a prodigal son after his departure and as the Gunners' fans try to make sense of the club's lack of interest in bringing him back to the Emirates, their record signing Mesut Ozil has been suggested as the reason manager Arsene Wenger felt the club did not have a requirement for Fabregas.
However, Ozil's signing last summer was not the only obstacle in any considerations to re-sign Fabregas. The emergence of Aaron Ramsey as the Gunners' most influential midfield player this term may well have been the decisive factor in the manager's thinking.
Premier League and Champions League football is dependent on a squad, not just a team or a starting XI – rotation is sacrosanct in the modern era of football and we saw this year, in the second half of the season, just how debilitating injuries to key players can be with both Ozil and Ramsey sidelined for long periods.
If you consider that Arsenal deploy one holding midfielder (Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini at present), one central midfielder (Ramsey or Wilshere) and one attacking playmaker (Ozil, Wilshere or Santi Cazorla) you can see immediately that there is plenty of cover and options in Wenger's squad without even mentioning the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky, Serge Gnabry or Abou Diaby.
However, if you took the new and immensely improved Aaron Ramsey out of the equation, there could have been an argument for signing Fabregas – Wilshere's injury record and still relative inexperience would have been a consideration for the manager but with Ramsey now one of the first names on the team sheet, probably ahead of the young No.10 now, a move to sign Fabregas would have meant one of Arsenal's most important players, Ozil or Ramsey, would have been ousted from the team.
The manager was not prepared to jeopardize the confidence and morale of his club record signing and from his pass on his option to sign the former skipper, we can see he was not willing to jeopardize the confidence, development and status of the young Welshman either. In that context, the presence of Mesut Ozil was likely less of a consideration than the resurgence of Aaron Ramsey this season as Arsenal's most influential player of 2013/14.


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The task: to create a one-page flyer announcing the local model railroad club's open house, with a railroad drawing of some sort.
On the Zenith Z-150 I boot GEM Desktop, a $49 program from Digital Research Inc. that essentially makes a Macintosh out of the IBM PC and clones. When its initial ''desktop'' display appears, I place a disc containing the $149 GEM Draw graphics program into the second drive. Then I ''mouse'' the cursor to the pictorial ''icon'' that represents the disc containing GEM Draw, and click the mouse button twice.


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Throwing Their Lives Away
Rago's Sarah Dziamba on the Legacy of Otto and Gertrud Natzler
23 May 2016
Ahead of our June Design Auctions we sat down with Sarah Dziamba, Jr. Specialist in our 20th/21st C. Design department, to explore the domestic and creative partnership of Otto and Gertrud Natzler.
Here's what Sarah had to say…
One of my favorite parts of my job is handling Natzler ceramics. I fell in love with their work the first time I held one of their vessels during my first auction cycle at Rago. Otto and Gertrud's story is equal parts interesting and awe-inspiring. Both were born and raised in Vienna, where they met in the 1930's and soon developed a mutual interest in ceramics. They took throwing lessons for a little over a year, then set up their own studio and taught themselves – through a great deal of experimentation – how to make and glaze vessels.
Their division of labor was based on their strengths: Gertrud threw incredibly thin, balanced, and beautiful vessels, while Otto created and applied just the right glaze to each of her works. Not long after the Nazis invaded Austria, the Natzlers fled to Los Angeles where they quickly became represented by major galleries and garnered well-deserved attention and praise for their work. My appreciation for their ceramics grew as I learned more about Otto and Gertrud. They were not just devoted, tireless and imaginative artists; they were a couple very much in love who had a great deal of respect and admiration for each other's talents. They worked together until Gertrud's death in 1971, and it's clear from an essay that Otto wrote in 1968
Work by the Natzlers is highly sought after and is considered among the very best in the realm of mid-century modern ceramics. Most were signed NATZLER in black ink, although some of the earliest pieces were signed G+O NATZLER. The Natzlers kept meticulous records and applied a paper label to each vessel they made. Many people mistakenly remove these labels: I implore you, leave them be! If your Natzler is signed with a number between 1 and 10,000 it is one of their earliest works, made between 1939 and 1948. Toward the end of 1948 they began using a one letter three number combination, which they used until Gertrud's death.
Otto continued working after the loss of his wife, focusing mostly on slab-built vessels decorated with one of his over 2,000 glaze recipes. His ceramics have a raised square seal with his initials as well as a paper label, signed and dated in black ink. The most desirable Natzler works are their collaborative pieces, especially early bowls or vases with exceptional and bright glazes. If you're looking to collect Natzler ceramics, be sure to take into consideration the condition; repairs are especially hard to detect on volcanic/crater glazes.
View all of the works by Otto and Gertrud Natzler on offer in our June Design Auctions here.