Todays Thought
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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ktulu
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Re: Todays Thought
Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder Wonka?drcorey wrote:If Wonka and the Hatter got into a fight, who would win?
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The only flaw ktulu,is that Gene wilder never played the Mad Hatter. (I think?)ktulu wrote:Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder Wonka?
BUT,it's gotta be the Depp 'Wonka'
(gotta love a guy who walks into plate glass full speed. :D :)
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I thought about that, but still needed to know which version I am dealing with :) I prefer the Wilder version, less spaced out.darph nader wrote:The only flaw ktulu,is that Gene wilder never played the Mad Hatter. (I think?)
BUT,it's gotta be the Depp 'Wonka'
(gotta love a guy who walks into plate glass full speed. :D :)
Ah, inner turmoil? I'd go with Hatter then.drcorey wrote:Both depp versions
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I was tempted to make a comment along the lines that if both Depp characters took each other out, we all won, but that seems a bit unfair. I haven't seen him in "Alice in Wonderland", so I really shouldn't try to judge that only by the clips I've seen. As to his performance as Willy Wonka, well, there are pieces I liked, but I have to admit, overall he comes off as just plain creepy. Now, I've heard it said that the movie is closer to the book, but there was something off-putting about the whole thing, and Depp's Wonka didn't do anything but add to that uncomfortable feeling. Just my opinion, of course.
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I felt that the Wonka character was originally intended to be creepy. I mean this guy had some issues. I enjoyed the movie even though I liked the Gene Wilder one very much as well.PatchOBlack wrote:I was tempted to make a comment along the lines that if both Depp characters took each other out, we all won, but that seems a bit unfair. I haven't seen him in "Alice in Wonderland", so I really shouldn't try to judge that only by the clips I've seen. As to his performance as Willy Wonka, well, there are pieces I liked, but I have to admit, overall he comes off as just plain creepy. Now, I've heard it said that the movie is closer to the book, but there was something off-putting about the whole thing, and Depp's Wonka didn't do anything but add to that uncomfortable feeling. Just my opinion, of course.
I watched it because I wanted to see if Depp carried any part of himself in his different characters, you know, could you see some connecting mannerisms or speech. My comparison of course was with Capt. Jack. Know what? Could not find a single thing that struck me as similar. That's pretty good acting, I think.
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Re: Todays Thought
I'd go with Wonka in a fight (Either version even though I like Gene Wilder's better) because he has that Oompa Loompa army to back him up..