Sky, I beg you... reconsider! Leave this alone! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!
(Yes, this is worthy of all those exclamation marks)!!
For a start, who are you going to get to play Frank 'n' Furter? There's no one can fill Tim Curry's fishnets! Tim WAS and IS Frank! Same with Eddie... Who can top Meat Loaf?
At least I hear that Richard O'Brien has washed his hands of this... Maybe Lou Adler needs the money more?
From what I read on the net, no one thinks this is a good idea!
There's a petition here that you can sign to try to get Sky and MTV to rethink this.
And I know I post this on a regular basis (hey! my blog, my rules), but here is the master at work... "Sweet Transvestite"...
Reading the birthdays for today on Wikipedia, there could only be one choice... regular blog readers will no doubt have read the title of this and will already be rolling their eyes and going "Oh, god... she's off again...", but I have to follow my heart...
Apr. 19th, 1946 - The one and only Tim Curry is born (sigh!)...
I know what you're going to say "But he's an actor, not a singer" - but nyah, boo, sucks to you! He's been a rock singer in his time too!
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", first we have "I Can Make You A Man" sung by Tim, and "Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul", by Meat Loaf...
And then shiver in antici.............. pation, because it's "Sweet Transvestite"...
Well, I managed to escape work about quarter past 4, and headed off to Starbucks for an eagerly-awaited coffee before heading grocery shopping. Grabbed my takeaway coffee and then off to my brother's. Watched a bit of telly with him, then time to shop.
After getting my messages, it was home, put them all away, check the lottery numbers (nothing, as usual), bung my pizza in the oven and pour a glass of wine, before looking for a DVD to watch.
In my searching, I came across my (still sealed) copy of "Steven King'sIT", and I was feeling sufficiently brave and in the mood for something not funny or romantic that I decided to take my courage in both hands and watch it (which I haven't since it was on TV for the first time!).
"I am eternal, child! I am the eater of worlds... AND OF CHILDREN!"
I thoroughly enjoyed it! Yes, there were bits that still made me shriek and grab the cushion to hide behind like a girl, but it wasn't as scary as I remembered... and I just love Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown!
The worst bit was when my sister phoned me just at a scary part! I leapt feet!
Today's been a really lazy day... watching telly, sleeping, and cuddling with Harriet the cat... who's been in a really soppy mood - lying on my chest, with her head hard against my cheek, and purring like a tractor!
Well, I'll go bugger off to bed now - back to the evils of work tomorrow!
Eddie Izzard... especially with the little goatee... Gorgeous, and funny too...
And Tim Curry... starting with my first introduction to him, and what started me off thinking he was hot - as Frank-n-Furter (see, I told you "strange") in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"...
And even as he got older (and ditched the suspenders & make-up), he's still not bad...
Clip from "Stephen King's IT"... one of the few horror films I can stand (mind you, I bought the video, and then the DVD, and I've not been brave enough to watch either - I know, I'm a wuss)...
IMDb Page Here:www.imdb.com/title/tt0099864/(Someday, Freddie, I'll try and do those fancy links, so that could just say IMDb - IT, or something like that).
Why should you see this film?: Mainly for Tim Curry... he's fab in it (yes, I admit it... I have got a thing for Tim Curry *blush*), but it's a damn good scary made-for-tv film from the master of horror, Stephen King.
