<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post116438247336308274..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116450980297402197</id><published>2006-11-25T21:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T21:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Da Vinci is to art flick as Target is to....</title><summary type='text'>Da Vinci is to art flick as Target is to....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116450980297402197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116450980297402197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164509760000#c116450980297402197' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116449742050581846</id><published>2006-11-25T18:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T18:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My favorite Grail movie remains &quot;Monty Python and ...</title><summary type='text'>My favorite Grail movie remains &quot;Monty Python and the Holy Grail.&quot; I read The DaVinci Code, and it seems I was the only one of my circle of friends who had laready heard about DaVinci&#39;s connection to all the esoteric materials depicted therein. Not hte first book on the topic, not even the first novel on the topic. Several other ones are far better.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ni!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116449742050581846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116449742050581846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164497400000#c116449742050581846' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116449425631400952</id><published>2006-11-25T17:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T17:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>paul bettany, while in an entirely different movie...</title><summary type='text'>paul bettany, while in an entirely different movie, had scenes that were as close to falconetti as anything</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116449425631400952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116449425631400952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164494220000#c116449425631400952' title=''/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07196770365237279809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1074535436"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116444263983997313</id><published>2006-11-25T03:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T03:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Haven&#39;t seen the movie, yet, not even sure if I wa...</title><summary type='text'>Haven&#39;t seen the movie, yet, not even sure if I want to, after reviews like this.  The book was just a beach novel that got too big for its britches in my opinion, and I&#39;m sure that the same goes for the film adaptation: a popcorn flick with art house pretentions that failed at both.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116444263983997313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116444263983997313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164442620000#c116444263983997313' title=''/><author><name>Bryan R. Terry</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14642701156451408732</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1690/1564/1600/Baby%20Bryan%2001.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1972945411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116442163123661383</id><published>2006-11-24T21:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T21:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'> I&#39;m so sick of this book, and the movie.  I&#39;m sic...</title><summary type='text'> I&#39;m so sick of this book, and the movie.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt; I&#39;m sick of Jesus too.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt; I&#39;ve said it before, and I&#39;ll say it again, if Jesus DOES come back I&#39;ll go to HOME DEPOT myself and buy the wood for his glorious fucking 2nd crucifixion!  And a nice coat of purple paint, as I believe the 2nd cross should be the color of ultimate transformative powers.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt; AMEN INDEED!&lt;BR/&gt; CAConrad&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116442163123661383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116442163123661383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164421620000#c116442163123661383' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116440724009822507</id><published>2006-11-24T17:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T17:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s so depressing to think that this dreary crap ...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s so depressing to think that this dreary crap is what people want to see in the same week that Robert Altman died.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440724009822507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440724009822507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164407220000#c116440724009822507' title=''/><author><name>herecreepwretch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17272963914395844143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1155573158"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116440451911305772</id><published>2006-11-24T16:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T16:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t belive you wrote so much about it</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t belive you wrote so much about it</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440451911305772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440451911305772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164404460000#c116440451911305772' title=''/><author><name>meika</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05890962242664851062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1471513292"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116440152589757067</id><published>2006-11-24T15:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T15:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>...I still haven&#39;t watched it, for fear of the hol...</title><summary type='text'>...I still haven&#39;t watched it, for fear of the hole my shoe will leave in the tv screen... none if it can end well.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440152589757067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116440152589757067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164401520000#c116440152589757067' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-521302002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438972121731682</id><published>2006-11-24T12:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T12:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I meant tale. Or did I?</title><summary type='text'>I meant tale. Or did I?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438972121731682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438972121731682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164389700000#c116438972121731682' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438967072984575</id><published>2006-11-24T12:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T12:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, I thought that McKellen was the one acto...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, I thought that McKellen was the one actor who was not miscast. He just wasn&#39;t given the time necessary to chew on the curtains, so to speak. You might have saved this film if you had done something radical, like told the entire tail from his perspective (do-able since he has spies more or less everywhere).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438967072984575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438967072984575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164389640000#c116438967072984575' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438576278012269</id><published>2006-11-24T11:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T11:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I just did the same thing (partly) earlier th...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I just did the same thing (partly) earlier this week (viewed the dvd), but didn&#39;t make it very far through. Sent it back. A mess.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438576278012269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438576278012269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164385740000#c116438576278012269' title=''/><author><name>Sheila Murphy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16870671103970356927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2033718656"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438467522766610</id><published>2006-11-24T11:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T11:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry and I saw the new DVD, which came to us via ...</title><summary type='text'>Merry and I saw the new DVD, which came to us via Netflix, yesterday morning.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I haven&#39;t read the book, but dipped into Angels &amp; Demons last year just out of curiosity.  Predictably, it would seem to be the same kind of book as its successor, and subject to the same &quot;thriller&quot; cliches so common to this contemporary genre.  (Parenthetically, this preoccupation with religious thematic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438467522766610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116438247336308274/comments/default/116438467522766610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html?showComment=1164384660000#c116438467522766610' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-ron.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116438247336308274' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116438247336308274' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2006"/></entry></feed>