Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

    
    	I heard that it strayed from the book.
    

    
      Didn't think they would include his method for putting out fires, but
    they did.
    
      Found it very entertaining. Part two was more interesting.
    
     
      

    
    Very good,, only knew about little people and big from an old
    movie.. still love the cartoon though even if it wasn't accurate.
    
    I really didn't see why he wanted to stay with the horses really.
    
    The politics of the big people world were not so bad, but I 
    guess he did not want to be a doll size..
    

  Well he didn't have the choice of staying in the big people's world, the bird
carried him away. As for the horses they represented a Utopian Society. 

  From the time Utopia was written up to the time of Carl Marx in the 19th
Century many British writers were taken with the idea of a Utopian society
where everyone treated everyone else well, shared resources, etc. The theme of
many of these books was that if people could only find a new continent or
Island and start all over they would be able to create a perfect society.
Gulliver's Travels was Swift's entry into that class of works and the horses
represented his Utopia.

  I always loved the 3rd and 4th books. The third book made me chuckle. It
reminded me of Digital, particularly the way the Islanders had to whack someone
to get them out of their trance long enough to talk to them and the totally
spaced out people at the Academy. They hit those of us in software engineering
right on the mark.

  Overall I thought it was really well done. I like the way they interwove
the story of him returning to England with the way he told the story. I
believe that part was new but it's been a really long time since I read the
book. As for Ted Danson, he did a fine job. I didn't find myself thinking "Sam
Malone" once. 

  George

> ...to get them out of their trance long enough to talk to them and the totally
> spaced out people at the Academy. They hit those of us in software engineering
> right on the mark.

	speak for yourself!  dilbert is much more accurate :-)

    Liked it. Really liked the way the story jumped from "now" to his
    "adventures". I thought it made a good way of moving both storylines
    along and it made him seem quite possibly mad. And I liked Ted Danson's
    portrayal of Gullivar. I vaguely remember watching a movie and an
    animated version of this story years ago (with only the Lilliputans and
    the giants) and had a similar feel to it. 
    
    Who played the doctor who had him committed and was interested in the
    wife? He looked very familar, but didn't catch the credits.
    
    One of our local papers, in their sunday review of the show, hated it.
    Hated Danson most of all, but went on to blast almost everything about
    the show. And as usual, everything the critic dislikes, I liked. Seems
    to be a fairly consistent measure for me. The reviewer really disliked
    the "putting out of the fire", thought it totally inappropriate for a
    show where kids might be watching and warned parents they may want to
    make sure the kids knew this was not correct behaviour....
    
    I liked in the end where he said he had bought 2 young horses and could
    somewhat communicate. And wouldn't having a pocket size sheep be
    interesting? 
    
    When I originally saw Jim Henson productions was involved, I thought we
    would be seeing lots of their specialties, but most/all of the
    action/actors were human. I wonder if this means Henson productions
    will be involved in more "regular" movies (though a Muppet Treasure
    Island hits the movie theaters this week or next.)
    
    3 out of 4 stars
    
    janetb.

The recapture of the pocket-sized sheep was a wonderful thing, and yet, after 
thinking about it for awhile, I decided that this turn of events didn't bear 
close examination.  After all, the poor thing had been stuck in his bag for 
how many years, thumped, soaked, dropped, starved, in the dark, who-knows-what.
But I'm willing to suspend disbelief. :-)

    yeah... that was something I commented on after the ending. Especially
    since Gulliver gets dropped by the bird, almost drowns before he's
    picked up by the laputans/flying island. Not to mention a sheep smaller
    than a mouse would be fair game for dogs/cats/birds/snakes/etc. when
    it's back in every-day England. 
    
    but as you said - willing to suspend disbelief for the story  :^)
    
    janetb.