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# Asterix!
Really must start getting those books again
*reminisces*
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:09, archived)
# i watched the animated asterix in britain yesterday
not as good as the books but still woo
(I helped save b3ta! Dont point it at your face up the ass, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages since I last saw that
Much better than Asterix the Gaul, which was shite

EDIT: Why 'The late....'?
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# is the live action film any good, do you know?
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# Didn't see it
Mostly cos it looked pants, and I thought Bill Oddie made a better Asterix
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:13, archived)
# nah
I think the books are much better

As only the jokes for the younger audience tend to end up in the film, and the cynical/double layer ones for grownups are mostly skipped.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:14, archived)
# ^This
My favourite bit was spotting all the names :-)
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:15, archived)
# :)
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# I loved all of them.
I can't remember what the last one was but it was sadly a bit pants.
(I helped save b3ta! wastedindustry yes indeed sir, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:13, archived)
# Asterix and the Falling Sky
and, yes, it was pants.
(I helped save b3ta! Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:16, archived)
# Didn't one of them die?
Goscinny or Uderzo I mean?
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# Goscinny is long dead

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# yeah
and since then, the stories are not as original anymore
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# totally
fuck, he already died in '77!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goscinny
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# So he wrote them from '59 to '77 I guess
I have some french children's books by him here
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:22, archived)
# He's Elvis!
(I helped save b3ta! fuscous, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:27, archived)
# I think so, yeah...
If I recall correctly it was Goscinny.
(I helped save b3ta! wastedindustry yes indeed sir, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# I only flicked through it at the bookstore
it had to do with aliens and was shit
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# Yup
The occasional one-liner but not a patch on the original books.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:27, archived)