The Princess Bride discussion

[Nabiki]

Weird rumor I heard recently. Somebody claimed that the William Goldman version was the original, and he made up all that stuff. Do you believe that? Anyways, I'll love it either way!

The William Goldman version is the original. He did make up all that stuff. Morgenstern isn't a real German surname (It means morning star) is one hint.

 

[Quatie]

Weird rumor I heard recently. Somebody claimed that the William Goldman version was the original, and he made up all that stuff. Do you believe that? Anyways, I'll love it either way!

I believed it had to be all made up. When I first started reading it, I thought it was real. As it went on, it became apparent it was fake. I just love the story he made up.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Have some self confidence

Lol, no worries, I do. . I haven't made it to nearly 70 by being a complete fool.

 

[Amer]

The zoo of death was creepily facinating. The alternate ending highlights how freaky the six fingered man is, and made him one of my worst nightmares.

I think if I had read the book first, I wouldn't have liked the movie so much. But as it is, I enjoy them both in their different ways!

I have never thought about listening to it like an audiobook...

Wow, I’ve never seen a TPB discussion before. I’m in!
Yes the zoo of death was fascinating.
I agree, if I’d read the book first I probably would have been disappointed, but this actually is the only move adaption that I enjoy as much as the book. Did they skip enjoyable bits? Yeah. Were all the changes totally understandable? Also yeah.
I really love how they cleverly tied in the circus performery part in by talking about how Fezzik was in Greenland. The characters all looked like I imagined them. Except Humperdink. He looks like a drag-queen.

3 words:

Zoo of Death

And I love Fezzik's back story and Inigo's love story. Amazinggggg.....

And Fezzik went to kindergarten and I love that!
Inigos back story... yes. Kinda depressing but also made me love the character all the more!
Ngl, I skipped any of the italicized bits. They didn’t improve the story for mex

Weird rumor I heard recently. Somebody claimed that the William Goldman version was the original, and he made up all that stuff. Do you believe that? Anyways, I'll love it either way!

The William Goldman version is the original. He did make up all that stuff. Morgenstern isn't a real German surname (It means morning star) is one hint.

^^^

I believed it had to be all made up. When I first started reading it, I thought it was real. As it went on, it became apparent it was fake. I just love the story he made up.

Haha me too, lol.
It’s kinda funny the author didn’t even credit himself for his writing.

 

[Amer]

So for those of you who don't know, TPB movie cut out the last couple paragraphs of the story. Here they are:

From behind them suddenly, closer than they imagined, they could hear the roar of Humperdink: "Stop them! Cut them off!" They were, admittedly, startled, but there was no reason to worry: they were on the fastest horses in the kingdom, and the lead was already theirs.

However, this was before Inigo's wound reopened; and Westley relapsed again; and Fezzik took the wrong turn; and Buttercup's horse three a shoe. And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit...


Yep, that's the real ending.
(The pill given to Westley as for a "fighting man", and he wasn't due to live for more than a day)

What do you think about this. Did they make it to the ship Revenge? Was the movie right to take this out?

Lol, no thanks for reminding me that. I tried to forget that scene (and was succeeding) because I always wanted the book to have a happy ending.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Saw the movie first. because of that, I had preconceived biases that made the book harder to enjoy. Buttercup as a dingbat was hard. So was overweight Humperdink and almost-a-hunchback Vizzini. It isn't BAD, it's just not the version of the story I identify with the most. The book is more about the relationship between a father and son, with bits of the story thrown in to cover gaps, where the movie is more about the story than the grandchild/grandparent relationship (though that comes through too) And, sorry, eels are better than sharks.

I'm in tech (I'm a pointy-haired boss). I deal with raving zealots from all fandoms on the regular, both within my teams, as well as with the majority of the staff in the company. TPB quotes fly thick and fast on a daily basis in our chats, meetings, etc. Disagreements often escalate to "To the Pain!" light-heartedly, and whenever a sentence begins with "where is..." The first answer is always "over the albino I think". It can be confusing for new people who haven't been clued in I suppose. One of these days I'll find a passive enough way to insert "Drop. Your. Sword." Into an email or teams meeting and my life will be complete. Might take a miracle, but I think it'll work.

 

[Amer]

Saw the movie first. because of that, I had preconceived biases that made the book harder to enjoy. Buttercup as a dingbat was hard. So was overweight Humperdink and almost-a-hunchback Vizzini. It isn't BAD, it's just not the version of the story I identify with the most. The book is more about the relationship between a father and son, with bits of the story thrown in to cover gaps, where the movie is more about the story than the grandchild/grandparent relationship (though that comes through too) And, sorry, eels are better than sharks.

I'm in tech (I'm a pointy-haired boss). I deal with raving zealots from all fandoms on the regular, both within my teams, as well as with the majority of the staff in the company. TPB quotes fly thick and fast on a daily basis in our chats, meetings, etc. Disagreements often escalate to "To the Pain!" light-heartedly, and whenever a sentence begins with "where is..." The first answer is always "over the albino I think". It can be confusing for new people who haven't been clued in I suppose. One of these days I'll find a passive enough way to insert "Drop. Your. Sword." Into an email or teams meeting and my life will be complete. Might take a miracle, but I think it'll work.

I actually like the sharks better, because they are something that exists. Also, Vizzini cutting himself to get blood to attract the sharks? That made me physically cringe. I like that.
And how he leapt at Buttercup when she was on that horse. That gave me a fright.
I don’t remember Buttercup being that idiotic, but I also read the book like December 2019 so I might not remember everything clearly.
I liked a lot of things that you could imagine existing. Rodents of unusual size? Yeah, I could see that, in the fossil record.
Holocausts and miracle pills are almost believable too. It wasn’t what you’d call “high fantasy.”
What I didn’t enjoy was all those “bridger’s notes” though. I didn’t read them for the most part.

 

[PioneerChicks]

The William Goldman version is the original. He did make up all that stuff. Morgenstern isn't a real German surname (It means morning star) is one hint.

Haha me too, lol.
It’s kinda funny the author didn’t even credit himself for his writing.

I believed it had to be all made up. When I first started reading it, I thought it was real. As it went on, it became apparent it was fake. I just love the story he made up.

He did well then! Has anybody ever written in to get that scene between Buttercup and Westley at the bottom of the ravine? I've heard that doesn't work.

 

[Amer]

I didn't imagine Humperdink to be overweight. I took "barrel chest" in the literal sense, which means a naturally large rib cage. I did imagine him to be pretty muscly though, since he wrestled apes.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I didn't imagine Humperdink to be overweight. I took "barrel chest" in the literal sense, which means a naturally large rib cage. I did imagine him to be pretty muscly though, since he wrestled apes.

Oh! I assumed it meant he was fat as a barrel