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Archive through October 15, 2003

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Tashakinz

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The new Eve Dallas book is due out on the 26th!! Yay. There's no official blurb yet - but the teaser in the back of "Portrait" indicates a Jack the Ripper style case.

Also of interest - Nora's posted on her website that the "In Death" series has been optioned by Mel Gibson's Icon Entertainment...who would make a good Eve??? Thoughts??

Jan

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
blond, shorthaired, strong female...hmmm...how about that one from NYPD Blue that quit and went into journalism and now is coming back to TV work?

unfortunately most of the really strong, not so feminine looking movie stars don't fit my image of Eve. They are too dark..eg Angelina Jolie. She would be great but too dark???

Tashakinz

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've been giving it some serious thought and the person I keep circling back to is Yancy Butler from TNT's "Witchblade" series. I know she's had some problems, but the type is right, she'd just need a haircut or a wig.

Angelina's never been shy about taking on different hairstyles though Jan, just look at Girl, Interrupted.

Roarke on the other hand...there isn't a man alive that I can think of that fulfills the picture I've built up in my head. LOL Aiden Quinn will do in a pinch.

Lizajane

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Holy smokes, Eve's blonde?? For some reason I pictured her as dark. I was going to suggest Ashley Judd. Oh well, I don't know then. You're right, Tasha whoever they pick won't be the same as what we see in our heads. I alway think of Roarke as Sean Connery-esque only younger and I can't think of anyone who would quite fit the bill

Tashakinz

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Re: Eve's hair color - Trina described it as "deerhide", i.e., lots of mixed colors from blonde to dark. In this day & age, however, it shouldn't matter what the actress's natural color is, technology can fix it. = )

I have the same problem with casting Ashley Judd as I do with Angelina Jolie - they're both too short. Eve is tall - she's described as "rangy" many times throughout the series. While she is totally wrong for the part, someone of Julia Roberts' height is needed.

It's Mel's production company, so I could easily see Danny Glover being cast as Commander Whitney. = )

Jan

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nicole Kidman is tall...but too vulnerable I think? (although Eve can be very vulnerable)Hmmm what about Halle Berry? make it a colour blind role.

Roarke..yes a real challenge...Pierce Brosnan has some of what I imagine would be the looks but not the strong personality...dark, capable of anything but always honorable. I'll have to think about that. TOm Cruise seems too young (and besides for some weird reason I have never liked him). Colin Farrell too wild?

but Danny glover is a good fit I think.

What about McNabb and Peabody and Mira and Mavis and Summerset and Feeney..so many parts to fill!

Jan

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
george clooney???

colin firth???

Tashakinz

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ah, Roarke...Keanu Reeves' hair, Tom Cruise's smile, Pierce Brosnan's accent and George Clooney's eyes. (Colin Farrell's too short, although I did consider him lol). What about Dylan McDermott? I think he'd be able to play the fallen angel type. = )

McNabb & Peabody weren't in the first book so we can worry about them later - I'm still deciding who'd be a good Mavis, etc.

Finished the book today, btw...it was very good.

Lizajane

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lisa Kudrow = Mavis? I'm bad at catching physical descriptions in books so the look might be wrong, but she sooo has the personality.

Tashakinz

Friday, August 29, 2003 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lisa's totally the right personality for Mavis - but totally wrong build. Mavis is a sprite. I'm thinking Brittany Murphy. Lisa would totally work for Trina though. = )

Vixeninvegas

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi ya all - was so glad to stop in here & find this thread. I fell across the "Portrait" book in my bookclub mag - I had never heard of JD Robb nor the "in death" series. I enjoyed it so much I went on a search for other books by JD Robb & was SO JAZZED to find like 11 others. Im now on my 4th (I ordered the entire series @ bn.com - love that site!) I'm having a hard time figuring out what order they go in but what a blast to read regardless.

Edited to add - would love Keanu Reeves as Roarke and Lisa as Mavis. Hmmm can't think of anyone who could do Eve justice as of yet

Tashakinz

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vixen: If you can, read them in order:

Naked in Death
Glory in Death
Immortal in Death
Rapture in Death
Ceremony in Death
Vengeance in Death
Holiday in Death
Midnight in Death (it's not a novel - it's a story in an anthology series with other authors)
Conspiracy in Death
Loyalty in Death
Witness in Death
Judgment in Death
Betrayal in Death
(there's another anthology story from "out of this world" right around in here)
Seduction in Death
Reunion in Death
Purity in Death
Portrait in Death
Imitation in Death

The only reason I suggest reading them in order is because Nora has a nasty habit of referring back to prior cases and you wouldn't want to accidentally learn who done it before you read it lol.

There's also a new hardcover out under both of her names - she claims Nora and J.D. "collaborated" on "Remember When" which was released on the 15th.

Happy reading. = )

Vixeninvegas

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tashakinz
Thanks so much - was hoping someone in here would have time to input the order - I sure appreciate it!

Vixeninvegas

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Opps Double post

Jan

Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How about Cate Blanchett for Eve. She is really a versatile actress (eg Veronica Guerin, Lord of the Rings)??

Tashakinz

Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ooh Jan - that could work. = ) She's tall and angular enough to take it on. I just caught an episode of Alias the other night and thought about Jennifer Gardner for Eve, but I think she looks a couple of years too young.

I just finished "Remember When" - the book in two parts (first half Nora second half J.D.). Even if you're a "wait for paperback" kind of person, you have to check out the back jacket of the hard cover. There's the publicity shot for "Nora" on the left side and then the publicity shot of "J.D." on the right, with a comment in the middle about them sharing a house & hubby. I just cracked up. The J.D. half picks up right at the end of "Imitation."

Jan

Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did you like it Tasha? I thought it was really well done. You can really believe that it is two different authors. I fond that the tone changed in the second half.

I love Nora but I really love JD Robb!

I like Garner but I think maybe Cate is the winner!I still can't think of a guy who could be a youngish Pierce Brosnan for Roarke though. I like Morgan Freeman for the boss (although Danny is a good pick too) and Meryl Streep for Mira?

Tashakinz

Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought it was very well done, you could definitely sense the change in tone between the two halves of the story. = )

I was thinking about Mira yesterday and I could really see Sally Field playing her. I just don't associate Meryl Streep with uppercrust New England. = )

We need to hold a "who should to be Roarke" contest lol. Get relatively unknown, tall, black-haired & blue-eyed Irishmen all over the world to submit their pics to us. hehehe

Lizajane

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How about Dermot Mulroney? He's kind of Roakeish. I think his eyes are brown, but he could wear contacts.

Tashakinz

Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw a picture of Uma Thurman this morning and she realllllly struck me as "Eveish" - thoughts?

Liza - do you have a pic? I'm not familiar with him. What's he been in?

Jan

Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's a link to Dermot's pic Tash

DERMOT

I have never heard of him either, although it does say he was in About Scmidt, which I saw.

To me he looks too "good" if you know what I mean..not devilish, "capable of murder if pushed to it"..but then maybe that is just because of the photo. I guess I would have to see him in a movie to better cast my vote :)

And Uma..well for some unknown reason I have just never liked her or thought of her as good looking. I hate those first impression thingies but what can I do!

Luckily, this is your thread Tash so you get the final vote!! :):)

Lizajane

Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Jan, I don't know how to do links. I have to agree he doesn't do it for me in that picture either. Oh well back to the drawing board. :)

Tashakinz

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
okay - now I know who he is - he was in "where the money is" with Paul Newman. I have to agree with Liza - he's no Roarke. We need to find a young Alec Baldwin circa "red october"...yummmm. = )

Tashakinz

Monday, October 13, 2003 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I caught "Confidence" this weekend and got a good look at Ed Burns...he's got possibilities. = )

Jan

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ed Burns...mmm maybe...how about..OK picture him on stacked heels so he looks taller...Johnny Depp...vulnerable but bad??