Dear god. And people are shocked and horrified when our soldiers are abused by their captors.
Responses to Comments:
Tori: I loves you back!
Schlien: Oh, I agree that Jin was always attractive. The man is gorgeous. But in this episode it was like WOAH HOLD ME BACK.
Allison: I adore my shallow, self-absorbed, ridiculous, stupid blondes. My love for movie!Zaphod (only because his hair color is not book-canon), Glory, Harmony, and Galinda (to name a few) knows no bounds. But those characters had the force of personality to back up their ego. Shannon is shallow, self-absorbed, ridiculous, and an introvert. And while she had no difficulty translating Danielle’s message (spoken quite rapidly — I couldn’t keep up and I’ve had years of French), she had trouble translating “azur infinie” to “blue infinity” when it was written out on paper. Useless. And regardless of how much I dislike the pairing, I think that being with Sayid is probably the last thing she needs right now. Now that Boone is gone, she finally has the opportunity to learn to fend for herself and not be completely reliant on others. I hope Sayid recognizes this and doesn’t let her just transfer all her needyness from Boone onto him.
Renata: Every time my friends get together to watch Eddie Izzard, I somehow always have somewhere else I need to be. I’ve seen short snippets of his routines, and I think he’s quite possibly one of the funniest people on the planet, so I must now give up on the notion of watching the DVDs with my friends and just go out and rent them myself. :D
Meghan: Fabulous! Do you know where I can download any Veronica Mars episodes?
Keith: Mostly it was about his reaction to the gay marriages in California last year. I found his remarks at best short-sighted and insensitive, and at worst downright offensive.
Beth: Alan Tudyk in a nun’s habit? Bwahaha, YES. And something tells me he could SO pull it off.
Meghan again: Alan Tudyk suspended from the ceiling in a glittery thong/leotard in Spamalot? I am so afraid. For some reason, I’m getting visions of Alan as Rocky, singing “The Sword of Damocles.” And it doesn’t help my mental images to know that Anthony Head has actually played Frank.
The scariest thing I’ve seen in quite some time: On Becoming a Woman — A Tale of Many Unspeakable Dangers
And to cleanse our mind of the horror of that book, here’s a link to wisteria’s highly entertaining Exodus, Part 1: A Review in Screencaps
So today marks the one-year anniversary of Not Fade Away, the series finale of Angel. It’s also the one-year anniversary of me being a Buffy fan, as Cyth showed me the first two episodes the night NFA aired. In honor of this day, I’ve been rewatching Angel season 5, and DEAR GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW. I’d like to know what on earth was going through those execs’ heads, if anything at all. But I’m in an excellent mood right now and not feeling particularly bitter.
Here’s to Joss for 12 fantastic seasons of TV! As you can see from the state of the fandom, Buffy and Angel are most definitely not fading away.
Serenity Now in ONE WEEK!
You know what bothers me? Seeing a “SPOILER WARNING!” on someone’s episode review and not knowing if it’s spoilers for that night’s episode or spoilers for future episodes. So to make things abundantly clear:
SPOILERS FOR TONIGHT’S LOST, BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE A WUSS.
Okay, first off, how did I magically intuit that Sawyer’s name was James? I don’t read fanfic, so it’s not some fanon speculation deal… Trippy. Maybe it’s a “steamrolled Harry Potter” thing.
Jack, silly boy, Rule 735,862 of Television states that you cannot make references to things that are referenced in Monty Python without suffering severe silliness casualties. Suggesting that Sawyer was a lumberjack back on Earth-That-Was will automatically trigger the entire audience to imagine him in women’s clothing, hanging around in bars. While we appreciate the shirtless Sawyer fanservice, I’m not sure if we’d feel the same about seeing him wearing high heels, suspenders, and a bra.
Anyway, was it just me, or was Daniel Dae Kim unusually attractive tonight? That last series of close ups that switched between him and Sun? GUH.
Did anyone recognize the Insensitive American “Memoirs of a Geisha” Woman? She looked oddly familiar.
Oh, and Locke was so checking Danielle out.
Things that are awesome: Hurley, Jin/Sun (EEEEE!!!), Artz’s “Herm-own-ninny” moment, Walt and Vincent *sob*, Charlie’s “message in a bottle” (And Charlie opening Hurley’s note just after he said not to read it? SO CHARLIE. *loves*)
Things that are not cool: Shannon, Shannon, and more Shannon. I don’t care if you’ve “changed” since then. I still find you intolerable.
Teaser: Charlie! Sayid! Turnip Head! Wah!
Oh! Last night, I finally got around to seeing The Hebrew Hammer, which Cyth lent me months ago. Dear gravy that was hilarious! I recommend it to anyone, Jew and gentile alike!
*updates Summer Guide*
Oh, and as for other stuff on my Summer Guide… Those I’ve talked to that have seen Veronica Mars either love it or hate it. Do any of you guys have opinions?
The book meme! Renata tagged me, so I figured I might as well do it.
1) Total number of books owned?
After performing a rough survey of the books in my room, I think the number is around 250-300.
2) The last book I bought?
Mirrormask Illustrated Film Script, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
3) The last book I read?
I’m currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
4) Five books that mean a lot to me? (in no particular order)
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster — after over a decade, still one of my favourite books
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card — my first significant example of a book I loved that I later couldn’t stomach because of the sociopolitical views of the author.
The Animorphs and Harry Potter series — for how the fandoms contributed to who I am today
Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett — still idly toying around with musical ideas, even though I’ve mostly given up
My little black book I carry around with me all the time — for obvious reasons
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out:
Umm… are there any of you out there that haven’t filled it out yet? I’ve long since lost track.
Casting info for X3: Frasier‘s Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut, and Lost‘s Maggie Grace as Kitty Pryde. I love how they’ve recast Kitty for each movie. And how Maggie is nowhere near the age or appearance of the girls that played Kitty in the previous two movies.
I just had a moment of “Oh yeah, DeviantArt exists.” I have over 500 message center items. There goes my afternoon!