Apr. 20th, 2013

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Had a really difficult week - so am sort of hibernating over the weekend and cleaning my apartment. No worries - nothing strenuous. Plus the shots are thankfully helping, the back pain has receded to an occasional dull ache.

Anyhow...got caught on flist, then decided to search out OUAT spoilers...and discovered a non-spoiler, but rather interesting tid-bit:

Once has become so successful that they are developing a Once Upon a Time spin-off entitled - Once: Wonderland. The spin-off will be a similar set up to ONCE in that it takes place in post-curse world, and the same universe as ONCE. It will also tie in to the ONCE series. It's set up as a 13 episode series, that will act as a bridge between Once seasons - ie. start in the Summer and end in the fall. Sort of like An American Horror Story model - self-contained. If it is really successful, it may be picked up as a full time series. Head writers right now are the writer of Prison Break and Jane Espenson, and the lead character will be Alice (post-curse) with two companions. With flashbacks to Wonderland, like we have flashbacks to the Fairy-Tale World.

If it works, they'll extend the franchise even further. Sort of like the NCIS/CSI franchise, but more interesting and innovative and less repetitious.

From Flist - discovered that GRRM has bought an old movie theater in Santa Fe. His entry on this bit is hilarious. He's basically reassuring his insane fandom that buying a theater will not take him away from his writing duties - that he will still be focusing his attention on editing anthologies, writing tv scripts, and finishing A Song of Ice and Fire.
Poor guy. This is what happens when you decide to write a seemingly endless series of novels, you create an insane fandom that decides until you finish said series - it owns you and will relentlessly pester you until you do. That said, I have to admit - the fandom has a point, GRRM takes an insane amount of time to write his books. Five-six years per book. Imagine waiting five-six years for each season of the tv series? Right there with you.

Regarding current events (Texas and Boston) - there was a rather lovely quote posted by the folk musician Janis Ian on Facebook, attributed to Ghandi - it stated: "“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” ~Mahatma Gandhi (More or less says it all. Violence regardless of the justification never has a lasting positive resolution. Also, why does the legislature still refuse to ban machine guns? (I know they aren't called that - but I can't remember the name off hand. Sigh.) I know it is hard to believe but we aren't going to be invaded by zombies tomorrow, you need to turn off the tv and stop playing video games.)
shadowkat: (flowers)
So Glee which continues to get worse and worse as the season progresses has been renewed for two seasons, while Smash which continues to get better as its season progresses, has been unofficially cancelled?

Bewildering. I'll probably stop watching Glee after this season. It's become unwatchable.

For more on what "broadcast network" tv shows are being renewed and what one's are being cancelled to date? Go here:

http://tvline.com/2013/01/04/tv-shows-renewed-cancelled-2013-abc-nbc-cbs-fox-cw/

Pretty much all the flist's favorites are being renewed or are sure bets as far as I can tell.
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Rather liked the flick The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - even if it went a wee bit overboard in the quotation of platitudes department towards the end. Yes, on nifty quote is great - twenty is over-kill. By the tenth one, I began to think, oh come on, even in Dame Judi Dench's voice over this is annoying.

Here's a brief sampling:

1) Everything's going to be all right, but if it isn't that just means it isn't over yet.
2) Those who risk nothing, have nothing.
3) Life doesn't always turn out the way we expected, but the unexpected things are the good parts.
4) The true nature of success is in how you coped with disappointment.
5.) Life is bound to be disappointing, that just is...but it's how you react to the disappointment that counts.
6) We are actually mostly afraid of things never changing, always staying the same, so we must enjoy the changes.
7) The most important thing is to at least try - if you haven't tried you failed.
8.) If you don't do it well today, you always can start again tomorrow morning

That said, it is a comforting little film about a bunch of old codgers who travel to India and stay in an old hotel run hap-hazardly by a 19 year old boy, who I swear is the same actor who had the lead in Slum-Dog Millionaire. I'd ask how the Indians feel about these British romantic takes on their country, but I already know - I've heard the rants. In short - it's not a film I think someone who lives in India or is from India would necessarily enjoy, but people outside it - would?

Also has a nice cast of British character actors in Jim Broadbent, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Harriet (what's-her-name) who appeared in both Dowton Abbey and Doctor Who,
Bill Nighy, and a few others.

Best character arc is actually Dame Maggie Smith's and Jim Broadbent's. Worth watching for them alone.

I was touched and moved by it. But...there is a triteness to it, that could potentially get on your nerves if you aren't in the right frame of mind.

In other news? Saw the latest episode of Smash - they appear to ending the series with a bang...the last few episodes have been good and struck the right chord/rhythm.
Shame can't say the same about Glee which is the worst of the musical series to date, but apparently is making enough money remixing old pop tunes to keep itself alive for two more seasons, even if it just gets worse and worse as it moves forward. Skip Glee, watch Smash.

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