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Because LJ is annoying the hell out of me at the moment - I'm cross-posting from here and deleting my post on LJ.
ETA: ARRGH! I can't delete the LJ entry - it won't let me. Why I don't just stay on Dreamwidth and cross-post, I don't know. At any rate sorry for the duplicate, ignore the previous one if you are on LJ and read this one instead. Or neither as the case may be.
1. The bagger at the grocery story check out line was hilarious.
( Read more... )
2. I'm rather impressed with Scandal but with one caveat, the last two episodes of S1 onwards. Scandal is sort of like Farscape, the first season is not very good, but after that it takes off like a bandit. ( Read more... ) Pope in some respects is Walt White's counterpart and a far sexier and savvier, not to mention more likeable Glenn Close from Damages. No, it's not as smartly written as Breaking Bad, but in some respects it is a lot more fun and far more entertaining - particularly in how it satirizes, parodies and subverts various television and genre tropes in a sly and increasingly subtle ways.
3. Flashback to 1977
In the fall of 1977...more than twenty years ago today, I was about 10, 11 or 12 (don't really remember which nor do I feel like doing the math to figure it out). And awkward. ( how I got to be a Dwarf, granted a 5'10 female dwarf, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves )
That same year, we saw Star Wars. Not only did we see it. We were the first people in our neighborhood and amongst our acquaintance who saw it - opening weekend no less. Now, you've got to understand this was a huge deal in 1977. Movies back then aren't like they are today. You don't get to see them on TV six months later. Or rent them. Or buy them. There were no DVDs or VHS, or DVR's or Cable. That didn't start to come about until five years later with HBO and the VCR - which I think was around 1982, can't remember. You also wanted to be the first to see the movie - or people would spoil you on the whole plot. And back then, in 1977, THIS was the movie to see according to my Dad (and shortly thereafter, EVERYONE who mattered). We drove all the way out on opening day to East Whiteland to see it - only to find out it was completely sold out (this was a three hour drive, I think we ended up going to a fancy restaurant to deal with the disappointment). So the next day, we drove all the way out to another movie theater in Exton, (albeit a much much closer one - say a one hour drive)...and saw it there.
My father was clearly desperate, which was odd, considering he was never that much into movies. And not particularly into sci-fi. Unlike my paternal grandfather, my father was not a horror fan. Possibly that's the reason? My grandfather adored science fiction films and horror - he read them and watched them voraciously.
Frankly, I remember being skeptical about the movie at the time, and somewhat resistant.( Read more... )
ETA: ARRGH! I can't delete the LJ entry - it won't let me. Why I don't just stay on Dreamwidth and cross-post, I don't know. At any rate sorry for the duplicate, ignore the previous one if you are on LJ and read this one instead. Or neither as the case may be.
1. The bagger at the grocery story check out line was hilarious.
( Read more... )
2. I'm rather impressed with Scandal but with one caveat, the last two episodes of S1 onwards. Scandal is sort of like Farscape, the first season is not very good, but after that it takes off like a bandit. ( Read more... ) Pope in some respects is Walt White's counterpart and a far sexier and savvier, not to mention more likeable Glenn Close from Damages. No, it's not as smartly written as Breaking Bad, but in some respects it is a lot more fun and far more entertaining - particularly in how it satirizes, parodies and subverts various television and genre tropes in a sly and increasingly subtle ways.
3. Flashback to 1977
In the fall of 1977...more than twenty years ago today, I was about 10, 11 or 12 (don't really remember which nor do I feel like doing the math to figure it out). And awkward. ( how I got to be a Dwarf, granted a 5'10 female dwarf, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves )
That same year, we saw Star Wars. Not only did we see it. We were the first people in our neighborhood and amongst our acquaintance who saw it - opening weekend no less. Now, you've got to understand this was a huge deal in 1977. Movies back then aren't like they are today. You don't get to see them on TV six months later. Or rent them. Or buy them. There were no DVDs or VHS, or DVR's or Cable. That didn't start to come about until five years later with HBO and the VCR - which I think was around 1982, can't remember. You also wanted to be the first to see the movie - or people would spoil you on the whole plot. And back then, in 1977, THIS was the movie to see according to my Dad (and shortly thereafter, EVERYONE who mattered). We drove all the way out on opening day to East Whiteland to see it - only to find out it was completely sold out (this was a three hour drive, I think we ended up going to a fancy restaurant to deal with the disappointment). So the next day, we drove all the way out to another movie theater in Exton, (albeit a much much closer one - say a one hour drive)...and saw it there.
My father was clearly desperate, which was odd, considering he was never that much into movies. And not particularly into sci-fi. Unlike my paternal grandfather, my father was not a horror fan. Possibly that's the reason? My grandfather adored science fiction films and horror - he read them and watched them voraciously.
Frankly, I remember being skeptical about the movie at the time, and somewhat resistant.( Read more... )