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shadowkatHaven't accomplished much today, meant to write this morning but vaccumed and played that Fate videogame instead. Also went to the movie Superman Returns, which I'm not sure would make sense to anyone who had not seen the first two films. It sort of takes it for granted that you have and in some ways acts as a homage to the earlier ones and in others is a sequel or continuance of those first two films. If you did not like the first two Superman films, don't bother seeing this one, if you did like them, you may enjoy this one. Kate Bosworth and Routh are no Margot Kidder and Chris Reeves, but they get the job done more or less. I did miss Kidder and Reeves sense of play and sense of humor. Kevin Spacey and Parker Posey on the other hand do a good job of taking on the roles that had been played by Gene Hackman and I can't remember the other actress' name, she reminds me of Terri Garr. In fact, Spacey may have stolen the film as a chilling yet charismatically intelligent Lex Luther. Frank Lagenella who plays the Chief has little to do and James Marsden, who plays Richard White, Lois' new boyfriend walks around looking pretty. The film has very little dialogue in it - mostly action sequences and visuals. Beautiful in places. I enjoyed it for what it was. But can't say it's memorable. It just scratched my itch, made me happy, let me escape a bit on sweaty Saturday afternoon.
Oh, the trailer for Spiderman 3 is gripping. Apparently the next Spidey is going to well take on the villian Venom, which for anyone who is familar with the comics, is an interesting idea. It also deals with something I was thinking about today - that evil lies inside us all, our worst enemies, I think, are ourselves. Not other people. But us. That was to an extent the themes that Joss Whedon tackled in the last seasons of Buffy, Angel and the film Serenity. Not an easy theme to play around with, mostly, because, I think, most people would rather attack the externalized evil then look inwards and deal with an internal one. That and the fact that introspection? Takes guts. After all, what do you do if you don't like what you see?
Oh, the trailer for Spiderman 3 is gripping. Apparently the next Spidey is going to well take on the villian Venom, which for anyone who is familar with the comics, is an interesting idea. It also deals with something I was thinking about today - that evil lies inside us all, our worst enemies, I think, are ourselves. Not other people. But us. That was to an extent the themes that Joss Whedon tackled in the last seasons of Buffy, Angel and the film Serenity. Not an easy theme to play around with, mostly, because, I think, most people would rather attack the externalized evil then look inwards and deal with an internal one. That and the fact that introspection? Takes guts. After all, what do you do if you don't like what you see?
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Re: JM - not forgotten
Date: 2006-07-02 09:21 pm (UTC)I never saw G.O.T.R. live - except on the Sharon Osborne show (http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=4378) (which didn’t suck). I loved that they performed It’s Nothing, the song that Charlie wrote about why he hated that James was famous!
The Detroit concert I saw was part of the Motor City Buffy Convention, and I think it was one of James first solo gigs after GotR split up. It's very hard to play "fancy" guitar and sing at the same time unaccompanied, and I was genuinely surprised and pleased for James personally … but it wasn't an polished professional display. He knew it, so he told stories, explained a lot about the songs, and dropped all the barriers in an attempt to make up for it. It was a very intimate setting… small crowd, small room, and I was in the third row RIGHT in the center.
It felt like he was looking right at ME for at least 1/3 of the show. And every time he’d swivel over and I’d notice - I would blush wildly - and he would do that smirk/twinkle thing and just stay locked on (which of course left me breathless - for the better part of the night). I was surrounded by dozens of beautiful YOUNG (17-22) women who were all dressed to the nine’s, but apparently I was much more fun to get reactions out of!
I was giddy for DAYS!. * sigh *
Let me know if you hear anything new!! I un-subscribed from Whedon.info last week because they started using those adds that crawl/slide across the page, and I have no patience with that, so I vote with my feet!
Good luck on your interview, let us know when you're coming - maybe we can arrange dinner afterwards!
Re: JM - not forgotten
Date: 2006-07-02 10:23 pm (UTC)If so it would be nice to see a friendly face - although it will be quick, no more than two days and one night, since company is paying. Interview is tentatively scheduled for July 18th, pushed back from the 13th due to Jury Duty.
Ahh...he does know how to work an audience. In theater you learn about eye contact. Make it with the audience, make everyone in the audience feel like the center of your world. He did the same thing at the Ghost in the Robot concert that I saw, and the audio was pretty bad, so it wasn't what you saw on Sharon Osborn. I fell in love with him a little at the Gotr concert, hard not to. Very charismatic actor.
Yep, I gave up whedonesque as well, got tired of the ads and other stuff.
Re: JM - not forgotten
Date: 2006-07-03 01:54 am (UTC)Re: JM - not forgotten
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