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shadowkat1. Haven't accomplished much today...by Sat, I just want to sort of do nothing. Did laundry last night - just the work clothes at the mat. Also bought some food. And today read flist. Rainy, cold, groggy day.
2. Just did the SC and Vamp Diaries marathon - I was behind two episodes. Will state totally understand why SC lost half its audience and Vamp Diaries is doing better. SC just is too teen agnsty for its own good. And it does not help that the most interesting characters we rarely see, the parents. The elders. The focus being almost solely on the kids along with pov is a big mistake. That said? Kevin Williamson does romance better than Whedon does. Will give him that. Also in Vamp Diaries this week, Williamson and Plec actually do a shout-out to Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer that equals Whedon's periodic shout-outs to Dawson's Creek. "What, did you get attacked by Buffy the Vampire?" LOL!
Outside of that, don't have a great deal to say. Except I liked Sage and Abby and wish they'd stop kicking to the curb and/or killing great older female supporting characters. Guys, not all the lead female characters on the show need to be under the age of 25. If you can have male characters who are older...and no, Rebecca does not count.
3. Am considering if time permits, seeing Mirror Mirror next weekend, because it looks like a lot of fun. I need fun.
Fannish Five - Movies that I know about and are anticipating?
* The Hunger Games - it was as good as advertised and better than expected. (keep in mind my last foray into the multiplex was Harry Potter. So... And it is worth noting that in NYC not only are movies $12 and above, but any movie that is not action oriented and fast paced is impossible to watch in a movie theater without being annoyed by chatter or text messaging by patrons with short attention spans who think they are watching it in their own living room. So I rent those flicks via netflix and don't bother trying to see them in the Theater. Hugo, Beginners, and The Magical Imperium of Doctor Parsnuius are on my TV stand from netflix at the moment.)
* Mirror Mirror (because it looks like fun)
* Snow White and The Huntsman - great special effects
* Dark Knight Rises - so sue me, I'm a die-hard Chris Nolan and Christian Bale fan. Also, Catwoman.
* The Hobbit (which I almost forgot about and remains my favorite fantasy novel of all time. I actually played the Great Goblin in a play version for a summer youth theater camp when I was 12. During this camp, I meet one of the artists that does Doonesbury (no Trudeau doesn't do everything himself, he has some other artists who help). We each got a hand drawn Doonesbury cartoon at the end of the camp - don't know where I put it. I think I lost mine. The guy who did the cartoon was a Great Goblin with me. He was doing the camp with his son.)
Oddly, more intrigued by Cabin in the Woods than the Avengers. For numerous reasons, amongst them? I believe Whedon works better on a smaller scale and is more comfortable in the horror genre that he knows like the back of his own hand and is highly critical and passionate about than superhero genre, which is basically Marvel dictacting everything anyhow - since hello, franchise. It doesn't matter who directs this. The other reason? The trailer is horrible. It looks like a Michael Bay Tranformers film, and been there, done that. That's not to say, I'll see Cabin in the Woods in the movie theater, but I might rent it, because the concept intrigues me - apparently Whedon and Drew Goddard do a sly satirical subversive take on the torture porn and zombie genre.
2. Just did the SC and Vamp Diaries marathon - I was behind two episodes. Will state totally understand why SC lost half its audience and Vamp Diaries is doing better. SC just is too teen agnsty for its own good. And it does not help that the most interesting characters we rarely see, the parents. The elders. The focus being almost solely on the kids along with pov is a big mistake. That said? Kevin Williamson does romance better than Whedon does. Will give him that. Also in Vamp Diaries this week, Williamson and Plec actually do a shout-out to Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer that equals Whedon's periodic shout-outs to Dawson's Creek. "What, did you get attacked by Buffy the Vampire?" LOL!
Outside of that, don't have a great deal to say. Except I liked Sage and Abby and wish they'd stop kicking to the curb and/or killing great older female supporting characters. Guys, not all the lead female characters on the show need to be under the age of 25. If you can have male characters who are older...and no, Rebecca does not count.
3. Am considering if time permits, seeing Mirror Mirror next weekend, because it looks like a lot of fun. I need fun.
Fannish Five - Movies that I know about and are anticipating?
* The Hunger Games - it was as good as advertised and better than expected. (keep in mind my last foray into the multiplex was Harry Potter. So... And it is worth noting that in NYC not only are movies $12 and above, but any movie that is not action oriented and fast paced is impossible to watch in a movie theater without being annoyed by chatter or text messaging by patrons with short attention spans who think they are watching it in their own living room. So I rent those flicks via netflix and don't bother trying to see them in the Theater. Hugo, Beginners, and The Magical Imperium of Doctor Parsnuius are on my TV stand from netflix at the moment.)
* Mirror Mirror (because it looks like fun)
* Snow White and The Huntsman - great special effects
* Dark Knight Rises - so sue me, I'm a die-hard Chris Nolan and Christian Bale fan. Also, Catwoman.
* The Hobbit (which I almost forgot about and remains my favorite fantasy novel of all time. I actually played the Great Goblin in a play version for a summer youth theater camp when I was 12. During this camp, I meet one of the artists that does Doonesbury (no Trudeau doesn't do everything himself, he has some other artists who help). We each got a hand drawn Doonesbury cartoon at the end of the camp - don't know where I put it. I think I lost mine. The guy who did the cartoon was a Great Goblin with me. He was doing the camp with his son.)
Oddly, more intrigued by Cabin in the Woods than the Avengers. For numerous reasons, amongst them? I believe Whedon works better on a smaller scale and is more comfortable in the horror genre that he knows like the back of his own hand and is highly critical and passionate about than superhero genre, which is basically Marvel dictacting everything anyhow - since hello, franchise. It doesn't matter who directs this. The other reason? The trailer is horrible. It looks like a Michael Bay Tranformers film, and been there, done that. That's not to say, I'll see Cabin in the Woods in the movie theater, but I might rent it, because the concept intrigues me - apparently Whedon and Drew Goddard do a sly satirical subversive take on the torture porn and zombie genre.
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Date: 2012-04-01 04:24 am (UTC)I hope you enjoy 'Hugo'!