cinematic thoughts

what is it about the human mind that we can experience something but only remember the tiniest part of it? I find this with movies in particular--especially ones I watched as a kid.

• I spent years disliking Sabrina because she tries to kill herself (sort of half-heartedly) at the beginning and that freaked me out when i was 8.
• I still won't watch Meet Me In St. Louis (I've seen it once before) because the leaf burning is scary (we don't do that down south) and that dude who allegedly killed his wife "with a red hot poker."

So I, who adore Apocalypse Now, can't watch Gaslight or Marnie. Yes, I am wimp. I admit it.

anyone else watch this last week's episode of V and think: "it's a miracle! wash's back from the dead!" only to be brought sadly back to reality when you remembered you weren't watching Serenity2? sigh.

fangirls should not be allowed around technology

now that LJ and I are mac buddies we're addicted to ichat... and out-geeking each other in that medium... meaning action figure fights (and the age old question: who would win in a fight between Captain Planet and the Master?) and having a sing-off to Commentary the Musical! (BTW: we sing the shit out of Ninja Ropes). Seriously those songs need to be itunes. And dear Qmx: I want a Zoe marquette. Like now.

So that's what's been going on between migraines and cleaning the apartment. Huh. Sad sad little life fangirl... Oh, and trying to figure out if I can swing tix to Con-con in March. I hearby declare 2010 my year of the cons. And three days of the hottness that is the cast of Leverage? Niiice.

character actors and post-nuke-life

oh Gregg Henry, you're on every show. And thus every show that i love... Firefly, Gilmore Girls, now Glee... good times.

Can we talk about how good the Guild is? Really. This last ep (#11) is fab. Go Codex!!

watching Criminal Minds (because my innerself is 50...)--if what that brain guy in the beginning saying is true than I am home free--I won't be a serial killer because I have like no seratonin in my brain (thanks migraines and depression). I also won't be a serial killer because i a) don't care enough about anyone b) that seems like a lot of work and c) though misanthropic really wouldn't hurt anyone else. I'm quite happy here in my little cocoon.

watching Jericho (thanks netflix) makes me want to buy a gun and stock up on canned foods. Seriously.

On Legend of The Seeker

I've never read the books (let's get that out in the open first) but I enjoyed the campy delightful last season of LoTS (I'm almost kind of sad that it seems to have better production values this time around. The cheesy was half the fun!!)

What's not to love? It's covered with Joseph Campbell's fingerprints (boy from the provinces anyone? It follows Power of Myth pretty clearly which is oh so enjoyable). And even the S&M phallic-symbol wielding Mord Siths don't get me down (think about it though--they're woman in power (good), but serving a man who tortured them to get the power which also hurts them as they hurt. And they hurt people with the phallic symbol... there's a lot going on there.)

The thing that hit me tonight that I'm less than thrilled at is that all the female characters pretty clearly fit into the Whore/Mother dichotomy. Some minor characters blurr it a little but basically it's one or the other. Kahlen is literally the Mother (Confessor) untouchable, pure (even with the power to become Whore, but Mother is full of power also--everyone fears and honors her Confessorness). Mord Siths, clearly on the Whore side.

Still, even though Zed is the most well-rounded character, I love the show. It's not about realism or feminism or much else but Adventure and the saving of the world!

OMG. my geek heart is happy.

first Vork became guild leader (again)

and then he was on Glee.

Now Zaboo on the tail end of Community?

My geek heart is exploding in happy !!

Yay guildees!!

(I am drunk & laughing/wheezing so loud my neighbors will be down here any second...)

Community. Good. Watch It.

I haven't talked about it yet, but i 'm so into Community (on NBC). Mostly cos my bff is in C.C. and says it's too close for comfort and cos I spend Thursdays too drunk to blog.

Meanwhile, I've been watching the Soup forever and totally love Joel McHale.

Community is good stuff (as long as you're not in a sitch like it). And infintntely funnier if you watch it drunk.

Thank you.

(P.S.: Hot Robin Hood, actors who were Arrested Development, Chevy Chase, "sizzle and the steak" and that guy who plays Abed are awesome personified).

A giant post about tv

Everyone's jumping in with their post-mortem Dollhouse thoughts. Since I am a devote Whedonite, I can't help but join the noise:

it wasn't perfect but it was intriguing and really getting good. Did it deserve to die? Maybe, I guess, just by the numbers and whatnot but let's be honest, even if you loved it, didn't you fear this from the beginning? It was doomed from the start and Eliza (I loved you as Faith and even highly enjoyed Tru Calling) wasn't all that. Mostly I am sad for Dichen and Enver who were rockin' it out.

That rant ended let's move on to the other cancellation I care about: Eastwick. I hated the movie, loved the book, and the show was a fun guilty pleasure. I'll admit to mostly loving it because of Paul Gross (who plays Daryl Van Horn) because I love love loved him in Due South when I was a kid. He's been really good. It's a fun show. So I'm sad to lose that.

Meanwhile, the latest ep of The Guild is fabulous. I've been loving Vork all season and now he's back as guild leader (and on Glee! In the best ep yet!!!) so I'm psyched.

So it's only Wednesday and it's both a tragic (oh Joss) and terrific (yay laura on ANTM!) week for TV. We are blessed with riches American viewers. Seriously.

Dear Sanctuary writers & cast

(except you, Amanda Tapping who I would follow to the ends of the earth).

This last episode, "Pavor Nacturnus," is an example of why it's hard to support you.

Let's be honest, it was your wannabe "Epitaph One." But you are not a Whedon and it just came off cheesy. Mostly because Robin (don't worry you're still bang-able) with his mullet seemed to be channeling the mirror Middleman in "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome."

P.S. I love you, Robin Dunne, but you're no Matt Keeslar.

i may have to rethink disliking olivia munn...

Re-watching Buffy season 7:

Anya has all the best lines:

"I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad bad. Does it make you horny?"

"Upside down and half-way to happy land."

I get that Dawn is "part of" Buffy and that she is physically a person and everyone has memories of her, but don't you just go "You're not real! You're a fucking energy-key!" sometimes? The whole Dawn thing just still doesn't sit right. Maybe it's cos I'm an only child??

In "Conversations with Dead People" the First channeling the suicide girl channeling Tara (supposedly) warns Willow that she's going to destroy everyone. Is this wacky foreshadowing for the future Buffy sees in the comics? Am I reading too much into this? I think not. Let's face it--Willow's destiny is pretty on track so far.

*Nov. 11 addition: rewatching s7 I think I'm more okay with the whole Dawn + Xander thing. Look at the way he talks to her, or how she hugs him when he returns with one eye... it's sweet. She's grown up and he's the only one who sees it (and kind of Giles).

Obviously the cure for my cold is more gin...

what's with Joss and Cleveland? First there's a hellmouth there and now a Dollhouse? Sucks for you, Ohio!

the V review

it goes without saying, but if an alien who looked like Inara Serra told me to chillax and do what she said, I probably would.

I kind of loved it when Alan Tudyk was going all Omega on Juliet from Lost's ass.

The thing that does wig me a little? Bailey from Party of Five. He works in the role, but I can't think of him as anything but Bailey.

Final note: when Bailey agrees to be her mouthpiece at the end and they kind of nod at each other, don't you just want him to say, "Ambassador," in a Mal voice? (see Castle, you've effed with my brain. Now I'm pining for Firefly more than ever)

An open letter to Kleenx.

Dear kleenx: i am sick of your "get mommed" ads. Some of us like to keep our resentment/discomfort about being orphaned neatly packaged in say, May [mother's day], June [father's day] & Christmas. Stop reminding us we don't have parents. Enough all ready.

And those creepy talking coupon machines? Super not cool. Especially when a motherless daughter is shopping hungover in Food Emporium and a computerized voice says, "Want some motherly advice?"
Fail, Kleenx. Epic fail.