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The MEME is more or less gacked from lost_spook. I've added my favorite sonnet after the MEME because the MEME is all about his plays, and the man wrote things besides plays.

1) What was the first Shakespeare play you saw/read?
I think the first Shakespeare play I was exposed to was a text version of A Midsummer Night's Dream for young readers ( Read more... )

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Saw The Martian and Crimson Peak this week. Without getting too spoilery, I really wish I'd seen them in the opposite order. That is all.

ETA: Spoilers in Comments.
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...or Dracula, Dracula, Adam!

I have utterly given up on trying to do a Top Ten of Dracula Performances on Film. My ability to pick ones breaks down fast past a Top Five, so I'm just presenting a Top Five instead--

Top Five Dracula Performances on Film
1. Frank Langella Dracula 1979
2. Ben Cross Nightlife 1989
3. Luke Evans Dracula Untold 2014 ( Read more... )

Not getting into how ready I am for 2014 to be over either. I'll just say I have reasons I haven't posted since May, and I bring only my icon and some MEMEs with me now ( Read more... )

...I've had to make icons which will be at the end of this post ( Read more... )

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http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/National Theater Live is a program of the National Theatre of Great Britain. They began it in 2009. At first it just broadcast plays from the National Theatre in London to other places in the UK, but now they reach "500 venues around the world." They also broadcast "on occassion" from other theatres in the ( Read more... )

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The List
1. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
[My favorite bit of the 50th Anniversary programming I've seen.]
2. This Loki "I'm Reading a Book" Fan Vid -

Click to view

[Something about the combination of those Loki clips and that song ( Read more... )

[Update 2/1/16]
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( The Guidelines )

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"To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being." -- Tom Hiddleston

From the PBS website -- "To help celebrate the documentary 'Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle' PBS put together this fun quiz to help you discover your superhero alter ego."

The Quiz

My results...

I got Mutant/Mutate ( Read more... )

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I won't go into all the ways in which I think the movie does suck, and there are many. No one on my flist wants to hear that. I have finally seen it however, and I feel there were four bright spots ( Read more... )