In which Sky flails about awesome movies.
• I watched Broken Arrow with my father last night. Oh man. Young Christian Slater as the intrepid hero and Still-Young-Enough-to-be-Hot John Travolta as the Bad Guy. And as officers in the Air Force, and thus in uniform. Already hot men only get hotter once in uniform, I can now tell you all. And the movie was so slashy! I went looking for fanfic this morning, and it seems there is none. This makes me incredibly sad. Perhaps I will have to write some. (Oh yeah, because that'll happen.)
It had such quotational gems like,
"Would you mind not shooting at the thermo-neuclear weapons?"and
Vic Deakins (John Travolta): Hale. Pick up. Pick up! C'mon buddy, pick up the 'phone.
Riley Hale (Christian Slater): "Buddy," huh? Son of a bitch, you tried to kill me. The friendship is over.
Vic Deakins: Well that doesn't mean I don't like you!and
"I don't know what's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it."
It was awesome. I might have to see if I can download it and keep it forever. Or find it on DVD for cheap.
• Speaking of DVDs, I'm considering buying The Young Victoria on DVD because I still have some of my Amazon birthday gift certificate left. *ponder*
• If I do get that DVD, I'd probably pick up Dragon Soul at the same time, since the Borders here in town are sadly lacking. Stupid stores.
• If I get both the DVD and the book, I will use up my gift card and have to pay 99¢ on my credit card. This made me laugh last night when I figured it out. Worth it? Probably, but I'm still mulling it over.
•Looks like my mother will be returning home in a week. Which is awesome, but means there's some house cleaning to be done in order to ger ready for her. That's not surprising, really. Just tiring. And I have missed her, so it will be nice to have her back.
• I started watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night after Broken Arrow. I didn't finish it because I was tired and I wanted to read instead. (The movie reminded me of the dream I had where I was Elizabeth II and Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh was seducing me and protecting me from pirates. Good dream...) That movie has really pretty costumes, no matter that they aren't historically accurate. And Cate Blanchett is a great actress, so it was fun anyway.
• I've moved from the Tortall series to the Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce. I hadn't forgotten how much I loved these books, and they are every bit as awesome as I remembered. I'll have to see about getting the ones that come after it... Yay books!
It had such quotational gems like,
"Would you mind not shooting at the thermo-neuclear weapons?"and
Vic Deakins (John Travolta): Hale. Pick up. Pick up! C'mon buddy, pick up the 'phone.
Riley Hale (Christian Slater): "Buddy," huh? Son of a bitch, you tried to kill me. The friendship is over.
Vic Deakins: Well that doesn't mean I don't like you!and
"I don't know what's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it."
It was awesome. I might have to see if I can download it and keep it forever. Or find it on DVD for cheap.
• Speaking of DVDs, I'm considering buying The Young Victoria on DVD because I still have some of my Amazon birthday gift certificate left. *ponder*
• If I do get that DVD, I'd probably pick up Dragon Soul at the same time, since the Borders here in town are sadly lacking. Stupid stores.
• If I get both the DVD and the book, I will use up my gift card and have to pay 99¢ on my credit card. This made me laugh last night when I figured it out. Worth it? Probably, but I'm still mulling it over.
•Looks like my mother will be returning home in a week. Which is awesome, but means there's some house cleaning to be done in order to ger ready for her. That's not surprising, really. Just tiring. And I have missed her, so it will be nice to have her back.
• I started watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night after Broken Arrow. I didn't finish it because I was tired and I wanted to read instead. (The movie reminded me of the dream I had where I was Elizabeth II and Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh was seducing me and protecting me from pirates. Good dream...) That movie has really pretty costumes, no matter that they aren't historically accurate. And Cate Blanchett is a great actress, so it was fun anyway.
• I've moved from the Tortall series to the Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce. I hadn't forgotten how much I loved these books, and they are every bit as awesome as I remembered. I'll have to see about getting the ones that come after it... Yay books!