don't be sympathetic, just pass the anaesthetic
I woke up at 6:30 AM to watch yesterday's Rome. I haven't done that with a show since, well, I can't even remember.
There were two points at which I almost woke my flatmates up from laughing so hard.
The Turkish noble who wanted to see a baboon fuck a woman. [You really have to watch Cassius' face during this scene. It's just at the verge of cracking up...yet very bemused.] I'm sorry, but my mind IMMEDIATELY went to this:
Cal: Oh, man, I had a weekend.
Andy: Yeah?
Cal: We went to Tijuana, Mexico, you know? And we thought it would be fun, you know, to go to a show. Everybody says you gotta check out one of these shows. And...it's a woman fuckin' a horse. We get there and we think it's gonna be awesome and...it is not as cool as it sounds like it's gonna be. It's kinda gross.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: You think 'A woman fuckin' a horse' and you get there and...it's a woman fucking a horse.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: It was really giving it to her. And you know what? To be honest I just felt bad for her, we all just felt bad for her.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: I kinda felt bad for the horse!
Andy: Wow, that's something.
If you haven't seen The 40-Year-Old Virgin, it's ALL in Seth Rogen's [Cal's] delivery. And then Andy goes on to talk about his wild weekend making an egg salad sandwich. Beautiful.
Then there was Brutus, who was suddenly be-mulleted and be-goateed [both of those just really REFUSE to work as words], and then was JESUS. I felt like making a screencap and posting with "I am not Jesus though I have the same initials," just for some nonsensical giggles, but then I realised how PERFECT it would be to instead make an arrogant-looking Julius Caesar icon and have that as the keyword. Which I plan on doing.
But still. MARCUS JESUS BRUTUS. WHAT THE HELL. [Though I really felt for him during earlier scenes.]
As for the actual events of the episode, oh my heart. I was fuming at Vorenus the whole time, just wanting him to snap out of it, or alternately, for Pullo to smack him across the face, but then the FIGHT. And it HURT. It wasn't 'OMFG CRAZY AWESOME' like last week's fight between Octavian and Antony ["Fucking whore."] They were just trying to get the other to back the fuck off, because I don't think either of them, not even Vorenus, had the heart to kill the other.
And then:
IT BROKE ME. Oh, Vorenus. You aren't a Son of Hades, there WAS more you could lose, and HEY, YOUR KIDS ARE STILL ALIVE. I loved Eirene and Pullo coming back from Massilia after three months, and all Pullo can think of [after he sees Niobe's sister] is GET TO VORENUS. [THIRTEEN! THIRTEEN!]
And then we have the titular event. Um, holy crap. Cicero was a bit of a dick, giving that guy his swan song to read. Of COURSE Mark Antony's going to bash his head in with the scroll-holder. By the way, if there was ever a place where "Don't kill the messenger" would fit, THIS WAS IT.
Oh, and: HI AGRIPPA!
I desparately need to do some homework reading for tomorrow, but I will probably end up rewatching it sometime tonight as I feel I am forgetting everything. Which is understandable, as I watched it AT 6:30 AM.
Also, HI THERE FULL HOT FUZZ TRAILER!
There were two points at which I almost woke my flatmates up from laughing so hard.
The Turkish noble who wanted to see a baboon fuck a woman. [You really have to watch Cassius' face during this scene. It's just at the verge of cracking up...yet very bemused.] I'm sorry, but my mind IMMEDIATELY went to this:
Cal: Oh, man, I had a weekend.
Andy: Yeah?
Cal: We went to Tijuana, Mexico, you know? And we thought it would be fun, you know, to go to a show. Everybody says you gotta check out one of these shows. And...it's a woman fuckin' a horse. We get there and we think it's gonna be awesome and...it is not as cool as it sounds like it's gonna be. It's kinda gross.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: You think 'A woman fuckin' a horse' and you get there and...it's a woman fucking a horse.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: It was really giving it to her. And you know what? To be honest I just felt bad for her, we all just felt bad for her.
Andy: Yeah.
Cal: I kinda felt bad for the horse!
Andy: Wow, that's something.
If you haven't seen The 40-Year-Old Virgin, it's ALL in Seth Rogen's [Cal's] delivery. And then Andy goes on to talk about his wild weekend making an egg salad sandwich. Beautiful.
Then there was Brutus, who was suddenly be-mulleted and be-goateed [both of those just really REFUSE to work as words], and then was JESUS. I felt like making a screencap and posting with "I am not Jesus though I have the same initials," just for some nonsensical giggles, but then I realised how PERFECT it would be to instead make an arrogant-looking Julius Caesar icon and have that as the keyword. Which I plan on doing.
But still. MARCUS JESUS BRUTUS. WHAT THE HELL. [Though I really felt for him during earlier scenes.]
As for the actual events of the episode, oh my heart. I was fuming at Vorenus the whole time, just wanting him to snap out of it, or alternately, for Pullo to smack him across the face, but then the FIGHT. And it HURT. It wasn't 'OMFG CRAZY AWESOME' like last week's fight between Octavian and Antony ["Fucking whore."] They were just trying to get the other to back the fuck off, because I don't think either of them, not even Vorenus, had the heart to kill the other.
And then:
IT BROKE ME. Oh, Vorenus. You aren't a Son of Hades, there WAS more you could lose, and HEY, YOUR KIDS ARE STILL ALIVE. I loved Eirene and Pullo coming back from Massilia after three months, and all Pullo can think of [after he sees Niobe's sister] is GET TO VORENUS. [THIRTEEN! THIRTEEN!]
And then we have the titular event. Um, holy crap. Cicero was a bit of a dick, giving that guy his swan song to read. Of COURSE Mark Antony's going to bash his head in with the scroll-holder. By the way, if there was ever a place where "Don't kill the messenger" would fit, THIS WAS IT.
Oh, and: HI AGRIPPA!
I desparately need to do some homework reading for tomorrow, but I will probably end up rewatching it sometime tonight as I feel I am forgetting everything. Which is understandable, as I watched it AT 6:30 AM.
Also, HI THERE FULL HOT FUZZ TRAILER!