mrizh and I finally got around to watching one of last year's sci-fi films, In Time.

I hope you'll pardon this review, which is half actual thoughts and half thoughts on potential fanfic. :)

( Mixed reaction: mediocre film, astonishing futuristic worldbuild )

Yep, these are mostly different fandoms (including one original piece), and all worth your time. :)

Sherlock (BBC)
Underground, by lim
This is a stunningly cut vid, set to that "dueling cellos" version of "Smooth Criminal" that was going around the Internet a few weeks back. I could watch this forever (full screen, it's good quality).

War Drums, ( Read more... )

This is courtesy of my brainy, geeky boyfriend Dan. We were talking about movies (Tron 2.0, probably), and suddenly he burst out with this fantastic metaphor ( Read more... )

I shall give my impression/recommendation in short, spoiler-free form first. Then some spoilery stuff under a cut. DON'T GO BACK THERE UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN IT PLEASE ( Read more... )

It's odd to watch one's perspective change in response to experience. Or maybe it's not so much a change as a realization.

( Telling stories and having something to say )

Okay. This has nothing to do with my current project (I know CSI's structure, and I'm using it), but after my spec is done, the next project is that fandom-based murder mystery I keep talking about. (It's going to have one of those pretty legal disclaimers, you know: "any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental." *g ( Read more... )

Not a whole lot going on with me right now. Looking for work--whitemartyr is helping me pretty up my resume and teach me how to write a good cover letter. (Of course, what if you're just sending out resumes cold, in hopes that the places you'd like to work have available jobs? I will need to do that, and still haven't figured out how to approach such a ( Read more... )

Stolen from kerravonsen, kalquessa, and others:

Fannish friends! Languishing in your archive are posts of great justice and loveliness - meta, fic, icons, random babblings that you suspect may have been written by the LJ fairy while you were sleeping. Some of your current flist may never have seen them. Some might be horribly embarrassing to you now. But don't be shy ( Read more... )

So, I finished an amazing book this week, and I went to the theater 3 times to see current movies. I'm going to just give you a quick run-down of the films (all of which I liked for different reasons), and then go a little more in-depth into the book.

( Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street )

ladybrick asked me:

( Cut for length )