At the opera tonight.

[laeria]

1. Meme for you, my pretties, as nicked from quinara:

Give me a character and a storyline/arc/season and I'll put together a three-track fanmix for them.All my usual fandoms (Whedondom! Being Human! Doctor Who! Random books!) but also, awesomely, wonderfully, The Eagle of the Ninth, and Repo! The Genetic Opera

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[thornyrose42]

Hmmm... how about Annie from season three Being Human or if you haven't caught up on that one yet... a Luna/Dean during Deathly Hallows fanmix.

Haven't seen or read Eagle of the Ninth but I have heard good things, also I heard and interview where Jamie Bell (who seems to have lost most of his Oop North accent) and Chaning Tatum (or how ever you spell his name) were hilarious together.

[laeria]

The actors were definitely cool, especially Jamie Bell.

Um, the film is... I can't actually recommend it. Not wholeheartedly. It, how much you like it will depend on how much you enjoy the lovestory. (Which, I'm not talking about subtextual slash, I'm talking about "everything but kissing or onscreen sex", which is only vaguely annoying (because the film TOTALLY went there, so there may as well have been actual physicality).

On the other hand, there's gore and upsetting stuff and way more dialogue (and less wolves!) than in the book.

Oh oh oh, however, I totally recommend watching the film first and then reading the book after, because doing the reverse might destroy your soul with the grimdarkness.

[thornyrose42]

Yeah I'd heard about the switch in tone. Will try and catch this if it is on tv at some point.

Jamie Bell does seem to have been consistently good in everything he's been in. Even the films where he was the only vaguely competent person in them, Jumpers I am looking at you.

Everything is better with wolves. That is something that I feel is missing slightly from the show of GofT. Not enough direwolves!

[laeria]

Actually, Bell being "the only competent person" in the film is kinda true. I mean, 70% of the exposition is done by his face.