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Wheee! EII and HoV DVDs arrived today - so I have viewing material for the weekend! *bounce* Of course I've already watched the EII deleted scenes - I just can't stop giggling madly and at the same time being turned on in a very weird way at the car washing scene... despite the porn 'stache. But other than this, that bitch sure has good taste in men! ;)
serenitysangel and other Firefly/Serenity/Nathan Fillion fans - you can find some clips of Nathan's new film Slither, including a brief interview with him, over here! ETA: Roger Ebert's review, which contains some spoilers for the beginning/rough outline mostly. A non-spoilerish excerpt:
What's interesting is that this story sounds so worn-out and yet it works. There is some humor in the plot, effective action and scenes that entertain us because of how stupidly the characters behave. [...]
There are better movies opening this weekend. There are better movies opening every weekend. But "Slither" has a competence to it, an ability to manipulate obligatory horror scenes in a way that works. Given my theory of the star rating system, which suggests movies should be rated by their genres, "Slither" gets two if "28 Days Later" gets three. On the other hand, "Basic Instinct 2" also opens today, and in the genre of slick and classy big-star thrillers, if "Fatal Attraction" gets 2-1/2 stars, then "Basic Instinct 2" gets 1-1/2. On the third hand, a lot of people would probably enjoy "Basic Instinct 2" more than "Slither." One of these days, I'm going to have to take that star rating system and feed it to a meat-eating slime-slug.
I haven't watched all clips yet (am going through them currently) but I certainly agree on the humour! *giggle*
ismenin - Your spider chart arrived! Now that makes much more sense than the examples I'd found online! Thanks a lot! :D
I still didn't sleep as well as I'd have liked to, but at least significantly longer than the previous nights.
I think that's it for now - have a good Friday everyone!
serenitysangel and other Firefly/Serenity/Nathan Fillion fans - you can find some clips of Nathan's new film Slither, including a brief interview with him, over here! ETA: Roger Ebert's review, which contains some spoilers for the beginning/rough outline mostly. A non-spoilerish excerpt:
What's interesting is that this story sounds so worn-out and yet it works. There is some humor in the plot, effective action and scenes that entertain us because of how stupidly the characters behave. [...]
There are better movies opening this weekend. There are better movies opening every weekend. But "Slither" has a competence to it, an ability to manipulate obligatory horror scenes in a way that works. Given my theory of the star rating system, which suggests movies should be rated by their genres, "Slither" gets two if "28 Days Later" gets three. On the other hand, "Basic Instinct 2" also opens today, and in the genre of slick and classy big-star thrillers, if "Fatal Attraction" gets 2-1/2 stars, then "Basic Instinct 2" gets 1-1/2. On the third hand, a lot of people would probably enjoy "Basic Instinct 2" more than "Slither." One of these days, I'm going to have to take that star rating system and feed it to a meat-eating slime-slug.
I haven't watched all clips yet (am going through them currently) but I certainly agree on the humour! *giggle*
ismenin - Your spider chart arrived! Now that makes much more sense than the examples I'd found online! Thanks a lot! :D
I still didn't sleep as well as I'd have liked to, but at least significantly longer than the previous nights.
I think that's it for now - have a good Friday everyone!