Films, TV, Comics
Sorry for the radio silence, it's been a bit busy in rl, about which there will be a long post, later. But first, more fun things.
Films:
Before Sherlock Holmes there was a trailer for Iron Man 2. Other than being amused that villains still get lumbered with stock Russian accent number 2, I think Mickey Rourke's character could be really interesting.
The thing that really made me gleeful about the trailer was the bit where Tony Stark, about to make his big entrance in costume, goes 'a kiss for good luck,' so Pepper kisses the mask and throws it out of the plane.
I hope they give her more to do than just be jealous of Scarlet Johanson's character.
Oscar noms:
The most noticable thing is that, for the first time in years, I've actually seen some of the films nominated for Best Pictures (Up and Avatar). Unfortunately, I still don't care, because I know Up isn't going to win and it's roughly 4 times better than Avatar, which might.
Comics and Manga:
Because I got paid the second half of my money for demonstrating, I went on a bit of a spree. I got the next three volumes of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and a 2000 AD book, which I haven't read before, called Murder 101. Yay, Sinister Dexter, which is probably the one 2000 AD strip you could easily turn into a film.
TV:
Last week's Being Human was interesting, inbetween the exquisite awkwardness of Annie's plan (Oh George, how do you get yourself into these things.), the vampire shennanigans and the reveal.
The thing I really like about Being Human is that, you know that thing when you're watching something, and a character gets a choice between action a and action b and they're both equally valid if not morally then functionally, and you know that they'll go for b because it's the 'right choice'. Being Human doesn't do that, so it gets to do interesting things, see also Karl the vampire from episode 2.
What I will say, is that the start of episode 3 contains the funniest take you'll see on the banality and beaurocracy of evil for quite some time. And also deeply horrifying at the same time.
I really like how the writers forced Mitchell into a corner, but did it organically, as a result of previous circumstances.
Because of course the absence of Herrick leads to a breakdown of the system, and the system, although horrid and evil, not only works, but actually was probably for the best, all things considered, so of course, Mitchell has to re-establish it.
Mitchell being Mitchell, is of course going to be challenged, and of course he has to back up his threat, because otherwise, all his previous sacrifices are for nought. And he's totally turned into his own worst nightmare.
Oh George. There's nothing else to be said for that ending.
And then ending, this won't end well, will it.
I still haven't seen this week's episode because Being Human has reached that pitch of where I want to see the next episode but am terrified by the horrible things they're going to do characters I like.
Meanwhile, also on a vampire tip, I am greatly amused by the Vampire Diaries. They are the epitome of the cheesy but fun. Also - Ian Sommerhalder.
Films:
Before Sherlock Holmes there was a trailer for Iron Man 2. Other than being amused that villains still get lumbered with stock Russian accent number 2, I think Mickey Rourke's character could be really interesting.
The thing that really made me gleeful about the trailer was the bit where Tony Stark, about to make his big entrance in costume, goes 'a kiss for good luck,' so Pepper kisses the mask and throws it out of the plane.
I hope they give her more to do than just be jealous of Scarlet Johanson's character.
Oscar noms:
The most noticable thing is that, for the first time in years, I've actually seen some of the films nominated for Best Pictures (Up and Avatar). Unfortunately, I still don't care, because I know Up isn't going to win and it's roughly 4 times better than Avatar, which might.
Comics and Manga:
Because I got paid the second half of my money for demonstrating, I went on a bit of a spree. I got the next three volumes of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and a 2000 AD book, which I haven't read before, called Murder 101. Yay, Sinister Dexter, which is probably the one 2000 AD strip you could easily turn into a film.
TV:
Last week's Being Human was interesting, inbetween the exquisite awkwardness of Annie's plan (Oh George, how do you get yourself into these things.), the vampire shennanigans and the reveal.
The thing I really like about Being Human is that, you know that thing when you're watching something, and a character gets a choice between action a and action b and they're both equally valid if not morally then functionally, and you know that they'll go for b because it's the 'right choice'. Being Human doesn't do that, so it gets to do interesting things, see also Karl the vampire from episode 2.
What I will say, is that the start of episode 3 contains the funniest take you'll see on the banality and beaurocracy of evil for quite some time. And also deeply horrifying at the same time.
I really like how the writers forced Mitchell into a corner, but did it organically, as a result of previous circumstances.
Because of course the absence of Herrick leads to a breakdown of the system, and the system, although horrid and evil, not only works, but actually was probably for the best, all things considered, so of course, Mitchell has to re-establish it.
Mitchell being Mitchell, is of course going to be challenged, and of course he has to back up his threat, because otherwise, all his previous sacrifices are for nought. And he's totally turned into his own worst nightmare.
Oh George. There's nothing else to be said for that ending.
And then ending, this won't end well, will it.
I still haven't seen this week's episode because Being Human has reached that pitch of where I want to see the next episode but am terrified by the horrible things they're going to do characters I like.
Meanwhile, also on a vampire tip, I am greatly amused by the Vampire Diaries. They are the epitome of the cheesy but fun. Also - Ian Sommerhalder.