Public Library DVD's -- love them!
A few days after I arrived here in Wisconsin for my two weeks' with my family, my sister's turn finally came up to get the DVD's for the first season of the HBO series "Rome" for a week, along with a bunch of other movies she thought we might enjoy.
Mom enjoyed weeping at "The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio" on Christmas day, and I enjoyed seeing Daniel Craig in the original "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" movie, which I'd somehow or other never happened to catch on TV.
But the hit of the collection was definitely "Rome", which my father and I devoured in two days of marathon viewing.
Dad loved the history, and I quickly came to adore the comradeship of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo (played by Kevin McKidd and Ray Stephenson). In fact, though I haven't yet googled to find out, I'd be surprised if that pair aren't being slashed regularly in fanfics. The scene where Vorenus jumps into the arena, shouting the battle cry of the 13th Legion, to aid Pullo at the last minute, had both Dad and I cheering loudly. What a gorgeous pairing they make!
Too bad that the second season of "Rome" is just about to start airing on HBO this month, meaning that it will be many months before it comes out on DVD for the rest of us to see.
Since my sister had to return "Rome" to the library for the next person on the waiting list, I went with her to see what else we could check out, and ended up coming home with "Topsy-Turvy" (which I had seen in the theater, originally, but which I needed to re-watch, with particular attention to the supporting role played by Kevin McKidd as Durward Lely, the young male lead of the Savoy performers, doing a very respectable delivery of "A Wandering Minstrel I"!) and "Dear Frankie" (which I'd also seen in the theater, once, but cheerfully watched twice more -- once with my sister and once with my father, who was embarassed at how affecting he found it!).
I must get into the habit of checking out the DVD's at my own public library when I get home. So much free entertainment, there for the asking -- what more could a person wish for?
Mom enjoyed weeping at "The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio" on Christmas day, and I enjoyed seeing Daniel Craig in the original "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" movie, which I'd somehow or other never happened to catch on TV.
But the hit of the collection was definitely "Rome", which my father and I devoured in two days of marathon viewing.
Dad loved the history, and I quickly came to adore the comradeship of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo (played by Kevin McKidd and Ray Stephenson). In fact, though I haven't yet googled to find out, I'd be surprised if that pair aren't being slashed regularly in fanfics. The scene where Vorenus jumps into the arena, shouting the battle cry of the 13th Legion, to aid Pullo at the last minute, had both Dad and I cheering loudly. What a gorgeous pairing they make!
Too bad that the second season of "Rome" is just about to start airing on HBO this month, meaning that it will be many months before it comes out on DVD for the rest of us to see.
Since my sister had to return "Rome" to the library for the next person on the waiting list, I went with her to see what else we could check out, and ended up coming home with "Topsy-Turvy" (which I had seen in the theater, originally, but which I needed to re-watch, with particular attention to the supporting role played by Kevin McKidd as Durward Lely, the young male lead of the Savoy performers, doing a very respectable delivery of "A Wandering Minstrel I"!) and "Dear Frankie" (which I'd also seen in the theater, once, but cheerfully watched twice more -- once with my sister and once with my father, who was embarassed at how affecting he found it!).
I must get into the habit of checking out the DVD's at my own public library when I get home. So much free entertainment, there for the asking -- what more could a person wish for?