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Top five things Al Swearengen did before he settled in Deadwood, vaznetti asked:
1. Married, proper as anything, an older woman.
2. Divorced her when she started sounding like that crack bitch from the orphanage, never content with anything that came from you.
3. Cheated Dan Dority of his horse, and later, of Dan Dority.
4. Garrotted a Pinkerton with your own hands for doublecrossing you, only they do have a habit of turning up again like a bad smell that you can never get out.
5. Considered prospecting for all of one second, before deciding that you got more gold by not acting the middleman, and by leaving the dirt moving to the fucking mental deficients.
Top five Deadwood moments, sarkastic asked (this was impossible, Peggy! Just five! *wails*):
1. Alma on the morning of her wedding day, talking to her dead first husband. ("I am afraid. I am so afraid that my life is living me, and soon will be over, and not a moment of it will have been my own. And of how my body now tells me that is fine and right.")
2. Al and Reverend Smith, at the passing of Reverend Smith.
3. Carrie and Mr. Wolcott, at the passing of Carrie.
4. Seth planting the flaming torch into the ground and going forward as he sees the wolves clustered around the hole where Sofia lies unconscious. He drags (no other word for it) her out, and carries her towards the rest of the rescue party.
5. A somewhat tipsy Doc Cochran and Jewel with her newly braced leg dancing in the Gem, as Al looks down.
Top five movie soundtracks, blackcurrant wanted to know:
1. The Claim, score by Michael Nyman
It was a toss up between this and Nyman's The Piano, and The Claim won because of its strength overall, and while I think all of his music work wonderfully when you listen to them in the film, this is the score works best when listened to on its own.
2. The Good Thief, score by Elliot Goldenthal, music by various artists
I cannot say enough times how much I love this movie and its music.
3. A Little Princess, score by Patrick Doyle
I cry every time I hear this, seriously. It does half the work of the actors in this beautiful Alfonso Cuaron film.
4. The Talented Mr Ripley, score by Gabriel Yared, music by various artists
Lovely, moody combination of original score, classic jazz, and choral music.
5. The Bourne Supremacy, score by John Powell
I never imagined that an action-movie score could be like this - rich, psychologically complex, emotional.
Runners-up: Titus (Elliot Goldenthal), The Matrix (various artists), Black Hawk Down (Hans Zimmer), Little Women (Thomas Newman).
Top five TV 'ships, notexotic asked:
1. Michael/Nikita ('cos I'm a softie)
2. House/Wilson (friendship or otherwise)
3. Six/Baltar (most psychotic 'ship)
4. Sark/Sydney (most fanon-based 'ship)
5. River/Simon (ahhh, CSI - so wrong, and yet, so right)
Runners-up: Kara/Leoben, Trixie/Al Swearengen, Tom Quinn/Christine Dale, Logan/Veronica, Jin/Mugen (anime counts, right?).
Top five moments of intense anticipation, asked so_spiffed:
1. Reading the first review of a story you've just posted.
2. Standing in from of a customs officer at the airport while they look through your passport, and then up at your face to see if it matches the photo.
3. Moment before getting the result back for an essay that you actually made a half-decent stab at.
4. Arriving dressed for an important dinner party, and nobody throws an egg at you.
5. Opening a new book by a well-loved serial author, like Pratchett or Dibdin.
Top five things Al Swearengen did before he settled in Deadwood, vaznetti asked:
1. Married, proper as anything, an older woman.
2. Divorced her when she started sounding like that crack bitch from the orphanage, never content with anything that came from you.
3. Cheated Dan Dority of his horse, and later, of Dan Dority.
4. Garrotted a Pinkerton with your own hands for doublecrossing you, only they do have a habit of turning up again like a bad smell that you can never get out.
5. Considered prospecting for all of one second, before deciding that you got more gold by not acting the middleman, and by leaving the dirt moving to the fucking mental deficients.
Top five Deadwood moments, sarkastic asked (this was impossible, Peggy! Just five! *wails*):
1. Alma on the morning of her wedding day, talking to her dead first husband. ("I am afraid. I am so afraid that my life is living me, and soon will be over, and not a moment of it will have been my own. And of how my body now tells me that is fine and right.")
2. Al and Reverend Smith, at the passing of Reverend Smith.
3. Carrie and Mr. Wolcott, at the passing of Carrie.
4. Seth planting the flaming torch into the ground and going forward as he sees the wolves clustered around the hole where Sofia lies unconscious. He drags (no other word for it) her out, and carries her towards the rest of the rescue party.
5. A somewhat tipsy Doc Cochran and Jewel with her newly braced leg dancing in the Gem, as Al looks down.
Top five movie soundtracks, blackcurrant wanted to know:
1. The Claim, score by Michael Nyman
It was a toss up between this and Nyman's The Piano, and The Claim won because of its strength overall, and while I think all of his music work wonderfully when you listen to them in the film, this is the score works best when listened to on its own.
2. The Good Thief, score by Elliot Goldenthal, music by various artists
I cannot say enough times how much I love this movie and its music.
3. A Little Princess, score by Patrick Doyle
I cry every time I hear this, seriously. It does half the work of the actors in this beautiful Alfonso Cuaron film.
4. The Talented Mr Ripley, score by Gabriel Yared, music by various artists
Lovely, moody combination of original score, classic jazz, and choral music.
5. The Bourne Supremacy, score by John Powell
I never imagined that an action-movie score could be like this - rich, psychologically complex, emotional.
Runners-up: Titus (Elliot Goldenthal), The Matrix (various artists), Black Hawk Down (Hans Zimmer), Little Women (Thomas Newman).
Top five TV 'ships, notexotic asked:
1. Michael/Nikita ('cos I'm a softie)
2. House/Wilson (friendship or otherwise)
3. Six/Baltar (most psychotic 'ship)
4. Sark/Sydney (most fanon-based 'ship)
5. River/Simon (ahhh, CSI - so wrong, and yet, so right)
Runners-up: Kara/Leoben, Trixie/Al Swearengen, Tom Quinn/Christine Dale, Logan/Veronica, Jin/Mugen (anime counts, right?).
Top five moments of intense anticipation, asked so_spiffed:
1. Reading the first review of a story you've just posted.
2. Standing in from of a customs officer at the airport while they look through your passport, and then up at your face to see if it matches the photo.
3. Moment before getting the result back for an essay that you actually made a half-decent stab at.
4. Arriving dressed for an important dinner party, and nobody throws an egg at you.
5. Opening a new book by a well-loved serial author, like Pratchett or Dibdin.