Look under the hood

[c_elisa]

I can't resist doing this meme whenever it comes around. Via artaxastra:

If you've ever watched your favorite dvds, and then found yourself eager to hear exactly what the actors, directors, writers and even production designers thought about making the episode, the movie, or whatever - you'll know sometimes the best parts of dvds are hearing the

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[penknife]

Ooh! "For the Kingdom of Heaven," please?

[c_elisa]

Okay! That'll give me a chance to come clean about all the Hamlet quotations I cassieclaired.

[missizzy]

Damn, beat me to it! But then, it's a pretty obvious one to ask for.

[st_aurafina]

Can I second "For the Kingdom of Heaven"?

[inathunderstorm]

*thirds that*

[sheepfairy]

I love this meme so much. Can I get 'Five Things That Didn't Happen at the End of X-3', please?

[sheepfairy]

Err, the actual title of which would be 'Betrayals and Resurrections.' *facepalm*

[youngest_one]

Foresight?

[c_elisa]

I don't think I could do a full-length commentary on that one without spoiling the unfinished sequels, but I can do a short one.

Irene saying "I'm the cavalry" was vaguely inspired by the famous story of a lone paratrooper announcing "I'm the 82nd Airborne." Her list of names is a take-off on Lolita, and I plan to completely forget about having imported the nickname "Irenie" from comicverse, since on further reflection, I really can't see that coming out of movie Mystique's mouth. In fact, trying to write a sequel to a story I wrote in such a tearing hurry is giving me a whole new sympathy for comic book writers and their constant retcons.

The idea behind this version of Irene is that instead of being like a fortuneteller, or a contemporary "psychic," or a science-fiction precognitive, she's more like one of those awesome and slightly mad Christian visionaries -- particularly Joan of Arc and Irene's namesake, Lady Julian of Norwich. Her last line is a reference to Julian of Norwich: "Sin is behovely, but all shall be well, and