Comments | elapses: i guess i like old things better than new things

elapses

i guess i like old things better than new things

Jun 18, 2008 23:48

SO CYD CHARISSE DIED YESTERDAY?

Her trademark was always the classy sexy vampy saxophony dances (like the Cafe scene from this same film, and her breakout role in Singing in the Rain) but but but. She was always a ballet dancer. And I've always loved this one (from The Band Wagon, with Fred Astaire) best. It's the very pinnacle of old school ( Read more... )

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modernthirst June 19 2008, 05:53:31 UTC

When I was watching Alias while it was on Jack and Irina were just so old. Like, you know, old people one tv, they're all wise and weathered and I'm happy to have them around, but AGE! It means you can't take your shirt off and flaunt your six pack! Thus they were relegated to the backburner in my mind. I think though if I were to rewatch I would be more interested in them.

So BSG is getting even better for me and I am to the point where I am recommending it highly to you.

elapses June 19 2008, 06:06:32 UTC

It was the same for me, and I do think I like them more because I'm not... in my early early teens anymore. It's easier to appreciate the complexit of that story, and it was so much harder to care about people who weren't fresh and pretty then! (My perspective on the couple of Sex and the City episodes I watched a bit ago was definitely different from the first time I watched them as well? It's funny how they way you think about things changes in ways you don't even notice! It'd be interesting to rewatch these things again in five more years.)

Ohhhhhh, REALLY TRULY? I still have (completely irrational) qualms with it, butttttttt. EVERYONE LOVES IT. Maybe later this summer.

adinfinitum June 19 2008, 06:13:51 UTC

OLD HOLLYWOOD IS JUST SO LOVELY. So sad to hear she passed away, but there's something so timeless and immortal about cinema from that era. So interesting how things from back then never really feel outdated to me (like things for the sixties or seventies may?) but rather just take on this sparkly classic air of grandeur. So lovely!

Yeah, gotta agree with Anna on the Jack/Irina front in that I wasn't super-crazy about them back in the day, but I was extremely intrigued by their dynamic and history and all that ridiculous tension. Plus they're both so brilliant independently and they kinda really make my mind teeter when together.

The grand power of MULDER AND SCULLY might beat the Spyrents, but it also might not. I also think the Spyrents might beat them simply because Mulder and Scully kind of have to tone down their sexual tension to a mere hum so they can sort of concentrate on their paranormal crud whereas with Jack and Irina it is always. right. there. Buuuuuuuut M&S might beat them for MOST INTENSE MOMENT.HAAAAAAA. This is ( ... )

elapses June 19 2008, 06:26:12 UTC

RIGHT????? It's always funny to me how vintage clothes from that era look so dumpy when you have them in front of you, too, because people in the movies always look SO WELL-DRESSED. And yet if you took the clothes out of the film it wouldn't work anymore? There's something magic about the film of the 30s, 40s and (early) 50s ( ... )

adinfinitum June 19 2008, 18:20:39 UTC

Yeah, I totally agree. One of my older sisters was big on 30s and 40s cinema when I was younger, so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. I think my faaavorite movie from that era has to be The Philadelphia Story. UGH ITS JUST SO SO GOOD. But yeah, it's pretty hard for me to dislike any thing from the 30s-50s.

But it's so hard to pick with them! Because so much of the time they're just being normal wordy bantery them and then a split second later Scully will lean in a little and Mulder will lean in FAR TOO MUCH and then they're having some kind of sexual blinking contest and you're left wondering WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? It's so RANDOM. And frequent!
This is so so great. AND TRUE! And I love your mini list of moments-- this show never ceases to amaze me with how awesome it was.

HAAAH, I so had SV blinders on like crazy back in the day. And I remember seeing/hearing Jack/Irina folks getting so into them and thinking, "UM...do you not see Syd and Vaughn?!" Good times.

elapses June 21 2008, 23:54:44 UTC

OH, Philadelphia Story!! That's one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME. It's such a compelling story, and you cannot go wrong with that combination of talent.

And THEM. Almost everything about them kind of casually passes by all the other ships ever. Seriouslyyyy, Mulder and Scully are the only show that can believably stretch their UST across THAT MANY seasons. With most shows it just gets tiiiiired after two or three seasons of it.

Back in the day, I was the sort of person who mentally collected ships like trophies (like those people who list like, seven THOUSAND ships on their profile and you have to stop and go "...wait, really?"), and Jack/Irina was one of the things I always... said I shipped, but didn't... actually care that much about, especially in comparison to Syd and Vaughn? I WAS A WEIRD KID. But whatever, I find them lovely now.

thatlldopig June 19 2008, 09:53:09 UTC

I don't even know my own criteria!

hahaha...you're cute.

Jack and Irina were uber-awesome.

elapses June 22 2008, 00:07:20 UTC

THEY WERE. If only they'd been able to stay in their tense but delightful season 2 bubble! But JJ never wanted me to be happy.

newfangled_sock June 19 2008, 13:39:22 UTC

Spyrents vs M&S?... I think my brain just exploded.

But after picking up the brain bits and stuffing them back in my ear, I think I gotta go with M&S just because there's something so classic and epic about them. Idk, I just can't get over them, no matter how many times I watch The Unnatural or How The Ghosts Stole Christmas.

elapses June 22 2008, 00:08:33 UTC

SEE, if you compare ALL THE PIECES Mulder and Scully win hands down, but simply on a basis of raw sexual tension -- I don't know. I DON'T KNOW. I think a scientific study needs to be done on this subject. Clearly that would be a great use of my free time.

luminoso June 19 2008, 13:55:20 UTC

I can't believe she died :( I miss those old Hollywood movies, they're so incredible. The films from the 50s were just so beautiful. Have you ever seen the video of Gene Kelly tap dancing on roller skates from It's Always Fair Weather it's one of my favorites.

elapses June 22 2008, 00:10:06 UTC

Riiiiiiiight? I WISH MOVIES LIKE THAT STILL... EXISTED? Those vast, vast soundstage dance numbers with a million dancers and twelve cameras rotating around the room and big big bands... it was epic in a way films will never really be again? And yeah, I've TOTALLY seen that scene -- although actually not that movie -- and it is phenomenal. Gene, Gene, Gene. That boy always delivered.