Comments | janie_tangerine: The random post + Italian TV is so made of fail that I just want to laugh.

janie_tangerine

The random post + Italian TV is so made of fail that I just want to laugh.

Dec 09, 2008 22:38

1) So I'm finally under antibiotics and of course the one I'm taking has the side effect of leaving a total sour taste in my mouth all day unless I'm eating. *sigh*

2) Seriously, most stupid thing I've heard since this country's PM's jokes on Barack Obama.

( On Brokeback Mountain getting ridiculously cut on the tv. Uhm, half-rant I guess. )

the random post, brokeback mountain, rant, dubbing sucks, i don't like twilight and it's a fact, idiocy, wtf, my country is hopeless

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tellshannon815 December 9 2008, 23:02:31 UTC

Oh God, me too. I know where I'm going with my HoHoHo, but do need to crack on as I was hoping to have it ready for Xmas Eve afternoon UK time (I'm supposed to be spending Christmas week with family where there is only a dial up connection and relatives ringing abroad every 5 minutes so not much access for me!)

janie_tangerine December 9 2008, 23:06:46 UTC

The problem is that I chose a LONG plot and I'm afraid I might overdo it, but I just loved the idea too much not to. One of these days I'm closing myself here for four hours and write 80% of it whatever happens. Good luck for yours!

tellshannon815 December 9 2008, 23:09:49 UTC

Thanks, may well need it! I think my plot is getting longer as well (trying to watch what I say here so as not to give too much away!)

I've spent the last month praying it doesn't snow so I don't get stuck at home, but then it bwould give me better internet access and more time, so I just don't know!

I'm not writing anything else until it's done though, that's the only way I can manage.

janie_tangerine December 9 2008, 23:16:43 UTC

Yep, same thing here. Thankfully the thing I'm posting now only needs to get edited, but it's all written already and I'm ditching all the other stuff. Looks like the prompts were good though!

elliotsmelliot December 9 2008, 23:20:56 UTC

I agree with Falafel. If you have a problem with homosexuality or queer culture, why show it at all? I hope they did not think the ending was a morality lesson. I can't watch movies on TV anymore. Here we just normally cut for time, which is annoying, if not offensive.

Ugh Twilight. I have now two girlfriends, in their 30s, both former English majors, who think it is the best thing ever. They both admit the writing sucks, but they are enthralled by the 'romance'. To see what the fuss was, I read the first book a few years ago, and found it really dumb and anti-feminist. The sparkly guy was creepy and stalkerish. The girl was so Mary Sue, she was a Marianne Suzanne. And the idea that a vampire would keep his immorality undercover by continually going to high school was laughable. Put a stake in me!

janie_tangerine December 9 2008, 23:33:05 UTC

That exactly, I'm with the both of you. Fine, that is the most right-oriented channel of all the public television (at least not owned yet by the PM even if that one is kinda on his policy) and I was seriously surprised that they would show it, but that was just dumb especially when you see what they cut and what they didn't. Agreed about the ending, but at this point I doubt that someone who has a problem with homosexuals would watch it at all. I don't really watch movies on TV either because of the time-cutting policy, too. With stuff like The Good, The Bad and the Ugly they always do it because it's too long, but it's indeed annoying. *sigh ( ... )

elliotsmelliot December 10 2008, 04:09:54 UTC

I know! I don't get people excusing the bad writing, because of a 'good' story. I can occasionally do this with a bad movie because there are so many layers, writing, acting, directing, pretty things to look at etc. But with a book, all you have is the words to create everything else. If the words suck, so does the story.

Sigh, I want to watch Brokeback again.

I’m running behind on the beta. I will get a chance to read tomorrow on the bus, but won’t have internet access until close to midnight to send you any comments.

janie_tangerine December 10 2008, 09:54:47 UTC

Yeah, I don't get that either. I mean, if I want to laugh every time I read a line how can I take the story seriously? *sigh* Ditto about the movies, but with books it's either one way or the other.

And I totally want to re-watch it, too. I'm soo digging the DVD out.

Don't worry for that, I still have another two chapters covered ;) that will be no problem, thanks again!

lasamy December 9 2008, 23:31:10 UTC

EDWARD DEAN ♥ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any Edward EVER

that's all

janie_tangerine December 9 2008, 23:39:56 UTC

AND THAT IS THE TRUTH. SRLSLY. I NEED TO ICON THAT.

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janie_tangerine December 10 2008, 10:01:42 UTC

Looks like they did and like, seriously? But it's just stupid to cut THAT and not the whole when-they-are-on-the-mountain part, even if now I need to find someone who actually saw it to see if they went and cut there, too. Seriously, it was also aired after midnight, I doubt any poooor children will be traumatized by such a dangerous scene (especially if the children already saw the whole tent deal, bu that isn't a time where children watch TV anyway. Or so I hope). And boo for having to pay a fine for that. Ugh.

Glad to have given a good idea! ;) If I can't find the remaining I need today I'll just be buying another Unicef batch and keep the ones I didn't use for next year. ;)

Homosexual undertones? Pff, maybe I was too young to get that (even if when I was seven I was sure that Lennon and McCartney were married but let's skip that) but that book was so boring that I left it alone before the Transylvania part was over. But at least it wasn't badly written and Dracula didn't sparkle ;) and yay for your professor! I actually love the ( ... )

fosfomifira December 10 2008, 01:07:10 UTC

I'm not really surprised by the missing cutting scene from BBM, mostly because I can see that happening here. You'd think that the Catholic Church has bigger and more important things to deal with than two guys kissing, but you'd be wrong. Stupid censors.

Oh, Twilight. We have two of the books at my bookstore and I only managed to read two paragraphs before putting it away. They're absolutely horrible - there'd bad writing and there's cringe-worthy writing. I think we all wrote better and more realistic love stories before puberty hit us.

I'm so hopelessly deadlocked with my Hohoho fic. I have no idea of what I'm going to do.

Yay, you posted fic!!!

janie_tangerine December 10 2008, 10:06:14 UTC

You'd think that the Catholic Church has bigger and more important things to deal with than two guys kissing, but you'd be wrong.

*sigh* Seriously, I mean, what do they care? I mean, we've got free will, why do they have to stop people from going to hell if they wish so? *headdesk* but seriously, cutting the kiss in a midnight airing and not cutting the rest before it's stupid. At least if they'd have cut it all they'd be dumb and thorough censors, while like this they're just dumb.

They're absolutely horrible - there'd bad writing and there's cringe-worthy writing. I think we all wrote better and more realistic love stories before puberty hit us.

Word. I used to feel ashamed of my pre-puberty love stories but they never were as BAD as Twilight is.

That fic is making me crazy because I have it all in my head and can't get it down. And I can't even ask here for research information because I'd totally give it away *sigh* Good luck with yours!

And yep, I did! ;) ;)