"Dangerous longings in lonely bosoms."

[musesfool]

Here's a hilarious review of Picnic from the New York Times.

an excerpt:
The Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of William Inge's "Picnic" opened on Sunday night, starring an exceptionally well-developed torso. Of course the torso belongs to a person, the actor Sebastian Stan. But it has been given the kind of lavish individual attention that

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[marag]

Vic! I didn't know you'd been hired to write reviews for the NYT, congratulations! ;)

Um, if I don't get to read the fic with that title soon, I'll be sorely disappointed in you...

[musesfool]

The review totally sounds like a fangirl wrote it, no lie.

Um, if I don't get to read the fic with that title soon, I'll be sorely disappointed in you...

Heh. I am thinking about it. Oh yes indeed.

[spectralbovine]

wouldn't be at all surprised to find Joss was influenced by CB and its crew of ne'er do well bounty hunters.
Apparently he's never seen it.

I've been enjoying watching it, though sometimes after an episode, I'm like, "Huh, what just happened?" The show gives you all the pieces but often leaves you to put them together.
Yeah, I'm noticing that it doesn't really tell you what's going on so much as, uh, not tell you what's going on.

really enjoyed "Ballad of the Fallen Angels" despite, or, more likely, because of the OTT-ness of it all.
OPERATIC NOIR. This is basically the episode that hooks you into the series and lets you know that, heeeeey, maybe there's more than just one-off adventures. If the very first scene of the series didn't clue you in.

Otoh, I want to like Faye more than I do right now, because she's pretty amazing, but she's like some kind of Jayne/Saffron combination that I'm finding it hard to connect with.Heh, yeah, I wanted to like Faye more too. I'm hoping to like her more this time around because I like the dub

[musesfool]

Apparently he's never seen it.

Well, I know different people come up with the same ideas independently sometimes - it's happened to me - but some of the musical cues are ... it's hard to believe that he hasn't.

Yeah, I'm noticing that it doesn't really tell you what's going on so much as, uh, not tell you what's going on.

*nod nod*

I mostly feel like I understand, but sometimes I'm just like, "huh." and then I say to myself, "forget it, jake, it's Chinatown."

OPERATIC NOIR. This is basically the episode that hooks you into the series and lets you know that, heeeeey, maybe there's more than just one-off adventures.

Yeah, I figured given that first scene that there was some sort of tragic backstory for Spike, and now I might even have some idea of what it could be.

Now may I recommend that you also watch Princess Tutu?

I will look into it.

[redfiona99]

Stick with Cowboy Bebop stuff gets ... sort of explained. In a good way.

[musesfool]

Yeah, I figured there would be more backstory exploration coming.

[misachan]

Bebop is both the best and worst kind of gateway anime - it's so good you want to try out more but at the same time it's so good you're a little bit ruined for everything else. And the dub really is fantastic, easily one of the best out there (and if you do watch more dubbed anime you'll start to notice Spike's VA everywhere.:)

Faye's got some great episodes coming up. She and Saffron share some achetype DNA but they definitely developed Faye deeper than that as time went on.

[musesfool]

it's so good you want to try out more but at the same time it's so good you're a little bit ruined for everything else.

Heh. I think it's also really up my alley in terms of premise.

(and if you do watch more dubbed anime you'll start to notice Spike's VA everywhere.:)

I already know he's Amon in Legend of Korra. *g*

She and Saffron share some achetype DNA but they definitely developed Faye deeper than that as time went on.

*nod nod*

Last night, I watched "My Funny Valentine" and it explains SO MUCH about Faye, even as it leaves everything up in the air.

[amanuensis1]

I started watching Cowboy Bebop and realized that I'd made a mistake and forgotten to change the settings to the subtitles rather than the English dub. Got to the menu, changed it to the subtitles. Watched a couple of minutes, said, "...you know, I think I actually want to hear the English dub again." Changed it back. Never looked back. It's the dub that makes liars out of sub-snobs.

[musesfool]

Yeah, once I read that the director preferred the dub, I decided I was going with that option.