Meme

[noirbettie]

While I drink my coffee before getting back to the 500 page book I have to read by this afternoon.

From...assorted people, the first of whom was probably Ryan...

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have

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[human_loser]

Royal Tennenbaums is beautiful. Nobody uses slow motion as well as Wes Anderson.

[human_loser]

Actually, Joss Whedon's pretty good with the slow motion, too...but not as good as Wes Anderson.

[oslowe]

agree w/ yr first, not yr 2nd. I feel that Whedon uses completely unnecessary slo-mo a lot. Power Walks and Revealing Glances, and that really awkward "Kaylee is dead... no she isn't!" gag in the pilot for Firefly...

[human_loser]

really? I kinda liked that gag. I thought it was necessary to play it like a Big Operatic Moment (hence the slo-mo), for the punchline to work. I never thought of it as awkward. Maybe now I will...thanks a lot! ruining things I like...

I may be talking out of my ass a little as to Joss' proficiency with slo-mo, as it's been a while since I've really seen any Whedon-directed stuff, and may be creating the awesomeness out of pure memory. I just watched "Prophecy Girl" the other day, and there was a very nice slo-mo sequence in that (she gets thrown into frame, the vamp thinks he's got a helpless victim, she pulls out the stake, the vamp makes an "oh shit" face, and Buffy makes a "that's right bitch, I'm the slayer" face), made me smile. I'm a sucker for reversal of fortune, what can I say.

But we can sure agree to agree about Mr. Anderson! The Margot/Richie getting-off-the-bus reuinion? THAT's how slo-mo is done, my friend.

[solidkz]

5. Then Battlestar Galactica came out... :P

[noirbettie]

I don't have TV anymore, so I've never seen it.

[human_loser]

oh hey!

So what about angel makes it so great?

I'm honestly asking, I've seen maybe 2.5 episodes of Angel, and I just bought the S1 DVD, so tell me what to look for that gives you your Angel-boner.

[noirbettie]

Well.

Season one is all over the place, but overall it pulls off the detective thing very well and is very funny.

Season two is this flawless, dramatic noir-y thing and goes DARK.

Season three is shot exactly like a graphic novel and is super-dark.

After that I hated it with the exception of a few good episodes in season 5.

[basje]

Heya, this is a fellow kitchenwitch. Sorry for commenting on your personal journal but...do you still want to co-mod kitchenwitches? I asked malevolencia if it was okay to get a second co-mod, mostly to come up with some fun ideas and things to do for the comm and such. Haven't recieved an answer yet, but i'm guessing that's okay. Well, if you are interested in becoming my co-mod, let me know, yeah?

[noirbettie]

Hoping you get email notification...

I would love to co-mod with you. If malevolencia OKs it, of course. Just let me know!

[basje]

I'll get back at you as soon as i hear from malevolencia :)