Comments | rionaleonhart: You Could Be So Much Better.

rionaleonhart

You Could Be So Much Better.

Jan 09, 2011 10:37

Watched the Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief documentary last night, and I had forgotten how freaking charming Derren Brown is. HE COOKS BREAKFAST WITH HIS PET PARROT PERCHED ON HIS SHOULDER, HOW ADORABLE IS THAT. HE PRETENDS TO EAT THE CAMERA LIKE A DORK. And The Heist is still just stunning. The replication of the Milgram experiment is so ( Read more... )

british comedians, misfits, derren brown, early warning signs of obsession, mitchell and/or webb

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honeyfitz January 9 2011, 11:21:04 UTC

Derren night was fantastic. It knew Enigma wouldn't be the same on TV as they had to cut so much out...but that ending still blew my mind. Yes, I chose the confetti XD

I LOVE The Heist, I'm glad it was chosen as the favourite, although I think Something Wicked... or Evening of Wonders are my faves. Broken glass? Nnnnnghhh YES.

rionaleonhart January 9 2011, 14:03:37 UTC

I can't remember what I chose when I went. I imagine that was Derren's plan all along. And the McFly bit at the end was a joy. I wanted to link to a video in this entry, but alas Channel 4 is blocking all the good-quality ones in the UK.

Ahahaha, I love Something Wicked for all the wrong reasons. That was the first I saw of Derren Brown, actually, and possibly the fastest I've ever found myself attracted to someone. HE PUT A PLASTIC BAG OVER HIS HEAD AND THEN LAY DOWN ON BROKEN GLASS AND IT WAS REALLY SEXY.

honeyfitz January 9 2011, 14:08:02 UTC

I don't quite get the deal with Channel 4/4OD blocking all their vids in the UK o_O

It really is the most erotic sight, isn't it? Plus even hammer + nose + nail + Bach (I seem to remember it being Bach but I might have been wrong) = HOT FUCKER.

HE PUT A PLASTIC BAG OVER HIS HEAD AND THEN LAY DOWN ON BROKEN GLASS AND IT WAS REALLY SEXY.
OH I HEAR YOU \o/ \o/ \o/

elfwhistletree January 9 2011, 12:02:21 UTC

*high fives you*

I got the DVD of Misfits for Xmas (delivered late) and we're now at exactly the same place as you, after watching for three nights in a row - it's a long time since the MIB and I have had something to watch where we look at each other at 12:45pm and say "just one more episode" - "oh, go on, then" ;-)

I'm trying fairly hard to avoid spoilers, because the plotting has some elegant surprises, but it is fun to speculate :-)

It's a lovely mix of hilarious, and soppy, and exciting, and nicely observed, and at no point in the first series have I been forced to shout at the screen because the characters have made an obvious out-of-character mistake, or failed to use some knowledge or skill that was clearly available to them. That fact that there powers are unreliable helps a lot with this.

Series 2 had goo reviews from my flist too - I'm hoping to make it last another week or so!

Basically this post has no point but synchronised squee!

elfwhistletree January 9 2011, 12:03:29 UTC

Also, the Derren Brown reference (in episode 6?) made me think of you, of course :-)

rionaleonhart January 9 2011, 15:33:46 UTC

I am always up for some synchronised squeeing! It's so well done. (I'd forgotten about the Derren Brown reference, and now I sort of want fanfiction in which they find out that the storm gave Derren actual psychic powers.)

the MIB and I

...you were watching it with the Men in Black?

elfwhistletree January 9 2011, 18:20:24 UTC

Yes, the Misfits plot would make an excellent back story for Derren :-)

Just one MIB - I reckon I get to make up a nickname for anyone I know in real life who doesn't have their own LJ or other online pseudonym - this amuses me. So I have "Jeff" (who is Welsh), "Captain Enthusiastic" (who will soon be 11 years old) and my other half, whose wardrobe does contain other colours, but they never come off the hangers ;-)

Sometimes these people then go and get LJs, but I can just about cope with that if I try.

dracothelizard January 9 2011, 13:09:04 UTC

Speaking of Big Fat Quizzes, I found the 2010 one on YouTube! No one mentioned Jonathan Ross has blatantly quit the BBC to focus on his attempt to become a supervillain! No one grows a goatee/moustache combo like THAT without at least trying to get himself a volcanic lair. Also, the Mitchell-Brook primary schoolplays were ADORABLE.

I may have slightly massively watched ALL Misfits episodes in the last few days. Uhm. YES EPISODE FOUR. I am ENTIRELY in favour of timey-wimeyness and the consequences of one's actions. Also, I don't think Blond Git is an ex-boyfriend, as they stopped speaking when they went to secondary school, which I think is a bit young for boyfriends, but maybe Simon had a bit of a crush on him anyway.

EPISODE SIX GAVE ME THE CREEPS. WELL-MEANING VILLAINS ARE THE WORST. Argh.

emmarrrrr January 9 2011, 13:45:13 UTC

CONGRATUWELLDONE, I CAN NOW NEVER UNSEE JONATHON ROSS AS A SUPERVILLAIN.

wossy60 January 9 2011, 13:46:53 UTC

im not a supervilan im nice :(((

dracothelizard January 9 2011, 17:38:02 UTC

Wossy, it's okay, just admit that you're being a supervillain to get Richard Hammond's attention. If you two want to play Black Shadow and Supervillain, that's fine.

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emmarrrrr January 9 2011, 13:43:06 UTC

YOU HAVE SOMEHOW CAPTURED ALL OF MY FEELINGS FOR MISFITS.

Alas, I was spoiled for the end of the series, so I wasn't quite as shocked as I might have been but I STILL DID NOT EXPECT THEM TO LEAVE IT WHERE THEY DID, OH.

Also Simon is so creepy. STOP IT SIMON, I WANT TO LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE TOO CREEPY SOMETIMES. Although the CD he gave Kelly made me d'awwww.

rionaleonhart January 9 2011, 23:10:39 UTC

I already knew Nathan's superpower, so I wasn't as horrified by his impalement as I might otherwise have been, but I wasn't expecting them to actually bury him. My goodness.

The CD he gave Kelly was lovely. And he so wants to be accepted as their friend, bless him. BE LESS CREEPY, SIMON, AND YOU MAY FIND THAT YOUR DREAM BECOMES ACHIEVABLE.

emmarrrrr January 10 2011, 16:43:35 UTC

NOR WAS I. I knew he got buried alive at some point BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS AT THE END OF THE FIRST SERIES and fdgjkhdfgkhdfjgh *flailing*

It's the staring, I think. PLEASE TONE DOWN THE CREEPY STARING, SIMON, SO I CAN LOVE YOU WITHOUT RESERVATION.

wolfy_writing January 9 2011, 18:32:43 UTC

Derren would so use his mind powers to get men to come in their pants. Under circumstances just annoying enough to get them to call him a bastard (although probably not in the middle of a bank heist).

rionaleonhart January 10 2011, 20:49:05 UTC

I can definitely believe that of him. He's such a great character! I should go back to writing fanfiction about him at some point.

wolfy_writing January 11 2011, 04:34:23 UTC

...you're trying to use that icon to get me to write more Derren Brown fic, aren't you? I RECOGNIZE A HYPNO-ICON WHEN I SEE IT!