Name your five favorite evil characters.Now often one person's evil character is another misunderstood one's, so it's a given this choice is subjective. My personal criteria for favourite evil character, as opposed to favourite villain (different thing, really) is that this character does not have a redemption arc and/or sacrificial death. (This ( Read more... )

I, Claudius:

Mater Familias: to put it as unspoilery as possible for people not familiar with either the book, tv series or the detailed history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty: Antonia deals with her children. It's a brilliant and emotionally devastating look at one decision Antonia makes, and manages to get the core of her.

Sarah Jane Adventures: ( Read more... )

List the five scariest characters ever.

As the question was about characters, not monsters, I shall try to avoid the obvious (i.e. an old reply of mine). (The Gentlemen from Hush or the Alien from Alien would fall under this category, as would Shelob from Lord of the Rings. That's the difference between monster and villain, too.)

1.) Caligula as ( Read more... )

More rare fandom recs:

I, Claudius:

Mater Patriae: because Livia remains one of the best villains ever, and this look at her as presented in I, Claudius captures so very well why. Poison is queen, indeed.

History without novels to interpret it:

The Seventh Circle: Sandro Botticelli and Lorenzo de' Medici in the aftermath of the Pazzi ( Read more... )

Five favorite (or most memorable) lines of dialogue.

Five? Only five? I'm a Joss Whedon fan. And a Blake's 7 fan. And - okay. Five.

1) "I can't be the first person who has trouble taking you seriously, can I?" Arvin Sloane, to McKennas Cole (Quentin Tarantino) while the later is giving him a typical Tarantino-style pop culture rant while ( Read more... )

Mother's Day, which means I'm with my Aged Parents and have very little online time. I also feel very mushy about all things motherly right now. However, because I'm perverse like that, I'll give you my current Favourite Ruthless Mothers Moments. Because I love that, too, and I don't mean "ruthless" in the sense of Ripley's "get away from her, ( Read more... )

That "I, Claudius" DVD edition I mentioned a while back? So worth it. Among the extras are interviews with cast and crew, an extra documentary where they name their favourite scenes, and, available nowhwere else, "The Epic Which Never Was", aka a legendary black and white documentary on the movie "I, Claudius" which Josef von Sternberg was supposed ( Read more... )