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theantijoss

NACHO CHEESE!

Oct 13, 2010 21:02

A ginormous YAY that the Chilean miners are finally coming up from that terrible accident!

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Another, far less profound tidbit: am I the only one who cannot WAIT to see the movie Red? It looks so awesome, and WHAT A CAST!

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I'm sure you're shocked to hear me announce ( I'm a Total Lefty Pinko Unpatriotic Commie )

30 days of true blood, 30 days memes, tv: sons of anarchy, 30 days of angel, 30 days of buffy

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menomegirl October 14 2010, 02:46:02 UTC

My favorite episode of Angel is "Darla". I think it was the most well-written episode they created. Every time I watch it, I'm torn between which pairing I love the most: Angel/Darla, Lindsey/Darla or Angel/Lindsey. Holland Manners is just manipulative beyond words, using both Darla and Lindsey in his insidious plans. You can see Lindsey's dissatisfaction with the firm and with Holland in particular begin to solidify further in the episode. And Julie Benz was awesome in her performance as a vulnerable yet strong-willed Darla.

I can't pick just one single episode of Buffy as my favorite; there are too many to pick from.

theantijoss October 14 2010, 13:30:14 UTC

"Darla" is a great episode, and the electric chemistry you mention is so evident. I wonder who directed it, because all the actors really brought it for that one, too. *hasn't had enough coffee to bother Googling it yet*

ladyoneill October 14 2010, 03:13:14 UTC

My MOM can't wait to see Red. I think the whole fam will go--dad for the action/adventure, mom for the cast, and me for both. Looks great!

theantijoss October 14 2010, 13:49:26 UTC

It really does, and I don't usually go much for spy stuff!

escritoireazul October 14 2010, 08:53:26 UTC

For some reason, Clay telling Tig, "Really?" after he voted out K-what'shisname was one of my favorite parts of the episode.

I'm also more than a little BOO! on the Evil Lesbian trope, but...

I am too, especially since she's such a rare portrayal of a bisexual woman, but it's somewhat tempered by the fact that I love to hate her. She's not just evil now that she's canonically fucking a woman, she's been evil all along. (I'm also not sure if evil actually works to describe her; I mean, yes, she does some shitty things and obviously the POV of the show casts her as the villain against Samcro, but on the other hand, at least earlier, she was taking risks to do her job. Risks that might have been acceptable, except they led to Donna dying and so I hate her for them, acceptable risks with unforeseeable consequences or not.)

theantijoss October 14 2010, 13:55:23 UTC

Oh, sure, if you're going to be FAIR and all... ;)

It's one of those shows (Dexter is similar) where you're really rooting for criminals, but you love them so much, it's easy to forget. They're our anti-heroes, and "The Law" SUCKS! They're the enemy! Especially when Stahl does so many underhanded things to either get the job done or save her own hide. I'm dying to know -- WHY IS SHE TOTALLY SELLING OUT HER GIRLFRIEND? Although.. she is right, there's no evidence... I don't know, sorry, I'm going off on a tangent. LOL I love this show.

Um, right. SoA RULES! ;)

escritoireazul October 14 2010, 18:48:14 UTC

Tangents are good! Because SoA does RULE!

One of the things I love, actually, is that the show makes the law the bad guy, because yeah, the law IS sometimes the bad guy. Sorry, law, I have little faith in you for the most part. But also, it really highlights the way people can be backed into corners and make really horrific decisions that have terrible consequences because they think it's the best option, no matter what side they're on. As much as I hate Donna's death, it fits that nicely; Donna wouldn't have been dead but for a number of people on different sides of the law making really bad decisions they thought would do good (by their own definition of good). (And for me, it's easier to hate Stahl and Tig than Clay, because I went into the show adoring Clay so fucking much, but really, the blame can pretty squarely be laid on his head. Yeah, Stahl played him, and yeah, Tig is the weapon, but Clay gave the order. So really, even the audience's reaction to something like Donna's death shows that, under certain circumstances, we ( ... )

scribesds October 14 2010, 09:11:04 UTC

I’m so thrilled that those miners are all out safely. I kept expecting something to go wrong, but thankfully it didn’t. It will be hard for them to adjust back their lives now, if that is at all possible now that they’ve become celebrities.

I hadn’t seen that cheese advert before and now I will never be able to think of mature cheese in quite the same way again…!

theantijoss October 14 2010, 13:58:27 UTC

NACHO CHEESE! BWAH!

It makes me laugh EVERY time!

My family and I actually sat down and watched the news coverage (skimpy as it was here in the States) of the Miners' rescue. Of course, our news thought the best story was the one about the guy with the mistress and the wife who found out about each other through the disaster, and the wife didn't show up to the rescue because she was mad.

Long live the USA -- we're more concerned about prurient gossip than human lives.

margotlefaye October 14 2010, 19:27:24 UTC

The Adored Spouse and I are both really interested in Red. Huge Helen Mirren fans since she played Morgan Le Fey in John Boorman's Excalibur. The rest of the cast members aren't bad, either, lol!

theantijoss October 14 2010, 20:23:10 UTC

I KNOW! I'm a freak for John Malkovich, especially, and just the idea of he and Dame Mirren in a movie with Morgan Freeman AND the adorable Karl Urban? How could I possibly say no?

I almost never go to the theater anymore... except for the Harry Potter movies ;)... but I might make an exception for Red!