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rusty_haloLast night: two Sean Bean movies, mainly because they were both so awful that I wanted to get them over with quickly.
The Dark is another one of those horror movies about scary little girls, psychically intuitive mothers, and clueless-but-well-meaning fathers. The "scariest" thing in this movie was a bunch of rampaging suicidal sheep. I'm trying to figure out which is a goofier attempt at horror; these suicidal sheep or the garbage disposal spewing applesauce in In Dreams.
Sean Bean's role was pretty much the same as in Silent Hill, although happily he got more screen time. He looked hot, as usual, but mostly I spent the movie wondering why he's been in so many bad movies.
Fool's Gold was like a tame version of Essex Boys. Sean Bean plays a tough guy criminal who gets in over his head. On the plus side, he loves his kids, and we get some cute scenes of him playing with them. But mostly he's being tough and scary and angry, which he's good at, but it's kind of limiting for such a good actor. He does get some really good scenes near the end, though, when his character starts to realize just how utterly screwed he is. And he's young in this one, which makes him extra-hot, so I enjoyed it for the eye candy. But it's not a very good movie.
South Park last night was awesome. They're having a great season; I haven't seen a single lame episode so far.
Veronica Mars yesterday ... um, what did I ever see in this show? Wallace's plot was directly out of a "cheating is bad, mmmmkay?" after school special. And feminists ... faking rapes ... does not compute ... what the fuck? *sigh*
I've been seeking out Sharpe fic. I find myself gravitating toward slash, even though I'm not really interested in reading anything sexual. I just want good fic, gen even, but slash seems far more likely to be good. I know people are always fighting about how slash is no better than het, but really, at least when I open a slash fic I don't face a 70% chance of running into a Mary Sue within the first four paragraphs.
Slash fic is much more likely to explore a premise that I'm interested in, namely the relationships between the existing characters. I'd much rather read about the powerful emotional connection between Sharpe and Harper (which is canon), and if it happens to get sexual, so what? At least it's exploring something I'm interested in, unlike random Mary Sue fic. Maybe this is because there aren't many interesting canonical female characters. Though I wouldn't mind reading Sharpe/Teresa, if was actual badass Teresa and not lame author-insertion "Teresa."
Not that all the slash is good (not even close); it's just less likely to be bad. In this fandom. In my opinion.
I realize I haven't said anything about the election yet. Obviously I'm delighted (Santorum's gone! Rumsfeld's gone! Democrats got the House! and probably the Senate!) and I'm just praying that the Democrats won't screw it up too quickly. (*fingers crossed*) Yay democracy!
Plus The Colbert Report was to die for last night. Ah, poor Stephen in denial. And you know, anytime he sings the national anthem, it's bound to be a good episode. ;)
The Dark is another one of those horror movies about scary little girls, psychically intuitive mothers, and clueless-but-well-meaning fathers. The "scariest" thing in this movie was a bunch of rampaging suicidal sheep. I'm trying to figure out which is a goofier attempt at horror; these suicidal sheep or the garbage disposal spewing applesauce in In Dreams.
Sean Bean's role was pretty much the same as in Silent Hill, although happily he got more screen time. He looked hot, as usual, but mostly I spent the movie wondering why he's been in so many bad movies.
Fool's Gold was like a tame version of Essex Boys. Sean Bean plays a tough guy criminal who gets in over his head. On the plus side, he loves his kids, and we get some cute scenes of him playing with them. But mostly he's being tough and scary and angry, which he's good at, but it's kind of limiting for such a good actor. He does get some really good scenes near the end, though, when his character starts to realize just how utterly screwed he is. And he's young in this one, which makes him extra-hot, so I enjoyed it for the eye candy. But it's not a very good movie.
South Park last night was awesome. They're having a great season; I haven't seen a single lame episode so far.
Veronica Mars yesterday ... um, what did I ever see in this show? Wallace's plot was directly out of a "cheating is bad, mmmmkay?" after school special. And feminists ... faking rapes ... does not compute ... what the fuck? *sigh*
I've been seeking out Sharpe fic. I find myself gravitating toward slash, even though I'm not really interested in reading anything sexual. I just want good fic, gen even, but slash seems far more likely to be good. I know people are always fighting about how slash is no better than het, but really, at least when I open a slash fic I don't face a 70% chance of running into a Mary Sue within the first four paragraphs.
Slash fic is much more likely to explore a premise that I'm interested in, namely the relationships between the existing characters. I'd much rather read about the powerful emotional connection between Sharpe and Harper (which is canon), and if it happens to get sexual, so what? At least it's exploring something I'm interested in, unlike random Mary Sue fic. Maybe this is because there aren't many interesting canonical female characters. Though I wouldn't mind reading Sharpe/Teresa, if was actual badass Teresa and not lame author-insertion "Teresa."
Not that all the slash is good (not even close); it's just less likely to be bad. In this fandom. In my opinion.
I realize I haven't said anything about the election yet. Obviously I'm delighted (Santorum's gone! Rumsfeld's gone! Democrats got the House! and probably the Senate!) and I'm just praying that the Democrats won't screw it up too quickly. (*fingers crossed*) Yay democracy!
Plus The Colbert Report was to die for last night. Ah, poor Stephen in denial. And you know, anytime he sings the national anthem, it's bound to be a good episode. ;)
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Date: 2006-11-09 07:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-09 07:11 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, um, Sharpe night. I forget what our plan was--you're busy again? Just let me know when you want to do it, because right now I'm free pretty much every weekend until the end of the year.
Oh, and I highly suspect that
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Date: 2006-11-09 07:50 pm (UTC)As for Sharpe night - I'm actually moving in about ten days but shall we say early December? (I'm still going to be in more or less the same neighborhood, and they've even opened what I hear is an excellent vegan restaurant nearby!) So we can Sharpe away!
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Date: 2006-11-09 08:03 pm (UTC)Wait, I see ... part one, two, three ... where's four? Is it finished? (I'll read it anyway, of course, just wondering.)
That's right, you're moving. Vegan food! Good! Early December should work.
Oh, okay, this is funny, and probably a topic we should avoid if
Anyway, so this weekend
And then there's that scene in "Company" where Teresa kills the Frenchman who's enamored with her, remember that? And instantly
Umm... okay. I did point out that the French raped her and killed her family, that they are invading her country, that she's trapped in Badajoz because the French have taken it from the Spanish, that she's fighting people who are killing her people and destroying her country ... and that even if you do have a problem with her killing a guy, doesn't that just make her even cooler because she's a grey character? Like, Sharpe does morally questionable things all the time, and don't tell me Spike didn't, but we still love them.
Um, so I ended up complaining that she always hates strong, morally ambiguous women (she hates Danaerys Targaryen too!), and she responded with some kind of metaphor about how if I like Teresa, I support American soldiers killing innocent Iraqi civilians, because there's no moral difference between that and Teresa killing the French guy....
Um yeah.
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Date: 2006-11-09 08:09 pm (UTC)And, um, didn't Teresa kill people in the earlier ones? I'm confused too :P But maybe we should avoid this topic, you're right, because it doesn't sound like we're going to find common ground :)
rereading the fic reminded me that I should a) watch "Sharpe's Eagle" again, and b) finish the fic. I know what happens, and I have most of it written, but I kind of just need to do it. That'll be a nice little project for me :)
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Date: 2006-11-09 08:41 pm (UTC)Which Sharpe movies do you want to watch? I bought the first eight (minus #6, as you know). Have you seen "Sharpe's Challenge" yet? I'm meaning to buy a copy of that.