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alias_sqbrSomeone finally commenting on my Stargate rant prompted me to get around to porting over those blog entries I will conceivably want to link to in the future. There are surprisingly few...
Saw "V for Vendetta" yeserday, I really liked it. I can see why fans of the comic didn't, since they did change quite a bit, but given I read it something like seven years ago, and didn't 100% like it, I didn't feel too dissapointed. I geuss it's a matter of expectations: after Watchmen, a riff on 1984 (no matter how well written and powerful) felt unoriginal and implausible, while after "Matrix Revolutions" it wasn't hard for the Wachowskis to look good :) As a film on it's own merits it's thought provoking (though not THAT deep) and entertaining, which is how you have to take it. The cool scences did make me want to reread the graphic novel, must make space in my busy scedule to pop into unisfa.
Also Deadwood has really grown on me. I and Cam watched the season one finale last night and I find myself really wanting to see season 2 even though I wasn't that engaged for the first several episodes.
Oh! And the vanilla fruit tea+ pear juice thing at Retro Betties is glorious. Mmm. Tried replicating it at home today, created a horrible crime against fruit. At least it was healthy!
Saw "V for Vendetta" yeserday, I really liked it. I can see why fans of the comic didn't, since they did change quite a bit, but given I read it something like seven years ago, and didn't 100% like it, I didn't feel too dissapointed. I geuss it's a matter of expectations: after Watchmen, a riff on 1984 (no matter how well written and powerful) felt unoriginal and implausible, while after "Matrix Revolutions" it wasn't hard for the Wachowskis to look good :) As a film on it's own merits it's thought provoking (though not THAT deep) and entertaining, which is how you have to take it. The cool scences did make me want to reread the graphic novel, must make space in my busy scedule to pop into unisfa.
Also Deadwood has really grown on me. I and Cam watched the season one finale last night and I find myself really wanting to see season 2 even though I wasn't that engaged for the first several episodes.
Oh! And the vanilla fruit tea+ pear juice thing at Retro Betties is glorious. Mmm. Tried replicating it at home today, created a horrible crime against fruit. At least it was healthy!
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Date: 2006-04-10 01:59 pm (UTC)Shall I take the fact that you're back to experimenting with fruit as a sign that you're feeling better?
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Date: 2006-04-10 02:07 pm (UTC)It's kind of equivalent to Constantine. Go in willing to put up with quite a few "Guh! Why did they do that?" moments or you'll be too grumpy to enjoy the good bits :) They've changed the feel to more like England-as-now-plus-facism rather than the blatantly bleak distopia of the comic, which is kind of disconcerting, though personally I found it more effective. Oh, and enjoy watching Natalie Portmans accent wander the british isles at will :)
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Date: 2006-04-11 04:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-17 06:49 am (UTC)Anyway,
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Date: 2006-04-10 02:35 pm (UTC)And it is utterly awesome to behold.
*strokes his twin boxed-sets*
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Date: 2006-04-17 06:42 am (UTC)We're waiting till it comes onto weekly :(
(Yes, I took a while to reply :P)