Looking Up
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annundrielI've been lazy these last couple of days and done nothing but read (for pleasure) and ogle the SGA DVDs. (Shiny!) Been slowly listening to the commentaries. So far they've all been generally amusing, but something happened during the one for "Hide & Seek" that caused me to have a moment of blank staring followed by a tiny bit of OMG-ing.
Torri Higginson joined Paul McGillion and Rachel Luttrell part way through the episode and they're talking about Jinto and what does she bring up? How Jinto inspired (or something) the idea for "Atlantis, the Musical."
::blink::
Didn't I have this idea?
If someone mentions puppets, I don't know what I'm going to do.
*
Yesterday Natasha and I went and saw Pride & Prejudice downtown.
I'm in love. It's not the book, it's not Sir Laurance Olivier (which was *REALLY* not the book), it's not BBC '70s, it's not Colin Firth. But oh, it's good. If this kind of thing is your kind of thing. :) Watching it was, every now and then, very weird. Jane Austen was my first obsession and P&P played a big part in that, so it's pretty much burned into my brain, especially the most recent BBC/A&E version. So there were times last night that a line would be started, word-for-word from the book and, subsequently, from the BBC/A&E, and I would end up a little thrown because it didn't sound the same as I'm used to hearing it. I've seen the six hour one so many times, that someone can mention a line and I can hear it in my head, inflection and tone and timing all intact. Hearing the same lines with different inflection and tone and timing was a little weird. But not bad.
It was, for me, like sitting down and seeing the characters through entirely new eyes. Just like when reading literature, an interpretation/reading is put on the characters. So this was simply seeing P&P from someone else's perspective.
I liked that Mrs. Bennet was less shrill. It made it easier to see why, perhaps, Mr. Bennet had married her in the first place. Speaking of Mr. Bennet, Donald Sutherland, who I had the most doubts about when I heard all the casting, was a lovely Mr. Bennet.
Keira Knightley was a lovely Lizzy. (I was sad to see the comment about "fine eyes" go.) If I compare it with BBC/A&E, she was a somewhat more believable Lizzy for me. Probably because she's younger.
And then there's the big spot where I feel like something of a blasphemer because right now? I like Matthew MacFadyen's Darcy just a little bit more than Firth's. Shocking, I know! But he was so shy and trying so hard and obviously dealing with issues about Lizzy. His awkwardness was endearing. He just really *worked* for me.
Oh, and the first proposal, in the rain. There was some serious sexual tension there. And a lean in, and then a lean back. And, oh, the pain on his face when she pulled out the "last man I could be prevailed upon to marry" was just...perfect.
And the hand when he handed her into the carriage as the Bennets were leaving Netherfield after Jane's illness. And the awkwardness at Pemberley. The awkwardness when Lizzy showed up at Netherfield the first time and all he could do was stare. Lizzy's hysterical giggle at seeing what she could have been mistress of. The grinning and Georgiana. The cold hands! The looooong look Lizzy gave Darcy as she closed the door to talk to her father about marriage. As soon as Darcy came out she hardly looked at him, but as she was closing that door, it was like she couldn't believe that he was there and back and still asking and still loving and yes. And, even though apparently it's a little controversial, the kiss at the end. You could just see how much she meant to him. And the calve stroking at the end. That was very intimate in its simplicity. Just touch, nothing more. Sigh.
You could just see how much she meant to him. I guess that's really what it comes down to for me. Lizzy and Darcy were vulnerable in this and I really liked that. You could see him working through these emotions he wasn't quite sure of or completely comfortable with. You could see Lizzy falling in love with him even before she realized what exactly was going on.
To be completely weird and random, overall the movie left me with a feeling much like the one I get from watching that scene between Aeryn and John in Farscape's "A Human Reaction." One of my hands-down favorite scenes in the entire series. It's perfectly quiet except for the sound of thunder and rain and John just leans into Aeryn and it's all stillness and slow, gentle movement and breathing in.
Yes, I know I'm crazy. But it all invokes the same kind of feeling for me.
Obviously, I really really liked it. A lot.
Tonight, we are going with EB and her roommate to see GoF. Woo. There was a HUGE line outside of AMC last night around 6:45 for, presumably, the midnight showing. Because AMC has decided not to sell the tickets on line. What the hell?
But now when I see Daniel Radcliffe, I keep staring at his eyebrows.
*
Veronica Mars - "Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner"
- So, did Duncan really just cheat on Veronica with Kendell?
- I think it's funny that Charisma Carpenter has sort of gone backward style-wise. With her hair at least. Which is fine, she looks really good. I just think it's funny that she looks a lot more like young Cordelia than she does like older Cordelia.
- Logan is obviously still feeling lots of things for Veronica. Also, yea! Lots of Logan. Plus, no shirt at one point. And, speaking of Logan, omg next week?! What's going on *there*?
- I was looking at screencaps from last week's episode and when Logan is in the cell with his father, there's graffiti on the wall right next to his head that says "PUPPET." (Picture can be found here.) This week Logan said something about "You've been a pauper, a puppet, a pirate, a poet." It's probably nothing, but wouldn't it be neat if I was able to catch something for a change?
- Lamb! I think there have been moments in the past where I have liked you, but right now you're being just a little adored for doing exactly the right thing and not quite what I expected and showing us some depth.
Really good episode. I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to see next weeks. Sad panda.
*
Got my Burney/Wollstonecraft paper back. The one that I thought was craptastic. Turns out it wasn't. Full points. Because apparently I am a "good writer" and can incorporate what I hear in class and take notes on and know how to bring it all together with what I'm thinking. Ha.
I was so worried, and then at the beginning of class, Dr. Smith gave us this mini-lecture about how if we don't talk or don't write good papers, there's no way she can know if we're reading and give us decent grades. I totally thought I was on her bad side at this point. But no, so yea. Totally made my day.
Torri Higginson joined Paul McGillion and Rachel Luttrell part way through the episode and they're talking about Jinto and what does she bring up? How Jinto inspired (or something) the idea for "Atlantis, the Musical."
::blink::
Didn't I have this idea?
If someone mentions puppets, I don't know what I'm going to do.
*
Yesterday Natasha and I went and saw Pride & Prejudice downtown.
I'm in love. It's not the book, it's not Sir Laurance Olivier (which was *REALLY* not the book), it's not BBC '70s, it's not Colin Firth. But oh, it's good. If this kind of thing is your kind of thing. :) Watching it was, every now and then, very weird. Jane Austen was my first obsession and P&P played a big part in that, so it's pretty much burned into my brain, especially the most recent BBC/A&E version. So there were times last night that a line would be started, word-for-word from the book and, subsequently, from the BBC/A&E, and I would end up a little thrown because it didn't sound the same as I'm used to hearing it. I've seen the six hour one so many times, that someone can mention a line and I can hear it in my head, inflection and tone and timing all intact. Hearing the same lines with different inflection and tone and timing was a little weird. But not bad.
It was, for me, like sitting down and seeing the characters through entirely new eyes. Just like when reading literature, an interpretation/reading is put on the characters. So this was simply seeing P&P from someone else's perspective.
I liked that Mrs. Bennet was less shrill. It made it easier to see why, perhaps, Mr. Bennet had married her in the first place. Speaking of Mr. Bennet, Donald Sutherland, who I had the most doubts about when I heard all the casting, was a lovely Mr. Bennet.
Keira Knightley was a lovely Lizzy. (I was sad to see the comment about "fine eyes" go.) If I compare it with BBC/A&E, she was a somewhat more believable Lizzy for me. Probably because she's younger.
And then there's the big spot where I feel like something of a blasphemer because right now? I like Matthew MacFadyen's Darcy just a little bit more than Firth's. Shocking, I know! But he was so shy and trying so hard and obviously dealing with issues about Lizzy. His awkwardness was endearing. He just really *worked* for me.
Oh, and the first proposal, in the rain. There was some serious sexual tension there. And a lean in, and then a lean back. And, oh, the pain on his face when she pulled out the "last man I could be prevailed upon to marry" was just...perfect.
And the hand when he handed her into the carriage as the Bennets were leaving Netherfield after Jane's illness. And the awkwardness at Pemberley. The awkwardness when Lizzy showed up at Netherfield the first time and all he could do was stare. Lizzy's hysterical giggle at seeing what she could have been mistress of. The grinning and Georgiana. The cold hands! The looooong look Lizzy gave Darcy as she closed the door to talk to her father about marriage. As soon as Darcy came out she hardly looked at him, but as she was closing that door, it was like she couldn't believe that he was there and back and still asking and still loving and yes. And, even though apparently it's a little controversial, the kiss at the end. You could just see how much she meant to him. And the calve stroking at the end. That was very intimate in its simplicity. Just touch, nothing more. Sigh.
You could just see how much she meant to him. I guess that's really what it comes down to for me. Lizzy and Darcy were vulnerable in this and I really liked that. You could see him working through these emotions he wasn't quite sure of or completely comfortable with. You could see Lizzy falling in love with him even before she realized what exactly was going on.
To be completely weird and random, overall the movie left me with a feeling much like the one I get from watching that scene between Aeryn and John in Farscape's "A Human Reaction." One of my hands-down favorite scenes in the entire series. It's perfectly quiet except for the sound of thunder and rain and John just leans into Aeryn and it's all stillness and slow, gentle movement and breathing in.
Yes, I know I'm crazy. But it all invokes the same kind of feeling for me.
Obviously, I really really liked it. A lot.
Tonight, we are going with EB and her roommate to see GoF. Woo. There was a HUGE line outside of AMC last night around 6:45 for, presumably, the midnight showing. Because AMC has decided not to sell the tickets on line. What the hell?
But now when I see Daniel Radcliffe, I keep staring at his eyebrows.
*
Veronica Mars - "Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner"
- So, did Duncan really just cheat on Veronica with Kendell?
- I think it's funny that Charisma Carpenter has sort of gone backward style-wise. With her hair at least. Which is fine, she looks really good. I just think it's funny that she looks a lot more like young Cordelia than she does like older Cordelia.
- Logan is obviously still feeling lots of things for Veronica. Also, yea! Lots of Logan. Plus, no shirt at one point. And, speaking of Logan, omg next week?! What's going on *there*?
- I was looking at screencaps from last week's episode and when Logan is in the cell with his father, there's graffiti on the wall right next to his head that says "PUPPET." (Picture can be found here.) This week Logan said something about "You've been a pauper, a puppet, a pirate, a poet." It's probably nothing, but wouldn't it be neat if I was able to catch something for a change?
- Lamb! I think there have been moments in the past where I have liked you, but right now you're being just a little adored for doing exactly the right thing and not quite what I expected and showing us some depth.
Really good episode. I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to see next weeks. Sad panda.
*
Got my Burney/Wollstonecraft paper back. The one that I thought was craptastic. Turns out it wasn't. Full points. Because apparently I am a "good writer" and can incorporate what I hear in class and take notes on and know how to bring it all together with what I'm thinking. Ha.
I was so worried, and then at the beginning of class, Dr. Smith gave us this mini-lecture about how if we don't talk or don't write good papers, there's no way she can know if we're reading and give us decent grades. I totally thought I was on her bad side at this point. But no, so yea. Totally made my day.
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Date: 2005-11-19 12:48 am (UTC)But good job on your paper! I didn't mean to get lame-o there for a minute. If the boy gets home at a good time tonight I'm dragging him to see Pride and Prejudice. I'm excited!
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Date: 2005-11-19 09:50 pm (UTC)I love all their hair, but then again, am a long-hair-o-phile.
The eyebrows are definately interesting. In comparing 'Harry's' eyebrows with Dan's, I've come to the conclusion that they took a bit of Draco-the-amazing-bouncing-ferret's fur and taped it to Harry's brow for the duration of filming. Dyed black, of course.
ciao!
-Dahlia
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Date: 2005-11-21 07:05 am (UTC)I didn't originally notice the eyebrows, but I mentioned the hair not too very long ago on LJ and a friend commented about the eyebrows and OMG they were right. Basically said about what you just did. :) Someone totally glued small animals to his forehead.
Hope you had fun!
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Date: 2005-11-21 07:14 am (UTC)She gives mixed signals. Like the whole feminist thing.
I, personally, admire the fact that you're able to have your strong feelings/opinions and keep them. Although I can see how frustrating that could make, well, I was going to say class, but people in general.
Did you see Pride & Prejudice?