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Someone 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!

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[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

oops. so much for asking if you wanted to see it with me this weekend. Anyway, I'm glad someone liked it, I was starting to get a little worried.

Shall I take the fact that you're back to experimenting with fruit as a sign that you're feeling better?

[alias_sqbr]

Pretty much, though sticking to healthy experimentation. I have this cool idea for fudge which will have to wait till my throaght feels sturdier :)

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 :)

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

I thought it had a bit on Constantine in terms of quality. It was probably more faithful (maybe?) to the source material as well. I wished they'd cast someone other than Keanu for that film (Hellblazer) ... I would've liked to see what kind of fist someone like Steven Mackintosh could've made of it.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes but I don't really like Hellblazer, so even a halfway enjoyable movie is a good adaptation to me :) A more Constantine-y Constantine would have been cool, though.

Anyway, nico_wolfwood tends to enjoy movies more (ie is less likely to go "OMYGOD how could you recommend such piece of CRAP??") with lower expectations.

[utopos.livejournal.com]

Deadwood Season 2 opens far more strongly than DeadwoodSeason 1.
And it is utterly awesome to behold.

*strokes his twin boxed-sets*

[alias_sqbr]

Yeah, Cam looked it up on Tv Tome and the top 25 episodes by rating basically count backwards from 25 :)
We're waiting till it comes onto weekly :(

(Yes, I took a while to reply :P)