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selenakBattling Darth Real Life, I managed to finish the first season of Alias. Additional thoughts:
Snowman: Okay, I saw that coming miles away. It still was well done.
Mr. Sark: Great Maker - it's that strange creature, Fanon!Draco! Alas, that image might forever stop me from taking him seriously.
Sloane angst, execution of friend & battle for wife only to sacrifice her for ambition in the end: I suppose I'm predictable. Sloane is officially the character on the show I'm most interested in. Where is the fanfic?
Jack angst re Laura/Irina as evidenced by drowning sorrows, losing temper and watching footage, & Jack killing the CIA weasel: and Jack is the second character, etc.. Although I could accuse the show of taking the easy way out by making the weasel as unlikeable as possible in all the eps he's been in.
Dixon finding out Sydney is a double: ouch. But it was about time. Makes me fear for Dixon's survival even more than the fact nobody mentions him at random in their uncut Alias related lj entries.
And of course: Poor Will!
I also managed to get the new Astonishing X-Men and am continuing to love the Emma Frost snark, this time directed at Dr. Rao. ("You and I must be watching different televangelists" - go, Joss.) Scott's hallicunation have that Jossian surrealness and self-loathing (see also: Xander's and Willow's dreams in Restless). Otherwise, very much an action issue.
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londonkds' review here . It's excellent, though I wonder whether Michael Mann has declared a personal feud against curtains. They don't seem to exist in his cinematic universe, which looks cool but creates a certain artificiality. Never mind, Los Angeles is a city with a not-quite-real atmosphere anyway. My sole quibble which I'm not sure I have a right to complain about is that Max' first shot at Vincent manages to wound and disable him (for the moment) but not to kill him. Given that Max in all likelihood never fired a gun before, I find this somewhat unlikely, but he arguably tried to shoot Vincent, full stop, and missed.
Given that with a somewhat different script and different acting, this could easily have been a film presenting the hit man as a flashy and more interesting character (actuallyl, this happens outside of action films as well - I'm thinking of Kevin Costner boring everyone as Robin Hood and Alan Rickman chewing the scenery left, right and center as the Sheriff, for example), I find it incredibly refreshing that it's Max, the decent, scared and compassionate hero of the film, who remains the emotional focus. Both because of Jamie Foxx rising to the task and because Tom Cruise does not chew the scenery and delivers a very disciplined performance instead - Vincent ultimately is nearly empty, and unable to function outside of his profession.
Lastly: I hear Kerry has kicked Bush's behind in last night's debate. Gossip or gospel?
Snowman: Okay, I saw that coming miles away. It still was well done.
Mr. Sark: Great Maker - it's that strange creature, Fanon!Draco! Alas, that image might forever stop me from taking him seriously.
Sloane angst, execution of friend & battle for wife only to sacrifice her for ambition in the end: I suppose I'm predictable. Sloane is officially the character on the show I'm most interested in. Where is the fanfic?
Jack angst re Laura/Irina as evidenced by drowning sorrows, losing temper and watching footage, & Jack killing the CIA weasel: and Jack is the second character, etc.. Although I could accuse the show of taking the easy way out by making the weasel as unlikeable as possible in all the eps he's been in.
Dixon finding out Sydney is a double: ouch. But it was about time. Makes me fear for Dixon's survival even more than the fact nobody mentions him at random in their uncut Alias related lj entries.
And of course: Poor Will!
I also managed to get the new Astonishing X-Men and am continuing to love the Emma Frost snark, this time directed at Dr. Rao. ("You and I must be watching different televangelists" - go, Joss.) Scott's hallicunation have that Jossian surrealness and self-loathing (see also: Xander's and Willow's dreams in Restless). Otherwise, very much an action issue.
Speaking of action done in an intelligent way, I watched Collateral and agree with
londonkds' review here . It's excellent, though I wonder whether Michael Mann has declared a personal feud against curtains. They don't seem to exist in his cinematic universe, which looks cool but creates a certain artificiality. Never mind, Los Angeles is a city with a not-quite-real atmosphere anyway. My sole quibble which I'm not sure I have a right to complain about is that Max' first shot at Vincent manages to wound and disable him (for the moment) but not to kill him. Given that Max in all likelihood never fired a gun before, I find this somewhat unlikely, but he arguably tried to shoot Vincent, full stop, and missed. Given that with a somewhat different script and different acting, this could easily have been a film presenting the hit man as a flashy and more interesting character (actuallyl, this happens outside of action films as well - I'm thinking of Kevin Costner boring everyone as Robin Hood and Alan Rickman chewing the scenery left, right and center as the Sheriff, for example), I find it incredibly refreshing that it's Max, the decent, scared and compassionate hero of the film, who remains the emotional focus. Both because of Jamie Foxx rising to the task and because Tom Cruise does not chew the scenery and delivers a very disciplined performance instead - Vincent ultimately is nearly empty, and unable to function outside of his profession.
Lastly: I hear Kerry has kicked Bush's behind in last night's debate. Gossip or gospel?
