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I will not read BSG spoilers. I will not read BSG spoilers. I will not read BSG spoilers.
So, here are some things serving as distraction from same. Firstly, I have no compunction about reading second season Rome spoilers, because a) it's going to be a year till it's shown here, and b) well, history. Which led me to come up with the following theory regarding Pullo, Octavian and Caesarion:
( Spoilers for 2000 years old events )
Secondly, I seem to be developing an interest in fictional representations of the current English prime minister.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
calapine describes a tv film named the Trial of Tony Blair, which sounds worth watching. Although a future where Hillary C. is President, Bush is in rehab again and Blair is left facing charges of war crimes sounds, shall we say, less than likely. (Except for the Dubya part.)
Thirdly, though this was posted last week, and has probably by now been read by all interested parties: great PotC essay on Elizabeth's morality. Focusing, but not exclusively, on That Action She Takes At The End Of The Second Movie, aka the one which made be go from sympathy to adoration.
And fourthly, my thing for ruthless manipulative women makes me think - no, not of Laura Roslin, because I WILL NOT READ SPOILERS OF THE NEW BSG EPISODE - of Livia, which brings me back to Rome and I wonder whether or not they will include her in the later half of the second season. Because
( More spoilers for 2000 years old events )
Lastly, and not completely unrelated: great article about and interview with Peter O'Toole. In the inevitable biographical resumé, it mentions his marriage to Sian Phillips, and the image of the Empress Livia married to Lawrence of Arabia is still one of the most odd things ever.
So, here are some things serving as distraction from same. Firstly, I have no compunction about reading second season Rome spoilers, because a) it's going to be a year till it's shown here, and b) well, history. Which led me to come up with the following theory regarding Pullo, Octavian and Caesarion:
( Spoilers for 2000 years old events )
Secondly, I seem to be developing an interest in fictional representations of the current English prime minister.
calapine describes a tv film named the Trial of Tony Blair, which sounds worth watching. Although a future where Hillary C. is President, Bush is in rehab again and Blair is left facing charges of war crimes sounds, shall we say, less than likely. (Except for the Dubya part.) Thirdly, though this was posted last week, and has probably by now been read by all interested parties: great PotC essay on Elizabeth's morality. Focusing, but not exclusively, on That Action She Takes At The End Of The Second Movie, aka the one which made be go from sympathy to adoration.
And fourthly, my thing for ruthless manipulative women makes me think - no, not of Laura Roslin, because I WILL NOT READ SPOILERS OF THE NEW BSG EPISODE - of Livia, which brings me back to Rome and I wonder whether or not they will include her in the later half of the second season. Because
( More spoilers for 2000 years old events )
Lastly, and not completely unrelated: great article about and interview with Peter O'Toole. In the inevitable biographical resumé, it mentions his marriage to Sian Phillips, and the image of the Empress Livia married to Lawrence of Arabia is still one of the most odd things ever.
