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Oct. 28th, 2009 12:55 amjesus christ, Matt Bomer is the real life Xander Crews, it is KILLING ME that there is no reality to this dream.
Oct. 28th, 2009
in case anyone's interested
Oct. 28th, 2009 10:08 amEZDVD is going into liquidation and there's a bunch of movies and complete seasons up for grabs. There's an absentee bidding form on the website if you've not able to be there, or there might be interstate versions of the same.
The catalogue.
The catalogue.
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Oct. 28th, 2009 03:47 pmI'm glad that otherwise unremarkable movies like Imagine Me And You exist, fulfilling one half of the two contradictory movements in the media any subordinated group needs to fulfill the twin requirements of adequate representation (representation as other/particular, representation as the same/universal). There are many -- though not enough -- movies that acknowledge the particular struggle of LGBTI individuals and communities, that dwell on the cruiciality of queerness, that foreground othering and celebrate the intimacy of confrontation with such. But there are CERTAINLY not enough paint-by-numbers genre movies that don't problematise queerness intra- or extra-narratively and if it weren't for a couple of charming performances from Anthony Head and Michael Pitt and a lesbian couple that included that hotass Lena Headey IM&Y would be one of the most bland and unimaginative romantic comedies I have ever had the misfortune to see.
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I have been inhaling A Song of Ice and Fire over the last couple of weeks. The buzz over the pilot, and the names Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey (amongst others) lead me to check it out and I have subsequently plowed through the few thousand pages to the latest published material and now face months/years of having these names echo around in my head with no resolution. Like, it is actually difficult to face going to sleep without checking in on Danaerys and Arya and Jamie. I am getting quite excited about the pilot and it better get picked up.
I really like the way Martin handles mysteries; the series is so embedded in the characters' everyday realities -- how does he make such glacial pacing so compelling? -- that the larger mysteries (like the lingering question of Jon Snow's parentage and the various prophecies) are half-glimpsed and combine with all the other incidentals to form one of the richest storyworlds I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I enjoy imagining possibilities for resolving the characters' storylines and I am confident I will still be excited and satisfied by whatever happens.
On a narrative level, I love how important consequences are, how a selfish or selfless decision made by one character in power will indirectly spell disaster or triumph for some other character they've never met half a world away. I also love how frequently and absurdly desires and plans are frustrated, and how often major characters die, even if it's upsetting (or in the case of one boy king, glorious).
Speaking of that, the ultimate fate of Robb Stark and Grey Wind is one of the most horrific things I've ever read; and if Loras don't make it off Dragonstone there'll be hell to pay.
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I have been inhaling A Song of Ice and Fire over the last couple of weeks. The buzz over the pilot, and the names Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey (amongst others) lead me to check it out and I have subsequently plowed through the few thousand pages to the latest published material and now face months/years of having these names echo around in my head with no resolution. Like, it is actually difficult to face going to sleep without checking in on Danaerys and Arya and Jamie. I am getting quite excited about the pilot and it better get picked up.
I really like the way Martin handles mysteries; the series is so embedded in the characters' everyday realities -- how does he make such glacial pacing so compelling? -- that the larger mysteries (like the lingering question of Jon Snow's parentage and the various prophecies) are half-glimpsed and combine with all the other incidentals to form one of the richest storyworlds I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I enjoy imagining possibilities for resolving the characters' storylines and I am confident I will still be excited and satisfied by whatever happens.
On a narrative level, I love how important consequences are, how a selfish or selfless decision made by one character in power will indirectly spell disaster or triumph for some other character they've never met half a world away. I also love how frequently and absurdly desires and plans are frustrated, and how often major characters die, even if it's upsetting (or in the case of one boy king, glorious).
Speaking of that, the ultimate fate of Robb Stark and Grey Wind is one of the most horrific things I've ever read; and if Loras don't make it off Dragonstone there'll be hell to pay.