Last weekend I enjoyed a lovely feast of storytelling. Saw a great movie (X-Men: First Class), watched an excellent tv show (The Game of Thrones on HBO), and plowed through an addictive trilogy (Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins). I had an absolute blast gorging myself on the various mediums, losing myself in the various stories. But some modes ( Read more... )

You know, the sort of kid who always had her face buried in a book. The family joke was that whenever we'd go to the beach I'd tan everywhere but my face. Because of the reading. And I loved it! Come on, books were the coolest things ever. Adventures galore, exciting people you'd never get to meet in the dreary real world. Libraries were ( Read more... )

I finally saw the movie! I've been trying forever. First, none of the movie-houses around where I lived was playing it. I even dropped an email suggestion at the nearest art house. But they'd decided against anime at that time. Which was sad-making. Then, I kind of forgot about it ( Read more... )

I think I'm falling... No, I've definitely fallen in love with two tv shows. \o/ It's such a lovely feeling. :)

One is Being Human on Syfy. I knew I had it bad when I realized I was reading my third cast interview. There were other warning signs. Delaying our viewing for a day or so seemed a cruel and unusual request. The closing credits gave ( Read more... )

So the latest pic in hewlett_daily is from that much loved episode, "Tao of Rodney". From this tiny little ep many, many, many fandom theories grew. One was John's inexplicable (or was it?) love of candles. After all, there they were strewn all about his room.

Except... check out the pic. One of the candles consists of a tea candle in the bottom of a ( Read more... )

So the last "Episodes"... um, episode managed to wrench a giant "urg" as well as an, "omg, no!" from me. Which... I guess is something? ( spoilers and also a rant )

Things I have learned:

Chris Carter is a huge h/c fan and Fox Mulder is his favorite woobie. (Fanfic? Doesn't really exaggerate it.)
Dana Scully is damn funny! (Why does this surprise me? Almost all the zinger lines are hers and it surprised (and delighted!) me every single time.)
Yes. Mulder is always dropping his gun.
Yes. Scully does know ( Read more... )

To my complete surprise, I got totally sucked into the world of Assassin's Creed II. That was my life last week. I haven't finished the game (hah! not by a long shot), but I think I've finally got to a point that I'm able to play a little here or there without getting consumed ( Read more... )

Episodes is incredibly funny and I'm enjoying the (hilarious realistic? cleverly exaggerated?) look at the inside workings of creating a television show. But. The "Betsy" gag, though amusing at first, will get old. Here's hoping it doesn't keep up. (Hugely personal, of course. Like that scene in Disney's The Little MermaidAnd to drag it back ( Read more... )

I'm growing fonder and fonder of Being Human (US version). :) The whole "us against the world" vibe has always attracted me. And now Bishop has hit my "ooh, he's so eeeevil -- and sexy" button. Throw in Josh's extreme awkwardness when stressed (omg! his Leprechaun act!) and Sally's pure adorableness and they're going to have to work to turn me ( Read more... )