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yuletide
My gift this year was, of all things, a semi-steampunk, multimedia, academic retelling of The Goose Girl: March, Enholt, and Margrave: The Ten Year's War. Very clever, careful, and precise. It's sort of Ruritanian, also, and that is one of my secret weaknesses (I love romances, I don't know whyyy). It's sort of tragic, but also pretty funny, and ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas.
So, here is the thing! I got two gorgeous Yuletide stories this year and they've both kind of short-circuited my brain.
They Make a Desolation and Call It Peace, a post-Partition, pre-novel Firoz who is lonely and frustrated. DEAR FIROZ, HERE ARE A MILLION HUGS. But at the end there is an unexpected grace note of humor, and most importantly there ( Read more... ) -
I have Thoughts on TVD.
I should probably have written them up . . . last week. When the show came on. But I was busy, so I didn't. Now I am rectifying that.
( Winner of Show With Strangest Take on the Civil War. ) -
movies of June
I'm leaving on a trip tomorrow, so movies are earlier this month.
13 movies, from 1949-2009. All new, mostly subtitled(!).
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movies in feb.
Twenty-five movies, all new to me. Earliest: 1926. Latest: 2009.
Recurring themes:
- Greta Garbo's love life
- Grown men crying
- Derek Jarman, but sadly not really
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(I know like three things about the Raj, and maybe one of them was useful for creating this show.)
1. Comment to this post and I'll assign you the basis of some TV show idea. (Science fiction show, medical drama, criminal procedure, etc...)
2. Create a cast of characters, including the actors who'd play them
3. Add in any actor photos, character bios and show synopsis that you want.
4. Post to your own journal.
From deutscheami: A drama set in British- ( Read more... ) -
movies in january
33 movies. Earliest: 1925. Latest: 2009
Themes this month:
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai.
- Hit men.
- Hindi classics.
- Play adaptations.
- World War II.
( the movies )
