The Gates (a.k.a your weekly dose of Rhona Mitra with fangs!)

[fembuck]

So ABC has put up the first 17 minutes of their new summer show The Gates (premieres June 20th), starring your favorite and mine, Rhona Mitra.


(Click Rhona to view the 'Sneak Preview')

I must admit the first few minutes had me rolling my eyes, but by the time the 17 minutes was up I was pretty engrossed in the show and I actually yelled at the screen when the preview ended because that scene was INTENSE.  It should also be noted that the preview was like 40% Rhona Mitra (Claire Radcliffe) which I greatly approved of!  I'm so happy that her character is going to figure prominently as she is my main draw to the show.  Well, Rhona and the fact that I love vampires and werewolves!

Also, based on the little montage of what is to come on the show that they featured at the end of the sneak peek, I'm already shipping Claire and Devon (the lovely Chandra West).  

 

The hate-sex/fight-sex/antagonism-sex between them would be amazing!  Plus, I love my blonde/brunette pairing, lol.

Honestly, this show is not going to approach the epic levels of awesome of True Blood but I think that it could be some fun summer entertainment and that I'm going to be able to stare at Rhona Mitra (with fangs) for extended periods of time, so I'm in.

Comments

[crys-22.livejournal.com]

Whoa, for a minute there I almost thought I missed the premiere. Whew.

I'm already shipping Claire and Devon (the lovely Chandra West).



That makes two of us baby! I saw their brief scene where Rhona's character is being all threatening and got all kinds of excited. Bring it on!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

That makes two of us baby! I saw their brief scene where Rhona's character is being all threatening and got all kinds of excited. Bring it on!

WORD! That confrontation scene was so hot. I love that on the ABC website they have the dialogue from that scene in the character bios, because I'm hoping it means that the Claire/Devon relationship/rivalry will be a focus of the show, which means plenty of screen time for the lovely ladies to gay it up.

Rhona has great chemistry with female co-stars (she even managed to gay up that scene with the cops wife a little bit) so I'm really looking forward to their first scene together.

[boomwizard.livejournal.com]

*seventeen minutes later*

OH, HELLS YES. This will give me something else current to watch besides True Blood now that all my shows have gone up and had their season finales at the same bloody time. Plus I'll eat up anything supernatural, in particular vampires & werewolves in the same fandom just like all the fucking tweens.

Phew. I feel like re-watching Doomsday right now. I never realized how awesome Rhona Mitra is.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

This will give me something else current to watch besides True Blood now that all my shows have gone up and had their season finales at the same bloody time

This is exactly my line of thought. I needs some summer entertainment and this will do nicely!

Plus I'll eat up anything supernatural, in particular vampires & werewolves in the same fandom just like all the fucking tweens.

Me too, bb. Me too. I have no resistance and I don't really want to develop any, lol

I feel like re-watching Doomsday right now.

DO IT! I just recently re-watched it and it's wet my appetite for Rhona all over again. She is amazing.

I never realized how awesome Rhona Mitra is.

I don't quite understand how this is possible, but I'm glad you're a believer now, lol!

[boomwizard.livejournal.com]

That's crazy. It's freaking winter here and I have the heater on.

Well I was never a die hard Rhona fan. I reserved my fangirly lusting for other actresses, plus I'd only ever seen her in like...Doomsday and- OH DEAR GOD, NIP/TUCK. I was struggling to remember where I first saw her and now I just remembered she was totally in a threesome with Julian fucking McMahon.

Excuse me a moment.

[khase-fan09.livejournal.com]

Fuckyeahrhonamitra! That's basically all I can say right now. Well, that and, giggity.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Fuckyeahrhonamitra! That's basically all I can say right now

Whenever Rhona Mitra is involved in anything, that's really all that needs to be said. Because, Fuckyeahrhonamitra!

Well, that and, giggity.

IKR! the woman is a wonder. She can make anything hot. Gardening, killing people in the kitchen, applying sunblock, delivering casserole's, siphoning wine ... ANYTHING!

[khase-fan09.livejournal.com]

Agreed. She has the power to make even the most mundane every-day tasks seem exponentially sexier. It's ridiculous, and I love it. :D

[starspank.livejournal.com]

Rhona.. UNF I can't waaait!!!! She is the ONLY reason I'm even tuning in to watch the show.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Word. This show is all about Rhona for me. Though I have to say, it does look like it'll actually be enjoyable based on the preview, so that's a bonus!

[wishing-wounds.livejournal.com]

I see Rhona Mitra and my brain melts from hot.

So even if the show is kind of hit-and-miss, it's...Rhona Mitra, so yeah.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I see Rhona Mitra and my brain melts from hot.

There needs to be a scientific term for this. Because Rhona Mitra is hot like the sun.

even if the show is kind of hit-and-miss, it's...Rhona Mitra, so yeah

My thoughts exactly! It's like, I'm there for Rhona but if the show is actually good, then that's great. Great, but not necessary for me to watch ;)

[kschoiceofafi.livejournal.com]

Haha, you are seriously the coolest person ever! I'm going to have to add you b/c we have so much in common.

1) Love for vampires and werewolves.
2) Love/Hate relationship with The Hollows.
3) Love to hate the Twilight series.

Yes, you have to be my new friend.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

you are seriously the coolest person ever!

I am! I know because my mother told me so, lol

<1) Love for vampires and werewolves.
2) Love/Hate relationship with The Hollows.
3) Love to hate the Twilight series./i>

AWESOME! We are meant to be :D I've still got Love/Hate going on with Twilight, but Hollows is more and more becoming Hate/loath. *sigh* I can't even finish the fic I started to post :(

Yes, you have to be my new friend.

Let's make this happen!

[kschoiceofafi.livejournal.com]

Have you read the latest book? I have it and have been trying to read it for months. Fail. Not enough Ivy.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I started to read it, but when I heard what happened in it, I couldn't force myself to continue. I think that Kim might have well and truly killed my interest in the series. I just get exhausted when I think about the series now, I can't even work up a good rant or hate for it now. I'm just like *sigh* no1curr.

And I've always felt like there's never enough Ivy, but I know that it was particularly galling in this last book.

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

but Hollows is more and more becoming Hate/loath. *sigh* I can't even finish the fic I started to post :(
FWIW some of the fanfic has been absolutely phenomenal lately. It takes most of the pain away. At this point I don't know how the book series is NOT completely ruined beyond repair. If Kim somehow manages to save Ivy/Rachel I will be in awe.

It just absolutely KILLS me that Hollows 1-4 is EXACTLY what I want to read but there's no continuation. I haven't found anything like it. Anywhere. The moment Kim slammed the breaks on Ivy and Rachel is the moment the series took a deep dive.

When it comes to finishing the fic you started: IMHO there's no point in writing if you don't feel inspired to.

I could rant forever so I just better stop right now.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

FWIW some of the fanfic has been absolutely phenomenal lately. It takes most of the pain away.

I think that Kim might have well and truly killed my interest in the series. I've been seeing a flood of Hollows related fic, but I just can't bring myself to read it. Just thinking about the series and the characters makes me depressed.

As much as I hate what Kim's done to the characters and the series, I think killing my interest in fanfic for the series is the evilest thing she's managed to do. Like how badly do you have to screw up a series to ruin fanfic for someone who had been hardcore? *shudder*

It just absolutely KILLS me that Hollows 1-4 is EXACTLY what I want to read but there's no continuation. I haven't found anything like it. Anywhere. The moment Kim slammed the breaks on Ivy and Rachel is the moment the series took a deep dive.

This. The beginning of the series was so good. The Rachel/Ivy friendship/developing relationship really was the heart of the series though and the strongest most unique thing about it, and the slow destruction/mangling of that relationship has destroyed the series. Rachel/Ivy was what made this series special, and without it the series and Rachel are just boring and pedestrian.

IMHO there's no point in writing if you don't feel inspired to.

No point, and no way. I can't even open up the file.

*shakes fist at the sky and curses cock-blocks cock-blocking*

I could rant forever so I just better stop right now.

The saddest thing for me is that I've now even lost my ability to rant about the series. The ranting meant I still cared, now I'm just like 'eh' :(

[blackgrl71.livejournal.com]

since i knew about our mutual love of Rhona Mitra, i simply waiting for you to post something about this show. the fact that she was staring in a new show where she plays a vamp is ENTIRELY too delicious! i couple weeks back a saw a quick promo for it and it left me momentarily stunned before my brain started processing that Rhona will be playing vamp w/slight Desperate Housewives-feel to it makes me all tingly inside. needless to say i'll be looking forward to checking it out.

hell, if i can 'stomach' Doomsday just so i can watch Rhona, this will be a walk-in-the-park.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

the fact that she was staring in a new show where she plays a vamp is ENTIRELY too delicious!

THIS! It's like "new show with Rhona? SCORE! New show with Rhona playing a vampire? *wipes tears from eyes* EPIC!"

Rhona will be playing vamp w/slight Desperate Housewives-feel to it makes me all tingly inside.

Me too, even more so know that I think the show will actually be enjoyable! I'm digging Claire, and I'm totally anticipating the Claire/Devon rivalry, and I actually found the last seconds of the scene between Claire and her husband really hot!

hell, if i can 'stomach' Doomsday just so i can watch Rhona, this will be a walk-in-the-park.

LOL! Aw, I actually genuinely enjoyed Doomsday! It makes no fucking sense whatsoever, but Rhona is so badass in it that I was just like "Me gusta!" throughout the whole thing.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Well said!

Rhona Mitra is my hot hot sex. Damn, I dig that woman. I will literally watch anything she is in (except for Boston Legal *shudder*) Neither Saffron Burrows or Rhona were enough to make me sit through that.

[ethiorockergirl.livejournal.com]

Alrighty then, I'll be sure to check this show out. I was a little hesitant b/c I did think it was gonna be cheesy. I don't think there can ever be too much vampire/supernatural shows out there. LOL!

Have you heard about this new indie film "Bloomington"? I just discovered recently and I'm swooning over it so much that I think I might be a bit crazy. lol!

Here's the trailer:

[lynders11.livejournal.com]

OH! This looks fantastic. :) When is it due out?

[ethiorockergirl.livejournal.com]

It's playing at film festivals this summer.
I need to see this film....ASAP! I hope it'll end up online eventually.

Here's the official website:
http://www.bloomingtonthemovie.com/

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I don't think there can ever be too much vampire/supernatural shows out there.

I totes agree with this! But the preview actually looked decent so I'm really happy about that.

I had seen that "Bloomington" trailer before. It looks really good. I'll definitely be looking for downloads for it. If something's got lesbigay in it, I'm there!

[lynders11.livejournal.com]

There is really only one wrod to describe that preview....yum. Rhona with fangs, Rhona in the shower, Rhona in a little silk looking robe and then Rhona gettin all fierce with her "I could end you" line. Just....yum.

I am SO looking forward to this. Thanks for posting!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

one wrod to describe that preview....yum.

SO TRUE! Rhona is yum x infinity plus 1! If you looked up Yum in the dictionary, Rhona's picture should be there.

I am SO looking forward to this. Thanks for posting!

Me too! and no problem, I'm happy to share the pretty :D

[soulja-of-love.livejournal.com]

just watch it and must admit I liked it. found all the characters, adult & teen, interesting but found the adult story lines much more appealing. I think Devon, the bad witch, is going to be a hoot.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

This is definitely a show where the adults are infinitely more interesting than the teens. Actually I liked Brett's (the werewolf) storyline and I'm interested in that, but the instant-romance between Charlie and Andie did not really appeal to me at all.

I think Devon, the bad witch, is going to be a hoot.

This! She's gorgeous, catty in a fun way, and there are hints that there's more to her than meets the eye. The character hits on a lot of things that appeal to me, so I think she's going to be a favorite of mine.