Crazy Life!
Sep. 18th, 2005 02:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fembuckSo, I'm two weeks into the new, full-time, adult job and it's going well so far. Kind of overwhelming and panic inducing at times, but the co-workers are excellent, and I've managed not to screw up yet, so it's looking good. Still, I kinda miss being a student (mostly, the sleeping in and the option of whether to go to class or not, lol), but I'm digging the paychecks.
Still, free time and I have not been very close lately, and I likely to be on a break from each other for a while.
Still, I have time for some brief TV/Movie ramblings before bed...
-"Eulogy" is funnier every time I watch it, and Lucy/Judy's relationship even cuter. Upon other viewings I've noticed little touches like Famke absently stroking Preston's shoulder and thighs, and awwwww, they're so cute. Plus there's a billion other jokes, and comical facial expressions and hilarious lines that you catch after the first viewing.
-The O.C. I still kinda hate this show after the Alex/Marissa breakup. But Mischa Barton is acting again, and Marissa is acting like a decent human being and I'm remembering why I used to like Mischa. Julie Cooper still rules. And Jeri Ryan's character Charlotte was totally checking out Kirsten's ass. I'm digging the ho!yay between these two! Charlotte totally seems like she's hot for Kirsten's body. She's probably going to turn out to be a grifter or something, but I'm gonna suck up the flirting and ass gazing while I can, lol.
-"Threshold" kinda sucked, but I'm still going to watch another couple episodes because I'm Carla Guigino's bitch! Seriously, LOVE HER. Also, Rob Benedict is a draw because he was Gibson Kafka on Birds of Prey. And I'll watch most things with Birds of Prey alum (yes, even Evil Remain, and Unspeakable - which really was. But, no, not Virginia's Run - sorry Rachel).
-Lucy Lawless rocked the house as D'Anna Biers on BSG. I was nervous about her performance, but had no reason to be. She was lovely, and I totally loved hearing her natural kiwi accent. She looked good as a blonde (even though she was wearing too much yellow ... ye goods there was a lot of yellow), but she brought the snark, and the sexy, and the ho!yay!.
-"Rome" gets better and better every week, and I love Polly Walker more and more with every episode. So gorgeous, and lovely, and evil and deliciously campy. Every scene with Atia and Octavia golden.
-"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is a really good, genuine creepy movie. The things Jennifer Carpenter does with her body are just FREAK.E. Seriously, I jumped and cringed and gasped more than a few times, and that rarely happens in movies.
-And finally, "Darkness" (2002) sucks! Do not rent this movie, ever, under any circumstances. You might think to yourself, "But Janine, it has Lena Olin in it, and nothing with Lena Olin can be bad!". This is what I thought my friend, and I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Lena looks great as always, but her character and every other character in the movie is a complete motard and completely unlikable. The movie itself is NOT scary at all, and it MAKES NO SENSE! I'm not taking plot holes here, I'm talking plot canyons, plot craters. This is seriously one of the worst, most frustrating and irrating movies I've even seen in my life (this is a serious statement considering I've seen and actually enjoyed "Ghosts of Mars"). Avoid it at all costs.
Alright, now I must away to bed ...
Still, free time and I have not been very close lately, and I likely to be on a break from each other for a while.
Still, I have time for some brief TV/Movie ramblings before bed...
-"Eulogy" is funnier every time I watch it, and Lucy/Judy's relationship even cuter. Upon other viewings I've noticed little touches like Famke absently stroking Preston's shoulder and thighs, and awwwww, they're so cute. Plus there's a billion other jokes, and comical facial expressions and hilarious lines that you catch after the first viewing.
-The O.C. I still kinda hate this show after the Alex/Marissa breakup. But Mischa Barton is acting again, and Marissa is acting like a decent human being and I'm remembering why I used to like Mischa. Julie Cooper still rules. And Jeri Ryan's character Charlotte was totally checking out Kirsten's ass. I'm digging the ho!yay between these two! Charlotte totally seems like she's hot for Kirsten's body. She's probably going to turn out to be a grifter or something, but I'm gonna suck up the flirting and ass gazing while I can, lol.
-"Threshold" kinda sucked, but I'm still going to watch another couple episodes because I'm Carla Guigino's bitch! Seriously, LOVE HER. Also, Rob Benedict is a draw because he was Gibson Kafka on Birds of Prey. And I'll watch most things with Birds of Prey alum (yes, even Evil Remain, and Unspeakable - which really was. But, no, not Virginia's Run - sorry Rachel).
-Lucy Lawless rocked the house as D'Anna Biers on BSG. I was nervous about her performance, but had no reason to be. She was lovely, and I totally loved hearing her natural kiwi accent. She looked good as a blonde (even though she was wearing too much yellow ... ye goods there was a lot of yellow), but she brought the snark, and the sexy, and the ho!yay!.
-"Rome" gets better and better every week, and I love Polly Walker more and more with every episode. So gorgeous, and lovely, and evil and deliciously campy. Every scene with Atia and Octavia golden.
-"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is a really good, genuine creepy movie. The things Jennifer Carpenter does with her body are just FREAK.E. Seriously, I jumped and cringed and gasped more than a few times, and that rarely happens in movies.
-And finally, "Darkness" (2002) sucks! Do not rent this movie, ever, under any circumstances. You might think to yourself, "But Janine, it has Lena Olin in it, and nothing with Lena Olin can be bad!". This is what I thought my friend, and I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Lena looks great as always, but her character and every other character in the movie is a complete motard and completely unlikable. The movie itself is NOT scary at all, and it MAKES NO SENSE! I'm not taking plot holes here, I'm talking plot canyons, plot craters. This is seriously one of the worst, most frustrating and irrating movies I've even seen in my life (this is a serious statement considering I've seen and actually enjoyed "Ghosts of Mars"). Avoid it at all costs.
Alright, now I must away to bed ...
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Date: 2005-09-18 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-18 05:55 pm (UTC)Plus, the first scene that got cut meant that Lucy was the only kid that didn't get an introductory scene. Boo, to short changing Lucy!
I just thought that it was so wrong that we saw more action between Sam and Alice (Malice, lol) in the movie than we did of the established lesbian couple.
Plus, it's Famke Janssen and Kelly Preston making out! That needs to be shared with the world. MmmmFamke!Kelly
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Date: 2005-09-18 07:46 pm (UTC)Ah, Famke Janssen... there should have been much more of the tall one.
Oh and Lucy Lawless in BSG, lovely. I just may have to re-watch to see if she really was checking out Starbuck during the punch bag scene. But then who could blame her?
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Date: 2005-09-19 03:23 am (UTC)I thought Alice's intro was pretty funny too. With Burt and the kids sitting around staring at a blank tv. I found Burt especially to be too funny, in a really creepy way. What did Alice do to those poor people, lol.
And yeah, I liked Skips intro ('Touche your highness' LOL) but we had so much time with Skip and the twins that we didn't really need two introductions. However, their poor, poor mother. I felt SO sorry for that woman.
Ah, Famke Janssen... there should have been much more of the tall one.
The tall one is the sex. Go tall girls (I'm Famke's height myself)! Though speaking of Famke's height I found it hilarious when the gradmother was talking about Famke being the only one who was her size, lol. Famke loomed over Piper Laurie like a grown adult over a 5 year old!
But yeah, more Judy would've been cool. I kept looking for her to pop up in scenes but she didn't. I thought Famke did a really good job reacting to all of the shenanigans that went on it that house. Her expression in particular when Piper Laurie when to touch her on the porch, and when Hank Azaria was doing with Death of a Saleman speech and started yelling at her, and she backed away and gave him the most offended look ever, cracked me up. She's awesome (and diverse. I'd just gotten through watching her on Nip/Tuck when I watched this again, and I didn't think about Ava Moore once - and I loved me some evil, amoral Ava Moore!)
I just may have to re-watch to see if she really was checking out Starbuck during the punch bag scene. But then who could blame her?
Do it, it's totally worth it. Plus it's Lucy and Katee in a sports bra, you can't go wrong. Watch the progression of her expressions. It's like first she's checking her out, then she gets serious, like she's considering whether or not it would be appropriate for her to just drop Starbuck and take her right there, and then I think she decides on finding Starbuck later and tapping that then.