Rub his nose in it! No wait..that's for a different behavior...
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
EpicTangent - Oct 06, 2014 2:36:49 pm PDT #22756 of 28343
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2014 5:49:50 am PDT #22757 of 28343
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And Superior Justice disappointed me. It turned into a character piece with interruptions for murder, and the scenes of the pastor counseling people tended to go on a little long. Being as he's a Lutheran Reverend, of course it would be a Christian-centered viewpoint. But then I noticed the character focusing on women dressed in "a mannish button-down shirt" or having "mannishly short hair." And the final straw, the several pages where a psychologist whose practiced attempted to "cure" gays explained how he went about it and the pastor being interested and not challenging any of it.
I started skipping pages at that point, and then he turned into Steven Segal after he was framed for murder, and, well.
Witty dialogue and erudite characters can't make up for everything.
I am now reading Clockwork Scarab, a steampunk story about the hitherto unknown younger sister of Bram Stoker, who turns out to be the equivalent of Buffy, and the hitherto unknown niece of Sherlock Holmes, daughter of Mycroft, which is very funny after seeing Game of Shadows, are recruited by Irene Adler to find out who is killing young aristocratic women. Ridiculous on the face of it, but it's being matter of fact about a steampunk world with the Fae in it, and, by the way, we've got an accidental time traveler from the modern world who seems to be coping surprisingly well in a world where he's surprised to find out Sherlock Holmes is real and where he can distract pursuers with his iPhone.
Miss Stoker is reluctantly admitting that Miss Holmes is quite bright and clever, and Miss Holmes is grudgingly impressed at how well Miss Stoker kicks butt. Miss Stoker is surprised to discover Miss Holmes dislikes dark underground places, and Miss Holmes is baffled at why Miss Stoker freezes at the sight of blood, given her vocation. As Miss Stoker says, "Vampires don't bleed."
They're both trying to live up to their families' reputations, and it's at least competently written.
chrismg - Oct 09, 2014 3:20:41 pm PDT #22758 of 28343
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
The police are baffled, the management's frantic, the watchmen will not stay,
All the scientific investigators gave up and went away,
And they all pretend that they can't be certain, for no one wants to say,
that the ghosts, little ghosts who lost their childhood
Have been sent to Alcott's to play.
-The Fishbowl Song
aurelia - Oct 11, 2014 12:13:27 pm PDT #22759 of 28343
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just finished Gone Girl. Holy shit.
I'm really not sure how to feel about the fact that my parents know the author's parents.
Strix - Oct 11, 2014 12:47:24 pm PDT #22760 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh, really? They're still in KC, I believe.
aurelia - Oct 11, 2014 1:14:37 pm PDT #22761 of 28343
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
As are my parents. That bit in the acknowledgements where she thanks her parents for "always taking the time to harass strangers into buying" her books apparently applies to friends as well.
Also, I've worked with the actress who plays Margo in the movie. It was kind of cool being able to imagine her in the role as I read the book.
sj - Oct 11, 2014 1:50:55 pm PDT #22762 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Aurelia, I thought the actress who played Go was excellent.
Strix - Oct 11, 2014 1:54:43 pm PDT #22763 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I need to see this movie!
-t - Oct 11, 2014 7:27:00 pm PDT #22764 of 28343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm really not sure how to feel about the fact that my parents know the author's parents.
Gillian Flynn seemed delightful when she was on Wait Wait. FWTW.
aurelia - Oct 11, 2014 8:39:27 pm PDT #22765 of 28343
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't doubt that she's lovely. Actually... if my dark humor ever gives my parents pause, now I can just say, "not as dark as Gone Girl".
And now that I've just seen the movie I absolutely agree that Carrie Coon was wonderful as Go, as was the movie as a whole. I had forgotten that it was directed by David Fincher. He certainly never makes anything less viceral.