Occasionally I'm callous and strange.

Willow ,'The Killer In Me'


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Theodosia - Jul 01, 2013 6:02:30 am PDT #5392 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Probably can't be repeated too often.


Jessica - Jul 01, 2013 10:53:27 am PDT #5393 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh man - so the union guys who work in the archive here all have New Jersey accents straight out of central casting (think Jon Stewart's New Jersey gangster character), and I just had the pleasure of listening to three of them talk about Game of Thrones for like ten minutes right outside my office before I had to jump in and explain who Roose Bolton and Ramsay Snow/Bolton were and how they related to everyone else onscreen. These guys should have a YouTube channel.


kat perez - Jul 01, 2013 12:35:23 pm PDT #5394 of 7329
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I would watch the heck out of that!


le nubian - Jul 01, 2013 12:37:52 pm PDT #5395 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

no shit. and maybe I'd understand GoT better without 3x rewatch.


§ ita § - Jul 01, 2013 5:52:23 pm PDT #5396 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So...I'm still watching True Blood. I think it's because I'm jealous, that it has budget and mainstream indulgence, but then again, maybe they don't deserve vampires I like. They were given a shot at Buffy, and, Joss had to tell stories about monsters coming through a portal in New York to get cred...

Anyway. That red-headed brunette (I know) shifter runs really well. I feel in general that female physical capability is under-valued and therefore under-shown (oh, right, Avengers...Buffy...). But she was athletic, which was great. Then we segue to the sheriff teaching gunmanship, and why isn't he teaching gunmanship? It's a miracle she hit two targets in a row. Her hands were wrong, her arms were wrong, her feet were wrong. I thought we were way past that as an audience, that we knew what wielding a handgun looks like.

Even when a woman does it (coughBlackWidowcough).


sj - Jul 01, 2013 5:57:52 pm PDT #5397 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I just want to know if it is in a contract somewhere that at least one person must think Bill is the best man/vampire ever, even when he is being an ass. I hope they give Jessica something better to do this season.


-t - Jul 01, 2013 6:12:50 pm PDT #5398 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

and why isn't he teaching gunmanship?

Yeah, even I was all, that's not aiming. And I don't know anything. Come on.

I was a little amused how old-fashioned they got with Eric and the governor's daughter, with her all in white and him hovering outside her window and all. The bleeding ear business was just gross, though.


kat perez - Jul 01, 2013 7:16:19 pm PDT #5399 of 7329
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I am still watching. I stopped really enjoying the show a long time ago. Now it's just out of habit. The only one I can still stand even a little is Lafayette and so far this season all he's had to do is be Sam's nanny. Sigh. I do enjoy Sarah and Steve Newlin. I'd rather watch a show about them than any of these other characters.

I just want to know why all werewolves are so skank-nasty on this show. Aren't there any just normal ones? I'm not even asking for high class. I'll take ones that are not drawn as hillbilly/trailer trash stereotypes.

I do enjoy Eric much more this season now that he's away from Sookie. She ruins everything.

I've never gotten what was supposed to be enticing about Bill. He's been awful pretty much since the very beginning when he manipulated Sookie into drinking his blood and then started a sexual relationship with her without disclosing the effect that could be having on her. He's never really redeemed himself form that, or even tried to as far as I can tell. And now on top of that, he's the stupidest god of all time. You think you're immune to flames now? Why not just stick your hand out from under the porch and see what happens before you go all Jesus Christ Superstar posing on your front lawn? Ugh. Stupidest deity ever. I'll take Maryanne back over him.


le nubian - Jul 04, 2013 10:25:09 pm PDT #5400 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

We finished "Hemlock Grove." Man, that season finale was the WORST. As bad as the series is, I really didn't think it could get worse. But then guess what? Boom goes the finale.

I cannot believe such a sack of shit was bought wholesale by netflix. Interesting ideas, but the writing is atrocious and the pacing of events is worse.


§ ita § - Jul 05, 2013 7:45:37 am PDT #5401 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Having watched S1 of American Horror Story now--THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE, IDIOTS.