Is that blog Kung Fu Monkey, or a different one?
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Tom Scola - Jul 29, 2009 8:26:41 am PDT #2605 of 11998
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2009 8:27:04 am PDT #2606 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, Kung Fu Monkey.
Java cat - Jul 29, 2009 2:40:35 pm PDT #2607 of 11998
Not javachik
Java cat - Jul 29, 2009 2:40:35 pm PDT #2608 of 11998
Not javachik
Is anyone else watching HBO's In Treatment on DVD? OMG, it is SO addictive. So excellent. I haven't been this addicted to a show since Dexter or the Gilmore Girls. I mean, hurt my back from alertly watching for so long, unable to turn the tube off,, running around town to find the next DVD addicting.
I love the intimacy of it. Love the quiet camera that nonetheless gets different angles on the action of two people talking to each other, and that action can be really tense at times. Love the details, like the squeaking gate. Blair Underwood brings a whole new game to the show (IMO). I'm predisposed to dislike Melissa George's character ('cause of Alias; guess I'm shallow like that), but she acquits it well, actually. The interplay between Gabriel Byrne's Paul and Mia Wasikowska's Sophie, the teenage gymnast, is so heartrending, gripping in a positive view of therapy in action. Dianne Wiest is riveting. They all are. It's really good.
eta: didn't need to be said twice.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2009 2:41:35 pm PDT #2609 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, Java Cat IS enthusiastic, isn't she. But HBO would be Premium Cable, FYI.
Barb - Jul 29, 2009 3:36:58 pm PDT #2610 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
Anyone watching the Mad Men S2 DVDs? I'm loving the extras.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2009 4:13:31 pm PDT #2611 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Have the DVDs but saw it in real time, so haven't seen the extras.
ION: Whee - loving having Leverage on my screen. I'm pretty sure they made up the name of the city this time, as I didn't recognize the name, and I know most of the major and minor cities in Mass that would have buildings like that.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2009 5:18:45 pm PDT #2612 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, got to call a little foul on the whole taser thing. What if he'd nailed parker in the shoulder, or the back of the neck? Otherwise, a very fun con.
Also liked a little more insight into Elliot (whether he was abused or not doesn't matter - the fact that it matters to him when kids are does).
Vortex - Jul 29, 2009 5:38:10 pm PDT #2613 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Parker didn't have another role in the con. Even if he'd gotten her for real, they could have just grabbed her and taken her to a safe place.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2009 5:44:24 pm PDT #2614 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read people who thought something from last week's episode made it clear that Eliot had been physically abused as a kid, but I don't remember what it was. Parker was the one that noticed abuse signs in the orphan in the Eastern European episode last season, so I'm not sure if they mean to go with half their criminals abused. Not that I know what the numbers are.