Completely parenthetical note, but I just got caught up on Mad Men, went to Badass Digest for their reaction to the episode, read one reviewer talking at some length about how Lane's death was the worst television gutpunch he'd had to cope with since Joyce Summers, and ISTG about a third of the comments are from people whining, "I just started watching Buffy! How could you just throw in a spoiler like that, you bastard?"
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
JZ - Jun 10, 2012 11:08:40 am PDT #9748 of 11998
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2012 11:21:39 am PDT #9749 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Heh. I feel for them, though, as a spoilerphobe!
I'm watching the Breaking Bad special features, and, holy crap, Giancarlo Esposito is so different from Gus it's crazy. His voice is different, his speech is different, his eyes are different, his body language is different...he's so goddamn amazing in that role he makes it look easy, like that must just be how he is because it seems so natural and perfect. Give him all the goddamn awards.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 10, 2012 2:52:09 pm PDT #9750 of 11998
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh, he is one of the great unsung actors whose talent seems to slip by mostly unnoticed.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 10, 2012 3:12:37 pm PDT #9751 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Indeed. I think if Spike Lee didn't discover him he at least showcased him early on enough so that he's been working steadily (if under the radar) ever since, and we owe him a big thanks.
Vortex - Jun 10, 2012 3:55:52 pm PDT #9752 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, he is one of the great unsung actors whose talent seems to slip by mostly unnoticed.
Amen. He is an amazing actor.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 10, 2012 6:11:08 pm PDT #9753 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Juiia Ormond is playing Meghan's mother?!?!?!? I totally missed that before.
In other Mad Men finale news, loved Don and Peggy meeting up in the theater by accident.
I did think the dogs-fucking-right-outside-her-window was a cheap shot at signifying "Peggy's in Virginia". I'm sure that shit went down in the area she grew up in too. Or with rats.
-t - Jun 10, 2012 6:19:52 pm PDT #9754 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think it was so much "this is what Virginia's like" as "this is the view Peggy gets at this stage in her career" in contrast to Pete getting the same view as Don. And really, she was still pretty pleased with where she was. As she should be.
Pete getting punched in the face, still a good time by me.
-t - Jun 10, 2012 8:12:47 pm PDT #9755 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
AMC is re-airing Breaking Bad at odd times starting tonight. I've got the DVR catching them all - I suspect seeing the first season will be a very different experience knowing what's happened since.
Jesse - Jun 11, 2012 2:59:12 am PDT #9756 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That was a depressing finale. I mean, everyone in it was depressed, so there's that, but ugh.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2012 3:17:34 am PDT #9757 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Pete getting punched in the face, still a good time by me.
Oh yes. Yet another reason to miss Lane. *sniff*