Yeah, I have people that I really didn't know in high school (but there is some kind of legitimate connection) that have added me on facebook. Every once in a while they will make a comment and I realize that they are keeping up with details of my life. Again, it is legitimate because they found an old "friend" (actually someone that knew my name but we never spoke). I wonder if it feels like that times a thousand.

I wouldn't be freaked out by any fic that someone had written with my name because that isn't me. I would be freaked by the person standing in front of me telling me that they adored me. "um. Thanks." ?

I'm sort of with Amy in that I'd like to sit in a corner with any of the J's (JDM, Jim, Jared, Jensen, Joe, Josh, Jubal--wait.) and talk acting technique. It's fun to hear stories from the set, or goofy stuff about the dogs or cars, or whatever. But I want to ask why they made that choice in the scene with the thing. And if the answer is "I forgot the line," or "We had to wrap for time," or "I felt he was really in a strange headspace. It was like that movie--that scene where he--yeah! That one. So it sort of felt right to sort of do that..." THAT's the kind of stuff I'd want to talk about, and man that would bore most of the "What did you give Jensen for his birthday?" question people.

I would like to just be there and listen while you and Amy do the talking. I love the type of questions that you guys would ask. I would be like Raj on The Big Bang Theory and whisper my questions in your ear for you to say outloud.

Oh, I would totally want to ask the acting stuff. Like, what were you thinking about when JA was dying in the S3 finale, to JP. And what kinds of projects JA would like to do in the future, do either of them think they could do historical drama or a romantic comedy, etc. Oh! And if JA wants to direct, ever.

I'm nosey.

Amy I have watched almost the first season of SOA. I had a hard time with the bikers at first. They are supposed to be the cuddly teddy bears of Mask and instead were....psychopaths. But then I started thinking of it as a western and the bikes were horses and the land was without law. It's a little like Sopranos in terms of not having empathy for anyone in the series.

The most surprising thing is Katie Sagal scares me. She is wicked good in this by playing wicked bad.

And I have decided that Jax doesn't remind me of Heath Ledger but he did remind me of a young Brad Pitt. Blonde, blue-eyed isn't my thing either and it took me a couple movies to like Brad Pitt. His mannerisms while he was acting was what let me see how beautiful he looked on the outside. I think it is the same for me with Jax. I would never go for that type but he is very charismatic through his acting so he is becomming hotter to me.

Apologies for being completely off thread topic but this is where I was introduced to it so this is where I was reporting my findings.

Back to topic....I love JDM and I would ride on his bike any day.

Theresa, the funniest thing is that the creator of SoA has said the basic story is based on Hamlet, which maps really well.

I think they all have some humanity in them, and watching when and where it's revealed is fascinating.

Um, on topic. I was listening to the soundtrack of Oliver! this morning (shut up) and it occurred to me that Sam could be Oliver and Dean could the Artful Dodger. I think Fagin is John, Bill Sikes is Azazel (making Nancy Ruby, sort of).

Discuss. Even if it's just to make fun of me.

Hamlet, which maps really well.

It does!

Sam as Oliver makes me picture JP holding up a bowl and asking very politely if he can have some more. Cutiehead.

I sort of have to have Colin Ford!Sam to make it work for me, but I'll take it.

I would have thought this too, but then someone in linking to one of the videos showed me Sam who lost his shoe. The look on his face as Dean is walking away from him is very Oliver.

But any excuse to have Colin Ford!Sam is okay with me too. We should have a list of people that we want on more teevee.

I wasn't able to finish watching SOA S1 for much the same reason that I never got through the first ep of Deadwood. I want to watch Deadwood so badly, but I just feel bludgeoned by the language to the point I can't hear the other dialog or care about any of the characters. SoA was just so violent, and if I started feeling sympathetic to a character, he or she would do something irredeemable and lose me. It was actually StY who gave me a synopsis of the second half of the season, and cut through a lot of the issues I had to the humanity and the story.

I started watching faithfully in S2, and was completely drawn inn. And Shakespearean is definitely a term for the last scene of the season finale. It might even qualify as biblical.

There's not a better cast on any show, as far as I'm concerned. It's relatively huge, and every actor is deeply invested, all of them are layered and their relationships with and to each other read as real, messy, volatile, tender, and tough as nails. Next to SPN, SoA may be my favorite show. Not...when I need a suave, pretty thief, whether be-hatted or blonde ponytailed or an electronics geek. But for drama? Oh yeah.