that was really pretty. i don't like TS, but i do like The Civil Wars.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
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tiggy - Dec 23, 2011 3:50:03 pm PST #17130 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Maysa - Dec 23, 2011 5:39:48 pm PST #17131 of 30000
The Hairpin covers Cary Grant, finally.
Nice article, but I've never understood the persisting conventional wisdom that Cary Grant "played slight variations on the same character". Walter Burns in His Girl Friday has absolutely nothing in common with his character in Holiday - yet it's always said that he basically played himself.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2011 5:53:24 pm PST #17132 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Am I having Third World problems? I can't see the song...
SailAweigh - Dec 23, 2011 6:12:08 pm PST #17133 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I just went to it and it says it's been blocked by UMG for copyright reasons.
Amy - Dec 23, 2011 6:16:10 pm PST #17134 of 30000
Because books.
That's so weird -- I just listened to it not a half hour ago. But I'd opened the link this afternoon and left it there, so.
Rayne - Dec 23, 2011 6:20:48 pm PST #17135 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
You can listen to a sample of it on iTunes. And the song has definitely grown on me.
ETA: It's available on io9 now.
§ ita § - Dec 24, 2011 3:23:54 am PST #17136 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's not bad. I don't get why people (not here) are freaked out. I've never heard her before, so I don't have that reflex. It's not my thing, but it's sweet and plaintive and the story definitely had that side to it, with Prim and everything.
Gris - Dec 24, 2011 4:08:12 am PST #17137 of 30000
Hey. New board.
There are plenty of reasons not to love Taylor Swift, but I think a lot of the hate-on for her is knee jerk reaction against anybody who is THAT popular amongst young people. My guess is the freak-out has to do with the fact that many people thing the Hunger Games shouldn't pander to the popular, which I think is silly; The Hunger Games is extraordinarily popular!
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 24, 2011 5:23:15 am PST #17138 of 30000
"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
I like some of her songs,particularly "You Belong with Me." But her "acting" dispels most of the admiration I felt for her. She was out-acted by Ashton Kutcher, George Perez, Eric Dane, and various inanimate objects in Valentine's Day - her speech, expressions, and movement were so unnatural I expected a panel in her chest to pop open and reveal a tiny alien piloting the Taylor Swift robot like what happened with that guy in Men in Black.
Gris - Dec 24, 2011 5:48:54 am PST #17139 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I doubt she's a good actress, though I didn't see Valentines Day. I'm okay with her being bad at it, especially if she learned her lesson and doesn't try it again. Don't know why that would dispel admiration for her music - different things. Can't expect everybody to be good at everything they do. Shaquille O'Neal is a pretty bad actor too.