So I took my folks to see Les Mis this afternoon. After I explained that le Maire was also the convict from the beginning, they were less confused.

I thought Russell Crowe was better than I expected (his voice isn't bad, per se, just not quite right for the part), the rest of the cast was fine, and Jackman was fine until "Bring Him Home", for which he seemed to be straining too hard and it just didn't work at all. Such a pity.

But I still found it marvelously moving, and got all sniffly in the end. And I got goosebumps every time they did the whole-cast singing of "Can You Hear The People Sing". It was a hit for my folks as well, except for the length.

And I got goosebumps every time they did the whole-cast singing of "Can You Hear The People Sing".

I did like that part as well.

I adore Silent Running, primarily because of the plight of the Pre2-D2 robots.

I don't know what it is, but robots and computers with personality will get me every time. Maybe it's the Pinocchio-ness of them all -- they all mostly seem to want to be real people to one degree or another. Also, they all end up as one or another flavor of earnest-but-crazy.

Sean, I don't know if you're into fic, but there's a series about Iron Man from the point of view of Dummy (one of the bots in the movies). It also has some Tony/Steve content. [link] Earnest but crazy describes Dummy In the fic pretty well.

I will heartily second Calli's rec.

I knew what fic series that before I clicked Calli's link. It's so, SO good.

Are there more chapters to the Curiosity story? I can't find a link.

I suspect those chapters are in progress; it was a completed fic originally. The first chapter was written before the third part of the series (Bedtime Stories), so I suspect scifigrl47 is going to go and add more to it now that the events of Bedtime Stories are complete.

Also, as much as I adore her writing, she's working on two different series at the same time, so not everything gets updated in a timely manner. She also has a habit of leaving a WIP to start another story in the series that comes after the WIP. Those will get finished, but then the middle is left just kind of hanging until she gets around to it. I've just gotten to where I won't read her stuff until it is complete.

She also has a habit of leaving a WIP to start another story in the series that comes after the WIP.

I've been able to resis that habit, because I know i'd never get back and finish things.

We're watching The Fighter on Netflix, since it's expiring. Sadly, Netflix doesn't seem to have a cut that excises Christian Bale from this movie.

I just don't find assholes compelling, you know?