Zoe ,'Serenity'
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I am sooo glad that Taylor Swift was not cast in the movie!
Surely it only took the casting agents seeing her "acting" in Valentine's Day to put the kibosh on that idea? She was out-performed by Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, George Lopez, most of the inanimate objects, and Eric Dane in that movie!
I might be getting a little obsessed with Les Miz...I just watched the 10th Anniversary special. Nice to hear Wilkinson in full voice and a much better Marius.
Also, Lea Solanga scored the biggest coup. Lucky girl she got to sing both Eponine and Fantine, at least in concert.
Rewatched Les Miz today with my SIL. On rewatch, I was even more impressed with Hathaway and the revolutionaries, and less impressed with Jackman. Seriously, I don't know if it was the weird sound in our theater or what, but Crowe and Jackman seemed more on par than I remembered. Seyfried seemed even worse.
SIL, who just read the book but had no experience with the musical, had little problem with Crowe, hated Seyfried, and was disappointed in Jackman (just because she had high expectations I think). I realized that if you don't know the musical parts, it is not very obvious that Crowe is not singing it "right"; however, Seyfried sounds like she is straining regardless.
I cried just as much as the first time. Perhaps more.
I'm thinking about rereading before I watch. At my speeds I think I can, but I might not want to try.
This is fascinating!
Really is. Kills me to think that the matte painting of Sigourney Weaver's apartment building in Ghostbusters was broken.
Good stuff.
I accidently stumbled across some Harry Potter slash fiction at work today.
Is anyone interested? I'm not sure I really want to read it because I'm not that much into fan fiction, but if anyone would like to see it, I could send it to you. It's in an email.
Check it out: the macroeconomics of the Hobbit: [link]
Oh that is just too wonderful for words:
One has to ask whether or not a more innovative monetary policy framework could have ameliorated the impacts of the dragon-induced economic downturn. If the peoples of Middle Earth had abandoned their gold specie standard, and switched instead to a paper currency, they could have revived trade-flows without sacrificing so many lives. Unfortunately, the lack of a central bank, or indeed any but the most rudimentary monetary institutions, was a major obstacle to currency reform.