My thoughts exactly. You could ask the same question about all the stuff he summons up in the "Friend Like Me" sequence. And really, "Prince Ali" was never a prince at all, it was just a made up title. It's not like Genie actually poofed him up some random land somewhere.
Can some Holmesian who has re-read the canon more recently help me out here? Every time someone brings up Holmes' drug use I always cringe because I feel like it was mentioned so very rarely in canon, it irritates me that it's become a defining characteristic of Holmes. Did I just read the stories with blinders on or what?
As for this particular series, I have to constantly remind myself that it's pretty much just absurdist fanfiction. Although I think Downey Jr.'s performance is impeccable, I find the interpretation of the character to be totally annoying if I think too hard about it. It's mostly the unkemptness that gets to me. Clean-cut Holmes all the way for me.
I'll still watch it and I'll still probably like it, I just have to disconnect from the Holmesian part of my brain.
"It was absolutely delicious, Watson. A straight left against a slogging ruffian."
SOLI wasn't a favorite story of mine in canon, but Jeremy Brett doing straight up Victorian boxing in the Grenada adaptation is so unforgettable it's one of my favorites now.
Kirsten is a pretty terrible actress, so that's no surprise. Glenn Close had almost the same archetype, but she totally killed it.
Is it a "hologram" in the same way that the Vocaloid concerts are "holograms"? That is, a projection on a clear screen?
I would watch the hell out of this, if only I weren't in the wrong city.
I would watch the hell out of this, if only I weren't in the wrong city.
Ever since Runaways, I've been rooting for Kristen Stewart to break away from Twilight and prove to the world she's more than a lip bite and too much blinking, but I am not pleased with this. More precisely, I'm continually bitter that this project is moving forward at all., in the most boring way possible.
I even liked Garret Hedlund well enough in Tron, for what it was.
But I just. This movie. Please let it die. Everyone put your scripts down and back away slowly.
I even liked Garret Hedlund well enough in Tron, for what it was.
But I just. This movie. Please let it die. Everyone put your scripts down and back away slowly.
These are all reasons why, as a cosplayer the rest of the year, I kind of hate Halloween. I get why other people are into it and all, but they can keep it.
I watched this yesterda and from the beginning I was expecting it to be some cliche shy-girl-gets-drunk-finds-sexuality thing. But I was wrong.
So, so wrong.
The end struck me as a bit Lovecraftian, but other than that I'm not sure what I think.
So, so wrong.
The end struck me as a bit Lovecraftian, but other than that I'm not sure what I think.
I temped at Amazon for a few months, ending in April, working for their first imprint, Encore. I am now insanely upset that I am no longer there.
Right? I love the show to bits, but I really don't want to shell out money for just a piece of it. I'd much rather pay more for the whole shebang than just $10 bucks for a small selection. It's like CN doesn't want my money or something.
I feel like this explains why I love eating super strong pickles with a soda on the side.
I just read Ender's Game for the first time a few weeks ago and as soon as I finished it I though, "Wow I'm glad they're not making a movie out of this."
I quite liked the book, but there are just so many tremendously huge potential pitfalls I have a hard time imagining it'll be any good. It'll depend largely on the performances of the kids, which, let's face it, often leave a lot to be desired. It sure isn't impossible, but they'll have to walk an ultra thin line to pull it off.
I'll be very interested to see how it turns out, though.
I quite liked the book, but there are just so many tremendously huge potential pitfalls I have a hard time imagining it'll be any good. It'll depend largely on the performances of the kids, which, let's face it, often leave a lot to be desired. It sure isn't impossible, but they'll have to walk an ultra thin line to pull it off.
I'll be very interested to see how it turns out, though.
Is it remotely practical to buy a netbook for the purpose of playing games on the bus or on lunch breaks? I'm not talking new fancypants games, I'm thinking more along the lines of Yume Nikki, Visual Novels (of a non-porn variety), and maybe some emulated games from various consoles and some downloaded TV watching?
I've gotten mixed reviews from the few people I know who own netbooks and I can't decide if it's worth my money. Some have told me to just buy a tablet, but Tablets aren't as versatile as I would like. Unless they are and I just don't know it yet.
I've gotten mixed reviews from the few people I know who own netbooks and I can't decide if it's worth my money. Some have told me to just buy a tablet, but Tablets aren't as versatile as I would like. Unless they are and I just don't know it yet.
That is the greatest gif in the history of gifs.
I'm 25 now, but I'd probably wait a few years. I'm hoping that I still have the capacity to get more awesome. Also, I still look like a teenager most of the time, so that's a bit lame to deal with.
It will never not disappoint me that Rowling decided to out him after the books were safely over. What, were you expecting it to sell fewer books if Dumbledore was shown to be gay in the last book? Come the fuck on.
I'm still not sure I like the angst level of the new series overall, but it's here to stay so I should probably just shut up about it.
That said, this episode and the last episode have been decent stand alone episodes, but they seem weirdly placed in the overall arc of the season. How can you not want to find your baby and raise her? Like your kid is someone you grew up with and that's ok? I just can't deal with that. For this reason, I kind of like Doctor Who better when it's less arc focused and more episodic. It makes otherwise good episodes less enjoyable because you're watching them while thinking "yes but what about the..." and so on.
That said, this episode and the last episode have been decent stand alone episodes, but they seem weirdly placed in the overall arc of the season. How can you not want to find your baby and raise her? Like your kid is someone you grew up with and that's ok? I just can't deal with that. For this reason, I kind of like Doctor Who better when it's less arc focused and more episodic. It makes otherwise good episodes less enjoyable because you're watching them while thinking "yes but what about the..." and so on.
I had the same feeling, that and a new feeling of nagging insignificance.
I have to agree. Maybe it's just that I want a show where good wins and evil loses, but Doctor Who seems to try a little too hard to push its gray areas, even where it doesn't actually help the story. It generates added drama, but that drama isn't always needed.
"Now where's our goddamn We3 movie? Seriously."
Now that is a comic book movie I really don't think I want. I was actually thinking about it at lunch today (you guys read my mind, somehow). Just trying to imagine someone trying to deliver the spoken lines of the animals? Cringe-worthy. Let's not go there.
Now that is a comic book movie I really don't think I want. I was actually thinking about it at lunch today (you guys read my mind, somehow). Just trying to imagine someone trying to deliver the spoken lines of the animals? Cringe-worthy. Let's not go there.
