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Jan. 3rd, 2006 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwynHolidays are over. Yay for some of that, but boo about not getting to sleep in a few extra days. Of the many, many things I miss about my last job from the time it was wonderful, wonderful, the sleeping in during the entire week plus a day or two that we got off at the end of the year is the biggest.
But I caught up on a few movies (Munich yesterday, Syriana, and a lot of things on DVD), and watched the Dr. Who Christmas Invasion ep. I was incredibly disappointed by the latter, and a little flummoxed by my tepid reaction to Munich, and surprised by how much I liked Syriana. All of these things were not what I expected. I thought I would hate Syriana based on the criticisms leveled at it for being factually incorrect and schematic in approach (and I loathe George Clooney); instead, I thought it was fantastic and that the schematicness worked to its advantage. Munich was about 30 min. too long, and I'm still puzzling out some of the things that left me feeling flat and bored; mostly, though, I sing the praises once again of Ciaran Hinds (Julius Caesar in Rome, Capt. Wentworth in Persuasion), who is simply one of the best actors working today, and Daniel Craig, coming up right behind him and who is also so hot he singes my eyeballs. I'm not sure anyone has ever looked so sexy in early '70s clothes. My god, I'm so afraid of what being James Bond is going to do to him. I hate the Bond stuff with the white-hot passion of a thousand burning suns. But I adore Daniel Craig. Not so much with the new Dr. Who -- I guess this means it's just going to be Christopher Eccleston who really did make that series for me, which is sad, but at least it means one more thing I guess I don't have to try to keep up with on TV. Maybe when Capt. Jack ever comes back...
I spent most of my time, though, mainlining Band of Brothers. Over Christmas the DVDs; then over NY's, the History Channel marathon. Reading Stephen Ambrose's book, putting X's art up for my wallpaper on the computer, and finishing my BoB vid. I even made a panel suggestion to the Escapade site, which I haven't done in about six years. It's odd that after so many of my beloved shows being cancelled nine or thirteen eps in and feeling enormous pain about that, a ten-part series can satisfy me with only that much, but it does. I also had a kernel of a small story running through my head, though I have yet to put it on paper. I have no illusions that my vid will mean anything to people at Escapade, and I am sure most people will tune it out (because, you know, serious subject, war, old times, not model-pretty guys, not fantasy, blah blah), but I just love looking at Nix and Winters together, all the subtle textures of their friendship and devotion to each other.
I liked that meme that was going around a while ago, but I can't imagine anyone asking or caring about these things. I might just do it for fun by myself, with the fandoms I've written most in. Still, if anyone wants to prompt me for a fandom we're into, I am more than willing to play:
1. The character I first fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
6. The character I would shag anytime:
7. The character I'd want to be like:
8. The character I'd slap:
9. A pairing that I love:
10. A pairing that I despise:
But I caught up on a few movies (Munich yesterday, Syriana, and a lot of things on DVD), and watched the Dr. Who Christmas Invasion ep. I was incredibly disappointed by the latter, and a little flummoxed by my tepid reaction to Munich, and surprised by how much I liked Syriana. All of these things were not what I expected. I thought I would hate Syriana based on the criticisms leveled at it for being factually incorrect and schematic in approach (and I loathe George Clooney); instead, I thought it was fantastic and that the schematicness worked to its advantage. Munich was about 30 min. too long, and I'm still puzzling out some of the things that left me feeling flat and bored; mostly, though, I sing the praises once again of Ciaran Hinds (Julius Caesar in Rome, Capt. Wentworth in Persuasion), who is simply one of the best actors working today, and Daniel Craig, coming up right behind him and who is also so hot he singes my eyeballs. I'm not sure anyone has ever looked so sexy in early '70s clothes. My god, I'm so afraid of what being James Bond is going to do to him. I hate the Bond stuff with the white-hot passion of a thousand burning suns. But I adore Daniel Craig. Not so much with the new Dr. Who -- I guess this means it's just going to be Christopher Eccleston who really did make that series for me, which is sad, but at least it means one more thing I guess I don't have to try to keep up with on TV. Maybe when Capt. Jack ever comes back...
I spent most of my time, though, mainlining Band of Brothers. Over Christmas the DVDs; then over NY's, the History Channel marathon. Reading Stephen Ambrose's book, putting X's art up for my wallpaper on the computer, and finishing my BoB vid. I even made a panel suggestion to the Escapade site, which I haven't done in about six years. It's odd that after so many of my beloved shows being cancelled nine or thirteen eps in and feeling enormous pain about that, a ten-part series can satisfy me with only that much, but it does. I also had a kernel of a small story running through my head, though I have yet to put it on paper. I have no illusions that my vid will mean anything to people at Escapade, and I am sure most people will tune it out (because, you know, serious subject, war, old times, not model-pretty guys, not fantasy, blah blah), but I just love looking at Nix and Winters together, all the subtle textures of their friendship and devotion to each other.
I liked that meme that was going around a while ago, but I can't imagine anyone asking or caring about these things. I might just do it for fun by myself, with the fandoms I've written most in. Still, if anyone wants to prompt me for a fandom we're into, I am more than willing to play:
1. The character I first fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
6. The character I would shag anytime:
7. The character I'd want to be like:
8. The character I'd slap:
9. A pairing that I love:
10. A pairing that I despise:
