I liked tonight's episode, and I'm not about to give up on this season yet. I'm a little surprised that there are people threatening to jump off the bandwagon already. I mean, "Lost" got much more leeway. Anyway,


And one last thing...

GODDAMNIT, NBC, WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE SHOWN A SINGLE AD FOR "LIFE"? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL THE SHOW??

I'm bored and too lazy to write and sad about the state of my TV shows and there's no new fanfic to read.

Look up on IMDB.com the taglines of 10 of your favorite movies. Post and have people guess the titles.

To the TPTB Prison Break:

Fuck you. I wish I could think of something more articulate, but I'm tired.

Maybe you should just shut the fuck up instead of pissing even MORE people off, hmmm?

I made the mistake of looking for more information... on the TwoP forums. Not a good idea. There was a snippet from a post by Nick something-or-another, the apparent brilliant writer responsible for tonight's episode:

Wow.

I didn't expect to resume blogging with a "good-bye, cruel TV show!" post, but that's what I'm going to do. Bye, "Prison Break." Even the allure of ruggedly hot (with an accent!) Whistler isn't enough to keep me watching.

So I'm quitting two shows in one week, both for the same reason. (More about Stargate:Atlantis later.) Thank goodness for fanfic.

And then tonight's episode of "Heroes" had to be totally underwhelming and "WTF???" inducing. I have a headache.

Last PotC post for a while (well, last any post for a while), to report the results of my treasure hunt of sorts for Will/Elizabeth fics. It's so difficult to find good ones I think I'm going to start doing fic recs more regularly when I get back.

Terrific ficlets:
Will and Elizabeth, 10 years later by carrielh   (Post PotC 3)
As Vessels at Sea by toastandtea (Post PotC3)
How did Elizabeth become the kickass swordswoman in the 2nd and 3rd movies? by memlu  (Post PotC 1)

(fanfiction.net links)

To Take Flight By ErinRua
A Will/Elizabeth vignette, post PotC1

Worthy of His Steel
by Honorat
Set in the middle of PotC 1, but it's mostly a flashback to Will's life on Port Royal. (Oh Will!!!)

Longer adventure stories involving everyone:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The African Star: by ErinRua
"An unscrupulous slave ship captain, a royal gem, and a perilous hunt that will span sea and storm"

The Spittin' Image: by Mojave Dragonfly
"The Black Pearl is raiding cruelly all over the Spanish Main. Is it Will's fault for having helped Jack escape? Elizabeth and Will try to unravel the mystery while Norrington hunts the pirates."

So instead of spending today getting ready to leave for 3 weeks, I looked for Will/Elizabeth fanfic. *sigh* There's not a whole lot out there, sadly. And what's worst, I had to delve into the fandom, which is no picnic for anyone that doesn't think Jack Sparrow is the hottest thing to ever grace film. (Johnny Depp is hot, yes. Jack Sparrow? Not so much.)

So glad I'm going on vacation and will get this out of my system.

edit: And now I'm on youtube looking for Jack Davenport (Norrington) clips. I'm tempted to buy an audiobook he narrated. He has such a lovely plummmy voice.

I should be packing for my trip to Hong Kong, but instead, I'm still thinking about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End because I'm listening to the soundtrack. Damn its catchy themes!

It took me two days, but I think I'm calm enough to coherently talk about it. And now that I'm calm, I have to say that I actually liked the movie, definitely more than Dead Man's Chest. There were parts that I hated, and even after rational thought, I still don't like the ending. I wouldn't go so far to say that I recommend it, but if you've already invested in the series, then go watch it for closure.

 

Oh, and the "Sparrabeth" fans are SO FUCKING ANNOYING. Did you know that the events of "Dead Man's Chest" clearly spelled out in neon letters that Jack+Elizabeth= Twu Wuv 4ever?? Yeah, neither did I.

Sorry for the lack of updates; I've been going through a bit of an existential crisis the last couple weeks, and if I had posted, they would be really emo posts. Or really bitchy.

So what's good for taking ones mind off of things? TV, of course. It's season finale
season, but more importantly, the big networks are presenting their new
fall schedules. Looking at the decisions so far, I'd say that it's a
pretty even mix of "Yay! It got renewed!/Aww... sorry to see it go",
with a couple of "OMG, I can't believe that crap is coming back/Thank
God that shit got cancelled." (FOX hasn't presented yet, but who cares
about them anyway?)

According to Michael Ausiello from TV Guide, Friday Night Lights got renewed! Woo-hoo!!

It's been a long long day. So I'm not even going to really polish up my thoughts on last night's "Heroes" episode:


Only 2 more episodes left. Man, if the season finale isn't a huge payoff, I'm going to be pissed. None of that "opening the hatch and then fading to black" "Lost" crap, thanks.

There is an appalling lack of Mr. Bennet icons which is unacceptable because he is awesome and I think he's hot, in an older man, authority figure sort of way. Especially when he has more stylish glasses in the future.

The VisualDNA meme that's going around:

Found this on my flist; let's play:

Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 of your favorite movies. Post three official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for these 10 picks. Have your friends guess the movie titles.

1. librarian, biblical plagues, Egyptian curse The Mummy
2. royal romance, reporter, Vespa Roman Holiday
3. diamond, bare knuckle fighting, unintelligible Snatch
4. public transportation, bomb squad, Los Angeles Speed
5. ballroom dancing, rose, spell Beauty and the Beast
6. abominable snowman, little girl, parallel world Monsters Inc
7. swordfight, true love, gentle giant Princess Bride
8. time travel, moonwalk dancing, flying train Back to the Future 3 (the one in the Wild West)
9. chased by dog, baseball, coming of age The Sandlot
10. family saga, galactic war, bounty hunter Star Wars I had The Empire Strikes Back in mind, but I guess these can cover Return of the Jedi and two of the prequels (which I don't even think of when I think Star Wars)

Cookies to peanutbutterer, cinamaroll, and miniorr!

I was browsing around NBC's FNL page and found a transcript of the live blog that Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton were doing during the season finale. Chandler's comment about his hair:

K: Yeah, I use a special pomade called "motivation".

Hee!

OMG! I'm kind of flailing right now because I had tickets to the symphony tonight, so I had to go, but I forgot to set the VCR to tape "Friday Night Lights" (because I'm the last person on Earth that doesn't have some sort of TiVo) and now I have to wait until at least tomorrow to watch tonight's episode!! And being the spoiler whore that I am, I've already gone through everyone's comments about how perfect the episode was and HOW CAN I WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW??