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Nate Elune ([personal profile] fan_elune) wrote2004-09-26 10:59 pm
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So, ranting aplenty today...

Lost

[livejournal.com profile] twixou and I had a date with Ian Somerhalder and Dominic Monaghan (respectively) this afternoon. Well, okay, we wish. Point is, we watched the whole pilot of Lost, J.J Abrams' latest TV show, with an amazing cast. Btw, [livejournal.com profile] twixou, Dominic's from Manchester (though he was born in Berlin and is fluent in German) and he has a thing for bugs can sing, apparently, since he did some vocals on an album with Elijah. And our mystery man Sawyer with the gun is from California and you think you saw him somewhere? He cameo'ed in the pilot of Angel. As for Fredric Lehne, the marshall, he was indeed that big jerk guy in Firefly's Heart of Gold, and he has starred in so many things... I'm not listing 'em all.
That little piece of trivia being over with, what about the show? It was... all right. I had enough of Matthew Fox after the first quarter of an hour (and I'm being generous). Other characters, though, are very interesting. Sawyer and Sayid, for instance, I much like. Claire, the pregnant woman, is also great. Daniel Dae Kim's character leaves me unable to decide whether to hate him or not. I think I'll just not. Evangeline Lilly's as beautiful as usual, and her character shows promise.
As for Dom... he makes me laugh so much. Go, Dom, go! "Of course I'm in Driveshaft!"
Also, kudos to Greg Grunberg for his cameo.
All in all, it's a pilot. It can be good, I have no doubt about that. But it can also be crap. The whole "Dr Moreau" feel to it kinda scares me, I hope the mythology behind it is solid and not ridiculous, we all know J.J.'s capable of very complicated and far-fetched ideas. I'd rather have something solid.

ER

Well. I knew it was coming, thanks to Alex, so I wasn't shocked or anything. I'm just bloody pissed that I won't see next week's episode with his funeral. I just wanted to say a word for Romano, because he was such a jerk. Very hateful. Incredibly hateful. Yet he had a heart and I love that they gave him this moment in the previous ep, where he shook hands with that seropositive guy. I have loved hating him for quite a few seasons now, from the very start actually. So, Paul? Thanks for portraying the Rocket so well. It was a tough one, making us enjoy him so much, but we sure did.

My so-called life.

I watched an episode again yesterday. This is an amazing show, people, and no matter how much I love Buffy, I think My so-called life is the best show to ever have described teenage years. It is so real. It is so well-acted, well-written, well-shot. I want that series on DVDs very, very badly. It's just... they've got everything about adolescence down. I see myself in this. And the dialogues... wow. As for the acting, just look at the cast. Jared Leto makes Jordan Catalano irresistible, despite how much of a jerk that guy is. I do think Angela was Claire Danes' best part. AJ Langer still rocks my world, as well. And of course, the lovely Devon Gummersall, so very different from his "Lisa the lesbian-identified man" in The L-Word, as nerdy Brian Krakow.
And it's not just adolescence. What we see with Angela's parents is also incredibly interesting. Ah. I'm in love with that show. (And possibly Angela and Jordan Catalano.)

And I need other people to come with me to Serenity, the Firefly con in London the last weekend of April. Given that I can go, which is not yet sure. Any volunteers? Go on the starfury site to check it out.

Anxiety is starting to build up. I'm leaving on Tuesday! Eeep! That's the day after tomorrow! Eeep again!

[identity profile] grimma.livejournal.com 2004-09-26 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I'm going to Serenity. I talked about it to my brother and he immediatly asked what was the better way to get there, when we should leave, when we would be back, etc... But I won't be able to buy the ticket before chistmas. How can I tell my family I don't want any perfume or whatever useless christmas gift???

regarding the missing Firefly vids I couldn't figure out the GagReel pb. Theroretically, there was enough place where I wanted to put it...

[identity profile] twixou.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
So Dom sings ? Really ? :p I didn't know Elijah was singing too...

And you forgot the best part about Lost : Ian (or should I say Booooone :p) and his pens ! ;)

What I liked very much was the opening scene. Just after the crash I mean. With the not-so-pregnant-anymore girl, and the pens ! :p

And yeah kudos to Greg. The little we see of him anyway. :(

[identity profile] twixou.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I forgot to say, I'm going to miss Romano... :(

[identity profile] fan-elune.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
My family has long since stopped giving me anything but money, for the most part, unless I ask for something specific. ;) And yay, I'd love to meet you then. And your brother - I take it you've converted your family? Good job. I won't be able to buy my ticket yet either anyway.

Don't worry, I'm already thankful enough to have got those I did get, and what I could see of the gagreel was hilarious indeed. So yeah, thanks again for all your efforts!

[identity profile] fan-elune.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
So says IMDb. He can't sing better than Billy anyway... ;)

Yes! The pens! How could I?

Well she's still pregnant, isn't she? He kicked! I liked her. I don't think I liked that scene especially, actually I think I've taken a great dislike to "Jack." "He's the hero," as Sawyer would say. With the bad connotations, not the good ones.

[identity profile] fan-elune.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
It's actually good that he died now, since I'm going away and I'd have hated to miss it. I think it's good that he's dead altogether, because him, in S9? It was getting ridiculous. Blah. I'd rather they killed him off than ruined him.

[identity profile] twixou.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I think she's still pregnant. She's 8 months pregnant but she takes a plane ;) and she fells to the floor head first, but she's still pregnant... ;)

I meant the scene itself, people running everywhere etc, not really Jack. I agree he's not the "good" hero.

And Ian looks dumb !(I know I still can't get over the pens... :p)

[identity profile] twixou.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
He's just so mean and cruel, that makes him funny, that's why I will miss him ! :p

Anyway I stopped loving ER the day George Clooney left... ;)

[identity profile] fan-elune.livejournal.com 2004-09-28 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I loved George, but I couldn't say when I stopped loving ER. I just tend to have mixed feelings about this show. This year is better at keeping me hooked than last year, that's for sure. (Probably 'cause I'm leaving... I hate that Murphy guy sometimes, why did he have to make so many laws? ;) )

[identity profile] fan-elune.livejournal.com 2004-09-28 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
He's shaping up to be a Clark Kent kind of hero. But who knows, maybe he won't be. However, I'm quite ready to call him Boyscout - d'you think he'll grow a wrinkled forehead?

I love the pens. We should do a fanlisting for the pens. Kinda like Stick Boy in Highlander.