bluerosefairy

TWENTY THREE DAYS OH MY GOD. I AM GOING HOME IN 23 DAYS. OH MY GOD, I HAVE PACKING AND SHIPPING-STUFF AND VACATIONING IN VIETNAM TO BE PLANNING FOR. OHGOD.

( Mad Men 313 - Shut the Door, Have a Seat )

( Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars )

Augh, with all that male douchebaggery running around, I need to go watch that clip of JJ whacking the UnSub with the shovel a few times to get my blood pressure back down.

MOTHERFUCKING END OF TIME TRAILER

( Cut for spoiler-induced flailing )

IT CAN BE CHRISTMAS NAO PLZ?

This one was totally the "let's remind the audience that Ray's not a total wanker" one. Which I do appreciate.

( Not me, I never lost control . . . )

Went to Seoul on Tuesday. OMG LOVE. If I ever decide to come back to Korea after this year, I'm going to teach in Seoul. It's almost exactly like New York - to the point where I mastered the subway system after five minutes and some translation from Jenna.

To put it in geeky English major terms -

Daegu : Philadelphia :: Seoul : NYC.

To steal a phrase from phinnia, ate too many fannish cookies again. And this is the only thing distracting me from massive amounts of lesson plans and grading and teaching, so forgive the lengthy yammerings.

( Just remember that it's all in your head (House) )

( The future is coming on, is coming on . . . (Ashes to Ashes) )

To paraphrase Em - SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW.

( One more mention of 'seven years' and I'm going to start freaking out, people )

Okay, so it's 2 am and I've just finished downloading and watching the finale of BSG - and do you KNOW how much that breaks my heart, that it's the LAST EVER BSG?

Have some spoiler-ridden flailing and capslock.

( Incoherant Flaily Shrieky Review of OH MY HOLY GOD IT'S OVER )

So, yesdrizella has finally posted her Roundtable Discussion of The Wrestler, and I've been sitting on these ramblings ever since I watched the movie because I wasn't sure if anyone wanted to hear them. I'm keeping the entry open, in case anyone not on my flist wants to read it, but if you're not a fan, you probably will have a big giant WTF face at this.

( If you've ever seen a one-trick pony, then you've seen me. )

*sniff* Now, to watch something less heartbreaky - like oh, I don't know, someone killing small animals.

Okay, so if you're one of my fannish girls (or boys? Do I have any menfolk around?), you're probably aware of the massive amounts of love I have for the original British Life on Mars, starring John Simm and Philip Glenister. I haven't written too much fic, but I adore the show, and I love introducing it to new fans - and if you haven't seen it GO NETFLIX IT.

And I knew what I'd be in for if I watched the premiere tonight of the American remake, starring Jason O'Mara and Harvey Keitel. I'd scream and rant and throw things at my television, and I ended up doing all three (luckily, it was just a stuffed badger fireflyinajar gave me).

But honestly, I won't be watching. It's like watching the Boise dinner theatre production of Henry VIII, with the way they've painstakingly reproduced everything the British version did with none of the heart. Not only did they crib dialogue WORD FOR WORD from the original, but they reproduced half the signature shots, too (watch the Bowie scene, it's like looking at a Van Gogh through the wrong end of a telescope). I can deal with the fact that most of the time, O'Mara can't act his way out of a paper bag (the opening and the confrontation with Willy Kramer excepting). I can deal with renaming Annie ("This is America! We don't need all those letters!" - carla_scribbles), the complete elimination of Phyllis, and making Nelson into a wise guy from Poughkeepsie.

I can't deal with the complete and utter FAIL that is Keitel's Gene Hunt.

( And here is why. )

Snagged from anonymous_sibyl, who has all the cool memes.

Tell me something happy about fictional characters in the comments? You can totally make it up. Like, "Lee Adama is a master horseman. This has never come up on the show because no horses exist anymore post-Cylon attack. But if they DID stumble across horses? He does Grand Prix-level dressage, for serious." As long as it's happy.

And now a fannish activity we can all participate in:

Take a look at my userpics. Pick out three of them and ask me what they're about.

Although, really. I will pity the person who gets me started on a) YULETIDE!!!AIEEEEEEE!!11ELEVENTYONE!!11 b) the Things list for BSG c) my crazy pairings.

And really, have at it, guys. I am feeling a comment drought. *sadface*