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It occurs to me that I haven't posted my opinion on the new Star Trek movie.

...Sorry, guys, but I've only watched it once. It'll take two more viewings before I can say something intelligent, I think.

(Wanna see it again.)

By the way, I've now seen Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. And I don't care what other people say*. I loved it. I loved the first one as well.

Now to hunt down some Silver Surfer comics...




*It should be noted that I don't trust the reviewers in papers when they talk about comic book adaptions ever since Constantine got good reviews, and the comment on Sin City was that "Comics are best in very short strips". Because it's fair enough when they don't like the movie - I wasn't too sure myself - but they have no business slamming an entire medium when it's so very, very obvious they don't understand it at all. "Very short strips" my hiney.

So, the snow has now rained away. Big surprise. According to the Bergens Tidende, it's been raining for 76 days in Bergen (so with today, that's 77). According to Dagbladet, the record is 87 days (unfortunately, I couldn't find the article on their webpage), but I can't remember who has that record. However, I think we'll beat it.

Um. Yay?

In other news, I have now watched the entire first season of Torchwood. I'd heard from a lot of people that it was crap, but I didn't think so. It was geeky, and fun, as well as stupid and exasperating at times - but it had a pterodactyl. I'm looking foreward to the next season, but I really hope Jack lets go of his no-sharing attitude. The team deserve to at least find out when he's from. I also want a lot more Tosh and Ianto, and that cool policewoman we met in They keep killing Suzie.

It was lovely to start the term again. I always think so right before it starts; the wait is awful. The books are a lot cheaper this year, but that's because I already have most of the theory/literature history for the literature course, and because I could borrow most of the books of my parents and waterfall8484's mother.

Tomorrow, I'm going to see Pan's Labyrinth with Helene, a study buddy. One of the bassoonists in Ung Symfoni recommended it.

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My first time as an instructor went pretty well, even though I would have preferred it if my little group could produce just a little bit more sound. Ah, well.

I've already mentioned Snakes on a Plane (SoaP). Incidentally, here are a few more interesting links:
Snakes on a Blog
snakes_in_a_fic

Now, I'm going to mention something I see all the time on scans_daily: The Goddamn Batman. This is from Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin which, from what I've seen, isn't really very good. But this particular line is referenced again and again and again, paraphrased, photoshopped, generally done everything with. It's quite addictive.

Now, I was reading The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore which is a book of interviews done for Moore's fiftieth birthday in 2003. In it, they reprinted a number of pages including on from the British magazine Daredevils. The entire story was posted on scans_daily and I was impressed then as well, but now I finally found out when it was first printed: in 1983. So now, when you read Grit, note the bottom caption box in the first panel, and marvel at Moore's psychic skills - or possibly Miller's repetition or predictiveness.

Enjoy.

Anticipation for a certain movie has run high on the internet for a while. It has been referenced wildly. It has had a great number of icons made for it. Some have been convinced that it will be the awsomest [in internet lingo this is SO a word] thing ever, others that it will be stupider than a donkey who has just become professor of Stupid at an online university.

But enough about Snakes on a Plane. Time for me to talk about V for Vendetta. Spoilers within.

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...I just know they're going to butcher Cyclops' character.

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It's been a while since I wrote. I wanted to write on my birthday (14 of April), but didn't. Oh, well. I turned 21, and not much else happened.

I'm studying semi-hard for my English exam. I try to put in a lot of reading and then some breaks, and so far, I think it's working. I suddenly know a lot more about phonology than I did before I started. I hope it'll go okay. (Note to self: Write the teacher an e-mail and ask about set-up for exam answers.)

I went to see Kingdom of Heaven with Hilde yesterday, and this is what I thought:

Although it was horribly historically incorrect, I thought it was quite good.

What was historically incorrect? Well, for one thing, Guy de Lusignan was never a Templar. By all accounts, he and Sibylla had a rather good marriage. The throne passed to their son after the King died, not directly to Guy. And even if you ignore that King Baldwin should be dead when this movie took place, he should at least be blind and lack both arms and legs. Balian and Sibylla most likely never had a relationship, partly, I'm sure, because Balian's wife and child were very much alive.

I'm really quite upset about how the Templars were portrayed. They pretty much kept the peace before Reynald de Chatillon became their leader. Here, they were just fanatics.

What strikes me about Orlando Bloom is that he's actually a pretty good actor, as long as he doesn't talk. Here, he managed to say a lot in the beginning with just his eyes and the hammer striking steel, but once he starts talking with his voice, the performance drops a few degrees.

Eva Green didn't get to show off much. Her scenes were apparently edited out so much, and the character suffered for it.

However (excuse my bout of fangirlishness): Sid (Alexander Siddig/Siddig el Fadil) had a pretty big role! And he was good!

Ghassan Massoud (Saladin) was fantastic. He did credit to the character.

In fact, there were solid performances all over, except Bloom when he was talking and Green towards the end.

Recommended - but don't expect a historically correct account. That would really be too much to ask for a two-and-a-half hour movie - the situation was far too complex. A six-part TV series, perhaps.

And now for the scary news: I cut my hair today. One decade of having hair down to the middle of my back, and I cut it so it only reaches my chin. This is definitely going to take some getting used to. I hope Kjersti doesn't read this - I want to see her face when she comes home from Wales and sees me. (Meh, I doubt she reads it.)

Peace out.

My father loved The Incredibles. Go figure.

Why do they persist in calling him John Constantine? Why not change his name to Charlie Badd? Everything else is changed!

Right, I know the answer to that. They want to attract those of us who has to see the movie just because it's Conjob. And the title of it is Constantine, so changing his name now would be a bad idea.

Still. Our favourite scouser Silk Cut-smoking yellow trenchcoat-wearing antihero mage is going to be a dark-haired American in L.A., charging around with his holy shotgun to avenge a friend. He probably even smokes Camels. Cue fanboy (and fangirl) anger.

Quote: In response to the letter introducing the game where you name all actors who could play Constantine before you get to Keanu Reeves, the SFX staff said:

"You forgot Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. We're still arguing about Tinky-Winky."