There are four columns of lonely women in here...*

[bending_sickle]

I watched Nightmare on Elm Street and was distinctly not blown away. Well, Unexpected Johnny Depp was unexpected. But I wasn't afraid of the concept or the dream sequences or even Freddy - only getting tense in one or two spots - so it didn't work as a horror movie for me. I don't know, maybe I need more emotion in my horror, not just Argh, slashing!** Blooooood! Still, it was a good film and yes, I'll be checking out the other ones, using queenanthai's recommendations as a guide. (If I recall correctly - and I have to check the made_of_fail_pc episode - she said that film 3 and 7 were good. There may have been others, and some that should be avoided at all costs...)

I watched the trailer for the remake afterwards, and I have to say, I rather like the look of it. (queenanthai will have my guts for garters for saying that...) I think I will be watching this remake because 1) Jackie Earle Haley and 2) Thomas Decker, with extra points for 3) Katie Cassidy.

I do have one major complaint, though. DO NOT make me feel sympathetic towards the pedophilic kidnapping, torturing, murdering, serial-killing bastard. Just no. I do not want to feel sorry for him or identify with him or even understand that hey, yeah, twisted sons of mothers can still be scared when the mob with pitchforks and gasoline comes after them. You can make me root for the villain when he's all supernatural and dead, but don't pull that crap on me. *feels so dirty and upset* Although I suppose I have to give kudos to Jackie Earle Haley for breaking my heart in two sentences. Damn he's good.

So because I'm on a JEH roll, discovering that holy shit on stilts is he a good actor, I've started watching the show Human Target, where he's a secondary character (they say hired gunman but he was more hired laptop). It sucks. Oh my gods, I could not get behind that pilot. It had like 20 minutes of fight scenes throughout the episode and it actually had me rolling my eyes with a Get on with it feel. Why get on with it? Because I didn't give a rat's about the main character. Why was that? Because the pilot didn't do what pilots are supposed to do, which is introduce the characters first, make me care about them first, before going on with the story of the week. However, I'm going to stick around for the second episode because I did like JEH's character and the other secondary character, played by Chi McBride. JEH's character reminded me of Nikita's Birkoff although I have no idea why (apart from the computer-savy glass-wearing bits). And now I miss Birkoff and the whole Nikita gang. :(

Continuing the JEH trend (as well as the Can't possibly do anything useful at all trend), I've got Little Children (trailer) to watch, because I was watching clips of it last night and lost count of the number of times JEH's acting made my jaw drop. (Also, Patrick Wilson i.e. Night Owl 2 is in it, so more squee!) So emotionally disturbing and/or heart-breaking material, here I come! (It's making me think of The Woodsman (trailer), which was a brilliant film, if a little heart-breaking.)

ETA: Human Target is a Fox show. Want to take bets on how long it lasts? Bastards. Making me wait two weeks for the Dollhouse finale just makes them that much more of a bastard.


Meme - 30 Days - Day 02 - Your Favorite Movie:

Again, this thing with the favorites, I can't do it. However, I utterly lovelovelove and have rewatched a number of times Shaun of the Dead (always funny!) and Love, Actually (stop making me cry!). One of my most loved Disney films is Robin Hood (he's foxy, yo!). I also know too much of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by heart to not mention it here. Reservoir Dogs is also a movie that leaves me 0.0 every time and I love it for it. The cartoon versions of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Hobbit own my child-heart.

Previously

Day 01 → Your favorite song

Coming Soon

Coming Soon:
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy


Videos of the Day: Mika's "Blame It On the Girls" and "We Are Golden" ; Tim Minchin's "If I Didn't Have You" and "Angry (Feet)"

Too funny, can't breathe!


Links of the Day:

Doctor Who:
greensilver's Torchwood Fanvid The Railroad House (Jack/Ianto)
A famous blue police box is saved from destruction by Doctor Who fans

Supernatural:
hoodie_time's Fanfic recs: Sleep-deprived Dean
mata090680's Icons

Life on Mars:
obfreak's Fanvid Breaking the Habit

Watchmen:
watmen_lulz's Dat ass!

Random Fandom:
kimmy_dreamer's Picspam Come and Join the Dark Side: Top 5 TV Villains
Wiki's Demons (TV) - Six-parter with Philip Glenister ; Fragments (film) ; All The King's Men (film)

Random:
Olga Nunes' gorgeous post on cat Zoe, who is dying
Shades of Caruso's Large List of Music Recs
PhD Comic: Dear News Media... - Poll-smashing by someone with basic statistics knowledge.
Rugy Team All Blacks's Haka (traditional Maori Intimidation Dance)


* Little Children
** I'm now imagining a horror film where the characters get paired together in slashy-as-in-sex ways in some sort of meta mess... That doesn't really make sense, does it?