HOW COULD I FORGET
Dec. 6th, 2010 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I watched part of that film with Sean Bean fighting sloths and zombies in primeval times that aren't actually primeval because, of course, zombies are all that is left after civilisation has collapsed. Well, of course, there are some incredibly annoying non-zombie people living in a community with two rather unappealing looking heroes. GOD, I THOUGHT I COULD WATCH ANYTHING BUT THIS...THIS DEFEATED ME. I imagine Mr. Bean was paid handsomely for appearing on set for about two days but he should feel deep, deep shame. Even going by his often low standards this set new lows. THE AGONY. About the only thing that would make me watch the end is if someone promised me that everyone was eaten by a giant sloth that feasted on their hearts.
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1. I read the Percy Jackson series at the recommendation of a student. They were surprisingly fun, though that kid has worse luck than Hercules. I think I will buy the follow ons which have the gods with Roman names.
2. I watched Centurion, with the killer Picts facing off against the Romans. I always imagine the Romans spent one afternoon in Scotland, retreated at the cold and build Hadrian's Wall in a feverish attempt to cut down on wind chill
3. Have enjoyed Lost Girl. It's one of those lovely series where I like everyone except the people I am supposed to hate. V. soothing.
4. Let my shaming Merlin addiction run its course. It was fun, but I don't think I am quite cured yet. THE SHAME. THE SHAME.
Also:
1. I read the Percy Jackson series at the recommendation of a student. They were surprisingly fun, though that kid has worse luck than Hercules. I think I will buy the follow ons which have the gods with Roman names.
2. I watched Centurion, with the killer Picts facing off against the Romans. I always imagine the Romans spent one afternoon in Scotland, retreated at the cold and build Hadrian's Wall in a feverish attempt to cut down on wind chill
3. Have enjoyed Lost Girl. It's one of those lovely series where I like everyone except the people I am supposed to hate. V. soothing.
4. Let my shaming Merlin addiction run its course. It was fun, but I don't think I am quite cured yet. THE SHAME. THE SHAME.
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Date: 2010-12-07 04:31 am (UTC)Oh, Sean, why can't you sign contracts sober?
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Date: 2010-12-07 04:57 am (UTC)1. I liked the Percy Jackson series, too, and now I'm waiting to get the first book of the next series from the library. (I was also able to have some fun conversations about the series with one of the 5th graders at my school. He was very excited when he discovered I had read them.)
2. I love your explanation for Hadrian's Wall. I might have to teach that as a fact to my 9th graders when we reach that point in the World History class and see if they actually believe me.
3. I haven't watched Lost Girl, but I have been enjoying reading people's commentary on it.
4. Give it a little more time. You'll be able to find the strength to fight the addiction.
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Date: 2010-12-07 05:20 am (UTC)Percy Jackson was great entertainment. Just about the level of fiction I can read at this moment of time.
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Date: 2010-12-07 05:09 am (UTC)Lost Girl is just such fun.
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Date: 2010-12-07 05:11 am (UTC)3. it is sort of shiny and fluffy.
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Date: 2010-12-07 05:46 am (UTC)cutecool save-the-day moments.It better be epic when it's finally revealed, is all I'm saying. They've draggggged.
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Date: 2010-12-07 03:33 pm (UTC)This show is so confused. The main character is Merlin, so surely we should be on the magic-users side. And Uther is sometimes the bad guy. But people who hate Uther are also bad guys. And not in a moral-ambiguity kind of way, just in a wait-what-were-we-doing-here? kind of way. Does not make sense.
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Date: 2010-12-07 08:22 pm (UTC)I enjoy the show though - even the not v. good episodes. Maybe it's the castle. It adds a certain grandeur to even the dumbest story. Also I love hating Morgana. She's such a parody of an evil aristocrat that I always expect the French revolution to break out at any moment.
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Date: 2010-12-08 03:32 am (UTC)Hahaha! :)