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Okay, I'm still computer-less and fixing the old one is starting to look very difficult. It's also kind of a dinosaur, so I may be better off just getting a new one, although as I also need new glasses and have roughly no money whatsoever, I don't know how that's going to happen. Also, I have no Photoshop, which is a major issues for the million or so LIMS contests I'm in. Woe.
For anyone interested in the Campaign for Civil Unions, we now have a Facebook group, and we will soon have a website. There is also a new way that ANYONE IN AUSTRALIA can help.
We're currently doing a petition to pass the bill unaltered that we are going to give to a senator in about 5 weeks' time to present to the Senate. We need as many signatures as we can get, and they can be from ANYWHERE in Australia. We need people to actually sign copies of the petition, so PLEASE e-mail me if you're interested and I can send you copies for you and your friends to sign.
Even if there's only one signature, it's one more towards our goal, and we appreciate every one.
In fandom news, Fox is forgoing a pilot for Dollhouse in favour of building a set, which...hopefully bodes well? (Can you figure out which fandom I'm most excited about right now?)
Wife out and about. Bad dress, pretty wife.
The cool cats over at starDOM got a kick-ass interview.
Jane Espenson & Tom Lenk weigh in on gay themes in scifi. I think the fact that there's no openly gay characters on BSG (Cain excluded) speaks more about the 'verse they've created than the fact that theoretically it wouldn't be a problem. This article is so soft-core, it's all about how, in theory, homosexuality is fine in a diverse future...but not worth actually talking about.
I am so tempted to do top fives :S
Seen a few movies.
The Shaggy Dog
God-awful. Avoid at all costs. Actually being attacked by a rabid dog would be preferable to this dreck. I am disappointed in Robert Downey Jr. for even considering appearing in it.
(Though, okay, I stupidly laughed every time somebody threw something while Tim Allen was in the middle of a sentence and he went to fetch.)
1 out of 5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
My sister and I saw this to make her feel better, as sort of easy viewing. It was actually much better than I expected, because I expected another cheap Harry Potter kiddie fantasy knock-off, but the plot and characterisation were actually pretty good. Freddie Highmore was charming in his dual role as twins, investing each of them with their own personality, although his American accent was less convincing than his Irish sister's. The ending was twee and painful, but it was a decent romp until that point, the effects were good, and it was an enjoyable enough hour and a half.
Minor gripe: why is Spiderwick's daughter American at the start of the film and British at the end, having never left her house? ILLOGICAL.
3 out of 5
Lars and the Real Girl
Mitchell and I thought Grindhouse was on, so we went to see it and discovered a) it doesn't start until Thursday and b) we had ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. I was able to see the movie free because I'd joined the club and my card had been punched to the point where I got a free movie, but Mitchell should've still had to pay. We wanted to see Lars and the Real Girl, though, and the guy behind the counter was like 'Yeah, just let them in for free.' WOOT!
Lars and the Real Girl has one of those indie movie premises that are instantly intriguing, mostly just because you wonder how they're going to pull it off. If that's what you're wondering, know that Lars and the Real Girl pulls it off brilliantly. There's a slightly-too-optimistic streak to the movie, but it's sweet and affecting without being twee, and Ryan Gosling puts in a great performance that's supported really well, particularly by Emily Mortimer as his pregnant sister-in-law and Patricia Clarkson, who is the grounding influence the movie needs. Lars's issues are brought to the fore when he 'falls in love' with a sex doll he's bought. The relationship Lars creates with 'Bianca' actually creates the movie's drama - it's the rest of the town's relationships with her that create the comedy, and the laughs are unexpectedly clever and funny. The film manages to pull back from becoming too ridiculous, and the soundtrack and cinematography are good - like Away From Her, this movie makes another character out of the landscape, which echoes the characters' emotions.
Where this movie falls down is in its determination to keep things quirky. I felt like people had just gotten into a rhythm of natural behaviour and then something silly would come up (like the hung teddy bear) to kind of pull me out of that natural feeling. I felt like the emotions worked much better when the 'indie quirkiness' was kept to a minimum - the concept and setting were already indie-quirky enough without having the characters quirk it up. Still, good stuff.
4 out of 5
What would Jesus do?
Green Queen
For anyone interested in the Campaign for Civil Unions, we now have a Facebook group, and we will soon have a website. There is also a new way that ANYONE IN AUSTRALIA can help.
We're currently doing a petition to pass the bill unaltered that we are going to give to a senator in about 5 weeks' time to present to the Senate. We need as many signatures as we can get, and they can be from ANYWHERE in Australia. We need people to actually sign copies of the petition, so PLEASE e-mail me if you're interested and I can send you copies for you and your friends to sign.
Even if there's only one signature, it's one more towards our goal, and we appreciate every one.
In fandom news, Fox is forgoing a pilot for Dollhouse in favour of building a set, which...hopefully bodes well? (Can you figure out which fandom I'm most excited about right now?)
Wife out and about. Bad dress, pretty wife.
The cool cats over at starDOM got a kick-ass interview.
Jane Espenson & Tom Lenk weigh in on gay themes in scifi. I think the fact that there's no openly gay characters on BSG (Cain excluded) speaks more about the 'verse they've created than the fact that theoretically it wouldn't be a problem. This article is so soft-core, it's all about how, in theory, homosexuality is fine in a diverse future...but not worth actually talking about.
I am so tempted to do top fives :S
Seen a few movies.
The Shaggy Dog
God-awful. Avoid at all costs. Actually being attacked by a rabid dog would be preferable to this dreck. I am disappointed in Robert Downey Jr. for even considering appearing in it.
(Though, okay, I stupidly laughed every time somebody threw something while Tim Allen was in the middle of a sentence and he went to fetch.)
1 out of 5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
My sister and I saw this to make her feel better, as sort of easy viewing. It was actually much better than I expected, because I expected another cheap Harry Potter kiddie fantasy knock-off, but the plot and characterisation were actually pretty good. Freddie Highmore was charming in his dual role as twins, investing each of them with their own personality, although his American accent was less convincing than his Irish sister's. The ending was twee and painful, but it was a decent romp until that point, the effects were good, and it was an enjoyable enough hour and a half.
Minor gripe: why is Spiderwick's daughter American at the start of the film and British at the end, having never left her house? ILLOGICAL.
3 out of 5
Lars and the Real Girl
Mitchell and I thought Grindhouse was on, so we went to see it and discovered a) it doesn't start until Thursday and b) we had ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. I was able to see the movie free because I'd joined the club and my card had been punched to the point where I got a free movie, but Mitchell should've still had to pay. We wanted to see Lars and the Real Girl, though, and the guy behind the counter was like 'Yeah, just let them in for free.' WOOT!
Lars and the Real Girl has one of those indie movie premises that are instantly intriguing, mostly just because you wonder how they're going to pull it off. If that's what you're wondering, know that Lars and the Real Girl pulls it off brilliantly. There's a slightly-too-optimistic streak to the movie, but it's sweet and affecting without being twee, and Ryan Gosling puts in a great performance that's supported really well, particularly by Emily Mortimer as his pregnant sister-in-law and Patricia Clarkson, who is the grounding influence the movie needs. Lars's issues are brought to the fore when he 'falls in love' with a sex doll he's bought. The relationship Lars creates with 'Bianca' actually creates the movie's drama - it's the rest of the town's relationships with her that create the comedy, and the laughs are unexpectedly clever and funny. The film manages to pull back from becoming too ridiculous, and the soundtrack and cinematography are good - like Away From Her, this movie makes another character out of the landscape, which echoes the characters' emotions.
Where this movie falls down is in its determination to keep things quirky. I felt like people had just gotten into a rhythm of natural behaviour and then something silly would come up (like the hung teddy bear) to kind of pull me out of that natural feeling. I felt like the emotions worked much better when the 'indie quirkiness' was kept to a minimum - the concept and setting were already indie-quirky enough without having the characters quirk it up. Still, good stuff.
4 out of 5
What would Jesus do?
Green Queen
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I just thought it was a brilliant, beautiful film, and wish that Ryan Gosling had gotten more recognition for his performance.
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I loved Lars so much! And then at the end I was balling my eyes out like a little baby. But felt much better when I heard sniffles coming from other areas of the cinema!