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[green_queen]

Uh. This is last night's entry that I forgot to post. Have it now instead. Whoops.

My cousin just sent me a Facebook invitation to go to Morocco in June. LOL. Also, WHO STOLE MY SUMMER???? It's WINTER conditions here right now. Not fair! As if Canberra isn't cold enough the rest of the year.

Plastic!Winchester Theatre 4.07.

Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Talk Snogging for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rupert Grint Talks Deathly Hallows, First Footage from Cherrybomb Now Online.

Summer Glau to guest on Big Bang Theory. As herself.

Stars of the Whedonverse - a retreospective leading up to Dollhouse, except they put up a photo of Kelly instead of Nick.

Dollhouse:
Alan AND Felicia will be on Dollhouse!!
Joss Whedon Moves Sex Into 'Dollhouse' - YouTube clip.
Joss Whedon just wants to be loved. We love you!
Joss Whedon Q&A.
Joss Whedon Plays Dollhouse.
Joss Whedon & Tahmoh Penikett: Breaking the Dollhouse Part 2.
Joss & Tahmoh at NYCC: write-up, YouTube video, interviews. Tahmoh is SO SWEET.
Dollhouse Is Stretching Eliza Dushku's Acting Ability.
Countdown to Dollhouse: Amy Acker.
Harry Lennix interview.
Jonatha Brooke talks theme song. I keep feeling like her name is unfinished.
Behind-the-scenes photos.
Dollhouse Week on Zap2it.
Reviews: Sepinwall (mixed), Televisionary Blog (negative).

ack_attack made Lost & cast icons.

Tonight I saw Soldier's Girl

This was a tough movie to watch, but Lee Pace was absolutely outstanding as Calpernia - sweet and strong and vulnerable at the same time. I can't be sure, obviously, not having been there, but the film felt like the story wasn't tidied up or altered much for the film. Everything was very urgent and real, and the motives and dialogue of the characters could be ugly and ineloquent. Whether it was due to budget constraints or intent, those touches lent the film a sense of reality and urgency that worked well. The romantic scenes were very sweet without being overdone. I felt like none of the other actors were quite as good as Lee, though.

One thing I did feel, though, was that this movie also accurately portrayed the kinds of guys the army sometimes attracts that perpetrate these crimes - they're non too bright, and they're fond of violence. This is probably going to be a wildly unpopular opinion, and obviously I don't mean that everyone in the army infantry is an isolated sociopath like the two men who killed Troy Garity, but I am saying that being paid to be violent for your country attracts those kinds of people. The 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is completely ridiculous (as is pointed out in one of the clunkier scenes of the movie) and the army needs to do a lot better to offer good people in the army who don't fit the straight, white, macho, male mould better protection.

SPOILERS FROM HERE ON:

I read some of the boards about this movie that were discussing the sentencing of the character played by Shawn Hatosy, and how he deserved much longer as a conspirator to the crime. The way they portrayed it in the movie, I think he needs mental health care MUCH more. He got the kid to kill Barry in order to feed his own need for that wartime scenario he craved, the need for love and attention, and I'm not sure if he was even fully, consciously aware that he was doing it. From the kid's end it was a hate crime, no question, but I didn't get that from the movie with the other guy.

Anyway, pretty confronting movie.

3.5 out of 5



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[padabee.livejournal.com]

Summer Glau to guest on Big Bang Theory. As herself.
Awesome!

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

I keep feeling like her name is unfinished.

I snorted laughter.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

It's true! And not just her first name. I keep thinking her last name should be 'Brooks' and it's also missing a bit.

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

I totally get it! My familiarity with my own name makes it difficult for me to type the name 'Mario' without automatically adding an 'n' to it. (I also have difficulties with Ken Marino.)

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

There's a word or a name I always mistype, but I can't remember what it is right now. I add something to it.

Jonatha is not exactly a common name, either.