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[green_queen]

First off: go join fs_lims. It's a 'Farscape' lims contest, they need more contestants, and Farscape is pretty, so it'll be worth your while.

Meme time.

TV MEME! Empire Magazine's list of the 50 Best TV shows.
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Post your answers.


50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars (UK)
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica ('03)
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

I have Supernatural downloaded but I am too tired to watch tonight. I'll do it tomorrow.

Today I saw Milk

I don't know if I'm in the right frame of mind to review this properly yet, but I've decided not to put off reviews because I have a tendency to forget, so here I go. 'Milk' was really good, but I'm biased because of my minor personal involvement with gay rights activism. This movie upset me so much that I had to watch 'The Broken Hearts Club' when I got home just to cheer myself up, and I have a feeling the feelings and thoughts I came out of the movie with will stay with me for days.

First off: pretty much everyone in this movie is on top form. Sean Penn, whom I usually consider to be humourless and overrated, is fantastic. I love Harvey Milk because he greets overwhelming adversity with optimism and charm, but doesn't waver in his convictions. I now really want to see 'The Times of Harvey Milk'. James Franco is fantastic, sweet and a little sad as his romantic interest, and Emile Hirsch is fierce as Cleve Jones. Also, I found Josh Brolin to be excellent as Milk's co-worker and murderer, Dan White. Diego Luna was mostly just crazy, though, and I thought that without further explanation his role was about the only thing I wasn't so fond of in this movie.

It was gorgeously shot, which I suppose one would expect from Gus Van Sant, and it was long but it didn't feel like it. I thought the pacing was mostly very good, and the ending was very emotional.

Here's what got me: these guys were fighting a proposition to repeal laws discriminating against gays. Thirty years on and the fight for gay rights in America has moved forwards only in incriments. It's frustrating and sad. The timing of this movie couldn't be better, what with Proposition 8 passing so recently in America. And while equality has nearly been achieved in many countries, there still isn't the true equality that should exist in any democratic country with separation of church and state. 'Milk', to me, isn't as beautiful or note-perfect as 'Brokeback Mountain', but I found it much more affecting for being true.

4.5 out of 5

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Comments

[kilted.livejournal.com]

You've never seen any Arrested Development? It's really great...

I still need to see 'Milk'... arg.