New layout! :)

[elisi]

And it is very shiny indeed! I asked kathyh to make me a 'Being Human' banner, and now I just want to sit and stare at it instead of getting anything done...

(Saying goodbye to my AtF header reminded me that I really ought to write something about AtF, since I *adored* the ending. I need more hours in the day - or maybe a nanny and a cleaner. And speaking of comics then I think I've finally had enough of season 8. I'm not even annoyed anymore, just bored. Episode I bored.)

Also - Watchmen (movie) links:

Review by selenak and Thoughts on why Laurie is important.

Review by Roger Ebert, which goes into a lot of the stuff I've been pondering. Very deep but excellent.

ETA: LJ has done its icon-swap thing for this post. It *ought* to be Kaylee, but really... isn't.

Comments

[calturner.livejournal.com]

Ooh, very, very nice! So pretty. *sigh*

My copy of AtF arrived yesterday, but I haven't had time to read it yet. S8 hasn't really done it for me for a while. I'm still buying and reading at the moment, but I don't think I will be for much longer.

[elisi]

Your icon! *laughs and laughs* What a fabulous show... *deep sigh* (If you want to snag the banner please do! Sharing is good.)

My copy of AtF arrived yesterday, but I haven't had time to read it yet.
Endings are very important, and I think AtF got it just right! And season 8 should be re-named as 'The Emperor's New Clothes' imho.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Great new layout. Love the banner, wonderful work!

I gave up on Season Eight quite a while ago, and haven't regretted it at all!

[elisi]

Love the banner, wonderful work!
Gorgeous indeed. I just want to pick Mitchell up and hug him!

I gave up on Season Eight quite a while ago, and haven't regretted it at all!
Now why does that not surprise me? ;)

[shapinglight]

Haven't seen the Watchmen movie yet. Read the book many years ago and loved it. Have yet to see an Alan Moore adaptation that worked, though.

[elisi]

The verdict from fans of the comic is that it is a very faithful adaptation that works rather well. I'd certainly recommend it - it works very well as a film, and made me want to go read the comic to delve even deeper.

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

You have caught the bug, ms elisi. Sorry to but in, but I agree the only good comic based movies are 300, and Batman Begins. Know I just want to warn you Alan Moore's more recent Lost Girls...well. It's pretty art, but lots and lots of sex in every way possible. It's the work I can't read. It's based on Alice in Wonderland, Dorthory of Oz, and Wendy of Peter Pan, in very naughty ways. It even has Dorthory "being" with the tin man, and includes incest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

Oops tin man and lion.

[elisi]

I'll stick with Watchmen then! *avoids everything else*

[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

The ending of AtF, sigh. I'll keep it vague to not spoil anyone, but the end of issue #16. *bursts into flail-y tears* It was so damn perfect, which made #18 so much worse.

I know not of this 'Being Human' series. But it's pretty.

I am one of the five comic book fans who didn't like Watchmen when I read it (seriously, I couldn't finish it), so I can't justify spending the $10 to see it in theaters. There are too many other films I am dying to see this summer. (OMG HBP! And the new Transformers!!!!1!! And an Wolverine!!! *insert squeals of geeker joy*) I am alarmingly shallow in my movie choices. I want the shiny, not the serious.

Also, I see Kaylee.

[elisi]

but the end of issue #16. *bursts into flail-y tears* It was so damn perfect, which made #18 so much worse.
Oh the end of #16 indeed! *flails too* Haven't read 18 yet, and am debating whether I want to at all.

I know not of this 'Being Human' series. But it's pretty.
It is a BBC3 drama (only 6 episodes, but it has been given a second season, so we're all waiting for 2010!) about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost who share a house. In Bristol (UK). And it is wonderful. If there is any way in which you can hunt it down, do - it is extremely well written, funny, and - at times - very dark. Oh and the characters are brilliant - OT3 ftw! *does flaily hands*

I am alarmingly shallow in my movie choices. I want the shiny, not the serious.
Hee! Although I admit to being very, very tempted by HBP. The trailer made me squee!

Also, I see Kaylee.
LJ = bizarro land.

[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

Haven't read 18 yet, and am debating whether I want to at all.
I almost wanted to cry for all the wrong reasons when it was over. It made Buffy, Season 8 look like good solid characterization. That aught to give you an idea. Plus the artist made some...unique...clothing choices for Angel. *rolls eyes* I know he's a clothes horse, but seriously.

about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost who share a house.
O.O Oooh! This might have to be on my list of things to dig for.

I admit to being very, very tempted by HBP. The trailer made me squee!
I know. "She only likes you because she thinks you're the Chosen One." "But I am the Chosen One." *thwap* "Kidding, kidding." Give in to temptation. Doo eeet. Although, I will say the books, so much better than the movies. They leave so much out, by necessity.

[elisi]

It made Buffy, Season 8 look like good solid characterization. That aught to give you an idea.
Ouch. Will follow my instincts and give it a miss then!

O.O Oooh! This might have to be on my list of things to dig for.
In three words: Made. Of. Awesome. (I am buying the DVD the *second* it is released!)

"She only likes you because she thinks you're the Chosen One." "But I am the Chosen One."
I keep laughing at that too! *adores Harry* And yes, the books are better (HBP could have done with being a lot shorter imho), but the films certainly have their own charm! :)

[arclevel.livejournal.com]

"Although, I will say the books, so much better than the movies. They leave so much out, by necessity."

I totally, completely, 100% agree with you ... for the first five. See, the movies keep getting better for the things I want from them, though they're still a long, long way from perfect. And then, see, there's this little thing where, um, Ididn'tlikebooks6and7allthatmuch. So even though I obviously haven't seen the last two movies, I have high hopes. And I did enjoy that scene from the trailer. :-)

[debris4spike]

That is a lovely danner - Mitchell was lovely ... although my heart still belongs to a bleached vampire, I wouldn't say "no"!!

[elisi]

Hee! I suppose they're both lovely in their own way. (I have room in my heart for *many* vampires...)

[mrs-underhill.livejournal.com]

OK, you Brits got me officially salivating about Being Human. :) I'll try to hunt it down on the Internets, like I did with Wallace and Gromitt Christmas Special.
After envying you guys for seeing it I was able to find it at some friendly site in glorious HD, and we watched it with our entire family. :)
As for Buffy-8 - I'm so there. I'll drop in for Giles&Faith and give Jana a chance, but that's about it. Not much time left, really, to turn this thing around.

[elisi]

OK, you Brits got me officially salivating about Being Human. :)
Yay! It is totally worth hunting down!

After envying you guys for seeing it I was able to find it at some friendly site in glorious HD, and we watched it with our entire family. :)
You mean Watchmen? I presume no one in the family is under 18? ;)

As for Buffy-8 - I'm so there.
It just goes on and on and on and on, and it's not even worth for the crack anymore. Although I'm sure I heard something about 40 issues, which, if that's true, means that it's just gone past the half-way point...

[mrs-underhill.livejournal.com]

You mean Watchmen?
No, Wallace & Gromitt Christmas special. :) All you Brits were raving about it, and I was able to find it eventually. We all loved it.

[elisi]

No, Wallace & Gromitt Christmas special. :)
Ah. Well that makes a lot more sense! *feels stoopid* clearly I need to learn how to read...

Although imho the Wallace & Gromit Christmas special wasn't as good as any of the previous films. (Which doesn't make it bad, btw, I still enjoyed it!)

[mikeygs.livejournal.com]

I'm not even annoyed anymore, just bored. Episode I bored.

The Buffy comics are the new measure for boredom. From now on it'll be "I'm bored. Season 8 bored."

Heh.

Myself, I'm sort of at this admittedly condescending, bemused stage where I wonder how people still take them seriously. After the horrible writing, the obviousness that Allie never actually watched the show and Joss saying he didn't feel obligated to respect them, I just don't get it.

[elisi]

The Buffy comics are the new measure for boredom. From now on it'll be "I'm bored. Season 8 bored."
LOL!

Myself, I'm sort of at this admittedly condescending, bemused stage where I wonder how people still take them seriously.
Oh I've not taken them seriously since... oh the bankrobbing reveal. Not that I ever took them as canon or anything, but before that I kept trying to work out how they were going to make these characters fit with those on the show. After that I realised that they just weren't going to even *try* and just sat back and enjoyed the crack. Except even the crack has become dull. Meh.

[mikeygs.livejournal.com]

Oh I've not taken them seriously since... oh the bankrobbing reveal.

Oh, I haven't taken them seriously...ever really. :P BTVS was a group effort from all involved. I've never believed it was all Joss all the time. David Fury agrees. *is validated*

[elisi]

BTVS was a group effort from all involved. I've never believed it was all Joss all the time. David Fury agrees. *is validated*
SO much yes! I guess in the beginning I was just curious, and thought that at some point they'd make a nod towards continuity and characterisation... suppose I forgot about Joss' crazy pills.