Sleepy linkspam
Aug. 16th, 2013 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalYou guys. I have been super-tired lately, partly because I've been super-busy at work. So last night I was falling asleep on the sofa at, like, 8:30 and I was like, "Maybe instead of sleeping on the sofa, I should just go to bed? EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 8:30." So I did. And I figured I'd be up at 4am or something and be wide awake. NOPE. I slept until my alarm went off at 7:30 the next morning. I SLEPT ELEVEN HOURS. And I am still tired.
Anyway.
* I've never read Flowers in the Attic, but I am excited to see Kiernan Shipka getting work outside of Mad Men.
* Laura Prepon will be a much smaller part of Orange is the New Black in season 2. I don't dislike Prepon or anything, but I don't think this is a bad thing. AT ALL.
* I love this article on its own merits - an attempt to determine the greatest musical ever - but I especially love it for the way that professional writers and legit theater people are agonizing over these choices and basically approaching the entire thing like fangirls on the internet choosing their favorite episode of Buffy. "Green: So let’s each pick six. Ephron: That’s impossible! Oh. I feel such pain when I get to 4, 5, and 6." And then: "Wolfe: I cannot live with that. I can’t live with West Side Story not being among the finalists." Also, now I want to sit and think about what my favorite musicals have in common (er, high body counts?) and what that says about me... (uh...)
* Rob Reiner did a sort of live commentary on The Princess Bride. I had no idea there were people inside the ROUSes!
* A very excellent and thought-provoking argument against the Strong Female Character. It pretty much NAILS what bothered me about Peggy Carter in Captain America, which I could never quite put my finger on (and why I'm eager to see the Agent Carter short in which she's the star, not Cap).
* Here's a look at why Agents of SHIELD needs to succeed and why that might be a challenge.
* An interesting examination of the clone science in Orphan Black and its real-world relevance.
* LMAO! South Korea basically made shippy Sherlock/Watson vids as actual ads for the actual show Sherlock. IT IS HILARIOUS.
Anyway.
* I've never read Flowers in the Attic, but I am excited to see Kiernan Shipka getting work outside of Mad Men.
* Laura Prepon will be a much smaller part of Orange is the New Black in season 2. I don't dislike Prepon or anything, but I don't think this is a bad thing. AT ALL.
* I love this article on its own merits - an attempt to determine the greatest musical ever - but I especially love it for the way that professional writers and legit theater people are agonizing over these choices and basically approaching the entire thing like fangirls on the internet choosing their favorite episode of Buffy. "Green: So let’s each pick six. Ephron: That’s impossible! Oh. I feel such pain when I get to 4, 5, and 6." And then: "Wolfe: I cannot live with that. I can’t live with West Side Story not being among the finalists." Also, now I want to sit and think about what my favorite musicals have in common (er, high body counts?) and what that says about me... (uh...)
* Rob Reiner did a sort of live commentary on The Princess Bride. I had no idea there were people inside the ROUSes!
* A very excellent and thought-provoking argument against the Strong Female Character. It pretty much NAILS what bothered me about Peggy Carter in Captain America, which I could never quite put my finger on (and why I'm eager to see the Agent Carter short in which she's the star, not Cap).
* Here's a look at why Agents of SHIELD needs to succeed and why that might be a challenge.
* An interesting examination of the clone science in Orphan Black and its real-world relevance.
* LMAO! South Korea basically made shippy Sherlock/Watson vids as actual ads for the actual show Sherlock. IT IS HILARIOUS.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2013 04:07 am (UTC)I didn't dislike her in flashbacks, but I very much disliked her in the present. If Alex is gone, I might like S2 better.
A very excellent and thought-provoking argument against the Strong Female Character.
I read that, and agreed so hard. Yeah, if your female character is just "strong" there's probably something wrong. And you never hear male characters described as "strong characters".
LMAO! South Korea basically made shippy Sherlock/Watson vids as actual ads for the actual show Sherlock. IT IS HILARIOUS.
Oh man. You should see the ones they made for Hannibal. Hannibal is surrounded by actual SPARKLES.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2013 06:44 pm (UTC)ETA: Ahh, I'm told they were jailed together at a different point but not in Danbury.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2013 06:49 pm (UTC)eta: I see next_to_normal got there before me, lol.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2013 06:54 pm (UTC)Anyway, I can see the point of compressing it 'for drama' but I'm not interested in Piper/Alex overwhelming the show (or the fandom) either, so I certainly wouldn't mind Alex having a smaller role going forward.