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| Turns out, I don't really have much to say about Doctor Strange. It was very entertaining (like the Avengers & Iron Man), didn't make me rage about its treatment of women (unlike Ant Man and Guardians of the Galaxy), and didn't feel pointless (unlike Civil War). It did often feel like a Star Wars rip off (they even used the phrase 'seduced by the dark'), but not in a bad way. I do have to say though, Ve & Hattrick would not have been here for the shitty makeup on the bad guys:  Seriously, you must have a had a huge budget, you couldn't have made that look less fake? Purple was a bad color choice, and it's soooooo obvious that it's just painted on his (clearly still intact) skin. There was one scene where he teared up, and I legitimately wasn't sure if he was supposed to do that, or if his makeup was just making his eyes water. | |
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY amyofaquitaine!!! As a birthday present, and as mentioned on your LJ, here are my answers to the letter meme that I agreed to do... In January. Oh well, better late than never. Comment saying you want a letter, and then after I give you one, write about ten things you like which start with that letter.( I was given the letter H!Collapse )Answer to last Monday's song: Because of You, by 98 Degrees. Appropriately enough, amyofaquitaine got this one right! - Tags:batman, birthday, disney, fullmetal alchemist, harry potter, heather, lotr, memes, monster high, star wars, the hobbit
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| Happy Star Wars day, everyone! May the Fourth be with you. :) Andrew and I celebrated by watching Return of the Jedi, cause that one's my favorite. Between the two of us, I think we own three different versions of the Original Trilogy, so this time we watched the original theatrical version. Answer to last Saturday's song: A Girl Worth Fighting For, from Mulan. wizardelfgirl got this one right! | |
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| So, after carefully reviewing my Star Wars figure collection, I have decided that I do not own, but would like to own:
1. A better looking Leia, preferably in her classic white dress. Because the one I have (in Ewok Villiage dress) looks like a man. An ugly man. And they must make a Leia with the cinnamon bun hair, right? Or in the gold bikini? Or one from Empire? Something.
2. An ewok. It doesn't have to be Wicket W. Warrick, but he would be the first choice, because can you name any of the other ewoks? I can't. Wait... Weewoo? There's one named something like that. Weeloo? Eh, whatever.
3. A stormtrooper. I have a clone trooper, and three battle droids, but nothing beats a classic storm trooper.
4. I've always wanted Elan Sleazebaggano (no, I am not making that name up) and Adi Gallia, but they're pretty obscure and rare, so I don't have high hopes for those.
ETA: I looked it up, the ewok I was thinking of is named Paploo. I was... almost close? | |
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK HAMILL!!!
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| Ok, this whole marketing campaign for the new Clone Wars movie is really annoying me. I have no problem with them making the movie itself (Ok, I have a little problem, because um, didn't we already go over the events of the Clone Wars? I'm pretty sure we did.) but they're marketing it to five year olds, at the expense of the rest of us.
I just saw an ad where Anakin handed a toy to a kid. There's one or two where they glorify the Clone Troopers. Did these people see Revenge of the Sith? Did they miss the part where the Clone Troopers become the Storm Troopers, and were more or less under Palpatine's control the entire time? And Anakin + kids = NO. He killed the younglings, remember?
I realize that this movie is geared toward kids more than any of the other Star Wars things were, but it would be nice if they remembered that they have a large number of older fans too. And, you know, stop lauding the Clone Troopers. Being one of those is not exactly what should be high on a kid's career list. | |
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| Happy Birthday to L. Frank Baum today, and George Lucas yesterday!!! | |
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| Why is watching movies on TV so much better than watching them on video?
I'm watching Attack of the Clones right now, even though I own it on tape and could watch it without commercials whenever I want, and it's just... so much more satisfying.
Is this just me, or does anyone else do/feel this?
P.S. I quite enjoy this movie, but it's really very bad. | |
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE SKYWALKER!!!
According to the Star Wars Homing Beacon that I just read, George Lucas said that he started writing the very first draft of The Star Wars (the original title) on April 17, 1973. Thus, Luke's birthday was technically yesterday, but I just read the thing ten minutes ago has a date.
It didn't say anything about Leia or Han or anyone else, but Luke was definately in the first draft, with the name Skywalker, even. (It was later changed to Starkiller, and then back again).
And this is why most people won't watch Star Wars movies with me. I know far too much trivia about them, and I have trouble shutting up. | |
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| Today is not only the birthday of Billy Dee Williams, but also the day that the North Pole was discovered, way back in 1898.
So, Happy Birthday Lando, and thank you Admiral Peary! | |
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