{ a second glance leaves the whole nation in ruins. }

( numb3rswom3n & megan. )

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Last night C4 showed House of Flying Daggers which lacks the overall scope of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but has some interesting visual tropes. I missed it the first time around but the film is divided by seasons. The colour themes are more noticeable in this film than in Crouching Tiger, but there's considerably less use of wire-fu which grounds the action. It's odd because Crouching Tiger uses a lot of wire-fu but the narrative is pretty stable, whilst Flying Daggers is almost more real but has the airy quality of a tragic romance to it. Neither film is as spacious or self-involved as Hero, which works in their favour - but then, Hero is a film about the mind more than the body, so it gets away with it. All three are shamelessly wuxia genre films, but that's the appeal. Beautiful landscapes, beautiful cinematography.

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Unsurprising, I know, but I'd love to see this film. Yeoh, Cheung and Sui in one film? Oiskie. Flying Daggers is dedicated to Sui who was supposed to play the new leader of the underground movement, but died of cervical cancer during production. I only saw the dedication last night. I knew she'd died, I just never knew when.

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When people make icons for episodes as quickly as possible after an episode airs, it makes me laugh. That said, there were a couple of shots in Trust Metric that I loved, so I think I might cap and icon those myself.

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But, see, Amita so far is in a bit of a rut because I don't understand her characterisation outside of Charlie, and right now, there is no her outside Charlie, which is distressing to say the least. But of everyone in the show, Amita is most like water, most able to adapt, and secretly - or so I'd like to think - powerful. So maybe there's more to her than we anticipate, and maybe that's what we should be writing about.

{ how do I hate thee, let me count the ways. }

Hahahahaha, I sort of hate myself? Yeah, I signed up for the next numb3rswriteoff round. WHY DO I DO THESE THINGS? lolz.

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Also, was waiting for a parcel to arrive today and figured that as it was 3pm already, it likely wasn't going to turn up. IT TURNED UP AT 3.30PM. NOW I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO DAYS FOR IT. Goddamn. And! Industrial action starts on Wednesday! So I might not even get it then! FABULOUS, ROYAL MAIL, JUST FABULOUS. I'M REALLY FILLED WITH THE JOYS OF LIFE RIGHT NOW.

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Aaaaand! AND! The Rents keep double-tagging me about how much money is in my account and then not speaking to one another, or, in The Mother's case, not remembering conversations that we've already had. IN SUM: THE DAD IS SUPPOSED TO PUT MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT. Has he done this?

No.

I don't even have the words, really. I'm getting rounded on! On two sides! For something that actually has relatively little to do with me at this stage! WHAT. WHAT. WHAT. I mean, seriously. WHAT. ?!

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I know it doesn't seem like it but that first item way up topside of this post was actually not rage-fuelled. UNLIKE THE REST OF THIS POST. Also? Moonlight is shit.