{ also: I wish people I'm not flisted with would stop asking for my email address. }

[delga]

Garrett Dillahunt! Mister, you are getting to be everywhere!

So, about 25 mins in there is this EXCELLENT scene where human!Dillahunt has come home after a police interrogation, and terminator!Dillahunt comes to find him and kill him. And for most of the scene you can only see terminator!Dillahunt's face until they step infront of the mirror and you can see both of them. Human!Dillahunt's mouth is wide open in terror and the terminator imitates him. It's so weird! And inappropriately hilarious!

AND THEN TERMINATOR SMASHES HUMAN'S HEAD INTO THE MIRROR!

And all this time, terminator!Dillahunt is still pulling faces at himself in the looking glass! INSANE. THIS SHOW IS INSANE.

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I actually wrote the above on Sunday. So.

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Taken! I was completely into this show when it first aired but like most things, BBC stuck it on BBC2 at a godforsaken hour and I never got to see the conclusion. Now I'm rewatching the earlier episodes and recognising plot lines and various faces. I also saw:

It was so long ago, I never even clicked when I saw Deadwood. I think this is because of his screentime, although for years since I've recognised other actors from this show and not known their names. I remember trying to keep The Mother up-to-date with the complicated plot, and having to give all the characters vague nicknames (because she never remembers character names). Joel Gretsch's character was 'that guy who keeps killing all those people', lols. I also remember that I was really excited because it was a show that featured Julie Benz, Catherine Dent and Eric Close (three people I was interested in after Buffy, The Shield and The Magnificent Seven. I still smile whenever Dent turns up somewhere unexpected - like the S3 finale of Numb3rs, or Sarah Connor Chronicles, yay). That Catherine Dent and Eric Close's character's storylines overlapped was doubly brilliant. I had to explain to The Mother that Close was an alien, and then later The Mother told me that their son was half-alien. So, we had fun watching the show whilst we did. And of course: Dakota Fanning.

HBO's miniseries are so damn watchable. I know I've said it before but I'm a fan of the mini-series format because the stories tend to be better thought-out, the resolutions are satisfying, and the shows don't have time to dilapidate, which is a bonus. The BBC is known for singular programming; it's only in the past 10 years or so that serialisations have become popular (as opposed to sitcoms and soaps). I've been watching quite a few recently (most notably Band of Brothers) and it's nice to be able to rewatch this one, seeing as it was so excellent the first time around. More than that, though, I've been quite busy, so this feels like 'me' time, well-earned.

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UGH, INTERNETS SNAFU ALL EVENING. Haven't been able to check my mail, eljay, anything. Stressful. I did, however, put the time to good use by sorting out my reading for later this week. This means that I will have more free time to work on my dissertation draft, and to watch Taken (naturally).

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Possibly the only positive thing I can say about Thandie at the BAFTAs is that her hair and makeup was flawless. Her dress was... I was pretty confused/horrified looking at it. GIRL. You are so PRETTY. Why do you continue to wear these crazy things when you can (and so often do) look so fabulous?! (General consensus seems to be thatshe is pullng it off, and yet I still can't wrap my head around it. So.)

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It's been quite a good day, actually. I got up around 9am because I had to go and pick up my package from the post office, and I was going to leave the house at the same time as T who had a 10am class. We left together, I headed for the post office, only to find out that (a) they didn't have the damn thing and (b) they're closing - permanently, wtf - tomorrow morning. Naturally, I was all, "???" and then I asked the guy if there was any chance that the package might come later in the day. "Oh, um, yeah. Try after 3pm." Great. So I went to Av. campus for my 11am screening to which my tutor was about a half-hour late. Not that it mattered. We watched this Finnish film called Leningrad Cowboys Go America (weird and hilarious) and then clips from The New World (the latest Pocahontas story with Colin Farell as John Smith). At 1pm I had lunch with T and The Flatmate, then T and I walked back to the house. I read for half an hour, collected my package, dropped it off at the house and then headed to Hf. for the lecture on Accordion Crimes. An excellent lecture, really interesting. I have the seminar for that on Tuesday afternoon.

When I got back from the lecture I sat down to do today's reading (Nabokov's Pnin = genius), spent time with the housemates, ate, and then sat down to watch Taken. I should probably try to go to sleep soon. Email replies/comments later, I promise.

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At 00.42, I was just about ready to hit post. What happened? Oh yeah, the internet junked. AGAIN. Bloody hell.

Comments

[asemic.livejournal.com]

SOL! SOL STANDING NEXT TO THE GUY FROM MONK I LOVE. IN A MINI-SERIES I LOVE!

:flails:

I totally missed the coward Jack McCall on SCC tonight because my roommate held the tv hostage. I'll have to watch that as soon as it gets uploaded because Dillahunt is incredible.

Have you seen the Deadwood companion book? Each of the actors write a piece about the character they portray. It's fascinating insight into hidden motivations and how their personal interpretations into the characters. I think you'd love it if you could get your hands on it.

Dude, quick question that I hate poking you for. Do you know where I could get some good hi-res pictures of Matthew Gray Gubler's photoshoots? You always seem to find the good fashion shots and I was wondering if you had some ideas where I could look.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

YES! (Haha, when I saw Monk and recognised the actor, I had a little flip out. Naturally The Mother didn't know. I was all *flail* and she was very much "???". Such is life.)

I have that to look forward to when I get back from class. But seriously, he has been in EVERYTHING recently. Notably Life (which you've seen) and The Assassination of Jesse James (which you may have? I'm half-through.) And I have American Gangster to watch. (SOL!)

No, I haven't, though I've heard much about it. I'm obviously going to have to look around for it.

Ah, that's okay. I normally get mine from hires_hunks (which doesn't have them, I just checked) and celebutopia. I'll check that, and the fashion forum and let you know.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

When I saw that Sol was in American Gangster I bounced in my seat. First of all, the movie was great; second, he had a sizable part in it. You'll like it.

:puts Jesse James on list:

Thanks for helping me out with the pictures. All my sources are a bust which is really ticking me out right now.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Denz just gotback to me and she says her usual avenues are coming up empty, too. I know he did do some spreads (notably a famous spread in Vanity Fair) but I think a lot of his work was runway-based.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

I've seen some hi-res spreads of the ones on the DNAModels website sometime ago. Why I didn't save them at the time is beyond me and now I'm kicking myself.

Thanks for looking though. It is really appreciated.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Hi, so my usual hires sources are coming up zilch, but I'll keep my eye out for you (have emailed A Friend who Knows about These Things; she may have something). Sorry I couldn't be more help.