Jensen Ackles picspam. Because I can :-)

[castalie]

I watched the pilot of Still Life and I tremendously enjoyed it. And marecagee, didn't you tell me they'd cancelled the show because it was too depressing? Dude! It's about family, love and survival. It's about hope. How can hope ever be depressing? This is beyond me, seriously. Now I'm going to crave a series that never really was and that is so sad *cries*

In case you don't know about that series - I'd never heard of it before tonight: Still Life is the story of the Morgan family, told through the eyes of oldest son Jake, who was murdered on his first day as a police officer. A year after his death, Jake watches his family with amusement, caring and longing. His mother, Charlotte, has been galvanized by tragedy to resume her dream of running for public office. His father, Ben, a police detective, must overcome the guilt he feels for his son's death. Younger brother Max is heavily conflicted, especially because Maggie, the woman he loves, was Jake's girlfriend. 19-year-old Emily is a haunting beauty whose life has been set adrift by the absence of her beloved brother. And Daisy is a precocious 16-year-old who may be trying to grow up too fast. Heart-breaking and life-affirming, joyful and dramatic, Still Life is a beautiful celebration of love, life and family.

Ha! "Beautiful celebration of love, life and family". Dude, isn't it exactly what I just said?

I downloaded the pilot because a) Jensen Ackles played in the series, b) I liked the premise of said series and c) Jensen Ackles played in it. No wait, that was my a. Oh whatever.

So indeed JA plays Max, the conflicted and hurt younger brother and wow, that man angsts so beautifully! He's a wonder. He's also too pretty for words, but that's another story. Speaking of the pretty, I had a very pleasant surprise when I watched aforementioned pilot. Inara! Inara plays in it! And she's as gorgeous as ever *happy sigh* I mean, okay, my love for Jensen Ackles is completely platonic due to my, you know, lesbianism but my love for Morena Baccarin? Is absolutely not platonic due to my - well, you get the picture.

And speaking of picture - admire the segue, guys! - I come bearing gifts of the picspam persuasion.

Ladies first. The beautiful Maggie:







Isn't she just gorgeous? *happy sigh*

Then the boys. Or boy, singular in our case, namely Max. I posted more pics of him because I'm nice like that :-)

If you read the synopsis, you'll understand why our Max doesn't look exactly happy. He has a lot of issues.













No, I mean it. Lots of them.

And here's a scene that made me melt. I loved that whole last scene, but that particular moment was really beautiful too.

Yes, Max has daddy!Issues. Well okay it's more complicated than that, but still. And when daddy!Morgan did this:





It truly made me feel all tingly inside cause Max was so hoping for some kind of gesture from his dad. Just something. And he got it. Lovely.

Also, that very first scene? The introductory one? Was done quite brilliantly, I thought *nods* Anyway, all that to say, I would have loved seeing more episodes.

PS: Inara wasn't the only surprise when I watched that episode as Martouf makes a cameo as well. I don't care about him as such, but it doesn't change the fact that he was there, right? Also, the mom played in Once & Again and I'm sure I've seen Emily somewhere...

PS2: OMG! It's 3.40 am in France which means - OH BOY - "The Journey Home" is airing in the US *dies*

Comments

[catiadoodle.livejournal.com]

Inara is indeed, as beautiful as ever !

I must say however that I'm slightly doubtful about Still Life's plot. Since Six Feet Under, regular appearance of Dead characters has become very common, and it's not always treated with talent. I recently saw the first 4 episodes of Rescue Me, for example, and the hero's conversations with his dead cousin were really déjà vu...
I mean, I love death and the trauma that the death of a family member causes, and it pains me to see that these subjects have become... fashionable.

But well, if Inara's the series, I can understand that it's a shame the series never was.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Except Jake - the dead brother - doesn't appear at all. He's the narrator, is all. He doesn't haunt haunt the house, it's just... his presence still lingers, like the presence of loved ones always do. But yes, he's the one who tells us his and his family's story but it doesn't have anything to do with SFU. L'un n'empiéte pas sur l'autre, if it makes sense.

If anything, the plot kinda was similar to another series, Les McKenna - dunno the English title but I'd say it was pretty much the same - which follows the return of the younger son back home after the elder dies and lot of angst ensues as there's a lot of issues between Brick [Eric Close's character] and his father. But here again it was still different as there was no presence lingering and the tone itself was different...

[catiadoodle.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, he's the narrator, like Mary Alice in Desperate Housewives. I like that, I really like dead characters in TV shows, I just hope every show has a little something different from the others, something new. Maybe Still Life did, and maybe it was too new for the liking of TPTB...

I don't know Les McKenna...
Moi, sorti de la Petite Maison dans la Prairie... Je connais pas grand chose. lol

[castalie.livejournal.com]

DUDE! Can't believe I didn't use Mary Alice as a reference! But yes, Jake is like Mary Alice ;-)

Si ça peut te rassurer, je suis certaine que personne ne connait vraiment cette série lol Mais ma soeur et moi on la regardait tout le temps quand elle passait - non pas qu'il y ait tant d'épisodes que ça non plus...

Et hey, La Petite Maison dans la Prairie c'est un classique. Mieux vaut connaitre ça que Les Mckenna lol