Alexander, anyone?

[castalie]

Today was another busy-busy day. There was work but there was also mucho fun afterward so it definitely balanced the thing out nicely *g* Speaking of work, I don't think there're lots of jobs where you can have the following convo :

Me: Okay, did someone see the head of my dragon?
The Sis: I think I saw it near the panda's body.
Me: *turns* Oh yeah, thanks. Hey, I just found the beard of your Santa.
The Sis: Cool, he had it all for the beard - talk about a tragedy.

Seriously, I wish I had a digital camera so I could take a picture of our basement and show you all the costumes we keep in there - it's quite impressive, and it's also quite... different. Different but fun *g*

Now on something different too. I read some reviews about Alexander on my flist and I was sorta relieved to hear that Teh Gay was still there after all - so maybe I won't want to kill someone when the movie will finally be released here? I can only hope. I don't really know what to think about that movie to be honest. I mean, Alexander the Great is one of my 'heroes' and I'm so afraid the movie is going to be, you know, ridiculous. I was already traumatised during the trailer with the Wigs of Doom - I thought it wasn't starting well lol [ETA: Okay so absinthfire tells me it's their real hair? Wow *blink*]

But seriously, I'm curious about it - I know you can't usually expect History to be respected when Hollywood decides to make that kind of movie but maybe it'll be good anyway? No seriously, why do we have to wait until January, 5th to get the damn movie over here? I need to know now *pout*

And still on the subject - I was cruising amazon.uk the other day and found a book that made me laugh : Alexander the Great: The Man Who Brought the World to Its Knees by Michael Alvear. The summary cracked me up : He conquered the world and united it with a common language; his military tactics are still studied; he is the most heroic warrior in history. But more importantly he was hot, his boyfriends were hotter, he had a media savvy PR team and he could throw hissy fits that would shock Naomi Campbell. A hilarious take on the life of the biggest drama queen in history. Catchy little thing, whaddaya think? lol

ETA: Oh no *gasp* I'm watching John Doe atm and it's Ashes to Ashes! Even though I know they're going to kill Karen, I know it's still going to be a shock, I just know it. It was done in such a way, so swiftly, so carelessly that I couldn't believe The Bad Guy had actually done it. Most tv shows and the way they sugar-coat pretty much everything make you doubly shock when they do end up killing one of the main characters.

Comments

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

well there's your fic right there. It's almost written itself hasn't it?

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Do you mean my By Reflection fic that I posted on Thursday?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

ooops, sorry no. I was talking about the Alexander blurb at the bottom.
:::::looks sheepish:::

[castalie.livejournal.com]

LOL It definitely makes more sense! I'm so stupid sometimes, sorry *facepalm*

So yeah, from this angle, there's definitely a fic almost written with that book *snicker* If we do some research, we may even find out that the writer is actually a BNF from a fandom we're familiar with *gasp*

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Oh for sure.
I'm reading the Master Aprentice Starwars novels for children. They're written mostly by Jude Watson and boy are they slashy. Pre-slashy but way to fun to read. I love her Qui-gon. I'm sure she's a fandom writer.
Heee snort.
me loves fandom.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

True enough, when you read certain published books, you can't help but wonder whether you don't already know the writers from one of your fandoms lol

No offense meant to anyone, but seriously, sometimes it's hard not to wonder *snicker*

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

indeed.
;)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

:-)

Don't answer that btw lol This is just me making the comments on the thread even. Yeah, I'm obsessive compulsive, but it shouldn't be anything new for anyone now.

[french-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I wish you had a digital camera :) you're not too tired?

About Alexander, i don't know what to think about it, i've read good and bad things. Wait (until January argh!) and see.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Not yet, this is the sorta-easy part right now. I should be dead tired by next Sunday though *g*

It seems people love it or hate it with a passion - the thing is, I don't know whether those who like it like it because of teh cheesy and stuff, you know? At least there's a good portion of it who sees teh gay, so it has to have some redeeming qualities, right? *is worried*

[absinthfire.livejournal.com]

OMG, you get John Doe?? Are they new ones? *is so jealous* I really got to like that show and they took it off the bloody air! The season finally! O.M.G. I won't say more in case it's old ones and... wait... Karen was the one chick that worked in the bar huh? That helped him with his stuff? *scratches head* Bastards.

And as far as I know Colin's hair was his own! Funky bleached outness! Eeek! lol. I was supposed to see it yesterday but our theater had a problem with the version they had so I'm going to try again on Monday. I.Cannot.Wait. The wait is killing me. Angelina dominating Val. Colin being... just omg. Teh gayness that happens with not only Colin but Val! I'm tweaking!

Ok, I'm done. :P

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's a rerun so it's old ones - and considering those assholes killed the series dead it couldn't be new ones anyway *sobs* It's a good thing I knew it had been taken off the air right from the start though, because otherwise I wouldn't have survived the Mighty Cliffhanger at the end of the last episode. It's just too bad we never really get the answers we want. And yeah, that's Karen btw.

You're kidding me, that was his own hair? Man! But it looked so bad *blink* With some luck, it was just a bad shot - yeah, a bad shot *nodnod*

And you're not really complaining about having to wait until Monday when I have to wait until January, are you? *narrows eyes*

[absinthfire.livejournal.com]

Maaayybee it wasn't! Have some spam!

From filming time.

*meep!* No, I’m not complaining! Just that I went and then they messed it up so I couldn’t see it! I mean I was in the theater all snuggled in and NO MOVIE! *pouts*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh shiny! And by that, I mean slashy!

[absinthfire.livejournal.com]

lol. I thought so! I do so adore JRM. <3

[fraught.livejournal.com]

I'm totally not going to download Alexander.

No, really. I'm not.

really

The reviews aren't that good, though :|

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Of course you're not going to download the movie. Who would do that? And I? Didn't ask Ali to see if he could burn his CD for me either. Not me! But anyway, I have the feeling I'll have to wait until January to really see the thing, don't ask me why, just a hunch.

The reviews are... diversified, shall we say. At one point, I thought it might be better to just ignore everything and patiently wait, while not expecting anything good. Disappointment is impossible if you expect the worse *nodnod* Or more exactly, it can only be a good disappointment if the thing ends up being... not so bad.

[absinthfire.livejournal.com]

I've completely ignored any and all reviews except for what you have said here. I'm going to wait until I see it and then I'll see what others have said. I don't want to go in with any preconceived notions... I've been waiting for this movie for toooooo long. :)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I'll be curious to read your own review. I decided I would stop reading them, but I'll make an exception or two *g*

Hopefully, you'll succeed in seeing it today like you planned *crosse fingers*

[absinthfire.livejournal.com]

After painting class today maybe! Yesterday was teh suck. lol.

[fraught.livejournal.com]

Of course you're not going to download the movie. Who would do that?

Nobody would do that! Downloading movies, and for that matter, TV episodes and music, is badevilwrong! I would never! it's going reaaaallllyyyyyy s....
l...o...w.... the things I do for teh gay...

The reviews are... diversified, shall we say.

Nice euphemism there :D. What irritated me the most were the people panning it before they'd seen it on basis of the trailer and/or the publicity shots. I felt like shaking them and yelling at them that they did the same thing when Pirates of the Caribbean came out; the movie was being blasted all over the place and as it turned out, it was actually really good.

Now Alexander isn't that great, according to most reviews I've seen, so it's not really comparable to PotC at this point. *sigh* Too bad. I really wanted it to be good :(

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

I'll be readig that then. Bagoas. **goes off to faint**

Why the hair? WHY? Alexander was not a blonde.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Bagoas is a name that has the power to make my eyes go glassy - I can't help it. I'll be eternally grateful to Mary Renault for her Persian Boy book, believe me!

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I need to get another copy of that. I don't know what happened to mine.