slowly, it stirs....

[lagilman]

Wow. I look away for a bit, and a whole bunch of new peoples appear! Welcome, new peoples! Feel free to step forward and introduce yourself -- this is, ideally, an interactive journal, not just me nattering on to myself (no matter how much it seems, some days).

Thanks to my mother graciously gifting me with her Mother's Day Cold from Hell (thanks, mom!) I was all "oh hai! Haz sick. Cannot brain." So I took the last 48 hours to sleep, drink wonton soup, sleep some more, and catch up with my movie-watching.


"I know how to hurt you."
"How?"
"Modern sexual awareness. And soccer."

Oh, I so very much did not want to like this movie. I mean, after the unwatchable disaster Sci-Fi made of "Aztec Rex," how could I expect anything from "Never Cry Werewolf?" But, y'kow? Cheezy like Cheetos, but surprisingly entertaining. I blame the actors. Universe knows, they didn't have much of a script to work from....

(it took me about five minutes to recognize Kevin Sorbo as the faux Bruce Boxleitner "Bring 'em Back Alive" hack, and I almost lost it right there, but the movie managed to recover)

Is it Smart Horror? No. But it's smartly-done dumb horror, and I can live with that.


Also managed some reading, while my headache would allow. Some time ago ellen_datlow gave me a copy of the reissue of Black Thorn, White Rose, one of their Fairy Tale anthologies (originally published in 1994, but don't let that freak you out). Some stories I loved, some I really disliked, and some I just went 'huh' over, but taken as a whole this is a really good sampler of how to take old material and make it -- if not new, then your own.

I'm also reading Set the Seas on Fire by Chris Roberson. It's one of those books I really, really want to enjoy, because I can tell it's well-written and interesting, and should be hitting all my buttons...but just isn't. Sorry, Chris. If you like sea-faring adventure mixed in with some subtle horror, though, you might want to give it a try.

And, although I read it some time before, I just got my copy of Jeri Smith-Ready's Wicked Game. Do not let the somewhat cliched cover fool you -- yes, it's OMG More Angsty Vampires, but this book also made me laugh in sheer readerly joy at parts, and the entire thing pleased even me, the vamp-jaded.

And now, with brain mostly-restored, I have to get back to that Life-and-Deadlines thing. Feline and Equine picspam to come. Don't say you weren't warned!

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Re: Not a new peoples; I iz old peoples

[lagilman]

Wonton Soup: chicken soup for Jewish people. And, apparently, Buddhists. *grin*

Hey, with a title like "Aztec Rex" I figured there was some damn fine mocking to be had. Alas, it was so train-wreck bad I had to give up after five minutes (perhaps a new record). You just can't mock something like that. It's like shooting kittens; even the sadists go "dude, that's just mean."


And I've been a House fan from very first season (and not just because one of our own is exec co-producer). Not every episode wins me over, but a higher percentage than most of what's on tv, regularly.

Re: Not a new peoples; I iz old peoples

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

I discovered Hugh Laurie way back in "Black Adder", then adored him in "Jeeves & Wooster". It's such a hoot to see him playing such a nasty character, and an American! I've had people refuse to believe that he's a Brit.