I'm like the Lord of the Fucking Dance.

Scrapbook 2015

2015-01-05T18:43:07Z

previously: 2007 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014

MOVIES

GOALS: 75 MOVIES
* seen in theatres
† rewatch

January
01 | The Trip to Italy (Michael Winterbottom, 2014)
02 | Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2014) *

February
03 | Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund, 2014)
04 | Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014)
05 | Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014)
06 | Accidental Love (David O. Russell, 2015)
07 | Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014) *
08 | Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014) *

March
09 | Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavich, 2013)

April
10 | L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
11 | A Time to Kill (Joel Schumacher, 1996)
12 | The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
13 | The Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon, 2015)

May
14 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) †
15 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) †
16 | Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) *
17 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (David Mirkin, 1997)
18 | Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck, 2007)
19 | John Wick (Chad Stahelski, 2014)
20 | Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)

June
21 | This Is The End (Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2013) †
22 | White House Down (Roland Emmerich, 2013)

July

August
23 | Kingsman: The Secret Service (Matthew Vaughn, 2014)

September
24 | Dredd (Pete Travis, 2012) †
25 | Olympus Has Fallen (Antoine Fuqua, 2013)
26 | New Kids Turbo (Flip van der Kuil, Steffen Haars, 2010)
27 | New Kids Nitro (Flip van der Kuil, Steffen Haars, 2011)

October
28 | Beasts of No Nation (Cary Fukunaga, 2015)
29 | Star Wars IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
30 | Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
31 | Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
32 | Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
33 | Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (George Lucas, 2002)
34 | Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)

November
35 | Dope (Rick Famuyiwa, 2015)

December
36 | Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
37 | Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, 2015)
38 | The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2015)
39 | Sicario (Denis Villeneuve, 2015)

BOOKS

GOALS: 60 BOOKS
† reread

January
01 | Dan Simmons, Hyperion (1989) †
02 | Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion (1990) †
03 | Dan Simmons, Endymion (1996)

February
04 | Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion (1997)

March
05 | David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010) †
06 | Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda (2013)

April
May

June
07 | Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety (1992)

July

August
08 | Andy Weir, The Martian (2011)
09 | Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project (2013)
10 | Jeff Vandermeer, Annihilation (2014)
11 | Jeff Vandermeer, Authority (2014)
12 | Jeff Vandermeer, Acceptance (2014)
13 | Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See (2014)
14 | Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train (2015)
15 | Joshua Ferris, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (2014)
16 | John Williams, Stoner (1965)
17 | Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (2015)
18 | Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013)

September
19 | Louisa Hall, Speak (2015)
20 | Amy Poehler, Yes Please (2014)

October
21 | Wesley Chu, Time Salvager (2015)
22 | Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora (2014)
23 | Stephen King, Finders Keepers (2015)
24 | Dan Simmons, Ilium (2003)
25 | Dan Simmons, Olympos (2005)

November
26 | Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (1993)

December
27 | Lev Grossman, The Magicians (2009)

OTHER

Series
Sons of Anarchy, season 7 (2014)
The Fall, season 1 (2013)
The Fall, season 2 (2014)
House of Cards, season 1 (2013)
House of Cards, season 2 (2014)
House of Cards, season 3 (2015)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 1 (2015)
Bloodline, season 1 (2015)
Game of Thrones, season 5 (2015)
Silicon Valley, season 3 (2015)
The Killing, season 2 (2012)
True Detective, season 2 (2015)
Hannibal, season 3 (2015)
Mr. Robot, season 1 (2015)
Narcos, season 1 (2015)
Orange Is The New Black, season 1 (2013)
Orange Is The New Black, season 2 (2014)
Orange Is The New Black, season 3 (2015)
The Leftovers, season 2 (2015)
Homeland, season 5 (2015)

Concerts
Morrissey, 29/3, 013

Scrapbook 2014

2014-01-01T09:42:30Z

previously: 2007 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013

MOVIES

GOALS: 100 MOVIES
* seen in theatres
† rewatch

January
01 | Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) †
02 | End of Watch (David Ayer, 2012)
03 | This Is The End (Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2013)
04 | Now You See Me (Louis Leterrier, 2013)
05 | Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) †
06 | American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) *
07 | Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
08 | Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
09 | Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
10 | Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 2008) †
11 | Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
12 | A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)

February
13 | Thor: The Dark World (Alan Taylor, 2013)
14 | Filth (Jon S. Baird, 2013)
15 | Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013)
16 | One Day (Lone Scherfig, 2011)
17 | Mud (Jeff Nichols, 2012)
18 | Ender's Game (Gavin Hood, 2013)
19 | Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
20 | Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, 2011)
21 | Bernie (Richard Linklater, 2011)
22 | Fargo (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 1996)

March
23 | Edtv (Ron Howard, 1999)
24 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence, 2013)
25 | The Lincoln Lawyer (Brad Furman, 2011)
26 | Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009) †
27 | Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2009)
28 | The Paperboy (Lee Daniels, 2012)
29 | American Teen (Nanette Burstein, 2008)
30 | Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011)

April
31 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson, 2012) †
32 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson, 2013)
33 | The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
34 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Adam McKay, 2013)
35 | The Other Woman (Nick Cassavetes, 2014) *
36 | Snowpiercer (Joon-ho Bong, 2013)
37 | Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)
38 | Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001)

May
39 | Akira (Katsuhiro Ohtomo, 1988) †
40 | Europa Report (Sebastián Cordero, 2013)

June
41 | We Are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson, 2013)
42 | Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996)
43 | Oldboy (Chan-wook Park, 2003)
44 | Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) †

July
45 | The Lego Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2014)
46 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright, 2010) †
47 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2014)

August
48 | Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
49 | 'Crocodile' Dundee II (John Cornell, 1988)
50 | The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
51 | Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, 2013)
52 | The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012) †

September
53 | The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014)
54 | Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014) *
55 | X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan Singer, 2014)
56 | Locke (Steven Knight, 2013)
57 | Neighbors (Nicholas Stoller, 2014)

October
58 | Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
59 | Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014)
60 | Frank (Lenny Abrahamson, 2014)
61 | Gone Girl (David Fincher, 2014) *
62 | Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012) †
63 | Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2014) *

November
64 | 22 Jump Street (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2014)
65 | Rich Hill (Tracy Droz Tragos, Andrew Droz Palermo, 2014)
66 | Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) *

December
67 | Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, 2014)
68 | Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013)
69 | Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)
70 | Source Code (Duncan Jones, 2011)
71 | The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
72 | The Interview (Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2014)

BOOKS

GOALS: 60 BOOKS
† reread

January
01 George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Dangerous Women (2013)
02 Curtis Sittenfeld, Sisterland (2013)
03 Stephen King, Duma Key (2008)
04 Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (2013)
05 Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland (2013)

February
06 Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (2010)
07 Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects (2006)
08 Gillian Flynn, Dark Places (2009)
09 J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) †
10 Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne (1992)
11 Stephen King, The Dead Zone (1979)

March
12 Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman (1984)
13 Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys (2005)
14 Neil Gaiman, American Gods (2001)
15 Richard Bachman/Stephen King, Blaze (2007)
16 Stephen King, 'Salems Lot (1975)

April
17 Richard Bachman/Stephen King, Blaze (2007)
18 Stephen King, Four Past Midnight (1990)
19 Richard Bachman/Stephen King, The Regulators (1996)
20 Richard Bachman/Stephen King, The Bachman Books (1985)
21 Stephen King, Christine (1983)
22 Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
23 Stephen King, Needful Things (1991)
24 Stephen King, The Dark Half (1989)

May
25 Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman (2001)
26 Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle (1963)
27 Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (2013)
28 Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons (2007)
29 Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (2010)
30 Chelsea Handler, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (2008)
31 Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (2005)
32 Chelsea Handler, Uganda Be Kidding Me (2014)

June
33 Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
34 Christian Lander, Stuff White People Like (2008)
35 George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Rogues (2014)

July
36 Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942)
37 Jon Ronson, Them: Adventures with Extremists (2001)
38 Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test (2011)
39 Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (1988)
40 Stephen King The Colorado Kid (2005)
41 Stephen King, Gerald's Game (1992)
42 John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952) †
43 Tony Mendez, Argo (2012)
44 Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004)

August
45 Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (1910)
46 Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (2008) †
47 Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2009)
48 Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2010)
49 Stephen King, Just After Sunset (2008)
50 Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers (2011)
51 W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915)

September
52 David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (2014)
53 Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies (2014)
54 Liane Moriarty, The Husband's Secret (2013)
55 Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2014)
56 Stephen King, Mr Mercedes (2014)
57 James Patterson, David Ellis, Invisble (2014)
58 Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis, The Boy in the Suitcase (2008)
59 Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (2000)

October
60 David Sedaris, Holidays on Ice (1997)
61 Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist (2014)
62 Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (2011)

November
63 Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake (2003)
64 Constance Rosenblum, New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times (2005)
65 Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood (2009)

OTHER

Series
Sherlock, S3
True Detective, S1
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S1
Hannibal, S2
Silicon Valley, S1
Fargo, S1
Sons of Anarchy, S6

Scrapbook 2013

2013-01-10T13:16:38Z

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Movies

Books

January
01 Stephen King, 11/22/63

February

March
02 George R.R. Martin, A Feast For Crows†

April
03 George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons†

May
04 Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
05 Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
06 Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero
07 John Green, Looking For Alaska

June
08 Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
09 Hilary Mantel, Bring Up The Bodies
10 David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

July
11 Patrick Rothfuss, The Name Of The Wind†
12 Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear†

August

September

October
13 John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
14 John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
15 John Green, Paper Towns
16 John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
17 Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
18 David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
19 Tina Fey, Bossypants
20 Chuck Klosterman, I Wear The Black Hat
21 Stephen King, The Gunslinger†
22 Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three†
23 Stephen King, The Waste Lands†
24 Herman Koch, The Dinner
25 Charlie Leduff, Detroit: An American Autopsy
26 Jon Ronson, Lost at Sea
27 David Thorne, The Internet Is A Playground
28 Ian McEwan, The Comfort of Strangers†
29 Ian McEwan, Enduring Love
30 Ian McEwan, On Chesil beach
31 Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
32 Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
33 Emma Donoghue, Room
34 Deborah Levy, Swimming Home
35 Ian McEwan, Atonement
36 Ian McEwan, Solar
37 Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden

November
38 Stephen King, Carrie†
39 Laurent Binet, HhhH

December
40 Piper Kerman, Orange Is The New Black
41 Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself†
42 Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged
43 Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
44 Amanda Ripley, The Smartest Kids in the World
45 Dave Eggers, The Circle

Other

Concerts
May 25, Slow Magic, Studio/K
July 05, Flume, Django Django, Azealia Banks, Pitch Festival

Series
Sons of Anarchy, S5
Black Mirror, S1
Homeland, S1
Homeland, S2
Game of Thrones, S3
Hannibal, S1
Luther, S3
Homeland, S3

Scrapbook 2012

2012-01-02T20:09:24Z

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Books

Other

A Dance With Dragons

2011-07-13T06:56:19Z

I'm about 200 pages in..and just one thing before I have to leave for work:

PRINCE AEGON IS ALIVE

AND SO IS JON CONNINGTON

#D #Y #I #N #G

I DON'T EVEN. THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.

I thought Young Griff was Edric Storm, lol. Guesss not!

Game of Thrones, episode 2

2011-04-26T20:15:09Z

How do people who haven't read the books keep up with the show? How do you keep track of the characters? Also, I can't believe how many fundamental changes they're making. Like I stated earlier, I think of the show and the series as completely different entities so I don't care, but they're painting some characters in completely different lights (Drogo! Not quite so rapey in the books! Cat, not pushing Ned to King's Landing!). I find it hard to deal with reactions from people who haven't read the books because I just want to tell them, noooo, reason A is not why character X did Z, haha. The show leaves out a lot of nuances that are in the books, which I totally get because how else would you condense a thousand-page book in twelve hours, but I see people bashing characters for all the wrong reasons and I'm just like aaargh, BUT YOU ARE WRONG. :P

I can't stress this enough: if you haven't read the books but are watching the show, PICK UP THE DAMN BOOKS. You'll be able to appreciate the show much more! It's SO much fun watching the episode and recognizing all the little details they put in the show, and comparing the two.

Lady :( aw man, made me cry. I hated that particular part in the books;
He had never paid much attention to the names the children had picked, but looking at her now, he knew that Sansa had chosen well. She was the smallest of the litter, the prettiest, the most gentle and trusting. She looked at him with bright golden eyes, and he ruffled her thick grey fur.

DSLKMFLDFS;;SDLF. Funny how little I care about Mycah, just a kid, being brutally murdered, and so much about a freaking wolf. It's just that..the wolves are so important to the Stark children (which is harder to pick up to on the show) and in the context of the story, the death of this particular animal is so much more important than the death of a butcher's boy, heh. I was so sad when Arya had to throw rocks at Nymeria to get her out of there, though that was another thing that deviated from the books - I believe Jory found Arya first and they both decided to chase away Nymeria? Not sure.

JOFFREY. I WILL REPOST A COMMENT I FOUND ON ONTD:
‎"The earth travels around the sun, we're all carbon based lifeforms, pi is an irrational number, Joffrey is a little shit."

Ugh. UGH. I know he's been dealt some pretty shitty cards when it comes to his parents (all three of them) but I just.hate.him.so.much. He's easily my most-hated character in the books, which is saying quite a lot considering there are men out there who have done WAY worse things (looking at you, Bolton and Greyjoy clans).

And Sansa. Oooh, man. I feel so bad for her. She has no idea who deserves her loyalty, even though it's clear-cut for us as viewers (CHOOSE STARK!). queenofthorns talked about how terrible the Stark children are prepared for the real world. I get it, because they are NORTHERNLY NORTHLINGS who have no time for such useless things as politics, but jeez, you'd think they'd at least tell their children (A) not to trust anyone who isn't a Stark and (B) PEOPLE ARE EVIL AND WILL SCREW YOU OVER THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GET (at least in their universe). Poor kids. Ned and Cat would be amazing parents in our time (save the beheading of a deserter in front of a child - but you get my point), but in Westeros..eh. Not so much.

AWW YEAH CAT'S GOING SOUTH. This is going to be good.

And holy crap, The Wall. It looks awesome. And who was the short-haired raper Jon and Tyrion 'met' in the woods? I know the long-haired kid was that one singer who turns out to be such a douche in AFFC, but the other one..?

I have to say, I don't really like Tyrion/Peter Dinklage's accent. It seems so over the top! PD is perfectly casted, but eh. And am I the only one who's a little bothered by the acting of the girl who plays Sansa? It's not very convincing..

NOT HATIN THOUGH. Prefering to focus on the FLAWLESSNESS THAT IS ARYA. Did I mention I love her and that she's my favourite character of all time? OF ALL TIME? Because she should be yours too.

Anyway, great episode, I love this show. My only gripe: WHERE THE FRAK WERE BRAN'S GREEN DREAMS? Where's the three-eyed crow? Seeing how she's a huge deal later on, I find it hard to believe they'd cut it out of the story entirely :/

EVERYONE READING A GAME OF THRONES LISTEN UP

2011-04-06T18:49:51Z

WOLFSWOOD
A semi-daily (lol) Game of Thrones screencap community. FRIEND THAT SHIT. OR JOIN IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH PHOTOSHOP OR SOMETHING.

I have the sneak preview of the first episode on my computer. I'm going to try not to watch, because I want to see it (a) in HD and (b) all freshly when it first airs. #hardknocklife

dfgkldgk;d;sdlf Arya Stark portrait!

2011-03-17T19:44:24Z

FIERCEST NINE-YEAR-OLD IN ALL OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS AND BEYOND THE NARROW SEA.
I still can't believe how perfect this entire cast is.

BBC's Outcasts (spoilers!)

2011-02-08T18:00:43Z

I just watched Outcasts. I quite liked it, BUT THEN THEY HAD TO GO AND KILL OFF THE BAMBER. I had heard some talk about him not being in a lot of episodes or something, but shit, why include him in the promos and let him do interviews if HE IS GOING TO DIE IN THE VERY FIRST EPISODE. SEFLSFLD;';D; RAGE. His character was quite the dickhead, but still...

I didn't like Ominous Eric Mabius at the end (FUG FUG FUG) but I am intrigued.

Loved loved LOVED Hermione Norris as Stella Isen.

I liked the episode, it set up quite some interesting plot lines, but I'm a little bitter about Jamie :| I was really looking forward to seeing him in a new show (idgaf about L&O UK). I'll definitely give the show a chance and watch the next episode if only for Stella, but meh, I'm pretty disappointed already.

In other news, I just found out Jesse McCartney was cast as one of my favorite characters in the tv adaption of my favorite comic ever, brb killing myself. FOX RUINS LIVES.

Scrapbook 2011

2011-01-02T14:07:16Z

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A half-assed 2010 television picspam

2010-12-31T11:05:51Z

Television in 2010

Jack stares up through the swaying bamboo and hears something else. Distant. Up in the sky. And then he sees the Ajira plane climb higher and higher. Jack watches as it flies away.

He smiles. The plane is gone, finally free of the island. Jack Shephard has done what he came to this place to do. He has found his purpose. He has found love. And been loved. And he has finally found a way to love himself. The bamboo sways across the blue sky. And Jack Shephard’s eye closes one final time. He is gone.

The end.

2010 WAS SUCH A GOOD YEAR FOR TELEVISION. The most memorable event was obviously the final season of Lost. I watched the first episode live (and stayed up until like, 6am), participating in ack_attack's Ongoing Lost Post for the first (and also last :() time. I'm a little conflicted over how the show ended (WHAT ABOUT WAAAAALT) but the final episode made me bawl like a giant baby and overall speaking, the final season of Lost has been a very positive and I'M ALL FUZZY INSIDE experience. I miss the show insanely much but I don't think I could've handled another season of its insanity. I keep trying to compare BSG and Lost re: their final seasons because how I experienced them is SO wildly different (hated BSG, loved Lost, even though both shows provided little to no answers to ~major questions) and I've come to the conclusion that I had zero to no faith in Darlton's possibility to actually pull all this shit off, and thus could not be disappointed in the finale, no matter how crappy. At some point during my Lost watching experience I guess I made up my mind it's all good, no matter what. Unlike Darlton/Lost, I had pretty much unlimited faith in RDM's abilities as a showrunner to answer all the show's mysteries, hence my major let-down.

Anyway, JACK AND VINCENT ON THE BEACH. All of them coming together in the Church of Many Faiths! DADDY SHEPARD. Juliet in the series' finale! RICHARD GREYING. dfkldfgls'd';gl;s;'df'dsf''skfkhd HEARTS IN MY EYES.

..as soon as Lost wraps up, Fringe instantly becomes the best sci-fi/fantasy show on the air.

Fringe and Sons of Anarchy are the only shows I actively look forward to every week ever since Lost ended. If Fringe gets cancelled, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF AND MY TELEVISION WATCHING HABITS. This season has been so good (I haven't talked about the latest episode but I am so glad our Olivia is back!). I.. basically can't talk about Fringe without making incoherent noises and wavy arm motions. The only thing I'd like from the latter half of the season is more Walter, but as long as Fox doesn't pull the plug I'm not complaining. FOX, IF YOU KILL THIS SHOW, I WILL HATE YOU MORE THAN I ALREADY DO NOW. Olivia Dunham (the original!) is hands down my favorite character on tv right now and Anna Torv deserves about a billion Emmy's for being able to portray three wildly different yet somewhat the same characters - I don't know how she's able to switch between the personas so effortlessly but she's brilliant.

Cap by iloveyourglasses as I have no SoA caps on my computer 8|

yes. there will be an entire episode where juice reads a harley wide glide service manual... in yiddish.

I didn't love the third season as much as I loved the first two, mainly because I didn't care much about the Irish and "they took mah BAYBEE" plots (LOL at the idea of these guys pulling off a long con with Stahl like they did when they couldn't even find a goddamn baby) and I was saddened by the lack of Tig, but STILL. BEST SHOW ABOUT OUTLAW BIKERS EVER. I'm crazy excited for the new season because it seems like after some distractions (like having your baby STOLEN) it seems like Jax is back on track wrt taking down the Sons. IS IT SEPTEMBER 2011 YET?

“I think Eric the Viking King would be a brilliant sitcom. Probably set in a high school environment. Kind of like an updated version of Fresh Prince.”

Overall speaking I wasn't too impressed by this season save for some AMAZING moments: NAZI VAMPIRES, RUSSEL EDGINGTON, THE LORENA/BILL SEX SCENE. I will not stop watching this show as long as it does stuff like that. Also, ALCIDE'S BODY, JESUS CHRIST.

We are the walking dead.

HAHA THIS IS SHOW SO DUMB, I love it though!! It's fun and gory, and although the whole ~family values~ thing sometimes gets on my nerves (it's supposed to be R-rated, omg) it's a good show to take one's mind of things (also, what's with them not discussing WTF IS HAPPENING and WHY DEAD PEOPLE ARE WALKING THE STREETS ever??). I'm a sad the first season was only six episodes long, hopefully season 2 will be longer (and less ABC Family show, HA).

TL;DR: TV was good this year. No show that's out right now will top Lost for me, BUT all the shows mentioned above are definitely close runner-ups. I can't wait for the remaining Fringe episodes - but 2011 will be all about HBO's Game of Thrones, negl:

UNF.

Check out wolfswood for more GoT screencaps. THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE SO AMAZING GUYS. APRIL APRIL APRIL PLEASE BE HERE SOON!

Winter is coming.

2010-12-24T21:13:07Z

Wolfswood - A daily Game of Thrones cap community
I realize that it's nowhere near April yet, but the recently released ten minute long Game of Thrones promo gave me enough material to gap that bridge :D Watch/join if you're looking forward to the new show!

So that's how the English pronounce Baratheon..

2010-11-28T14:04:50Z

Inside Game of Thrones Preview

SDKLFLDSF;D;SDKK WINTER IS COMING

airings @ 2010-10-28T08:06:00

2010-10-28T06:06:56Z

I'm sad Caprica was cancelled :( I don't even watch the show, but I had planned on catching up with it (still do, actually). Meh. This comment sums up how I feel quite well:

I'm getting really, really, really tired of "SyFy". They don't deserve the name, even if its spelling is stylized. They're the "paranormal ghost huge monster in the lake reality slop jizz channel".

Seriously, buy a show, run a pilot, wait an entire year, then cut the show in half only to resume it early, change the night, and then complain that it's not doing well and cancel it, only to buy up another show from the same franchise, so that they can cancel it, too, this time two years from now?

Fuck SyFy. Fuck 'em.

*hugs brittania*

Picspammy | Battlestar in red, blue, and green

2010-10-18T17:14:19Z

For the latest picspammy RGB challenge:

Please don't repost on Tumblr or other websites, thank you. And if you must, do me the courtesy of crediting.

This might be a bit hypocritical seeing as I spent months posting Alpert pictures on Tumblr, but...

2010-10-11T08:00:48Z

Things that are awesome: this, this, and this. You guys, I haven't been on Tumblr since September 10th. Do I miss it? FUCK NO. I'm not going to deny Tumblr isn't an inspiring place with all the beautiful photos and picspams that are posted, but I SO agree with what the above posters are saying: Tumblr is like crystal meth shared with a bunch of people you know vaguely from somewhere but have no idea who they actually are, while LJ is a glass of great wine and a chunk of AWESOME cheese shared together with a group of people whose names you actually know.

So this might be a little redundant seeing as I haven't actually looked at Tumblr for over a month but plus I haven't actually made icons or picspams in forever, but I won't be posting there anymore. I swear this is not a lol flounce or anything, I DO appreciate Tumblr for what it is, which is a fun website where pretty stuff is posted, but FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS LIVEJOURNAL, post your pretty stuff HERE. And not there. Because I'd much rather talk about things than click some 'like' button.

Tinypic fail

2010-09-23T19:31:43Z

So for anyone else who is banned from using TinyPic because they're in an ~international location~ (lol what), check out ImgUR.com. It's actually a lot faster and niftier than TinyPic, but still.. this is so stupid.

New GoT trailer

2010-09-13T09:17:36Z

SHAKING AND CRYING KEYSMASH SDFKFDL;DS;KG;D

BONUS PHOTO OF DANY, omfg I CAN'T EVEN

HBO needs to hurry and release a proper trailer

2010-09-10T17:36:13Z

I was going to do the new challenge over at picspammy with HBO's Game of Thrones trailer, but then I realized it's only a teaser trailer about 22 seconds long, so just a picspam it is, without a song. Apologies about the crappy quality, I had to download the trailer from YouTube and I couldn't find any HQ ones :'(

Never before have I been this excited over a new show coming out. dgld;;dksd;f; 2011 BE HERE SOON PLZ. If you're interested, you can watch the trailer here, by the way.

Commence bawling in 3, 2, 1..

2010-08-23T20:30:30Z

The most important time of your life was when you were with these people. That’s why you are all here. No one does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them and they needed you.

One cap a day keeps the doctor away

2010-08-23T17:25:29Z

Oh

2010-07-22T18:56:49Z

re: last post

2010-07-18T18:55:41Z

Scala is a Belgian girls' choir. I think I'm in love.

Scala - Creep (Radiohead cover)
(via TTM)

You like this

2010-07-18T09:27:38Z

I don't really feel the need to see a movie about Facebook, but its trailer has a choir singing Radiohead's Creep which is AWESOME.

♫

2010-07-15T20:31:09Z

I was surfing Something Awful's forums a couple of days ago and stumbled upon a Song of Ice and Fire thread (spoilers!) and someone posted a couple very compelling reasons why you should read (or finish) the books. Because I have no television shows to currently stan for* I have taken refuge in books, and it is my current goal to convert all of you into ASOIAF readers. I NEED OTHERS TO FANGIRL WITH. 'Kay, here they are:

A Song of Ice and Fire is the best selling fantasy series by George R. R. Martin that you have no reason for not reading.

"But Brannock," you may ask, "I don't like fantasy novels. Elves are gay! Gay, gay, GAY!"

Well, I have good news for you, my homophobic friend. There are zero faggy elves in these books, none, nada, zilch. The same goes for neckbeard wish-fulfillment dwarves, offensive racial analog orcs, obnoxious gnomes, and furry beast races.

These books are about a world where summers can last for years and winters decades. This, along with a small amount of undead, dragons, and believable occult magic that may or may not come from what may or may not be Gods, are the only fantasy elements of this series. This series is rock hard fantasy in a nearly pure form. It pulls no punches and there is absolutely no fluff!

The focus of these books are the Seven Kingdoms, united under the Iron Throne in the continent of Westeros, and the political machinations, backstabbing, and double-crossing that goes on between them... otherwise known as the Game of Thrones. To play the Game one must be ruthless, merciless, pragmatic, and use every single tool and advantage available to him. For in the Game, to lose is to die.

The story starts with King Robert Baratheon traveling to the North to seek out his old friend Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and ask of him a great favor: to be the Hand of the King. Starting with that one request, the story unfolds from focusing on a small, northern noble family into an epic saga - spanning multitudes of characters, hundreds of names, and countless legends made and in the making - of the land of Westeros and beyond as it leaves the Long Summer.

The poster forgot to mention there's an HBO show coming up, starring HBIC Lena Headey, Sean Bean, and Aiden Gillen, who played Tommy Carcetti on The Wire, making this cast pretty much the pinnacle of awesome. MY FRIENDS, GO FORTH TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE/LIBRARY AND PICK UP THESE BOOKS. You won't regret it!

(* I'm serious, and it sucks. Nothing that is on television right now appeals to me, with the sole exception being True Blood's Alcide. BRING BACK LOST/BSG/FIREFLY)