layne

Last of Us had me crying like a baby. Again.

2023-01-31T08:29:48Z

This image will stay with me for a long, long time.

The end scene was what really got to me ... right at the end. And the song omg. Seriously, one of the best ever.

Last of Us

2023-01-20T09:12:08Z

Take a bow, Pedro Pascal.

I don't think I would have watched Last Of Us if Pedro weren't in it. Not that much into the apoclaypse genre, or zombies either ( am saturated with The Walking Dead ).Not a gamer either so I don't quite get how people could be so absorbed in a video game.

But Pedro is in The LoU and he is amazing in it ( as is everyone else ) and I'm so glad that I watched LoU because it's an amazing, awesome show which I would have missed if Pedro were not Joel.

So yes, take a bow Mr Pascal :D

It's too much

2022-09-02T02:54:18Z

First the dragons.

Now the rings!

And young!Elrond was young!Ned Stark - I'm beyond excited!!

And now I can't get this song out of my head

2022-08-27T09:20:11Z

I was not that much of a fan of Rick Astley back then, but I knew of ( and enjoyed ) his songs esp *that* song. So it was such a lovely surprise to suddenly see this on my news feed. What an awesome "Now and Then", "recreation" thingie and to see him after all these years ( I didn't follow his career ) is like a reunion of sorts lol.

Been watching that many, many times and like someone said in the comments, the person who did that ad deserve a raise!

And what a coincidence. I was still on a Rickroll-high ( ha!! ) when this came up on Ted Lasso. So unexpected but so awesome!

Any fans of Rick Astley here? :D

This Is The Way

2021-08-21T05:14:31Z

It's been a while since I'm this invested in a TV show or a character but The Mandalorian got me hook, line and sinker ( or helmet, blaster and Beskar Steel I should say ).

The show had been aired a couple of years before. I didn't watch it then, for some reasons I thought the series was a cartoon? And also, while I enjoyed the movies, I'm not a hard-core fan.

But they're airing it again and they showed those trailers with the Mando-baby!Yoda scenes and I thought baby!Yoda looked exquisitely adorable and my son wanted to watch it ( he was away in boarding school when the show first aired ) so we watched the first episode and I found out that Pedro Pascal was Mando and I was like WHATTTTTTT??? Why didn't I know *that*????

So yeah, thoroughly and utterly invested in Mando and Grogu now and I find myself reading-up on the Empire and Jedi and the New Republic.

Still not into the whole Star Wars movies yet but if they made a new one with The Mandalorian in it? Count me in, because That. Is the way.

This is the image that got me.

layne67 @ 2021-02-28T13:02:00

2021-02-28T05:01:02Z

I'm enjoying Wandavision very, very much. And they were not even my favourite Avengers! They certainly are now. Oh, you clever, brilliant writers, how you put me on the edge of my seat! It didn't start that way though. As one reviewer said - it's a slow march from sitcom to horror.

I even rewatched Age of Ultron and oooohed and sighed when Wanda and Vision came on screen. LOL who would have thought :D

Anyone else watching it?

As seen everywhere

2021-02-03T08:01:40Z

I'm asking those who love the outdoors to post a picture on your page. A picture that YOU took. Just a pic. No description. The goal is to regain peace and harmony without negativity. Please copy the text, put a picture on YOUR page, and let's look at these beautiful pictures.

It's a birthday!

2021-01-24T13:28:19Z

Hope it's been a good one!

Birthday hugs,
Layne

To a dear friend

2020-03-29T08:27:26Z

To shirebound

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANET!!!!

layne67 @ 2020-03-09T16:17:00

2020-03-09T08:13:19Z

I watched this yesterday. It's eerie the way the current crisis follows that script. I just hope that it won't get to that extent *shudders*

New squee ( haha haven't used that word for quite some time ).

2020-02-05T08:56:55Z

Anyone here watching Succession? I've been mainlining it for the past week and now I'm just starting on Season 2. It's soooooo GOOD and I need someone to talk to about Kendall and Shiv and Rome and Connor and the rest. Anyone? :DDD

layne67 @ 2019-10-10T15:54:00

2019-10-10T07:52:42Z

Do you often shop online for clothings and shoes? You know, they looked so pretty when worn by those ( pretty ) models but not so much when worn by yours truly. And you would have thought I'd have learnt my lesson ( after quite a number of bad buys ) but nooooo, I still think that they'd look the same on me as they did on the models *sighs*

And returning them is such a hassle that I almost never did that.

On a more cheerful note, there's a new Nancy Drew the TV series yay! ( yes, I'm 25 ). The reviews don't seem to be all that good but I'll still watch it because it's Nancy Drew! I grew up reading all her books!

My favourite Nancy Drew is Pamela Sue Martin. For me, she'll always be the Nancy Drew ( as she'll always be the Fallon Carrington ). And apparently she'll guest star in the first episode?

And another birthday!

2019-04-30T07:53:44Z

Dear Casey <3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Lots of love,
Layne xxx

It's a birthday!

2019-04-30T07:35:32Z

To shadowc44

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Much love,
Layne xxx

Final season

2019-04-17T07:13:19Z

And they only have six episodes???? *cries*

Two things that I was worried about. Not so much on the outcome but how they do it. Happy to say that both of them were excellently executed.

Jon finding out about his parentage. Brilliant. Not too much, not too little. Just right *two thumbs up*

Jon ( finally ) riding the ( his ) dragon. Again, very nicely done. I was afraid that it was going to be OTT. Images of Anakin and Padme froclicking in the grass came to mind but thank goodness it didn't come to that. Almost, but not quite. Though I have to say that Rhaegal ( yeah, Jon's dragon was aptly named after his father! ) staring at them while they were being lovey-dovey put me off a little. Was it a look of approval? Disapproval? My first impression was that Rhaegal was angry but then you would really know it if a dragon got angry, right?

Anyyway, I'm in jitters now on how Jon and Dany's relationship will be like now that Jon Snow finally knows something.

Overall a grand episode that lives up to my expectation. And more!

One very minor critism. I think there were too many hugs! Jon-Sansa, Jon-Arya, Jon-Bran, Jon-Sam, Jon-Dany. All good hugs but I was thinking that maybe they could make Jon and Sam's reunion an off-camera thing so that no hug needed to be shown. Just my fleeting thought. No real dislike for the hugs because yeah, Jon should be hugged as often as possible.

Talking about hugs, these two win the prize for Best Hugs of Westeros hands ~~around Jon~~ down.

Oh Robb!

I teared up each and every time I saw this.

On to episode 2!

Yayy it's a birthday!

2019-03-28T16:59:48Z

Quick! The birthday girl is here, where's the cake???? She's here, she's here!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY shirebound!! Many happy returns of the day!!

layne67 @ 2018-10-05T16:36:00

2018-10-05T08:35:12Z

Has anyone here watched Gracepoint? Or Broadchurch?

I've just finished watching Gracepoint and I absolutely love it! Then I googled up Broadchurch, the original British version of Gracepoint. And it seemed like a lot of people, the ones who had watched Broadchurch first, did not like Gracepoint.

Totally understandable. I probably would have felt the same way if I had watched Broadchurch first ( I watched a few scenes of BC on YouTube and they were *exactly* the same as in GP. Makes you wonder why they made Gracepoint in the first place, but I for one, didn't mind a bit! ).

As it is, I really, really like Gracepoint and think that Anna Gunn totally rocked. Nick Nolte was super awesome in it too. As for David Tennant, he made me want to watch Dr Who!!

I'm now starting on Broadchurch season 2. It takes some getting use to, seeing Ellie Miller being played by someone else and I do wish there's more of Gracepoint but apparently they made that as a "limited series". I miss seeing Anna Gunn as her! One thing about Broadchurch though, I thought it kind of odd listening to the American version of Detective Miller calling her boss "Sir" but it sounded ok when the British version did it!

For those who had watched Gracepoint, did you get any Twin Peaks vibe from it? :)

It's a birthday!

2018-09-21T03:22:17Z

To lbilover

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELLEN!

♥♥♥

It's a birthday!

2018-05-02T08:49:29Z

I hope it's a great, glorious one! ♥

The tears in the finale.

2018-04-24T08:22:32Z

I got rather emo last night, watching the last episode of the final season of Bones *sniffs*

But it was a good end. Bittersweet, yes, but good. Though for a moment I really thought they were going to kill off everybody when they found the double ( triple? ) bombs in the Jeffersonian. That would have been horrible.

I love it when they end a show after a good long run with a great episode and everything all tied up nicely.
House had been good, love that final Swan Song. Fringe was good too, even though I didn't quite like the final season. Coming up - Scandal. I'm still many episodes behind the final one, I'm savouring the last few , trying to make them last as long as possible.

And Game of Thrones final season also coming up.Though for that I'm bracing myself for the worst. Hope for the best but expect the worst etc etc.

Bye Brennan. Bye Booth. Bye everyone. I'm going to miss you all.

layne67 @ 2018-04-04T17:01:00

2018-04-04T08:56:17Z

I haven't watched Supernatural for quite some time but I did watch Scoobynatural and I enjoyed it very much! Brought back fond childhood memories when there wasn't any cable TV and the few TV shows that we did have were very much appreciated and loved ( unlike nowadays, dozens of TV channels, hundreds of - or so it seems like - shows and yet on some days I couldn't find anything to watch ).

So, yeah, Scoobydoo and gang were much loved and to see them with Sam and Dean was such a treat ♥

( Hmmmm, I wonder if Dean watched Josie & the Pussycats as well :DD )

As for Scandal, I still watched it but Season 5 wasn't so good for me. I loved Fitz and Liv but it was hard to even like them. Then season 6 happened and bammmm, the old Scandal that I used to love is back, full force. I watched three episodes back to back a few nights ago.
Season 6 is great ( so far ). The Olitz vibe is not there yet but I really hope it'll be back during the final season. That alternate reality episode gave me hopes!

It's a birthday!

2018-03-28T07:21:24Z

To dear shirebound

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! May your special day be warm and sunshiny and filled with love and everything nice.

Much love,
Layne

Red Nose Actually

2018-01-25T08:03:04Z

While watching The Walking Dead the other day, it suddenly occurred to me that Andrew Lincoln used to be in Love Actually, one of my favourite movies of all times. So I googled him up along with the movie, and hey, what-do-you-know, there is a "14-years-later" sequel!! Well, it's not really a proper Love Actually 2 sequel, it's just a short 15-minute thingie made for the UK charity organization Red Nose.

Do watch this ( if you hadn't already ) if you're a Love Actually fan. Or Andrew Lincoln's. Remembering the young, fresh-faced ~~Rick Grimes~~ Andrew Lincoln - he looked a lot like Aaron ( of TWD ) by the way - and to see him ( Mark ) now is aboslutely PRICELESS. And the Prime Minister OMGG!

Alan Rickman not being there is sad :(

Red Nose Day Actually ― Complete (UK+US) from Dove Factually on Vimeo.

layne67 @ 2017-11-24T13:36:00

2017-11-24T05:32:49Z

This is really spooky. Seriously. I got chills just thinking about it. And I'm NOT looking at the still of that video ( much less rewatch it ). This is the semi-final, she got through the audition. I missed that particular audition and I am NOT going to go look for it, nope.

She was in character the whole time she was on stage. She probably broke character backstage because I can't imagine her being allowed to perform if she was like that the whole time. Asians are a superstitious lot, even glamour girls like Anggun ( the lady judge ). Unless the people who let her get through were non-Asians lol. It was funny, Anggun and Jay Park ( the other Asian judge ) looked genuinely freaked out while Robert Foster coolly said "Have a seat" to her when she approached the judges :DD

Wanna watch? :DD

layne67 @ 2017-10-31T16:27:00

2017-10-31T08:24:28Z

I just watched The Oxford Murders. I know, I know, way too late.

Oh my, whoaaaa, Elijah!!!

I think I recognized grievous_angel sitting there during the lecture. I know Arabia and Janinelearner were there too but I couldn't spot them. And for some reasons I thought lbilover was there, too. Were you, Ellen? I still remember the HUGE excitement the making of that movie stirred on LJ at that time.

I've read the book but it was so long ago that I didn't remember who did it, or the motive, so it was quite a surprise, the reveal.

It's been a book!movie week for me. I've watched Persuasion ( 10/10 ), Children of Men ( 6/10 ) and My Cousin Rachel ( 8/10 ), Rachel Weiz was really awesome as Rachel. And I'm glad that I couldn't remember ( from the book ) whether she was an angel or a devil. Coming up next - The Lovely Bones, Rebecca and The Memory Keeper's Daughter.

And I can't wait for Murder On The Orient Express to come out. I love the book, I love the 1974 version - lol, this is one story I know backwards having read the book so many times and seen the 1974 movie quite a few times - and if you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it! Unless you don't want to be spoiled watching the movie of course. This book and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd are two of Agatha Christie's best books IMO.