Woss on the telly

[st_aurafina]

Agents of SHIELD S2 is looming.

Season Two casting news (Link is made of spoilers, so many spoilers!) This borks the current theory we've been nursing at home, (spoilers):the Skye-ju theory, wherein her parents are obviously Kaiju, since they're horrible monsters that rampaged through a town. But I don't mind, because Kyle MacLachlan. Think of the Twin Peaks crossover potential! (I will enjoy thinking of that.) End Spoilers! As long as there's more Agent May and her awesome mother, I am going to be just fine, thanks.



We started watching Arrow! It's actually really, really fun. I tried the pilot when it started, and didn't click with it, but I kept seeing gifs on tumblr - tumblr the eternal enabler! - and wanted to see this apparently awesome Felicity Smoak. She's pretty cool so far, and so is Laurel, and so is Thea and so is Helena (Lucy from Dracula!) I also like Mr Diggle. I like to say his name. I don't mind Oliver and he remains so far inoffensive to me. You can see where my priorities lie on this.



Great British Bake Off started last night. I haven't seen it yet but I am excite. Mary Berry! Suuuuuuuuue Perkins! And Mel, I love Mel too, but not Paul. He can fuck off. /stress gives me arbitrary hate-boners, apparently.



Oh, hey, do you know what was unexpectedly fun? VAMPIRE ACADEMY. It took me a while to get over the exposition. It went like this: there's this clan and that clan and another clan and some kill you and some are magic and some are FABULOUS SOUL-BONDED BODYGUARDS OKAY I'M INTO THIS. The direction was really peppy. The actress playing Rose - said fabulous soul-bonded bodyguard - was channeling Ellen Page which did not help me grasp any of the heterosexual storylines better, and the actress playing her bodyguard-ee has the cutest totally-not-Australian accent and it was all protecting and eternal love and magic and going to the formal dance. And Gabriel Byrne, gleefully having the best time ever. And lots of throwaway lines that made me giggle, and yeah, I have pitched money at the Indigogo for a possible sequel: Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Film. (I'm so into this idea that we can pay for the movies we want, and they get made. Veronica Mars spoiled me.)

I'm going to give the books another go. I will push past the opening exposition and look for the soul-bonding goodness within.



Ooh, check it out! Quolls are bringing sexy back! I live near there! Quolls near me! The spotty kind!

Comments

[entwashian]

Ugh, yes, there have been criticisms that Kickstarter movies take advantage of the fans, but I love being able to really vote with my wallet.

Have you read the Vampire Academy books? I remember a couple of my LJ friends being really into them.

[st_aurafina]

I tried the first book and gave up, but I'm going to try it again. I don't think the sequel will get funded - I still wanted to support it though. That is a good way to make movies, even if people are cynical about it. I loved nearly every second of the Veronica Mars movie, that's for sure.

[staranise]

I loved the Vampire Academy movie. Rose/Lissa are so frickin' adorable.

[st_aurafina]

OMG THEY WERE BEST! BEST BEST BEST! I just. Yeah.

And Rose's dysfunctional relationship with her mother! And Lissa's family were all so blithely foamy - I adored her aunt the queen and her random declarations.

[staranise]

A feminist commentator pointed out that people may write it off as a vapid teenage flick... but that's the first time she's seen anyone outside of academia and the feminist blogosphere use the term "slut-shaming".

[st_aurafina]

Yes! That was awesome. So not what I was expecting from that part of the story, yay!

I can see how a certain group of people would call it vapid but wow, it wasn't - omg, so many good solid messages in there about standing your ground, about abuse of power by adults, about how gross insular families can get.

ETA: It's only just occurred to me that 'vapid' is probably the word someone reaches for when they're scared of a female-led storyline where the strongest relationship is a female friendship.

[lilacsigil]

Hey, Casting Spoiler:Kyle MacLachlan could just put on a Spoiler:rubber Godzilla suit and stomp around!

[st_aurafina]

Casting spoiler: Dale Cooper would be right into that.

[finisterre]

There's twice as much Bake Off as previously - Jo Brand is doing a behind the scenes show on Fridays where they interview the losing baker and chat about the show. I hate the idea of celebs wanking on about my favorite show but they reeled me in with Jo Brand.

I don't really like this stage much - I prefer it when you get down to the last 7 or 8 and get to know the bakers a bit - but I already have at least three favorites and someone whose cakes I want to sink in the middle and taste of sick. So I guess I am hooked.

[st_aurafina]

Man, I'd watch Jo Brand read the phone book. I love her! She was brilliant on the celebrity bake-offs.

Yeah, this end of the competition is a big heap of people - I definitely have trouble keeping track of them all early on.

[musesfool]

Arrow is a lot of fun - and it gets better pretty consistently, too. For being the rich white male protag with manpain, Ollie is pretty okay, as well, though he comes in third to Felicity and Diggle in terms of my affections.

[st_aurafina]

Considering I was going into the show prepared to hate Ollie, I have to say he's actually pretty good. I love Diggle as his bodyguard/reality check/head slapper - they make a good team.

[vass]

Yay GBBO! Yay fabulous soul-bonded bodyguards! And yay quolls!

[st_aurafina]

Always yay quolls!

Spoilers!

[havocthecat]

Skye's dad is BOB using Agent Cooper's body, clearly.

I love Arrow and I need to get my hands on a Vampire Academy rental.

Re: Spoilers!

[st_aurafina]

Skye's dad is BOB using Agent Cooper's body, clearly.

A horrible and yet fascinating idea!!

Arrow gets better and better - I am so glad. And Vampire Academy - omg such sisterhood omg. Many hugs and protections.