LotR, Smallville, Angel
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butterflyLord of the Rings is one of the few movies that I would watch with just the soundtrack. Sadly, it doesn't have that as an option. Shame. The music is so unutterably perfect and well-done. It'd be nice just to put it on in the background. Then again, it's no bad thing to have the dialogue.
I'm thinking of seeing Return of the King again tonight. It's been a while. I also gave some thought to seeing Big Fish (Ewan!) or Peter Pan (Peter Pan, yo!) but there's this voice in my head that says, "What's the point of going to the theater and not seeing Return?"
I may be the slightest bit obsessed.
So, onto other things I'm obsessed with:
This is the first episode where we see any of Pete's family. We see his mother faced with an echo of what we're always seeing the Kents confront - a choice between protecting a son and between doing the honest, right thing. Clark prevents us from seeing the choice Judge Ross makes, before we know whether she will make Lionel's choice or Jonathan and Martha's. Though those, of course, are the extremes (and Lionel's, of course, are only honest and right on the surface).
We get a good look at the 'new' Lex. Drinking orange juice today. Does he remember more than he says or does he just want to keep him mind clear and focused? Of course, I'm not sure that Lex ever knew about the drugged Scotch to between with.
We see choices - Chloe chooses Clark over her job and her father's, though she wasn't as aware of the choice as she should have been. Lex chooses Clark over Chloe and her father, fires a man to make sure his father doesn't suspect Clark of anything. Lana doesn't choose Clark.
After the determined Clark of the last episode, we see a Clark brought down - vulnerable, as he says. Scared and willing to reach out to what he'd walked away from in the last episode.
It's about connections, about the unseen webs of need that hover between people. In the last episode, an episode about destiny and loss, we saw a flash of Superman. Here, in this episode, we see a clear glimpse of the Clark-to-be.
Angel's soul is a dead goldfish (well, Buffy did kill it once, and she kills her goldfish) and his heart is a dried up walnut (Gunn's words from The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, words that Fred wasn't there to hear, as I recall). Angel's soul was forced on him, and it's so fragile. Handed off to a bear, a mascot, a person in a bear suit, reminiscent of Pangs, Angel's outside in with Buffy. I really need to watch this episode again - it's full of fun things.
I'm thinking of seeing Return of the King again tonight. It's been a while. I also gave some thought to seeing Big Fish (Ewan!) or Peter Pan (Peter Pan, yo!) but there's this voice in my head that says, "What's the point of going to the theater and not seeing Return?"
I may be the slightest bit obsessed.
So, onto other things I'm obsessed with:
This is the first episode where we see any of Pete's family. We see his mother faced with an echo of what we're always seeing the Kents confront - a choice between protecting a son and between doing the honest, right thing. Clark prevents us from seeing the choice Judge Ross makes, before we know whether she will make Lionel's choice or Jonathan and Martha's. Though those, of course, are the extremes (and Lionel's, of course, are only honest and right on the surface).
We get a good look at the 'new' Lex. Drinking orange juice today. Does he remember more than he says or does he just want to keep him mind clear and focused? Of course, I'm not sure that Lex ever knew about the drugged Scotch to between with.
We see choices - Chloe chooses Clark over her job and her father's, though she wasn't as aware of the choice as she should have been. Lex chooses Clark over Chloe and her father, fires a man to make sure his father doesn't suspect Clark of anything. Lana doesn't choose Clark.
After the determined Clark of the last episode, we see a Clark brought down - vulnerable, as he says. Scared and willing to reach out to what he'd walked away from in the last episode.
It's about connections, about the unseen webs of need that hover between people. In the last episode, an episode about destiny and loss, we saw a flash of Superman. Here, in this episode, we see a clear glimpse of the Clark-to-be.
Angel's soul is a dead goldfish (well, Buffy did kill it once, and she kills her goldfish) and his heart is a dried up walnut (Gunn's words from The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, words that Fred wasn't there to hear, as I recall). Angel's soul was forced on him, and it's so fragile. Handed off to a bear, a mascot, a person in a bear suit, reminiscent of Pangs, Angel's outside in with Buffy. I really need to watch this episode again - it's full of fun things.
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Date: 2004-01-22 08:32 pm (UTC)Granted, I'm only thinking that way because my Terps lost to Duke. ME clearly has no particular sports fans among the writing staff, but hey - I'll extrapolate.
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Date: 2004-01-23 09:32 am (UTC)I'll just... trust you on that one.
(I know next to nothing about sports, really.)