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OMG, Mo was bad today. Worse than usual bad.
Laura Wright has great chem with Ingo; none with Mo. She and MB have the opposite of chemistry.
Curtis is so fine. He sizzles with everyone. He even sparks with inanimate objects: the bench he was sitting on, the brown paper bag . I want more Curtis dammit. Unfortunately, the only way he'll ever get lead status is if they steer him towards Carly and I don't think I can wish that on him.
I'm really going to miss Jane. And the Q dwindle continues.
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Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon were once continual Oscar contenders, netting 3 Oscars between them.
The studio that made Frances and Jessica's PR people made one of the great promotional blunders of all time, IMO. They insisted on releasing Frances late in the year (1982) so it could qualify her for an Oscar. Which she likely would have won - IF they had been patient and waited until the following eligibility period. The chosen release date of Frances put Lange up against Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice. Stupid, stupid people.
Not that Lange hasn't had a great career, she has. But I have always wondered WTF were they thinking?
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Now having watched Big Little Lies, I wonder how have I survived all my life without a fabulous oceanfront home that is all windows and decks with an artful array of comfy outdoor furniture?
Agreed on the fabulous beach house, except I want Grace and Frankie's. Everything about it screams My Dream House. And it's in La Jolla, which is so pretty. I also wish, when I reach my 70's (got almost 15 years to go...), I could look like and be Frankie. Have a huge and well-lit art studio, a good friend who has your back, a cool farmer boyfriend, and apparently still able to eat any kind of junk food imaginable while continuing to look and feel great. Yeah, I want all that.
Now, excuse me, I must go and find my Tums.
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I'm going with this is Alex. I think that's why she left Wyndemere so quickly; she does not know or recognize Lulu and didn't want to give that away. Anna would have briefed her on those more in her sphere, like Griffin. But Lulu would not have been anticipated.
Shut up, Carly.
Still love Jax and don't care about his bus and whether he's under it. I mean, Sonny essentially bought Alice a heart by paying to bump her up the list. I at least feel that Jax had the stronger motive, Joss being his daughter.
BTW, whatever happened to Alice? Is she gone now that she no longer gets to say Mr. Luke?
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RIP Mr. Rickles.
I saw him interviewed (don't remember which show) a few months ago and Don mentioned he was on Twitter. So when I read the news I thought I'd look, expecting to find some acerbic wisecracking. Instead, I saw his last tweet. Then I got something in my eye.
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Well, I can easily sum up my reaction to this episode:
WTF!?!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Bye, Malcolm. *sniffle*
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Please give Avery and Juliette their own storyline. Please. I beg of you, show.
Liked +1,000.
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I loved the teen crush conversation in the truck: "Alyssa Jayne Milano was born..." and Amy's laugh. It felt so organic.
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These are the people with a crawl space and a basement. Logical consistency is not a strong suit of this show.
My house has a crawl space and a basement. Really. Crawl space is under about one quarter of the house, under two exterior rooms on the east side, and runs next to the laundry / furnace room. The rest is finished basement. I've never been in the crawl space; it totally creeps me out. Anyway, is that really so unusual? Maybe it's an east coast and older house (1952) thing, which is where I am and what I have.
I didn't mind this episode. But I felt like I'd seen it before. Mostly I just ended up feeling sorry for Luke having to sit through all those recorded non-victory moments.
No, college is not for every one. I went; my sister did not. She was a C student but is easily the most practical member in our family. Luke and his problem solving reminded me of her; no one cuts through overthinking and BS like my sister. I mean that in a good way as she's never not kind even when being direct; I adore that about her. Anyway, we both turned out fine in our chosen professions.
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"There's a 'but' in there somewhere..." and / or "I hear a 'but' coming."
I normally say this out loud along with the character since it's so predictable.
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Yay for March 24. I love this show. Season 3 trailer:
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Not a new band at all, but I only recently came across their music - Slightly Stoopid. Still working through the catalog but what I've heard I've really liked. And I have to admit, if I'd seen their album artwork without listening I would have passed them by, thinking they were death metal or something.
If there's such a thing as acoustic ska / reggae / rock / folk / a little hip hop then this might be it. Don't really know how to describe them. This a short (2:47) little song called Closer to the Sun:
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I've never seen Portlandia. Don't know why. It even seems like it might be my kind of show. I just keep forgetting it exists.
QuoteSopranos. I happened to come across an episode. I see a woman being raped in a stairwell. I turned it off again.
Had a similar experience, except with my ep was a really unpleasant hit. Never again.
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Eww, seriously? GROSS. I have an irrational fear of throwing up, and I cannot even be in the same room as someone who is doing it. Thanks for the warning. I'm just going to FF all of his scenes. Not like I'd be missing much.
I thought I was the only one, having that same fear. It sucks. I watch on Hulu, which doesn't make it easy to FF but it is doable on a laptop.
Bomb ending = lame.
Andre = lame.
Lulu's baby rabies = lame.
And I could go on and on and on....
I still like Kevin and Laura though. And Jason and Curtis. At least I get crumbs of interest every so often.
What was the point of Valerie's two second scene, only to have her disappear during any actual story?
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Not a quote but a thing; a friend and I will occasionally Leslie Knope each other. "Oh, amaranta, you curly haired delicate butterfly." And, yes, our words frequently make no sense.
QuoteJust stand in your wrongness and be wrong
I'm very much afraid of fish
Two of my favorites.
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I did get a few laughs from this episode but mostly I found it rather bone chilling and a bit depressing. Especially for poor Jeremy the dog. KW did a good job of watching the world slip away on her big screen; confused, lonely and desperate.
I'm waiting a bit impatiently for next week. I like Gail and don't want her to be dead. And I want more of Melissa's crazy; January Jones has been excellent at playing how the whole experience finally broke her - both funny and sad.
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That fucking letter. "Dear Laura - Left fridge on. laterz~"
I think they're going all Lost in Translation with the Angel letter - what we imagined is better than what was said. Or they got lazy. I guess that's a tossup, really.
Tonya is killing it. I like a villain who can both crack me up and make me believe she'd kill in a nanosecond.
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I think my favorite buddy / friendship couple is Alan Shore and Denny Crane.
QuoteI admit it I loved Sam and Diane together. So much chemistry. They were all wrong for each other but i really wanted them to work.
I was all in for Sam and Diane. I actually cried ugly tears at the end of her last episode. The dance, the growing old together marriage they would never have. And it's rare that a TV show gets me to shed real tears. Then when he wishes her a nice life... dammit, I still mist up.
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So I linked to the article on KMc in Soap Opera Digest and I see from the cover that Vincent Irizarry is available. He's is one vet from the other defunct ABC soaps I would like to see. I enjoyed him with Anna. I have no idea where the Valentine story is going but I think VI would make a better option - she could possibly be redeemed for embarking on the Revenge for Duke tour. And she did just mention Leora, much to my surprise, since it's non-GH history.
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I totally cracked up that Julian was able to talk to Liv while gagged
Really. So Liv runs into Griffin and Julian, who we just heard talking, can't manage a yell from the trunk. Or kicking to make some banging noises? I guess I'm supposed to think that he was protecting the innocent passerby from harm from Olivia but once he heard Griffin say he was Duke's son his half a brain should have known she was unlikely to hurt him.
No, please, to Duke being hidden under GH. Back in the day I had nothing against IB (though I was and shall always be team Robert when it comes Anna) but his last year was painful to watch.
KMc looks wonderful.
I want real story for Laura and Kevin. I like them as a couple, dammit, and I want to see the relationship. Plus every other story line is "Vengeance!" and it's getting tiresome.
And stop dropping things. Will it take another month to find the answer to Ned's proposal? Last seen was Olivia F. asking if he was taking it back. Then nada. Hate.
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PwC - They are so going to have to do an audit for all the results. Risk management time.
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I am not usually claustrophobic so it was quite the surprise for me when I freaked out at my MRI. It wasn't only the tube - it was more the cage thing they put around my head, locking me down, making it impossible to move at all. Damn that thing was constricting. They didn't use that here, but I did relate to the Cam story.
I also loved Phil turning the picture, getting a new perspective and finding a way to keep his dream. I mainly still watch for Ty. The rest of the cast can drive me crazy and not in a good way.
ETA: Ina123 - I had them take me out and told them if they couldn't find me a Xanax / Valium / or whatever we were going to call it a day. So I hear you. And I've never seen GoT either (though I did know Dinklage), but that's actually on purpose....
QuoteFinally someone else who had that done. I keep trying to get people to understand why I cried all the way thru mine.
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Bill Paxton was excellent in A Simple Plan (still one of my favorite movies).
R.I.P.
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While I'm still glad the show is alive, I've had one major problem. And that is the main focus being on the Rayna and Maddie driven story lines while rotating out the rest of the cast. Where the hell is Will? And Avery, who gets maybe three lines and thirty seconds of song in this episode, was completely missing from the last one. This I do not like. Perhaps with The Big Event out of the way they can move away from that. Yes, there will be fallout, tears, hearts a'rending, etc. ; but after can they please be a bit more even-handed with story and screen time?
After the crash I realized that it feels like the first half of the season was written to bring us to this point, starting with Rayna's cross country drive of self discovery and then on to last night's truck slam. So New Writers, now I'm ready for Nashville: The Whole Show.
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"What Do They See In Each Other?!" Worst Movie Love Interests
in Everything Else Movies
I don't mind Julia Roberts and think she can sometimes bring the chemistry with her leading men. I was even OK with Larry Crowne. But the worst chemistry I have ever seen was Roberts with Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble. It didn't help that it was a terrible movie; plus I read somewhere that behind the scenes she couldn't stand him.