Daily Entertainment

[ceitfianna]

Let's keep it simple today. What's everyone reading today?

What movies are you looking forward to either seeing in the theater or watching on DVD?

With my newest paycheck, I plan on seeing The Three Musketeers and buying a copy of X-Men: First Class.

For a possible pup question, what kinds of books or movies do your pups like to curl up with a cold night?

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[nocarename]

I'm kind of terrible about going to see movies, or even watching them on my computer. The next movie I'll watch is probably Sakura Wars, which I bought at Dragon*Con. (It took me something like three or four weeks just to get around to taking the plastic wrap off.)

[ceitfianna]

I've got a Netflix DVD that's been sitting on my shelf for going on I think three or four months now and some new DVDs I haven't opened. I know how that goes. Sometimes you just have to be in the mood for watching something.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Gene loves Westerns. Like, obsessively so. The phrase 'glorious genre of the American West' might have been used in canon, and he refers to himself, always, as the Sheriff. So, yeah. Westerns or nothing, pretty much, though I imagine he can be persuaded to watch cop movies too.

As for reading - ahahaha. He did used to read a bit, when he was a kid. He rarely does now, and would never own to it even if he did.

As for me, I dream of the days where I can go to the cinema all the time like I used to. I'm looking forward to the last Harry Potter film coming out on Blu-Ray; I'll snap that up (particularly as all HP DVDs are being removed from circulation on Dec 29th, apparantly), and then watch the final two back-to-back. I've had the other one since it came out, and haven't managed to watch it yet.

Also, I have pterry's new book (EEE VIMES), but haven't found time to start it yet. V. much looking forward to that.

[ceitfianna]

I love Gene and his love of Westerns and how he fangirls all of the cowboys in Bar, it's an adorable side of him.

I hope they don't do that with the HP DVDs, it sounds like something that could backfire on them. At the moment I've got almost all of the movies on DVD, I don't have the first DH or OoP or HBP.

Ooh, I'm jealous. I'm planning on buying Snuff soon and just finished a reread of Making Money, I love how clever and foolish Moist is.

[saphyria.livejournal.com]

I'm in the middle of my once-a-decade reread of Lord of the Rings. I've just finished the battle of Helm's Deep. ^_^ Surprisingly, I'm enjoying the Two Towers a lot more than I have in the past - I think the movies helped with that. My last reread of the books was in early 2001, in preparation for the movies coming out.

I went to see The Three Musketeers with friends from work, last week. I kind of want my money back. It was... well, the fight scenes were enjoyable. The rest was a mess of preachy dialog, unlikeable characters (apart from Orlando Bloom, who is enjoying his first role as a villain a bit too much), sexist generalizations and blatant fanservice. Oh, and the repeated defiance of physics really irked me. Because dude. That ship's cannon is solid iron and weighs 1,200 pounds at the very least. There is no way that one guy can lift it up and over the ship's railing to throw it overboard.

[ceitfianna]

You're the first person I've come across on my flist who didn't like The Three Musketeers and yeah, cannons are heavy things. There are smaller cannons that ships routinely carried but most of the major ones, once they were on the ship were there for good.

Two Towers has some of my favorite moments in it because I love the Ents and Merry and Pippin. I haven't read those books since before the movies came out, maybe I'll add them to my reread pile.

[shinyhappygoth]

Here's Howard Tayler's review of The Three Musketeers. You may not (okay, won't) agree with what he has to say, I just like how he says it.

[ashen_key]

Awww, that's a shame, Saph, I utterly adored the movie.

[shinyhappygoth]

I'm rereading The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. The first time I read it, years ago, I enjoyed it; now, having had rather more exposure to detective fiction (of one sort or other) by way of Black Jack Justice and The Dresden Files, I am appreciating it so much more.

[ceitfianna]

I adore the Falco books and always read the newest one as soon as I can get my hands on it. Historical detective fiction is so hard to get right but she really does it.

If you enjoy it then I highly recommend reading the rest of the series as they keep getting better.

[camwyn]

As far as what I'm reading, The Hive And The Honey-Bee, by Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth; Predator: The Remote-Control Air War over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot's Story, by Matt J. Martin; and The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen. The last one is notable as being one of the first appearances of a humanoid eldritch abomination in literature and a massive, massive influence on HP Lovecraft's work.

[ceitfianna]

What's the first one about? I think I've heard about the last one somewhere on one of the blogs that deals with older sci-fi and fantasy.

[katernater.livejournal.com]

Predator sounds very interesting. How do you find it so far?

[bcgphoenix]

I'm not reading anything at the moment (gasp!), though I did finish The Invention of Hugo Cabret a couple of days ago. DAMN is that book gorgeous. (And surprisingly short, considering it's over 500 pages! But yeah, when over half of those pages are illustrations, that'll do it.)

I suspect the next movie I'll see in theaters is Margin Call, just because the cast makes me go starry-eyed with glee. Mary McDonnell, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, and Jeremy Irons all in the same movie? YES, PLEASE. :D :D :D

[ceitfianna]

That book's been on my to read list for ages, I should move it. I've read some good reviews of Margin Call.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

My daughter loves that book and I still need to read it. You do know Martin Scorsese is making a movie adaptation yes?

[dynastessa]

Hnnng. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is for serious one of the prettiest books in existence. I've got Wonderstruck added to my wish list and will totally be mine this Christmas.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Books I am reading and looking forward to reading: The Warlock by Michael Scott (rereading actually), Sunshine by Robin McKinley (yes I'm reading this solely on the Rae that's played here and damn if this isn't a really good book), Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson, Troubletwisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams, and Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

Movies: I still need to see Captain America and X-Men: First Class. Not sure about any other movies as I live under a rock.

TV: Still holding out hope for Terra Nova and am really likely Grimm.

[ceitfianna]

That sounds like a great collection of books to have in your pile. The only reason I'm playing Sameth is because I read The Abhorsen Chronicles due to Saph's great Yrael. Sameth just snuck in.

[kd7sov]

At the moment, I'm rereading The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. It's making some interesting connections between things I've been thinking about the last few weeks.

Looking... forward to movies? Um... ... ... Well, I watched Into the Woods again the other day. Thanks in part to Crackchat's enabling, Brain is busily trying to cast all the roles with My Little Pony characters, particularly Fluttershy as Cinderella. (Figuring out how to array them all is hard. And the cow is problematic.)

My pups, curiously, aren't much into books or movies. None of their worlds have movies, which may be part of it. But if they were... Felix, I think, would be a secret lover of certain types of romantic movies - not comedies, at least in the Adam Sandler sense, but stuff like the movies of Jane Austen's books. I'm not getting much from the others on this.

[ceitfianna]

Into the Woods is one of my favorite musicals, it's so clever and the music is beautiful.

[sdelmonte]

Books: About to start PTErry's newest, Snuff. Just finished a very odd but very entertaining PKD book, Lies Inc. Apparently, the middle of the book was rejected in the 60s, added in the 70s, and reworked in the 80s. It shows, but it's a good demonstration of how PKD's work evolves.

Also still reading a lot of the New 52 comics, with varying levels of enthusiasm. Am madly loving Batman, The Flash, Batgirl, Batman and Robin and Batwing - see a theme emerging? Still liking Demon Knights and Action. Having qualms about Swamp Thing, Animal Man - good comics but very bleak - Resurrection Man, Green Lantern and GLC. Overall, I am still happier than not with the reboot, but I can see the energy levels dropping already.

Movies: I suspect that I will only see a couple of the fall films. J Edgar has a good actor and director, but looks to be heavy handed. Hugo and Tintin have talent far above what you would expect from such adaptations. The Muppets, however, waits until Batya is able to see it with me at home (as she can't see movies in the theaters during her year in mourning). That said, Frank Oz's rejection of the script does not bode well.

[ceitfianna]

I'm planning on getting a copy of Snuff soon as I've heard good things about it.

Hugo looks interesting and I didn't know that about Frank Oz, that's worrying.

[katernater.livejournal.com]

I'm currently about a hundred pages into A Clash of Kings, having been suckered into the series by the HBO treatment.

Movie-wise, I'm really looking forward to War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Hobbit. Last weekend I watched The American and, as much as I really adore George Clooney, I was snoozing about halfway through. It was shot beautifully, though; one of the most color-rich experiences I've seen in a recent film. So, it had that going for it. And I will probably go see the new Sherlock Holmes movie in theaters because I am predictable and love that kind of thing, even though I should probably know better.

And Castle? I can see Castle reading pretty much anything and everything, but having a real taste for those gritty crime noir serials they used to sell on book racks. Same with films; Castle's a bit of a polyglot when it comes to genres of pop culture -- he imbibes anything and everything.

[ceitfianna]

I read the first I think three books of A Song of Ice and Fire years ago and they're good at sucking you in. I gave up at the end of the third one when they just got too brutal and for a while A Feast of Crows sat unread on my bookshelf.

There's a new behind the scenes thing from the Hobbit out today, I've yet to watch it due to work.

I adore Castle and how he seems to just inhale information and send it out into the world in quips.

[minkhollow]

One of these days I'll go back to my reread of Villains By Necessity. I haven't been reading much lately (I mean, I have Unseen Academicals and just... haven't been able to make myself pick it up on my lunch breaks at work).
Movies... eh? I want to watch all of RED at some point,a s what I've seen is quite entertaining.
And as for TV: Of course I'm waiting on this year's Warehouse 13 Christmas episode. And Once Upon a Time has completely sucked me in.

[ceitfianna]

Villians by Necessity is another book on my to read list, but I know my library has it so that's something.

[requiem2adream.livejournal.com]

I'm currently reading Snuff, the new Discworld book and looking forward to getting Captain America when it comes out on DVD. I brought First Class today and just finished watching it. SO MUCH SLASH!

[ceitfianna]

Hee, yes, I almost bought First Class today as I love it so and it keeps inspiring me.

I'm jealous that you've got the new Discworld book, it's also on to get list.

[aberrantangels]

Tomorrow, the 'rents and I are going to go see Puss in Boots. In upcoming releases, I'm looking forward to Happy Feet Two, The Muppets (at least, I was until Alex's comment below) and The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (America gets it after the civilized world, heavy sigh). Don't have XMFC at home yet, but the Blu-ray will be on my Christmas list, as will Snuff and a few other things.

I'm reading my GURPS Fourth Edition books, specifically High-Tech, and large chunks of 1920s-related Wikipedia, with an eye to working out the tech level and divergence point of the Unspeakable Pup's timeline (which I figure Infinity Unlimited would call "Reality Qadmon").

[ceitfianna]

Another useful guide to figuring out tech level might be to look into the patent office as their database is free to search.

[craftylildoodlepumpkin]

I'm actually reading three things at once. IDEK.

A biography on Vivien Leigh, the Bloom County treasury, and I'm re-reading If Chins Could Kill.

Of my pups, Jules is the heavier reader, preferring mainly books on intellectual growth. Clementine loves trashy novels and mostly reads fashion magazines. And Dixie reads light fiction - and, of course, music.

[ceitfianna]

Reading various things at once is always a good plan. I tend to have a book in my bag and a book by my bed.

Bloom County is the best, is it the Babylon treasury or a different one?