House rules, and the state of my icons.

[ldhenson]

I watched the first episode of House on DVD...well, I'll be adding it to my TV schedule. Making your main character such a tough guy to get along with is a tricky thing to try to pull off; I suspect that had they cast anyone else, I might not be watching, but Hugh Laurie is magnetic. And there are enough chinks in the armor to keep him intriguing.

I like the pacing of the medical explanations--fast enough to keep me interested, slow enough that I could keep up. I really enjoyed following the "mystery" from start to finish. Which is quite a good thing really, as this is the first medical drama I've been inclined to watch.

Rest of the cast seems to have gotten off to a good start, too...plus they're just lovely to look at. I'd like to see where they take them from here.

I do wish they'd let Hugh keep his native accent. But if that's the price I have to pay for having him on my TV every week, then so be it.

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You know how I complain regularly, and in fact did so again just very recently, that space for 50 icons is not nearly enough? Well, I've been sitting at 48 icons for the past week, with another two icons about to be pulled.

And I have nothing I'm dyin' to fill the four empty spaces with. In my first honeymoon fling with Sky Captain, I churned out 32 WOT icons--as far as I can remember--in 6 weeks. Half of those were for other people, the others for me. And now I seem to be tapped out for icons about anything.

I'll be pulling my Depp-centric icons because, strangely, Johnny has for me gone back to the "Hot but Not" category of men whose looks are undeniably good but who otherwise don't do anything for me. (I know. Please don't lynch me.) I still appreciate him as an actor, but my days of drooling over him are, for now, at an end.

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Completely OT

[raphe1.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I hope it wasn't poor etiquette to give them the link to your story without asking . . . if so, sorry :-( but it is such a good story!

http://www.worldzone.net/film/agentsands/ofanfic-index.html

Re: Completely OT

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hi sweetie--I do like to be asked first but I'm flattered you liked the story enough to send it in, and I've no problems with it being there. I've been out of the OUATIM loop, so that site is new to me.

::hugs:: to you for always being so supportive.

Re: Completely OT

[raphe1.livejournal.com]

Phew! Thanks - and it isn't actually the story - just the link to your FF.net site. I love that story . . . And sorry for not asking first. :-(

Re: Completely OT

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't worry about it, I'm happy to have it there :-) I really should get back to reading OUATIM...still so much good stuff I haven't looked at yet!

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

LOL, I do that with the guys all the time (on and off). It's really weird sometimes which ones move over to the 'hot but not' category (I love that phrase!).

If you're looking for new zones to explore in, I might recommend Stargate Atlantis. It's got a snarky scientist who for some reason reminds me incredibly of Dex. Looks absolutely nothing like him, and doesn't even resemble him in personality exactly, but the general approach to science and the nice come-back replies and easy feel to his relationships... Anyhow, I'm a Rodney-fan, and I blame it on Dex. ;-) Lots of good imagry for icons there too. {g}

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

'hot but not' category (I love that phrase!)

Hee. Men who have all the ingredients to be hot, but just somehow don't cross that border in my mind. Johnny, prior to POTC, was always in that category for me. Ewan McGregor used to be there, too.

I might recommend Stargate Atlantis

It's interesting you mention that, because I was into SG-1 fandom years ago, back when 1st season hit syndication (I don't have Showtime). Daniel was the one who got my attention, and I was all about the Jack-Daniel friendship, though strangely not the J/D (but I did try). I finally drifted away from the show because I grumbled too much that the writers needed a science/military consultant :-) but I do love it for sparking my interest in ancient Egypt.

Haven't checked out the spinoff yet. Do you watch SG-1 as well?

hot but not ^^

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

LOL -- I agree with you *completely* on Johnny! I always sortof shrugged when I'd see him mentioned in magazines and friends' ravings... and then I saw PotC and went, "wow!" Captain Jack Sparrow!!! So much fun! :)

I've tried over the years to figure out what makes it over that border for me, and I've never quite understood. ;p It's definitely not in looks alone, though, which makes it really interesting when I like a character but not the actor.

SG-1 was always one of those shows for me that I enjoyed watching when I came across it but never really went out of my way to seek it (I don't do a lot of tv watching). But in the last year or so, I've started watching more. Part of it is the release of the DVDs and a friend having them so I can just borrow and watch (in order! wow!). I vastly enjoy the friendship and comradery from all of the team. If I had to pick a pairing, though, I'd actually go for Jack/Teal'c. The two of them...! Teal'c is oddly enough my favorite character there. Daniel is a great guy, but he was on my 'hot but not' list. ^^

I also laugh at the science/military, but part of my laughter there is knowing that it was Glassner who started SG idea... and he was also the one behind a short-lived made-for-tv but never made it past the first one show called Island City that Ronda introduced me to and I adored... but same thing -- great characters, interesting concept, what the heck were they thinking on their science? LOL.

Re: hot but not ^^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I've tried over the years to figure out what makes it over that border for me, and I've never quite understood.

Me too. In fact, I would readily acknowledge that, say, Josh Hartnett and Brad Pitt are very good-looking. But I can't stand watching either of them. What surprises me even more is actors whom I think of as actually unattractive for years--and then bam! without warning, I suddenly find them the hottest things on earth. Antonio Banderas, Sean Bean, Liam Neeson, even Jude Law. It's so strange, because I absolutely can't predict it. But it gives me hope that I'm not so shallow as to judge by looks alone :-)

SG-1's one of those fandoms where I like the fanfic more than the show, but onluy because of the lack of science/military consultant thing. They make a great team, and there's lots of potential there. I used to spend a lot of time in some of the big fic archives, although I'm way out of the loop now. As for Atlantis, is Rodney the tall guy? I'm trying to remember the promos I've seen.

Re: hot but not ^^

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

What surprises me even more is actors whom I think of as actually unattractive for years--and then bam! without warning, I suddenly find them the hottest things on earth Yep, done that too! Usually when that happens for me, it's something about the character rather than the actor that makes them suddenly attractive.

But it gives me hope that I'm not so shallow as to judge by looks alone ROTFL! ;-) I think that's a pretty safe bet. ^__^

I also find it interesting when I'm hot after an actor... and then all of a sudden he's totally off my list. Just blip, chemistry gone. Obsession ended. No rhyme or reason, just time for the next one in line. (Sometimes there are reasons, but not always.)

the lack of science/military consultant thing Oh yeah, definitely. Getting into any sort of real discussion on it is impossible because it makes no sense. ;p But the characters and the team work... for me, if the characters are good enough, I can "suspend my disbelief" on the messy science. Though there are still points... Smaller doses are better to take. ^^

In Atlantis, Rodney McKay is tall and sortof large (not fat, just full-bodied). There's another main character (Major Sheppard) who is a few inches taller than McKay, but he's much slighter build and doesn't give the same 'tall' impression. Just a sec... {rummage}

http://gateworld.net/atlantis/s1/graphics/106_02.shtml
Rodney McKay on his own.

http://gateworld.net/atlantis/s1/graphics/112_05.shtml
McKay's on the left and Shep on the right.

Re: hot but not ^^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Usually when that happens for me, it's something about the character rather than the actor that makes them suddenly attractive.

I think so, too. In fact, I'm watching that happen right now with Damian Lewis. He was slime in The Forsyte Saga, in which I saw him first (and promptly forgot about him after), but in Band of Brothers he's just as convincing as the opposite kind of man, and the moment I laid eyes on him there I couldn't take them off him. Part of it is his character is very, very likeable on paper; part of it his ability to make the role work so well.

What's funny is that sometimes it's not even that straightforward for me. I hated Sean Bean in a number of things, including my first two viewings of Fellowship of the Ring. And then, on my third viewing of the movie, bam! Suddenly he was hot. I have no explanation for that one! :-)

Hey, thanks for the Atlantis pic links. It turns out Sheppard was the one whose face I remembered from the commercials. Funny thing, I had him pegged as the science guy! What's the premise of the show? A new gate?

Re: hot but not ^^

[tallihensia.livejournal.com]

Why yes, I did owe you some replies... I put it off because I thought I could get around to them while you were on vacation. LOL, I should have known myself better. ^^

I'm watching that happen right now with Damian Lewis.

I haven't seen either of those movies, but that's it exactly! Good actors who throw themselves into the role, and when they play slimeballs, well they're just not all that likeable. ^__^ Amusingly enough, though, there are also actors who are just so fun that even when playing bad guys they end up likable. (Of course, some bad people *are* nice other than the parts that make them bad. Even mass murderers love their pets...)

And then, on my third viewing of the movie, bam! Suddenly he was hot.

{giggle} Yes! That one too! I tend to blame ones like that on hormones -- wasn't watching it at the right times before or something. ;p

Funny thing, I had him pegged as the science guy!

He sure doesn't look like the military type! Too skinny! ;) I keep thinking that if those were *real* guns in the show, he wouldn't be able to lift them, let alone take the recoil. LOL... (Though Airforce doesn't necessarily need bulk or ability to fire ground weapons since they're in the air most of the time. But that's being real, not suspending my disbelief, lol.)

What's the premise of the show? A new gate?

New Galaxy, cut off from Earth. So no cross-overs with SG1 (at least for first season) and a new enemy. In the first episode, they used the earth gate with a one-time powerup to gate a couple hundred scientists to the new galaxy they'd just found out about (an old Ancient place, turned out to be Atlantis). There isn't enough power on the other side to do another galaxy hop, but they have enough to do local gating.

I wasn't initially expecting much more than an SG-clone, and in a lot of ways it still is, but the characters (for me) make it a fun show. ^^ (Not that SG-clones are bad... ;p )