a quote that more or less made my day

[acchikocchi]

(Oh man I am so behind on comments -- riccichan! pithetaphish! I have mail and will properly flail very soon!)


Question: Which recent Academy Award-nominated film's director said the following about said movie:

"'Did you see Newsies?' [director] asks gleefully. 'You really missed something. Boy, was that great. Now I know this sounds strange, but I want [movie] to be just like Newsies, only without the singing and dancing. I'm serious. Print that!'"

Answer: Gus Van Sant, about Milk, formerly known as The Mayor of Castro Street.

*ROLLS*

Comments

[ina]

Yes you should. :) Are you watching Merlin?

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

*dies* Funny you should mention that just as I'm reading one of astolat's Merlin fics -- but no, I actually haven't seen any of the actual show yet! Just used it as fic fodder. XD I'm still working my way through Doctor Who and Torchwood, and I blitzed through the first couple seasons of The West Wing around inauguration. ;D I imagine that sooner or later I'm going to end up watching Merlin (and liking it) when someone sits me down and shows it to me -- it just hasn't happened yet!

[ina]

LOL! It's been ages since I have been in a fandom with that much fic. I've just read astolat's The Crown of the Summer Court before going to bed yesterday. :)

The West Wing is amazing. If only I had time to rewatch it, but I am busy with current Japanese and Western shows.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Yes! Exactly! There's fic everywhere! *_* sdjkas;lds I just moved on to The Crown of the Summer Court now, omg. What a shock that Merlin turns out to be a candidate. ;D *rolls gleefully in LONG FIC*

I plowed right through the first four seasons in -- well, a shockingly short amount of time, ahem -- and now I'm scared to see what comes next, since I hear once Aaron Sorkin and the other guy left it went downhill a bit. Plus one of my two favorite characters was Sam, SO THAT WAS DEPRESSING. (As my other favorite is CJ that at least should be fine. Yay CJ. ♥) But when my parents and I end up talking about politics/current events I keep saying, "Something just like that happened on The West Wing -- "

[ina]

And the implications of Arthur being his champion. XD! Yes,lots of long and good fic!
Did you read Drastically Redefining Protocol?
Have fun watching the episodes. *g*

I still liked the rest of The West Wing and would have loved for it to continue. And talk about life imitating art imitating life. :D

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you'll make a wonderful Queen of the Elves!" XD

I'M READING IT RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY sajdksl;djkslds and needless to say, really enjoying it. eeee.

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

sooner or later I'm going to end up watching Merlin (and liking it) when someone sits me down and shows it to me -- it just hasn't happened yet!

You should never have said that.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

...I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE! YOU'D ALREADY COMMENTED!

well. may be sooner than i expected, then. XD

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

I smelled treachery, so I came sniffing back around. actually I got really bored. Sooooo when you free? :D

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

well technically i am free all day long, more or less. XD actually i need to check the torchwood watching schedule with christina! you said something about weeknights being okay, right?

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

Is Christina the one you've been watching Dr. Who with? Haha. I'm good almost every night, so if Thursday is open with you... I wonder if I can get Olivia or Kris to come too? All the episodes are on my computer, are we going to like, crowd around the screen or something? XD

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

I have been watching Torchwood with Christina and Doctor Who with someone else. :D Okay, I will see about Thursday! Unless you want to burn them to DVDs or something, I suppose that's how we'll do it? My laptop has an outlet to hook up to tv screens but sadly the screen itself doesn't. XD

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

... I don't actually know how to burn DVDs. Does it take a long time? Because if it doesn't really, then maybe I could just bring them over on my external HD and burn them on your comp? Or you could just tell me now... TELL ME.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

sdjka;sds ahahaha it doesn't at all, feel free to bring them over! or you can look around for whatever burning software your computer comes with! if you have a dvd burner that is.

*HELPFUL*

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

I do have a DVD burner. And I know how to burn things just fine, but I don't know how to burn it so it'll play on... whatever we're going to watch it on. The TV, I suppose. I'd better let you do it. :C