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chelseagirlSpent the afternoon at Tiffany's with Mary, shopping for a gift for our recently-fired choir director and organist. We contemplated a silver-plated harmonica, but didn't really think that sent the right message; we ended up in the crystal and etc. section and after our first-choice crystal bowl was out of stock (and the saleswoman wouldn't let us have the floor model, as it was scratched -- not that we could see it, but she felt very firmly about it), we rambled about considering the options for quite some time before reaching a mutually satisfactory conclusion. The going-away party (unofficial, alas, since he was fired rather abruptly by the rector w/o the consent of the vestry, and doesn't that all sound just so Victorian novelish?) is in a few days so I may or may not comment on related angst afterwards, but meanwhile, at least it was fun to shop at Tiffany's with other people's money. :-)
Spiderman 2. M. and I may have been the last people so inclined to actually *see* this movie. Quite enjoyed it; once again New York City felt like a major player and Spidey's response to it is so exhilirating. (Despite the fictious elevated train in Manhattan, the fact that Peter and MJ stroll from a Broadway theater to Chinatown in about a minute, and the fact that the large science lecture rooms aren't in Hamilton Hall at Columbia. Hey, I'm an NYC geek. And I used to teach in Hamilton.) Tobey Maguire seriously irritated me in Seabiscuit, but he's just right as Peter Parker (just as he was excellent in The Ice Storm, Wonder Boys, etc.). I would have preferred a little less "Peter Parker is such a loser" and a little more of Doc Octopus, since Alfred Molina was so perfectly cast. M. says that they probably didn't show as much of his transformation from nice guy scientist who loves his wife to psychotic supervillian because they spent so much time with Willem Dafoe doing just that last time, but I still think it was a waste of a really good actor. Just in case I'm not the last person in the world to see it: Loved the fact that Dr. Octavius managed to redeem himself in the end instead of just being pummeled to death by Spiderman. I'm not a Spiderman fan, so I didn't know about the Hobgoblin but M. was prepared for Dafoe's cameo at the end; at least there's some point to all Harry's angst which was getting really annoying. And thank god Peter got together with MJ at last; promise less whining in number 3 and I might even see it.
Re. Stargate. Teal'c with hair is just so wrong on so many levels. And how disturbing is it that I kinda liked the curly-haired replicator guy who's got a big thing for Sam?
Spiderman 2. M. and I may have been the last people so inclined to actually *see* this movie. Quite enjoyed it; once again New York City felt like a major player and Spidey's response to it is so exhilirating. (Despite the fictious elevated train in Manhattan, the fact that Peter and MJ stroll from a Broadway theater to Chinatown in about a minute, and the fact that the large science lecture rooms aren't in Hamilton Hall at Columbia. Hey, I'm an NYC geek. And I used to teach in Hamilton.) Tobey Maguire seriously irritated me in Seabiscuit, but he's just right as Peter Parker (just as he was excellent in The Ice Storm, Wonder Boys, etc.). I would have preferred a little less "Peter Parker is such a loser" and a little more of Doc Octopus, since Alfred Molina was so perfectly cast. M. says that they probably didn't show as much of his transformation from nice guy scientist who loves his wife to psychotic supervillian because they spent so much time with Willem Dafoe doing just that last time, but I still think it was a waste of a really good actor. Just in case I'm not the last person in the world to see it: Loved the fact that Dr. Octavius managed to redeem himself in the end instead of just being pummeled to death by Spiderman. I'm not a Spiderman fan, so I didn't know about the Hobgoblin but M. was prepared for Dafoe's cameo at the end; at least there's some point to all Harry's angst which was getting really annoying. And thank god Peter got together with MJ at last; promise less whining in number 3 and I might even see it.
Re. Stargate. Teal'c with hair is just so wrong on so many levels. And how disturbing is it that I kinda liked the curly-haired replicator guy who's got a big thing for Sam?
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Date: 2004-07-10 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-11 07:27 am (UTC)My husband just started shaving his head and feels that Teal'c has wussed out. (Not to mention that all the eyemakeup was somehow counterbalanced by the chrome dome; he's looking a little drag queenish now.)
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Date: 2004-07-11 03:34 pm (UTC)Perhaps your husband will feel differently when he's been shaving his head daily for seven years?
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Date: 2004-07-10 07:16 pm (UTC)Didn't find Fifth all that, and was additionally disturbed by Sam's really bad wig, or really bad extensions, couldn't quite decide which it was...
Loved the anti-replicator gun, and the "Daniel Jackson".
Can't wait for Atlantis!!
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Date: 2004-07-11 07:31 am (UTC)Dunno. I had a soft spot for that character (Fifth?) in the episode where they betrayed him; plus in the special beforehand Amanda Tapping was squeeing about finally having a cute villain, which was just pretty sweet. (Though what about Apophis, wondered I? He's a cute villain. After years of resisting Stargate, I finally started watching after seeing the Apophis actor at I-Con a year back. Fortunately, SciFi's constant showings enabled me to get up to speed in a matter of months.)
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Date: 2004-07-11 03:12 am (UTC)Ah, the little joys of life that make living worthwhile.
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Date: 2004-07-11 07:33 am (UTC)But it was a communal activity, say I. A group gift to demonstrate the esteem of the common people in defiance of the actions of the ruling class.
Plus . . . Tiffany's. Pretties.
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Date: 2004-07-11 10:04 am (UTC)