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12/12/2011
12:16
by: Cristi

Season Greetings

Conform biletelor, in momentul asta ar fi trebuit sa fiu in Londra pentru o saptamana, apoi in Edinburgh pentru alte doua saptamani… dar n-a fost sa fie. Ambele sederi au fost contramandate de prietenii persoanele carora obisnuiam sa le cunosc numele la care urma sa stau, dupa luni si luni de planuri. In lipsa a altceva de-a face, o sa ma bucur de prezenta adevaratilor prieteni: Bombay, Beefeater si Tanqueray, vizionand urmatoarele delicatese:

It’s a Wonderful Life, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, Holiday Inn, The Bishop’s Wife, White Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, A Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Christmas Vacation, Scrooged.

Black Christmas, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Gremlins, Gremlins 2, The Ice Harvest, About a Boy, Love Actually, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Brazil, Life of Brian, Bad Santa.

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25/10/2011
10:25
by: Cristi

This is a time for heroes and we reach for the stars

Via Daisy, o mirifica selectie a motivelor pentru care iubim serialul The West Wing:

Two Cathedrals [2.22]


Bartlet: You’re a son-of-a-bitch, you know that? She bought her first new car and you hit her with a drunk driver. What, was that supposed to be funny? “You can’t conceive, nor can I, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God,” says Graham Greene. I don’t know whose ass he was kissing there ’cause I think you’re just vindictive. What was Josh Lyman? A warning shot? That was my son. What did I ever do to yours except praise his glory and praise his name? There’s a tropical storm that gaining speed and power. They say we haven’t had a storm this bad since you took out that tender ship of mine in the north Atlantic last year, 68 crew. Do you know what a tender ship does? Fixes the other ships. Doesn’t even carry guns, just goes around, fixes the other ships and delivers the mail, that’s all it can do. Gratias tibi ago, domine. Yes, I lied. It was a sin. I’ve committed many sins. Have I displeased you, you feckless thug? 3.8 million new jobs, that wasn’t good? Bailed out Mexico, increased foreign trade, 30 million new acres of land for conservation, put Mendoza on the bench, we’re not fighting a war, I’ve raised three children… that’s not enough to buy me out of the doghouse? Haec credam a deo pio? A deo iusto? A deo scito? Cruciatus in crucem! Tuus in terra servus nuntius fui officium perfeci. Cruciatus in crucem. Eas in crucem!
[Translation from the Latin: I give thanks to you, O Lord. Am I to believe those were the acts of a loving God? A just God? A wise God? To hell with your punishments! I was your servant on Earth - I spread Your word and did Your work. To hell with your punishments. To hell with you.] (more…)

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27/03/2011
19:51
by: Cristi

“When It’s Not Your Turn”

The Quintessentially Victorian Vision of Ogden’s “The Wire”

[..] Who could forget “Bubbles”—the lovable drifter, Stringer Bell—the bourgeoisie merchant with pretentions to aristocracy, or Bodie—who, despite lack of education or Victorian “good breeding”, is seen reading and enjoying the likes of Jane Austen? Yet these portrayals of the “criminal element” always maintain a certain realism. We never descend into the divisions of “loveable rogues” and truly evil villains of which Dickens makes such effective use. Odgen’s Bodie, an adult who uses children to perpetrate criminal activity, is not a caricature of an ethnic minority in the mode of Dickens’ Fagin the Jew [..]

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06/02/2011
17:54
by: Cristi

Stand Up And Fight

Relationships don’t work the way they do on television and in the movies. Will they? Won’t they? And then they finally do, and they’re happy forever. Gimme a break. Nine out of ten of them end because they weren’t right for each other to begin with, and half of the ones who get married get divorced anyway, and I’m telling you right now, through all this stuff, I have not become a cynic, I haven’t. Yes, I do happen to believe that love is mainly about pushing chocolate covered candies and, y’know, in some cultures, a chicken. You can call me a sucker, I don’t care, because I do believe in it.

Bottom line is: it’s couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else, but the big difference is they don’t let it take them down. One of those two people will stand up and fight for that relationship every time. If it’s right, and they’re real lucky, one of them will say something.

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28/08/2009
22:43
by: Cristi

Are You My Mummy?

(am stat 12 minute in statie asteptand cat microbuzul intarzia, iar tot ce-mi venea in minte era replica asta si episodul acela fantastic din Doctor Who)

S-a intors mummy dearest din escapada in Perugia… si cu ea a venit si adorabila mea noua colectie: 2 kilograme de Lavazza Gusto Rico Tradizione Napoletana si 500g de Lavazza Gusto Forte, ambele favoritele mele (la astea se adauga si 1kg de Lavazza Qualita Rossa care sta de cateva luni in dulap, neiubit). De asemenea trei Nestle Dark Chocolate de 150g, o Lindt de 99% cacao, o Perugina de 70% cacao, o Maracas Dark Chocolate de 200g si doua Toblerone de 100g. Plus cate-o punga de Bianco Cuore si Milch. De asemenea si un mini-espresso maker pe care-l astept de multa vreme (toate adunate, incredibilul pret de 40€ adica la noi pretul a 2kg de Lavazza Gusto Rico).

In caz ca va intrebati, da, raspund din nou la intrebarea fundamentala a vietii, universului si completului. Douglas Adams mintise. Ironia geniala a situatiei? Inca n-am voie ciocolata sau cafea (fierbinte si mai mult de una pe zi) pentru cel putin o luna. Muhahahaha.

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13/08/2009
11:45
by: Cristi

Fallout

Day Break, The Nine, Six Degrees, Smith, Traveler, 3 lbs, The Class, Justice, Standoff, Vanished, Andy Barker PI, Black Donellys, Kidnapped, Raines, Heartland, Thank God You’re Here, In Case of Emergency.

Doar cateva din bunatatile anulate in sezonul 2006-2007 inainte de difuzarea tuturor episoadelor acestor seriale. Asa ca nu e de mirare faptul ca prevazusem ca Jericho va fi anulat datorita rating-urilor si costurilor, iar eu voi fi lasat singur acasa, cu rimelul peste tot pe fata, plangand in perna cu o cutie goala de Häagen-Dazs langa mine. Nuts. Nevermind. Revenind – vazusem primele trei episoade si stiam ca se duce undeva ca lumea, dar va fi oprit inainte de rasplata mult asteptata, asa ca l-am pus deoparte. Asa ca de atunci am ignorat asterisk jericho asterisk pana acum doua zile cand mi-a spus cineva ca, de fapt, a fost anulat si readus ca… sa fie anulat. Dar mi-a spus ca s-au produs 29 episoade si merita vazut, iar cum eu aveam ziua libera, m-am conformat si l-am savurat… de dimineata si pana m-am culcat (Guiness, auzi, da? record nou pentru mine, 29 episoade de 45min in <24h).

Revenind – Jericho, cel mai bun serial post-apocaliptic realizat vreodata (BSG, tu nu te pui la socoteala :->). Scenariul e asemeni lui 24 si sezonului 4 din Angel, doar ca fara partile proaste din serialele mentionate, evita o sumedenie de clisee asa ca povestea evolueaza fluid, iar migala cu care s-a lucrat la scenarii e evidenta, amploarea povestii e vasta si tensiunea nu te lasa. Dar Jericho e o analiza minutioasa a unor personaje fascinante si modul in care acestea evolueaza atunci cand se confrunta cu situatii limita. Nu conteaza ce se intampla in universul lor, noua ne pasa de personajele in sine si cum se descurca ele si asta pentru ca sunt atat de complexe, de inteligente, de adorabile. Chiar daca sezonul doi muta lupa pe vederea de ansamblu, serialul nu dezamageste. Drama si tensiunea raman, iar asta fara miscari idioate de la scenaristi (bine, poate doar una). Din fericire, distributia absolut fantastica (Skeet Ulrich, Gerald McRaney, Darby Stanchfield, Clare Carey, Michael Gaston, Alicia Coppola, Kenneth Mitchell, Pamela Reed, Lennie James, Sprague Grayden, Shoshannah Stern, Brad Beyer, Ashley Scott) reuseste sa ne distraga de la micile scapari. Per total, Jericho e un triumf in televiziune si in domeniul operelor post-apocaliptice. De vazut!

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23/06/2009
07:28
by: Cristi

Rendezvous with Rama

“Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting. It was bad enough when they were motionless; but when they started to move, and sympathetic vibrations set in, it was more than any warm-blooded male should be asked to take. He was quite sure that at least one serious space accident had been caused by acute crew distraction, after the transit of an unholstered lady officer through the control cabin.”

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