kljoyce

xmen

_arsgratiaartis - St. John/Pyro
arscelareartem- Piotr Rasputin/Colossus


-novel
-Steamboat Gothic
-plan Mtl trip
-giant Jazz book--read already READ IT NOW
-remember to send email after a week... or not? idk

-sent bday present; if no emails, then send an ax
-read jazz book
-Make list of what to do in Montreal!!! maybe including ax :D
NYC??? where would i want to shop
-museums : not the Onassis again it's NOT Minoan this time REMEMBER

work on arscelareartem rp
find pbs for other people

~~REMEMBER to get jazz music for piano~~

look up those recipes too!! esp chocolate
&&&& what to bring him????? for memorial day????? THINK

I was really surprised at how great Goode was as Adrian. He totally conveyed the calm, almost omniscient aura that Adrian has (seeing as he's watching his long-term plan unfold.) That final scene of him watching Dan and Laurie leave was great; Goode was so impressive throughout his entire performance. (Even his interviews are a cut above the rest!)

I missed his bio-dome rainforest, but liked his pharaoh chair (in front of the wall of tvs.) When he lets Dan hit him, over and over again, I like how it conveyed his 'i've made myself feel every death; i have nightmares' thing. He was so willingly docile, accepting his punishment almost, and metaphorically accepting Dan's anger and accusation. I liked how he 'owned' his guilt so throughly, in a sense.

I liked how he had all the action figures in his office, even an owlship! It was interesting that he would have such a visual reminder of them all there (almost the equivalent of a photo.) And how he treats Dan, hugging him hello and thanking him for coming so sincerely. It was interesting in its equality, their interaction seemed pretty 'on equal terms', even though Adrian is a famous billioniare ubermensch (in a sense), and Dan feels like he is a middle-aged nerd who used to build cool stuff in his basement.

Adrian was perfect in that scene: enjoying those last moments of friendship with Dan while knowing the clock was ticking. I think they seemed like they had kept in touch, they appeared to be friends. Just like it would be interesting to know if Rorschach was in contact with Dan between '77 and '85, I would love to read about Adrian and Dan being in contact too. Adrian seems to be almost totally alone, like Rorschach almost! A strange similarity. And of course the utter simplicity and obvious nature of his password Ramses II makes you wonder if he knew the group would go find him at Karnak--thus saving them from death, since otherwise they would have been in New York during the attack.

I hope people write/consider the aftermath of the squid. How would Adrian deal with it? Would he need/try to get Dan and Laurie to forgive him, acknowledge he was trying to save the world? Would he keep tabs on Dan, or write/call? It is interesting to think of his and Dan's possible reconciliation. No one can function totally alone, no man is an island--and Adrian did choose to spare the group from death (except for Dr. M). He clearly could have killed them as they approached Karnak, while they were inside, etc, but he doesn't. He doesn't even kill Laurie for shooting at him. Considering that he's killed every other person who 'maybe, kind of, vaguely' knows about the squid/apocalypse, I think his treatment of Dan especially is really interesting.

And was anyone else totally furious that he said 'I triggered it thirty-five minutes ago'--instead of 'i did it'. I was like ???????? I also wished they had shown him hit the button at 11:25. That would have been nice. But Goode's performance was perfect for me. I <3ed Karnak so much even without its rainforest :D

I liked the intensity of JEH's performance--in the snow especially.

I was really worried about if they would do the awkward handshake scene correctly, but I think they did it well. I also liked Rorschach's line to Dan in the owlbasement about knowing which streets the tunnel led out to because 'he used to come here often'--it was delivered so well by JEH, he sounded so hurt that Dan would remind him (because it implies he barely remembers him or their time spent together.)

I missed the sugar cubes something fierce, and even the squid, tbh.

The orchestral score was exceptional, done by Tyler Bates I think? I was very impressed. I liked how calm Adrian was, how it seemed like he had thought everything through, and it was now unfolding in front of him. I felt Goode really conveyed his character well, especially when Laurie and Dan leave him in Antarctica. He looks so alone. It's interesting that he lets them live, since he's killed everyone else who knows even part of the truth.

Since he's the 'world's smartest man', you have to wonder if he wanted them to discover his plan, almost to get their approval or something. I mean, I read that the Ramses II password was chosen for symbolism--they didn't mean it to seem ridiculously simple, but it's interesting to imagine 'what if he wanted them to leave NYC to escape certain death'? Dan, Rorschach and Laurie would have died in the carnage if they hadn't gone to Antarctica.

I liked Adrian's little pharaoh chair in front of his tvs. I really missed the little greenhouse rainforest dome!!! D: I loved how sad it was, to see that beautiful rainforest destroyed when he opened it up to the cold.

I regret that they had Rorschach go find his mask so soon during the prison breakout. It removed his chance to act with Dan without the mask. That would have been so interesting especially considering how great JEH was unmasked. I also would have liked to see Rorschach break into Dan's apt. again and give him the paper.

Dan and Rorschach's friendship was pretty well done though : ) I thought Dan's line of 'you were never that sentimental' when Rorschach says he was following him to protect him. That was surprising but also nice in terms of defining how central Dan's friendship is to Rorschach. I think Dan maybe can't see how much of an important human bond he was to him, and that his retirement was like a refusal to work with him, in a sense. I mean, how else can Rorschach see it? What other reason (other than crime fighting) would Rorschach have to come and talk to Dan? Suddenly, his only friend destroys their reason for hanging out, and he's all alone. How terrible.

And of course where was Dan's reaction to Hollis Mason's death?! That's when Rorschach gets to help him, in his own 'comforting' way. We miss seeing him pull Dan off that guy, and saying 'Meant to comfort you'. D: I can't wait to see the extended cut of this!!!

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 7)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R

( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 6)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R

( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

Work on Piotr/Colossus's journal:
http://arscelareartem.livejournal.com/

-make more icons
-set out new story part

-write essay

-try scones
-find COFFEE ?!?!?! ask everyone

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 5)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R
( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 4)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R
( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 3)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R

( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America (Part 2)
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R
( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

OK

Health...disco

memorize gods
yoga
face stuff
send out 2 packages, both 15 december

get
-candles

do story

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John (Colossus/Pyro)
Rating: R

( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

yay...
-snow
-publ.
-stuff from Gram's
-little note
-finally hair LOL
-J &t P
-the movie
-these future movies

NOTE: Xmas??????? Even list stuff

-fire

Title: Sonechka and Tea in America
Author: kljoyce on LJ
Pairing: Piotr/St John
Rating: R
( Summary: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Tolstoy )

i leopardi verdi cieli
!!!!!!!!!!

sandwich
cookie


headbands!!

also: XMAS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. snow
PPS. electric blanket?

-Tumbler crushes a truck into the roof of the overpass-
JOKER
Hmmm....

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-Climbing into the cab of the truck, pushing the dead driver out the door-
JOKER
Harvey, Harvey, Harvey Dent... Oh, excuse me... I wanna drive...

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-Driving the truck-
JOKER
I loooove this job

Elliot Goldenthal

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard


....

PS EPICOSITY

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By the 1600s, commonplacing had become a recognized practice that was formally taught to college students in such institutions as Oxford. The commonplace tradition in which Bacon and Milton were educated had its roots in the pedagogy of classical rhetoric, and “commonplacing” persisted as a popular study technique until the early twentieth century. Both Emerson and Thoreau were taught to keep commonplace books at Harvard (their commonplace books survive in published form). Commonplacing was particularly attractive to authors. Some, such as Coleridge and Mark Twain, kept messy reading notes that were intermixed with other quite various material; others, such as Thomas Hardy, followed a more formal reading-notes method that mirrored the original Renaissance practice more closely. The older, "clearinghouse" function of the commonplace book, to condense and centralize useful and even "model" ideas and expressions, became less popular over time.
"Commonplace" is a translation of the Latin term locus communis which means "a theme or argument of general application", such as a statement of proverbial wisdom. In this original sense, commonplace books were collections of such sayings, such as Milton's commonplace book. Scholars have expanded this usage to include any manuscript that collects material along a common theme by an individual.

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