random bits
May. 20th, 2009 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snick_backup1. So I hadn't plunked down the dinero for S1 of Buffy yet, because it was so very cheesy and I doubted I'd need to rewatch it (much). But, hurray, it was in the DVD bin at the library used bookstore (that is, the store of used books - methinks that the placement of that space is misleading. The usedbook store?) for much cheaper than Amazon. Which means it'll now be much easier to introduce the series to RL acquaintances.
2. I'm disturbed by celebrity promo pictures. I'm not really a celebrity fangirl to begin with; while I think, say, Hugh Jackman is very nice to look at, I'd rather not learn anything about him that isn't directly relevant to his acting, because what I do find out about celebrities usually disappoints me. I don't fangirl the actors unless it's specifically for their acting. I fangirl the characters. So, for example, I love Faith to bits because she's broken and bitter and complex and has so much potential for either good or evil, I'm not so much of a fan of Eliza Dushku, mostly because Dollhouse has disillusioned me of the idea that she can play more than approximately two and a half characters (and I'd be hard-pressed to describe the one and a half that aren't Faith).
All of which brings us back to the promo pictures. Except in very rare instances, actors in character don't look at the camera. So the promotional photos on the DVD's? That looks like Spike and Buffy, but it can't be, because they're looking at me, which Spike and Buffy never ever do. And it's creepy! The characters are looking at me, eep! Or else they aren't the characters at all, just the actors, and considering how tense their expressions are, I have to assume they have some serious psychological issues. They are, at the very least, not people I want to meet.
See? Weird and creepy.
3. I think I'm going to get rid of my fandom: buffyverse tag. It's safe to assume that just about everything in this journal has to do with the Buffyverse, yeah?
4. I need to get links to the last of the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
seasonal_spuffy entries together for the big index post. And I need to write that last drabble prompt.
5. Dollhouse renewed! Yay!
2. I'm disturbed by celebrity promo pictures. I'm not really a celebrity fangirl to begin with; while I think, say, Hugh Jackman is very nice to look at, I'd rather not learn anything about him that isn't directly relevant to his acting, because what I do find out about celebrities usually disappoints me. I don't fangirl the actors unless it's specifically for their acting. I fangirl the characters. So, for example, I love Faith to bits because she's broken and bitter and complex and has so much potential for either good or evil, I'm not so much of a fan of Eliza Dushku, mostly because Dollhouse has disillusioned me of the idea that she can play more than approximately two and a half characters (and I'd be hard-pressed to describe the one and a half that aren't Faith).
All of which brings us back to the promo pictures. Except in very rare instances, actors in character don't look at the camera. So the promotional photos on the DVD's? That looks like Spike and Buffy, but it can't be, because they're looking at me, which Spike and Buffy never ever do. And it's creepy! The characters are looking at me, eep! Or else they aren't the characters at all, just the actors, and considering how tense their expressions are, I have to assume they have some serious psychological issues. They are, at the very least, not people I want to meet.
See? Weird and creepy.
3. I think I'm going to get rid of my fandom: buffyverse tag. It's safe to assume that just about everything in this journal has to do with the Buffyverse, yeah?
4. I need to get links to the last of the
seasonal_spuffy entries together for the big index post. And I need to write that last drabble prompt.5. Dollhouse renewed! Yay!
no subject
Date: 2009-05-21 10:39 am (UTC)I quite like the occasional promo pic, but did not know there were any that featured Spike and Buffy together. At least, not nice ones (though you didn't say if it was nice).
no subject
Date: 2009-05-21 08:40 pm (UTC)I was thinking of the cover packaging for seasons 5 and 7, which feature both Spike and Buffy (although I suppose they were probably photographed separately).
I don't think I'd like to meet Spike or Buffy under any circumstances, have to say.
Fair enough. *g* Although, Buffy might have been kind of fun to hang out when she was younger. I suspect I'd relate much better to Willow or Dawn or even Xander, though.