Documentaries...

Day 22 - Favorite documentary

The first movie I ever saw was Peter Pan, when I was four. It was preceded by a short documentary about elephants. It made a big impression.

Now, on the whole, I don't much like documentaries, because I find them, on the whole, usually shallow or self serving. And I'm not even sure what the word "documentary" means, exactly. (Neither is Wikipedia).

So... favourites...

Chronos, an IMAX film I once saw in Boston, that gives us the history of civilization in pictures in 45 minutes.

Or What the Bleep Do We Know!?.

Saturday...

Watched all three episodes of Sherlock with josanpq and maaseru. Yt was great fun seeing how much josanpq enjoyed it.

Morning: Bramasole breakfast, PetSmart for a new seed guard and (because it caught my fancy) swinging perch, and the Silver Snail for my comics.

Evil...

From the Fannish Five: Name your five favorite evil characters.

1. Bullseye in Marvel comics. Ever since he killed Elektra in Daredevil #181. His recent depiction as a clever, psychopathic member of the Dark Avengers has been chilling.
   
2. Falcone, the evil pirate in Karin Lowachee's novels, especially Warchild.
   
3. Reacher Gilt from Going Postal, whom I pick as representative of Terry Pratchett villains, because they are, primarily, the epitome of greed.
   
4. The Vicomte de Valmont, in Dangerous Liaisons.
   
5. Ges Vorrutyer, a major villain in Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold often does brilliant villains, and Vorrutyer is neither the best nor the worst, but he's a favourite mostly because of what we don't see - what we only get a glimpse of: his obsession with Aral Vorkosigan, his changing role in Aral's life - from lover to antagonist, from brother-in-law to enemy.