Another weekend bites the dust...

[fajrdrako]

Today was a lovely self-indulgent day. Instead of getting up at six to do yoga, I slept late and then read fanfic - mostly Batman slash of various types, some Clex, even a Snape/Lupin story. (I seldom read Harry Potter slash, and when I do, only by authors I know.)

Then I went to see Starsky and Hutch with Marcelle. I pretended it was a date; I'm not sure whether that is a good thing to do, or simply masochistic. I enjoyed it regardless, and I think Marcelle did too.

I've never actually seen an episode of the TV show, I think, though I've seen many fannish music vids from the show, and "favourite bits" compilations of slashy moments. Thoughts on the movie.... :

• It was much more fun than I'd thought it would be. I was afraid it would be all comedy, no plot. Not so. Not that the plot was particulary profound.


• Ben Stiller is cute but not as cute as Paul Michael Glaser. Both are the physical type I like - though not personal favourites


• Ben Stiller was really playing Starsky. Owen Wilson was playing the role he always plays. It was entertaining anyway.


• The slash was self-conscious, which was kind of fun. In the original show it was - presumably - unintentional.


• I enjoyed the cheerleaders. I'm almost embarrassed to say it, but I enjoyed the parody/revival of the old sexist games that used to be so common on TV we took it for granted - even though we disliked it and complained about it.

Marcelle got her own copies of Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud. Discussing them with her made me reread a few pages and I was once again boggled by how brilliant those books are. I thought I understood comics and the techniques and semiotics of comics, but those books made me realize how complex the subject was - brought my understanding to a completely different level.

I read a pile of comics from the Silver Snail too. The best by far was Ultimate X-Men #43 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch. I know and love Bendis' writing; David Finch is new to me but his art is some of the best I've seen in ages. Those layouts are stupendous - especially pages 22-23, too complex to describe but brilliantly simple in their complex levels of communication. And not just that - the faces and figures of the characters are beautiful too.

The other comics I read: Gotham Central #17, which doesn't impress me as much now that Greg Rucka is writing it instead of Ed Brubaker; The Hedge Knight #4, maybe the best adaptation I've ever seen in comics; and 100 Bullets #49, which I bought because it was by Brian Azzarello, but I didn't like it at all.

There were many things I really should have been doing, but a day for sitting back and having relaxing fun was overdue.

Comments

Nothing wrong with sitting back and having some harmless fun.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Then I went to see Starsky and Hutch with Marcelle. I pretended it was a date; I'm not sure whether that is a good thing to do, or simply masochistic. I enjoyed it regardless, and I think Marcelle did too.

Pretending it was a date. Sounds like a challenge is on. Hm. What's left for me, then, to try? Serenade you outside your window with the new Melissa Etheridge album -- nope, can't, I already sent it to you. Hm... inviting you to indulge in your Gambit fantasies at the same time as you dive into your love of cooking, by finding a little jar of spices in the Seasonings aisle which carries the enticing name of "Cajun Foreplay"...? Or would that be too obvious? Inviting you to come spend a couple days in Philadelphia with me, looking at art in the Barnes Collection and slowly swimming through Benjamin Franklin's Library, which just happens to be on Logan Square?

Give me time, I'll come up with some more. My imagination is infinite. Replies (and hints) invited [g]....

Re: Nothing wrong with sitting back and having some harmless fun.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

the new Melissa Etheridge album

And it certainly is lovely. Thank you again.

Benjamin Franklin's Library, which just happens to be on Logan Square?

What a wonderful name!

My imagination is infinite

That must be your secret superpower.