comments; ficstatus; observation

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On Ringu: It's the Japanese movie that The Ring was based on. Supposedly much better and scarier than the American version. Have not seen American version, but Japanese version was not much more than occasionally startling or vaguely disturbing. Fun Evangelionesque imagery in the video; appearance and butoh-like motion of Sadako delightfully creepy. Only really terrifying moment was when she crawled out of the TV. Might see American version at some point to compare. Also, there was no ring. Feel gypped.

On Mr. Midshipman Hornblower: Five stories in and delighted. For one thing, I wish there were more books in this format. It's like a series of lunch-sized short stories, except they all have the same characters and continuity. For another, I love the setting; it's like another world with its own language. Want to revisit the model ship galleries in the MFA! And for a third, Hornblower is now one of my heros, along with Llewellyn and Albus Dumbledore. He's geeky, socially awkward, self-berating, and sometimes badly forgetful (two words: hole, rice), yet he still kicks ass. Go him!

Ficstatus: Two one-shots currently breeding. "Unbroken" is the Siriuscookie telepwen and erinmiran are prodding me for--yes, parts of it are written, and no, I never did figure out the tense, it's just fucked up. "The Sixth Canticle" is a sort of expansion of a Godric/Salazar nanofiction I wrote a bit back for rabican.

Observation: Red roses, when dried up, are nearly black. Black roses make me happy. Is all.

Should be good girl and rewrite plan essay now. *twitch*

Comments

[biichan.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes... aren't they beautiful? I've got a half-dozen on my desk left over from Valentine's Day -- I feel almost like Morticia Adams.

[skalja.livejournal.com]

I dunno, considering how terrified he was it's no surprise he forgot the hole in the hold. And he came out of it well enough.

Funnily enough, this lunchbox format is quite rare for C.S. Forester - only Mr. Midshipman and the book at the other end of the chronological spectrum, Admiral Hornblower, are written this way. The others are full length novels.

Good icon!

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

Still, his extreme awkwardness during that entire tale made me Indentify Strongly With the Character. I don't do that often. ;)

Ah well. *savors the lunchbox book while she's there*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

The Ring isn't scary or disturbing at all. Very disappointing, flat kind of movie.