Random Glee

[redbrunja]

Can I just mention how awesome it is that Obama is getting sworn in on the day after we celebrate Martin Luther King Day?

Because it is.

On that subject (only not really) 20 Black Sci-Fi Icons. I'm trying to decide what to make of the fact that 3/20 are characters from Firefly. Now, Zoe (hell yeah does Zoe ever) and Book should totally be on that list, but the Operative? Especially considering that the Operative was the second black villain in a row, who were.... I want to say arguably subhuman, but have the feeling I would get lynched if I did. Anyway, you have the bounty hunter getting associated with being a lion, threatening to rape Kaylee, and then you have the Operative, who is explicitly a tool of the Alliance, which (from what we saw) was comprised of white males. I dunno, I just think that surely there was a better choice for that slot than the Operative.)

But the Marquis de Carrabas? HELL YEAH. That actor was, hands down, the best part of Neverwhere, and if I had though that he was going to be the next Doctor and then gotten the pretty barely-old-enough-to-shave boy that we did? I would have screamed so very loudly they would have heard me in England.

Comments

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

I agree, I'm not sure the Operative should be up there. I'm happy about Zoe and Book though, and also about Morpheus. But . . . Michael? That pathetic, worthless example of a man? Good father? He was a controlling father. He somehow believed that taking his son on a raft on a trip he didn't know he'd survive was safer than staying with him on an island when his son had shown to be desperate to stay. Harold Perrinau is amazing, but I hate Michael. If they wanted a character from Lost, they needed Eko, or, you know what? Rose. Rose is awesome.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I don't watch Lost, but from what you tell me... yeah, I totally agree.

[devimelete.livejournal.com]

Harold Perrinau is amazing, but I hate Michael. If they wanted a character from Lost, they needed Eko, or, you know what? Rose. Rose is awesome.

Yeah, I agree. His intentions were good, but his judgement was pretty bad, all the way to the end.

Though honestly, I think Rose is even better than Eko because she is the only person on the show who is practical and level-headed. She's a kind lady, willing to give a sympathetic ear but she can also cut off somebody's bullshit. Before the crash, she was accepting her death from her cancer. That takes nerves of steel.

So yeah. Total word on Rose.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though at least, unlike Eko, Michael got to finish his character arc. ^^; But I agree. Rose is one of my favorite characters on the show. (She fulfills two things I love on TV, too: middle-aged to older characters, and committed or married couples. <3 She and Bernard are just awesome when the interact.) I love that she won't take anybody's crap, including Jack. I utterly agree with you, Rose is just unbelievably awesome.

"Jack, if you say 'Live together, die alone,' I am going to punch you in the nose."