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It's fun, the way actors pop up in different shows. I've always joked about the Vancouver casting pool, and part of the fun of being a fan is spotting an actor from, say, Stargate in Supernatural or one of a zillion other shows filmed there.
Every now an then, though, the crossovers don't work. I felt that way about SPN's casting Fredric Lehne as the yellow-eyed demon (I know, every other fan thinks he was fantastic). It just didn't work for me, because he's just too recognisable an actor.
But today, I got my ultimate actor-recyle-double-take. Sterling K. Brown (Gordon Walker in Supernatural) had a small role in one 5th season episode of Alias. I've been re-watching Alias lately - I find it a good soundtrack when I'm writing SPN fic - and I reached season five this week. Man, I wasn't even watching the screen. I was writing. And I heard his voice. Instantly I'm like, "No, Syd, don't trust him, he's a bad guy!" Of course, he's not...not in this show. Gotta tell ya, Gordon Walker wearing a natty suit and cuddling a baby...that's so wrong.
Yesterday I did a movie double-bill 'cause it was match day in Cardiff and I didn't want to leave the safety of the cinema. Seriously, whover thought it was a good idea to build the Millennium statium in the city centre should be shot. It screws up public transport every single time there's an event, and walking the streets is freaking scary.
But...movies. So, I finally got to see The Accidental Husband. For about three quarters of the movie I really enjoyed it. Now, here's the thing. I realise that genetically I'm a girl, but I'm missing the rom-com gene, okay? Mostly, movies billed as "romantic comedy" strike me as neither. Mark Kermode (with whom I generally agree about movies) gave this a terrible review. So I was pleasantly surprised to find this one is actually funny. ( Cut for spoilers )
My second movie of the day was The Other Boleyn Girl. ( Cut for length )
My writing: I am up to 33,000 words on Never Say Die, but that doesn't include the handwritten stuff. I'm beginning to see the end now. I need to do some hard work outlining the climactic scenes; the real challenge of this fic is going to be making that part convincing.
I've got my Sweet Charity fic coded and ready to post, but I promised my buyer she'd get to keep it to herself for a while. So I'm going to post that toward the end of next week.
Every now an then, though, the crossovers don't work. I felt that way about SPN's casting Fredric Lehne as the yellow-eyed demon (I know, every other fan thinks he was fantastic). It just didn't work for me, because he's just too recognisable an actor.
But today, I got my ultimate actor-recyle-double-take. Sterling K. Brown (Gordon Walker in Supernatural) had a small role in one 5th season episode of Alias. I've been re-watching Alias lately - I find it a good soundtrack when I'm writing SPN fic - and I reached season five this week. Man, I wasn't even watching the screen. I was writing. And I heard his voice. Instantly I'm like, "No, Syd, don't trust him, he's a bad guy!" Of course, he's not...not in this show. Gotta tell ya, Gordon Walker wearing a natty suit and cuddling a baby...that's so wrong.
Yesterday I did a movie double-bill 'cause it was match day in Cardiff and I didn't want to leave the safety of the cinema. Seriously, whover thought it was a good idea to build the Millennium statium in the city centre should be shot. It screws up public transport every single time there's an event, and walking the streets is freaking scary.
But...movies. So, I finally got to see The Accidental Husband. For about three quarters of the movie I really enjoyed it. Now, here's the thing. I realise that genetically I'm a girl, but I'm missing the rom-com gene, okay? Mostly, movies billed as "romantic comedy" strike me as neither. Mark Kermode (with whom I generally agree about movies) gave this a terrible review. So I was pleasantly surprised to find this one is actually funny. ( Cut for spoilers )
My second movie of the day was The Other Boleyn Girl. ( Cut for length )
My writing: I am up to 33,000 words on Never Say Die, but that doesn't include the handwritten stuff. I'm beginning to see the end now. I need to do some hard work outlining the climactic scenes; the real challenge of this fic is going to be making that part convincing.
I've got my Sweet Charity fic coded and ready to post, but I promised my buyer she'd get to keep it to herself for a while. So I'm going to post that toward the end of next week.
