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ManCrunch: Coming to the Superbowl?

No, it's not a new, m/m themed breakfast cereal (though wouldn't that be fabulous?) It's a gay dating site that's trying to get their ad on the air during the Superbowl, and encountering the usual runaround.  The ad is great, and sure to make a lot of macho sports fan's heads explode.  Whether it makes in on the air or not, it's getting plenty of play online.  Help it go viral!

Sherlock Holmes: Warning! Spoilers!

So due to poor planning we didn't get to see Sherlock Holmes on New Years Eve as originally planned, but yesterday, we did get to see it and I enjoyed it very much. There was this whole thing about sorcerers trying to take over the world and whatnot, but the movie really revolved around Watson's engagement and Holmes's hurt feelings that Watson was leaving him and his jealousy of Watson's fiance.  It was great!

As Vidensidastra pointed out, it was not only m/m friendly, but m/m/f friendly as well, though my cynical mind goes more readily to, "they stick these female characters into the story as love interests so that men who get freaked about the gay will have grounds to deny the obvious."  But good on her for looking on the bright side.

My favorite part was after Watson survived getting blown up, and the two of them were sitting on the bed next to one another, too uncomfortable to say anything beyond, "Good show," and that kind of crap, but you knew they were both just filled to the brim with tender feelings for each other.  It was lovely.

Jude Law rocked the house as Watson, btw. Not taking a thing from Downy as Holmes, he was great too.  But Law was my favorite, for some reason.  Maybe it was the calmness, contrasted with Holmes' frenetic nature. I loved:

W: "Take that out of my face."

H: "It's not in your face it's in my hand."

W: "Take what's in your hand out of my face."

Hee!  Oh! and the part where we see how Holmes is bombadred with sensory information in public places, except that when Watson shows up, it all backs off.  Sweet.

Okay, that's enough fangirl squeeing for now.  It was a fun movie.  I hope it launches a thousand fics.

The Prisoner

Just finished watching the remake of The Prisoner. I know I'm supposed to be slavishly attached to the original and contemptuous of any attempt at revisioning the story, but, you know, that's just not in my nature. 

Yeah, I really liked this version. It was accessible to me as a whole story, whereas as much as I enjoyed the mod absurdity of the original, the artifice of that always seemed to hold me at a distance.  I was always watching the program. I never related to it as if it were real.  This version I did, and while not perfect, I found the miniseries hung together well as a whole, and I came away from it witha  pretty good grasp of what had been going on.  I like that.

And it has the ridiculously beautiful Jamie Campbell Bower in it as Two's gay son!  OMG! Swoon! Can you believe I went into all that analyitical crap in the last paragraph, when I had this on hand?

I never know what to title posts like these

I'm busting ass to get Amaranth & Ash turned in before I go off to residency at the end of next week, and that means writing lots of sex scenes.  And writing lots of sex scenes means spending plenty of time on 4chan.  That's were I stumbled across these, though apparently they are from Warren Ellis. 

I really want to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie. It looks slasherific, an impression that's been confirmed for me by my friend JJ, who's seen it already and loved it. Another friend of mine hated it. She said it's nothing like the books. I don't care.

The Brothers Bloom

Friends brought the film The Brothers Bloom over tonight and OMG what a wonderfully slasheriffic h/c fest it was!  First of all, it stars Adrien Brody. I mean, that's almost enough right there.  But it stars Adrien Brody as the reluctant half of a con-man duo, brothers who grew up together getting bounced from one foster home to another and eventually winding up in the hands of "The Diamond Dog," a Russian Mafia Fagin-type figure. (Tortured childhood, anyone? Why yes, I don't mind if I do.) The film makes it clear that DD beat the boys, but in a very tense scene where DD gropes Adrien's thigh while A sits there and shakes sends a very strong hint that Adrien's character was sexually abused as well.

Then there's Rachel Weisz as the quirky millionaire mark who Bloom (Adrien) falls in love with.  She's perfect.  I barely even got into slashing the two brothers (though you totally could), because Rachel's character, with her multitude of odd hobbies, history of isolation and hunger to experience the world was such a great geek girl character. And they don't make a big deal out of her being beautiful.  AND, there are all these scenes where she's cupping Adrien's face, or stroking his hair as he lays with his head in her lap.  I'm telling you, this film taps right into the heart of the hurt-comfort motherlode and just keeps it coming.  Yummy angsty fun.  Recommended.

Men Kissing on British TV

Stumbled on this the other day and had to post it. 

I have no idea who these guys are, but, I just love how totally thrown off his game the host is afterward. I think he really felt something, don't you?

Flipping Out

Hey, on a whim I stopped by the electronics section at Target today because I've been having technolust for those Flip video cameras w/ the usb attachment built right in, and lo and behold, they had a display model on sale for $75 bucks!  I snagged it, took it home, plugged it in and hey wow, it works!  Check it out:

Kim Jong-il Institutes Totalitarian Slash Regime

Here's proof that yaoi will in fact take over the world.  And to think I limited myself to slashing the U.S. cabinet.

This is a fan vid for a Japanese erotic game based on the premise of dating a world leader. And here's more on that game.

Thanks for turning me on to this, Alex.

Trippy Trek

Big shout out to St. Michael for turning me on to this one:

This faboo Star Trek vid was created by stargrossedgirl.  Thanks for letting me gank you, hon!

The Addams Family

I just found one of my very favorite shows from when I was a kid on You Tube:

YouTube - Addams Family Season 1.

I've understood for years that I adored the show because of its sweet-natured attitude of acceptance, but it wasn't until I rewatched a few that I realized how queer a show it was, and the ways in which they manipulated expectation in order to fly that message of "be who you are," right under the radar.

Kevin Smith Yami No Matsuei Mashup

David Lynch's A Goofy Movie

While feeling guilty about finding this hilarious (because it is quite cruel, and hilarious) I stumbled on a David Lynch article that included this:


Just hanging out on a Thursday night, surfing.

Kevin Smith Tweeted It...

My Favorite So Far

I've been exploring anime fan vids and, though I've barely scratched the surface, this is my favorite one so far.  The original material is not actually drawn in a style I'm that wild about, but I love the editing on this vid and the fact that it tells a whole story.

Anime Clip