#maggie watches tv

[quincywillows]

a scattered and overall supportive review of percy jackson season 1

let me just say first of all, it's extremely fun to be enthused about a tv show like this again. the adaptation isn't perfect, but it's a lot of fun, and you can tell there's plenty of heart and good intention behind what they're doing. i'm very much enjoying tuning in every couple of episodes and catching up -- and avoiding the relentless commentary of the internet while i do so lol.

but now it's time for MY commentary!! to preface, i was a huge fan of the books when i was younger, am a stalwart long-term advocate of the original five books as some of the best children's lit of our lifetime, but i also enjoyed the films a decade ago for what they were and think people (including cough rick cough) are way too harsh about them. justice for logan lerman. anyway

i'm not going to do like a play-by-play, but in summary, here are my takeaways from the first season -- what i thought worked, what did not, and things i'm optimistic about going into the future seasons.

the good

for an adaptation of the original series (which, to be fair, i have not reread in years), i felt this was honest and faithful. there were tweaks, obviously, but none that took me too out of it or felt irredeemable. there was a lot to like about this show, so i want to start right from the top with my highest highs.

the worldbuilding / production design. i absolutely loved getting to see how they imagined certain iconic characters, locations, and sequences from the books. it was so exciting to get to see camp halfblood for the first time on screen (at least, in this adaption) -- that moment in episode two definitely felt like a turning point where we picked up from the somewhat laggy pilot episode. i especially loved the design of mount olympus, aspects of the underworld (hades and his upside down castle were baller, though how did percy and grover get up there lol; and i absolutely loved the choice for asphodel and the ghosts being rooted like trees, i never would've thought of that myself but it was so chilling and unique... just wish i could see it better through the terrible lighting, but we'll come back to that), and of course, camp. even down to the small details, like the camp beads... it's just very cool to see it come to life.

the casting. i wasn't sure about some of the casting when the news was breaking, but i'm very happy to have been pleasantly surprised all around (and have majorly avoided people bitching about every single thing). there wasn't any role where i felt like someone was horribly miscast, and you could tell that everyone involved really wanted to be there and committed. i thought the casting of the gods was especially inspired at times. some of the highlights for me personally:

adam copeland as ares. i had no idea he was apparently a wrestler turned actor until my sister told me, but i thought he was absolutely spectacular. very charismatic, with just the right amount of cringefail that ares needed. i found him thoroughly enjoyable in all his scenes.

lance reddick as zeus. having just played horizon zero dawn recently, oh my lorde was this an inspired choice. he was absolutely brilliant. i'm so so sad about his passing, i don't know how they're going to recapture his performance, but i have faith now that they'll find a way.

timothy omundson as hephaestus. i love that they took a softer, more mad scientist approach to his role than like ugly basement blacksmith vibes... i just thought it was really refreshing. his scene with annabeth, where we got so much humanity from him in such a short span of time, was one of my favorite scenes of the season.

jason mantzoukas as dionysus. i mean. what else can be said. obvious choice, but he was so fun lol. i hope they give him more to do next season.

other standouts beyond the main youth cast for me were jay duplass as hades (his brief appearance in 107 was thoroughly enjoyable) and dior goodjohn as clarisse (she was by far the acting standout of the first couple episodes to me). also very happy to see jessica kennedy parker and sinclair from the 100 get work, lol.

walker as percy jackson. it was really wonderful watching walker grow as an actor even just through the first eight episodes. the difference from 101 to 108 is almost night and day. you can tell how much he cares about the project and percy as a character, and he upped his game with every episode. i cannot wait to see what he turns out in the coming seasons. to be fair, i thought all of the youth cast did a decent job, and i'm giving them a lot of leeway and room to grow since they are literally child actors -- it takes time to hone your craft, and im optimistic they're all going to do a great job as the series goes on. but walker was, definitively and thankfully as the protagonist, the standout.

charlie bushnell as luke. i was so excited when i heard he got cast because i loved him in diary of a future president, and he did not disappoint. i kind of wish he had more to do, but all of that was forgiven in the finale when he had his final confrontation with percy. oh, the acting popped off then -- i can't wait for him to get to chew up the scenery more in the coming seasons.

grover and percy's friendship. it was so sweet to see this come alive, and i thought walker and aryan had excellent natural chemistry together. they were so endearing, and i really believed their friendship basically from the start (them swapping their sandwich fillings is a tiny detail from the pilot that has stuck with me since; i just loved that choice so much). they definitely provided a lot of my favorite moments in the season, and i think evoked the most genuine "aw wow" moments from me.

percy's relationship with sally. since sally was, understandably, absent from the original novel, it was awesome to get the flashbacks here that allowed us to more deeply understand their bond. i thought walker and virginia did a great job with this, and the young actor who played little percy also did a surprisingly great job (he was actually one of the stronger youth actors in the pilot imo lol). you totally understood why percy was doing everything he was, because that mother-son bond felt believable. big shout-out to the absolutely baller line "i am sally jackson's son." one of the first writing moments where i was like oh snap!

the music. a good score really can't be understated, and this one did not disappoint. did just what it needed to do. i also loved the closing title sequence and the art direction there with the epic music -- just such a nice touch that i'm so glad they included.

some of the writing. i'll get more into some of my qualms with the writing below, but there were definitely some great moments that deserve their flowers. i thought they did a great job weaving in some early themes without being heavy-handed about it (percy having to define who he is for himself, mostly). there were some genuinely funny moments that made me laugh out loud, including "i am impertinent," annabeth's "i'm multitalented," and the entire exchange on the road side when the trio to ares are like no... we're fine... ahaha bye... oh and percy trying to drive the taxi out of the garage at the casino was absolutely hysterical.

pivotal scenes hitting their mark. when the show needed to deliver, i thought they really delivered. i absolutely loved the staging and acting in the final luke and percy confrontation -- the lighting of the fireworks was such a cinematic touch. percy's arrival at olympus and scene with zeus was also a big standout. i loved a lot of the st. louis arch episode, and thought the hephaestus golden chair sequence was really well done. overall, the episodes i thought were strongest were without a doubt 104, 105, and 108.

expansion where expansion was welcome. one of my favorite aspects of the series is how it's giving more nuance to the monsters and "villains" of the books. i loved that we got a little more motivation for alecto beyond evil -- that she clearly wanted to accomplish her own mission and retrieve the helm, whether out of loyalty or fear. i loved how medusa got much more depth and humanity, that we're sort of reexamining the fairness of how myths are told rather than just taking it all at face value. i'm really looking forward to seeing how that continues in the next seasons.

the decent

percy and annabeth. to be fair, i think my issue with this is more on the fan reaction than the show itself. i think the show is doing a decent, if somewhat awkwardly paced job, of building their friendship and offering small little hints of what could blossom in the future in classic youth awkward ways -- unexpected hugs, banter, etc. i think walker and leah are both doing a good job, and i look forward to seeing how it develops. but my god, people on the internet are really jumping the shark so hard here. i can't handle seeing more "uwu percy is in love" posts when it's like. y'all. THEY ARE 12. THEY JUST MET. LET THEM ORGANICALLY BECOME FRIENDS FIRST... i just hope the creators don't feed into that and also jump the shark. like yes, we all know where this is going, but can't we enjoy the actual journey to get there instead of forcing what isn't there yet? in any case, on the positive side, some of the moments between them i really enjoyed: the conversation on the train when grover was asleep, the hephaestus chair sequence, annabeth giving him her camp beads before going to olympus (that was a slay... that was a legendary slow burn start moment worth hyping up), the way percy smiled at her in their last scene... that's the good stuff. let's not rush through what we're getting folks. the water is fine.

lin manuel as hermes. here is the thing. i thought lin did a good job. i thought his casting was apt, and fun, and he did a great balance of hermes charisma and like, a darker edge. it's just... the thing about lin manuel is that he's lin manuel. and this is coming from someone who likes him, but it's like he shows up on screen and i'm just like. hey it's lin manuel. it's a bit of a "takes you out of the moment" stunt casting, but i'm not mad about it. i wouldn't call it a bad thing. hopefully it'll wear off (though i doubt it). i guess i'm just deciding that hermes is just lin manuel, which honestly, would kind of track.

the youth acting. mentioned this above, but again, some of that early delivery was rough. but i am giving a lot of grace, and i think they've already improved plenty in the first eight episodes. i felt the same way about shadowhunters back in the day when i thought kat mcnmara was hard to watch in season 1, but by season 3 she was my absolute favorite cast member and came so far. i have no doubt these kiddos will do the same. so very much looking forward to that.

the not so great

the pacing. this was definitely the weakest part of the story writing wise. it wasn't irredeemable, but it did hinder the first half of the show (which didn't lock in for me until about 104, when the stakes truly shot up at st. louis). and that also affected how dynamics and plot points were able to unravel. the biggest victim of this...

the luke reveal. from the start, i was worried about this. since luke was only really in episode 2, i had doubts about whether the reveal of his betrayal would be at all satisfying or earned. i don't know that i can speak on it for sure, since i knew what was going to happen as someone who read the books, but i still feel we should have gotten more of those luke-and-percy-bonding scenes and convos earlier in the series rather than tacked onto the finale as flashbacks. it worked there, but i think it could've been better. thankfully, all of that didn't hinder the delivery of the finale confrontation, which as i said, was a standout moment for me.

the fight scenes. with rare exception, i was pretty underwhelmed with many of the monster battles and confrontations this season. given that's such a huge gimmick of the novels, i hope they're able to revisit and polish up the pacing of these in the future... i just felt that scenes like the museum clash with dodds were so rushed and anticlimactic. or not even confrontations at all, like the scene with crusty. we got a bit more of this at the back half of the season, in the sword fights with ares and luke, but i wanted more of that epic feeling throughout. i'm hoping it's maybe just a budget concern and that it'll improve in the coming seasons -- especially as the bosses get bigger and the stakes get higher -- but i'm not sure i'm optimistic just yet.

some of the dialogue. it was... wooden, to say the least. i think the worst moments of this were when they were trying to force Kid Bants -- which just felt stilted in the earlier episodes -- and whenever they were explaining greek myths point blank to the audience. there were moments it worked, but many where it didn't, and i hope they flesh out how to better info dump in the future episodes. i didn't mind the change of having percy be more familiar with the myths and thus more aware, but they could afford to finesse how they relay that information to us in the audience without basically reading from wikipedia in percy's voice.

the ugly

oh my god i can't see. i can't SEE. this show went to the teen wolf academy of employing one lightbulb and it's actually criminal. there were so many scenes where i really wanted to see what was happening because the stakes were high or the scenery was so pivotal -- the entry into the underworld for the first time, the vastness of medusa's basement of stone, THE FIELDS OF ASPHODEL -- but the lighting was so god awful i legitimately couldn't see a thing. in asphodel i literally could barely see the trio's expressions, it was that bad / flat. the audience is smart, we understand it's dark out. we can suspend our disbelief so you can add some visibility to this thing. i was turning up my brightness constantly but it wouldn't go any higher. please, disney execs, rick, anyone -- GET ANOTHER LIGHTBULB. i'm losing key immersive aspects of the show to this and it's a bummer. when they were walking through waterland for the first time and annabeth was like "wow can you believe this craftsmanship" i was like i don't know, girl, I CAN'T SEE ANY OF IT. begging on my knees that they fix this next season.

well, that ended up longer than expected, but oh my gods it is so nice to be writing paragraphs about a tv show again. all in all, i'd say 7.5/10 from me in this first season. there's so much to be keen for here, and i'm really happy with how it's going so far.

friends and fellow demigods, what did we all think?

#percy jackson #pjo tv #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo #idk what y'all are tagging with lol #maggie watches tv #maggie.txt

[shehungthemoon]

Pls someone talk to me about the quiet codependence Rust and Marty have, the too-easy domesticity they can fall into. Their constant arguing and moral disagreement and that blends so easily into sharing clothes and a bottle and a home. The open hostility that silently becomes worry when no one else is watching. The implicit, unyielding trust that's never questioned and always counted on, between two people born and living in a world that's punished trust from the beginning.

#the song that plays in the background of all of this? one called 'are you alright' with a slow guitar and melancholy. wtf. #theyre playing td on tv rn and i caught it right in ep 4 where the DOMESTICITY is HIGH and like. why dont I remember any of this happening #true detective #rust x marty #'men and women. it's not suppose to work unless it's to make kids' rustin what the fuck. he says this to maggie's face. #while her husband is LIVING WITH HIM. there are so many... tones i didnt pick up when watching this before #rust cohle #marty hart #martin hart #rustin cohle #they know each other better than they know themselves and that makes me sick

[kcdahippie]

Maggie and Sterling return right when Nate starts drinking again. 😬😬😬(Though glad to see them both back!);

#maggie collins #jim sterling #the zanzibar marketplace job #leverage #kc watches too much tv

[northernexposureonly]

#wake up call #nx 3x19 #northern exposure #un medico tra gli orsi #doctor en alaska #ausgerechnet alaska #maggie o‘connell #janine turner #watching tv #📺 #tv #popcorn #🍿

[stansaaa]

finished the walking dead and am all caught up with dead city and daryl dixon and now i’m feeling empty & anxiously awaiting the ones who live. started fear the walking dead but it doesn’t hit the same💔 please someone recommend shows that have filled your twd void, i’m grieving

#me asking for tv show recs every week it seems #i even started twd over from the beginning but it just doesn’t hit like the first time😭 #i knew this would happen & that’s why i put off watching twd for so long LMAO #the walking dead #the walking dead daryl dixon #the walking dead dead city #the ones who live #daryl dixon #rick grimes #maggie greene #michonne #twd negan

[appasahebparbhane]

#समर्थ #परमात्मा #कबीर

वर्तमान मे संतो की स्थिति को समझने की नितांत आवश्यकता है तो चलिये इसकी शुरूवात सतयुग से करते हैं ।

भगवान के विषय में सतयुग के वृहत संतों का ज्ञान केवल इतना ही रहा कि शेषनाग (विष्णु) ने पृथ्वी सर पर रख ली इसलिये वो भगवान, कृष्ण जी ने गोवर्धन उठाया इसलिये वो भगवान, हनुमान जी ने पर्वत उठाया इसलिये वो भगवान मतलब चमत्कार को ही भगवान का पैमाना माना गया जबकी वैदिक मान्यताओ को देखे तो भगवान कोई और ही परिभाषित होता है ।

भगवान के विषय में सतयुग के वृहत संतों के ज्ञान का वर्णन गीताप्रेस गोरखपुर से प्रकाशित, श्री हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार और चिमन लाल गोस्वामी द्वारा संपादित श्रीमद् देवी भागवत पुराण में मिलता है ।

#धरती ऊपर स्वर्ग #सत्संग से ही सुख है #सत भक्ति संदेश #संत रामपाल जी महाराज #सतलोकआश्रम #सत ‌भक्ति संदेश #आप्पादास #आओ जानें सनातन कोsant rampal ji maharaj #हरि आये हरियाणे नू #spiritualknowledge आध्यात्मिक ज्ञानvisit 📲 “satlok ashram” youtube channel saint rampal ji maharaj 👇watch sadhna tv 7:30pmdaily! #आदि राम कबीर #रामनवमी आदि राम रामलला अयोध्याwho is aadiram aadiramkabir is god ram ramnavami ramlalla ayodhya suryatilak rammandir jaishr #*✰मर्यादा में रहोगे तो काल आपका कुछ नहीं बिगाड़ सकता✰*अधिक जानकारी के लिए अवश्य देखिए *sant rampal ji maharaj* y #leigh bardugo #maggie stiefvater #neil gaiman #rainbow rowell #19 days #england #sculpture #संतरामपालजी का अयोध्याभंडारा #संतगरीबदासजी को मि��े भगवान5days left for bodh diwas #हिन्दू भाई संभलो #tommyinnit #tumblr milestone

[hightidelowmood]

When I say I have fallen hard for the Maggie and Negan ship.. the crumbs the writers give us and the huge moments Jeffrey Dean and Lauren act out!? guys how is it possible that a few years later I'm out here shipping the bloke that killed her husband with her???????? bye im trash

#neggie #lauren cohan #maggie x negan #negan #twd negan #Nina watches tv

[blairswldorfs]

Chimney and Maddie’s house is so beautiful????

#gi watches 911 #guys can I move in with you?? #maddie buckley #chimney Han #madney #911 #911 abc #911 fox #tv shows #Maddie x chimney #chimney x Maggie #chimney x maddie

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Emily..." Randall began, almost tearfully, but it was June and Wilhelm who spoke up over him-not to agree, not to rush her out the door and warn her not to come back, but instead to ask her to stay.

"Please," Wilhelm began, as June reached out to take the young woman's cold hand, stopping her as he continued, "W-Would you stay, just a little longer, lass? Really, we...we'd like it if you stayed. I-I promise, y-you're not intruding; Junie and I weren't able to sleep anyways..."

"You saved our son's life, and you brought him back home to us," June continued gently, as Randall sat up a little, just as surprised as Emily was at this sudden turn of events, this change in reaction in his parents. "We...we can't thank you enough for that. Please, won't you sit down? I...I think we have a lot to talk about...and a lot to apologize for."

At this, Randall's eyes widened further, as he looked between Emily, his mother, and his father, that surprise turning to a sort of tentative relief, as his mother encouraged Emily to make herself comfortable, while June moved to the kitchen to put on a pot of tea, to perhaps soothe their frazzled nerves. She hoped the young woman (not a monster, she thought to herself, but a young woman) would accept, and hear out what the Pace parents had to say.

#((i'm sorry: an a.i. just isn't nearly as threatening as the soul of a serial killer!)) #((the terror of 'child's play' is defidently that andy is so little-he's this adorable little six-year-old who makes your heart melt)) #((watching him make his mom breakfast on his own birthday and getting excited about having a good guy of his own)) #((and so you don't want anything to happen to him! he's being preyed upon by what he thought was his friend)) #((his talking good guy doll-even worse; chucky told andy that he was sent by andy's dead father to play with him)) #((which adds a cruel twist to things-andy just wanted a friend; and now he's in danger; and no one believes him)) #((not until the end! so having andy be older; be attacked by an a.i. doll who should NOT be that strong like you said)) #((and have more allies on his side; it really does take away that fear factor; that level of suspense!)) #((and there really is so much love in the main franchise; as opposed to the 2019 reboot)) #((which feels more like your standard cash grab! it's almost a family affair)) #((considering the actress who played andy's mother in the first film married kevin yagher)) #((who designed and built the chucky animatronic; i think alex vincent's little sister played chucky)) #((for the scene where he runs behind andy's aunt maggie shortly before she goes pushed out the window)) #((and of course brad dourif's daughter fiona is a part of the franchise now; having played nica pierce)) #((and even playing a young charles lee ray in flashbacks for the tv show!)) #((there really is so much love and care behind it; the kind of love and care you just don't see in the reboot!)) #outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Dark Shadows

[lifewithaview]

Maggie Q in Designated Survivor (2016) Backfire

S1E13

An investigative journalist shocks the White House when he reveals classified information during a press briefing and leaves Seth struggling to contain the damage from the leaked story. Meanwhile, Hannah unearths a key connection between MacLeish and the conspiracy.

*Teen Mode is a reference to the fictional Mode Magazine from the ABC series Ugly Betty (2006), the fictional fashion flagship, the analogue of Vogue. Teen Vogue has been lauded since the 2016 election cycle for surprisingly insightful and sober articles on politics and current events.

#Designated Survivor #2016 #tv series #Backfire #Maggie Q #S1E13 #action #drama #mystery #politics #usa #president #conspiracy #intriques #secrets #journalist #information #leaked story #just watched #2017 episode

[becomingbuffypodcast]

Maggie Walsh & Joss Whedon's mommy issues pt. 1

Nearly every writer creates from their own experience, and Joss Whedon is no exception. Given the recent allegations, and the interview from Joss by Vulture, we see certain storylines in a different light, particularly the Maggie Walsh arc as a metaphor for a controlling mother(in-law). 

While Joss' mommy issues and hatred of women may be apparent to us now, I was surprised to find a quote from Buffy writer, David Fury, hinting that they were aware of it back then:

“I don’t know if Joss has said this, but she (Maggie) is at least partly inspired by his own mother. His mother was a college professor and she was a very big feminist. Very strong willed. I think she had a huge impact on Joss’s life. Certainly the fact that he is an ardent feminist himself. I think his mother can take credit for that, but she was a very strong willed, very strict woman. But one that Joss respected very much. I believe that Professor Walsh was at least partly inspired by his mother in the sense of being this very good, strong willed professor that students were scared of. The idea of a mother figure was interesting. She was sort of Riley’s mother. She was Adam’s mother. When she had scenes with Buffy, it was very much like Buffy was dealing with a mother in law character. Joss was very interested in seeing this girl that he presented in high school who struggles to be normal, knowing that she has to rise to the occasion and save the world, suddenly being wholly terrified of this woman and totally intimidated by her. Lindsey did a good job. It was a tricky character. The whole Initiative thing was very tricky, and, of course, what she represented allegorically might be the most personal thing about it for Joss. I don’t think the rest of us could latch on to it as clearly as he could. There might have been somethings being worked out there.” -David Fury

P.s. While we address this in our analysis of "The I in Team," we also go into greater detail over on @prophecygirlspodcast in their "Trial of Joss Whedon" episode. Check it out!

#buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy btvs #tv: btvs #buffy watching #becomingbuffypodcast #btvs s5 #alyson hannigan #sarah michelle gellar #joss whedon #maggie walsh #mommy issues

[kcdahippie]

Not Nate finding a solution that also appears Sterling. The sweet sweet retribution and revenge. I am here for it. This finale was fantastic fun.

#leverage #maggie was also a lot of fun too #kc watches too much tv #the second david job

[golden-girl-daisy]

I was watching old home movies yesterday and Honey had some things to say to our 90s dogs.

#dr. bunsen honeydew #dog #puppy #labrador retriever #great pyrenees #mixed breed #mutts #honey loves watching tv #jolie #coco #my sweet old girls #jolie looked like a mix between honey and Maggie

[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: Day of Execution (1.3, ITC, 1967)

"I feel awful, just awful, leaving you like this."

"Ah, don't feel bad, it's... it's my business."

"Yeah, I know, but -"

"But what?"

"What're you gonna do?"

"I'm doing it."

#man in a suitcase #day of execution #itc #1967 #classic tv #charles crichton #phillip broadley #richard bradford #rosemary nicols #robert urquhart #t. p. mckenna #donald sutherland #jeremy spenser #maggie wright #brian peck #jimmy gardner #sally geeson #brenda lawrence #a personal favourite from childhood watchings and an ep that still stands up very well i think as one of the best MiaS instalments (and has #some very specific mariocki origin lore i won't spoil). has a lot going for it; aside from the strong cast (Sutherland of course but also #Nicols and Urquhart‚ both fresh from starring roles in tv shows Undermind and Jango respectively‚ plus the ever excellent tp mckenna) and a #fairly impressive car chase through nighttime london (good enough the footage was reused in The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk)‚ but we also #get a script that really starts to reckon with McGill's character‚ his past and his personality. a few firsts for the series in this order #inc McGill owning a gun (not carried but kept in his suitcase) renting an apartment and having a love interest; we also learn he went to #college in texas‚ worked in Beirut with US intelligence and has killed (in fact‚ has seen enough violence that he simply doesn't recall the #specific killing that he's being targeted for until it's spelled out for him). it's a darker and brutal episode which hammers home the #moral ambiguity of McGill's character; similarly a moment towards the end of the episode‚ in which he basically threatens to leave Willard #to fend for himself against armed killers unless he pays him a hefty fee‚ is uncharacteristically mercenary for an ITC 'hero'. #Crichton's direction also makes this quite a special episode; he goes heavy on dutch angles and extreme close ups to really push the #ticking clock element and ramp up the pressure‚ with Bradford underplaying the panic just enough to fit the inscrutable McGill image

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

nobody asked…arguably nobody cares BUT here’s my top 10 Simpsons episodes anyway

1. 22 short films about Springfield

2. last exit to Springfield

3. Dancing as fat as i can

4. and Maggie makes three

5. Lisa the skeptic

6. Lisa’s substitute

7. fraudcast news

8. HOMR

9. 'scuse me while i miss the sky

10. Bart after dark

#the simpsons #can you tell that the simpsons is one of my main hyper fixations #autism #comfort show #top 10 #i relate a worrying amount to lisa #anxious vegetarian queen #animated sitcom #tv shows #american tv #dental plan lisa needs braces #i needed a mr Bergstrom #steamed hams #kid central episodes >> #bart and lisa #bart lisa and maggie carry the show #i said what i said #ok i’m done #gonna go watch the simpsons now

[fractalkiss]

to add on to my stupid shitposting and be serious though, I should mention this is the article that made me almost cry today reading it.

#maggie cheung and leslie's acting speaks volumes and almost shapes the story so fluidly so the tribute speaks for itself #explains why almost everything i've ever written is inspired by a good movie/tv show with good acting #and the act of quote and quote acting #it's painful and fascinating and powerful! #anyway...im gonna probably re-watch the classic pinoy four sisters and a wedding for some laughs #f journal #even when i was writing for idol rpf i have had so many ambitious ideas for fic AUs based on movies/tv show #a lot of them im kinda glad i didn't write lol but still