I don't think I will be able to stop talking about Generation Kill

[alexandral]

"Generation Kill" continues to be great. I am reading anything and everything connected with the show.

One of the facts is the losses in the Iraq war. More than a million are dead on Iraqi side, and the half of this are civilians. The population of Iraq is about 20 million and this means 1 in 20 is dead. The losses on the USA and allies side are around 4000, one for 250 on Iraqi side.

I came across an interview with real Brad Colbert (you can find a piece of it on the HBO Generation Kill website http://www.hbo.com/generationkill/ , in Brad Corbert's profile) . His looks are quite similar to the looks of Alexander Skarsgard, but in the interview he seemed to be quite a different guy from the TV show Brad. I must say, I didn't like the real Brad Colbert as much as I like Alexander Skarsgard's Brad Colbert. The real Brad seems to come across as a guy with a big dose of American patriotism, "I wanted to be a marine since I was a little boy" type of guy, where Alexander Skarsgard plays a more complex character. As the_grynne noted, the phrases like "Vote Republican" don't seem to sit well with the TV show's Brad.
One particular phrase irked me in the interview, something about "Why did I want to become a marine .. may be because of all the travel and adventure".

But to end it all on a happy (if somewhat shallow note), a new promotional photo for HBO's "True Blood" Eric (played by Alexander Skarsgard) is out, big thank you to endlessdeep:

Comments

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

STUBBLE. LUPINE EYES. THE FURS!

ajhsgfjfkgjj!

kenorland and I were fangirling the other day about how sexy the whole primal "I can kill you with my sword and marshal a longboat full of bloodthirsty pillagers" thing was when you put it in the suave figure of a vampire. It's the complexity and contradictions that make him so magnetic.

[arathesane.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you have read it, but I posted this interview (http://umeedmerchant.livejournal.com/429450.html) from Salon.com with Ed Burns in July. I think it is a pretty good one.

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing it. :)

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

I need to read a couple more of the Sookie books, if only to read the one where Eric loses his memory. *g*

This picture is great, and I like the way they blend the new and the old.

*is so very excited for this show*

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

oooh he's pretty!!!

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see him as Eric!

[kenorland.livejournal.com]

SKARSGARD GENETICS FOR THE MF WIN OMG.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

[endlessdeep.livejournal.com]

Did you check out the picture at the link I posted in my entry? It's enormous!

Click on this link. click (http://true-blood.tv/Photos/Season1/Season1.html). SCroll down to Eric's picture and click on it. After it loads hover your mouse pointer over the bottom right part of the picture. When the square with the four arrows shows up click on it. HUGE ERIC! OMG!

I just love the throne with the fur. :)