Alexandra Leaving

Oh noes!!!! or OR YES!!!!!?, lovely spectacle-wearing Bae Yong Joon has had a haircut and he is not wearing a pony tail anymore, as you can see on the pictures below. He is photographing Korea's first lady here (she must be a fan).





This must be a good time for his new drama, I think. I hadn't heard any news of any new projects for him so I turned to the golden oldies , namely his first drama "Barefooted Youth". He plays a bad boy who becomes policeman and falls in love with a daughter of a big prosecutor in Seoul. Putting aside BAD FASHIONS of 90s Korea, this sounds ( like my thing, with plenty of expected hurt/comfort and angst , please see sample screencaps: )

I don't approve of smoking.. BUT!

( Pictures of vest-wearing Bae Yong Joon behind the cut )

My admiration for this guy knows no bounds but the latest pictures of him and his blue cardigan makes me worried:



I need your opinion on this. To participate you don't have to be a fan of Bae Yong Joon or even know who he is. The gender of participants is not important too. (But please be kind – I lurve him :D)

[Poll #1172089]

I have been tagged by gws with 20-existential-questions meme. I concur: my answers behind the cut: ( What kind of person do you think you are? )

20. Do you have an all time favorite song?
"Dance me to the end of love" by Leonard Cohen, with it's everlasting longing and sensuality is my all time favourite song. I have heard it for the first time 12 years ago and no matter how often I listen to it I never get tired. It has almost become an extension of what I am. It is a very personal song, I often say to Mr.Alexander that when we celebrate our 50th anniversary I'll sing it for him. :D

Jack Vettriano created a panting influenced by this song. I like the painting too. :D ( Jack Vettriano, Dance me to the end of love )

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Community promotion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Angel, season 3: I have re-started my "Angel" watching. And I immediately remembered why I stopped watching it in the first place. I don't know how everyone liked this but for me the storyline of Angel and Darla having a baby is a bit of no sense. (I am on the episode 3.10 "Dad" at the moment). How did that manage to happen? How did two vampires manage to conceive a human baby? And Why? Why the baby stuff that works so exceptionally well for me in RL doesn't really work that well in TV shows?

And now Angel is running away from everyone AGAIN.I am going to watch through this show as I am very intent on finishing "Angel" but! I hope this is going to be resolved somehow well.

30 days of Night: I remember nutmeg3 mentioned this film to me a while ago. And YAY! I have watched it! And it didn't disappoint! In the fictional world full of fictional vampires that are in bulk converting into the Tortured Misunderstood Hero Club it is so great to see an old-fashioned Evil to the Core Blood Thirsty vampire. Besides, a well-made visually film is always a half of the win with me. Add to it a decent attempt at the character building in the form of rather hunky Sheriff (by Josh Hartnett) and his rather cool estranged wife (Melissa George) and you get something that made me quite happy! Especially as the film is dipped and rolled in most wonderful and clean snow.



But still, the best thing about this film are the vampires, particular their leader played by Danny Huston. Not an anti-hero as such, but rather a horror-hero, a being truly evil but at the same time possessing personality and power and entirely stealing all the scenes he is in. It is probably the first time I see someone devoid ENTIRELY of any good qualities who doesn't come across as a caricature.


I am Legend : I enjoyed this whilst I watched and it had one of the best movie dogs. I want that doggy to be my doggy. I liked the way the vampire beings were made, especially dogs and rats. I liked the rest of CGI less as it was quite obvious in some parts that everything is just an animated picture, not reality. But wasn't this film just "28 days later" with a nuance? This nuance being Bob Marley – singing Will Smith as the Big American Hero?



( And to end on a random note, some pictures of Bae Yong Joon. Swimming. Butterfly Stroke. )

This is so amazing that I am squeeing and making other incoherent noises. meganbmoore why are you not watching this? It is like a dream wuxia that came true and embodied every perfect and wonderful thing there is. The Second and Third episode (I haven't seen them yet as I don't have subtitles) are reaching the 1st place in the ratings and I absolutely can see why. Fantastic, never seen before special effects + outwordly story+Bae Yong Joon . I think this has a great promise!

( Just look at this beauty that my imperfect screencapping can't show in full )