Batman, Tipping the Velvet, and the BSG promo pics....

[lyssie]

There is not enough Kara. Seriously, you'd think they'd get that the secret to my heart is lots of Kara. Lots. And can I please have one now? I'd appreciate it.

Ah, 2:30... And the drunks are coming down the street. Y'know, if I had a sniper rifle...


TtV.

I've been meaning to see this for ages, I meant to watch it when BBC America were playing it, then forgot (bad me). Luckily, woodface is fast falling to the lesbian side of the force (or is that the velvet side?), and she watched it recently, which reminded me.

The library has it on dvd.

The library, people.

Oh, well, I suppose it's not as bad as Madonna's sex book (anyone remember that controversy?)

On to Tipping...

It's visually gorgeous and wonderfully-acted, and has some rather decently hot sex scenes. I found Kitty Butler lovely (though occasionally distracting, since Keeley was in Murder in Mind once, and thus, I'd seen her before as a straight girl, which ruined it some), and infectious and Nan lovely (though incredibly naive and stalkerish).

Nan actually disturbs me, because she was so intense about her passions. Throwing all of herself into one person and never worrying about her own life...

One of the notable things about Tipping is the lack of men. It's strange to think that, but the men were much more peripheral and background than is normally seen in a Chick Flick type of thing. I'm not sure what I'd categorize Tipping as. Possibly drama. I was amused and disturbed by turns (the old lady lesbian bacchanalias were frakking squicky...).

I also enjoyed it immensely (though the directing was a bit choppy in bits--in the "omg! look, I'm making this spin!" way that Farscape began because Tony and Rowan were all on drugs and drunk and they're Aussies anyway and every other show since has tried to ape (with less success, because it always makes me think they're waving a flag with "Look! Aren't we Hip!" on it). I did fastforward towars the end, though, as some of the talky stuff got boring...

I'm probably going to pick up the book, at some point, just to read something that isn't fanfiction.

Sadly, there was no naked Kara Thrace.



Batman also had no Kara Thrace in it.

Though it did have Katie Holmes turning in an almost believable performance as a (supposedly) 30-something lawyer type with nerve and spunk and balls of steel. (seriously, if they were the same age, and seven years passed, and she was WORKING IN THE DA'S OFFICE when he left, she has to be, what 30? 32? now?)

Batman was like watching Highlander for the first chunk (although the flashbacks were less cheesy, and, sadly, there was no Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert) plus some silly ninja philosophy crap that made me feel bored until they blew shit up.

Then I was interested.

Batman didn't talk down to the viewer (mostly), it lagged and was a bit improbable at times (some of the timing towards the end was a bit rushed/too compacted), but the acting was first-rate, the characters were well-drawn, and the plot demanded that you keep up with it and use your brain.

So, yay, on that score.

Also? Paul from The Way We Live Now was in it, and that's just disturbing because his ex-wife in that went on to be Eowyn in LotR.

There were bits that made me roll my eyes.

I squeaked when I realized Gary Oldman was playing a good guy (that must have been such a departure for him).

hrm. Bed soon, I think.