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Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Looking For Alaska': four days after through eight days after

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:52:59 +0000

Look forward to the next show? If this is something you do a lot. Yes one communal experience has ended, but it's not the end of communal/theatrical experiences! #theatrestudentadvice

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Looking For Alaska': four days after through eight days after

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:51:17 +0000

I feel like a lot of people think being selfish is always a negative thing. Sometimes it is, but in the case of self-preservation it's not. It's expected to do things for yourself. You were selfish in that you did something to bring attention to your problem to get help, maybe not in the safest way but it had a cause that makes sense.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Looking For Alaska': two days before through the last day

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:57:49 +0000

It's so interesting to see how John Green himself grows as a person in his adulthood by reading his books and following along with things he talks about on the internet. It's such a unique insight into an author's attitudes and beliefs, and seeing those contrasted with what the characters he creates say and do contextualizes it all in a way that's deep but also not laid out like, 'this is precisely why i wrote this and there's no mystery whatsoever'. I feel like this book, being his first, is the best example. A lot of the criticisms on the book have been addressed by John or he's basically shown himself to have moderately updated opinions on things. He's a smart person and it reads in his novels, even when it's not perfect you can still be impressed.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part III

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:31:43 +0000

Well if they gave up the technology necessary to replicate things like vaccines and scanning... it definitely would be and everyone would know that.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Jekyll': Episode One

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:15:45 +0000

Ferocity?

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Jekyll': Episode One

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:59:51 +0000

"why do I have so many college papers to write?" Oh that reminds me of why I got onto my computer :[

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Jekyll': Episode One

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:57:28 +0000

I screamed when I saw on your tumblr "blahblahblah instead of Jekyll" then I may have actually screamed and come to this link immediately. BASICALLY my best friend/formerly it's complicated recommended this show to me over the summer and I'm amazed by it and today he even presented a scene in our theatre class that was Jekyll/Hyde adaptation so I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME THAT THIS WAS YOUR NEXT PROJECT. The subtle cosmetic changes didn't even make themselves apparent to me until the show progressed; in each episode I'd notice some other tiny little change, which is wonderous for the makeup artist. Also I love seeing how Moffat brought Meera Syal ("Miranda") back to Doctor Who and Gina Bellman from Coupling into this one. James Nesbitt I was never familiar with and he's WONDERFUL.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part III

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:39:50 +0000

That said, I think the concept of all this being in the distant past rather than the distant future is SUPER cool. I just feel that needing to ditch the technology was too much shoe-horning. I think someone suggested they could've come into Earth!human history at a later time and it would've made sense.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part III

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:35:44 +0000

The reason the finale bothers me -- and why I seem to dislike it more each time I rewatch it -- is because I don't understand WHY anyone would choose to ditch the technology. Ditch the ships? Cool, land's pretty sweet and they all did that before. Not build a gigantic city? Okay, understandable, would they even have the resources anyway? But they've spent YEARS fighting for access to a steady food supply, adequate health care, and et cetera, and just cos the fields are pretty.... 35,000 people agree to leave it all behind? They all just get backpacks?! And even with Lee's character development I can't see him being the proponent for this.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part III

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:20:44 +0000

I NEVER would have made that connection. He even uses the word promised. You so smart. omg that's... ;_;

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part II

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:55:11 +0000

It's so weird seeing everyone in costume... but with perfectly coiffed hair and makeup... even Tricia Helfer's hair is more done-up than it is as Head Six and she's imaginary then o_o Visual disconnect.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part II

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:15:40 +0000

I must say that I have always, in a way, really loved Cavil as a character. He's so delightfully non-human, but in a way that is so obviously a reaction to how he feels about humans. It didn't occur seperately on his own -- he is how he is because of his specific distaste for mortal limitations. And you have to admit, it is kind of cruel that he's eternally aged -- it's like an extra kick, that not only is he stuck in a limited body, but he's never had a chance at youth, and it was all by DESIGN and intention from someone else. And his sardonic sense of humor just reflects my own a little, heh.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak, Part II

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:35:26 +0000

Here's the deal: Blasphemy is not oppression. Christians don't like it. It doesn't insult or demean Christians.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak Liveblog

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:50:14 +0000

PUMPED! Thank you for your feelings.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak Liveblog

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:49:45 +0000

OH MY GOSH I WILL FLIP COS I'VE READ THE PLAY FOR CLASS BUT NEVER SEEN THE MOVIE SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

Mark Reads : Mark Reads 'Looking For Alaska': one hundred twenty-seven days before

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:05:48 +0000

People in different parts of the world -- nay, of America -- don't know what fried okra is? Like I understand never having tried it due to it being regional but NEVER HEARD OF IT. Gosh. This is sad-making.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': Daybreak Liveblog

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:46:41 +0000

He's already done Luther & Sherlock

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': S04E15 - No Exit

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:16:09 +0000

I love you for your #12 comment IS THIS MY DREAM PLAY I THINK IT IS, FUCK YEAH TITLE REFERENCES. #theatrestudentdreams They were always like AMANDA IS TALLER THAN THREE PEOPLE BUT HAS FOUR EYES AND ONE PERSON CAN ONLY EAT TWO OTHERS AND HOW MANY ARE BORN IN JUNE. Those one? That’s what this is like. This paragraph sounds just as loopy as I am right now, but maybe I'm biased. Anyway -- this is one of the few BSG episodes I keep watching, quite strongly for the reasons you say; great acting, great exposition, sooo much information in an interesting way.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': S04E13 - The Oath

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:50:28 +0000

An Admiral permitted abuse and rape though... Like, it's fully possible someone could've been made an officer pre-Fall regardless of assholish-ness. I know Gauge wasn't but I feel the comment implies things about military culture that aren't always true.

Mark Watches : Mark Watches 'Battlestar Galactica': S04E05 - The Road Less Traveled

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:19:25 +0000

I’m going to start shipping Starbuck/Helo just on principle and not even because I think they’re necessarily a good fit. You're going through the Steps to Being a Compulsive Shipper rather quickly now :p