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1. Just finished watching the pilot to the new series Killer Women - which is an adaptation of an Argentine series by executive producer Sofia Vergara (the actress from Modern Family), starring Tricia Helfer (Six from BSG), Marc Blucas (Riley from Buffy - and almost unrecognizable - he's turned into a good actor by the way), Mike Trucco (also from BSG), and another couple of actors that I recognize but can't place.
It's sort of a mash-up of "In Plain Sight" (the Mary McCormack series) and Ricardo Rodriguez movies. I'd say more Rodriquez than Quentin Tarantino, although they do have a similar style, but Rodriquez is a bit more pulpy. Rodriquez was behind the flick Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Was rather surprised by it - it's actually a lot of fun, and the characters are engaging as well as moderately realistic. Plus the female lead is a strong one.
Tricia Helfer plays Molly Parker, a Texas Ranger who plays the trumpet in a band and can rope a steer. She's sassy, smart, and tough. There's a back story that I won't spoil, and a romance that is interesting. Marc Blucas plays the romantic interest - and he's surprisingly good in this - and almost unrecognizable. Mike Trucco plays Molly's brother - whom she is currently staying with.
The cases of the week center on female killers - whom Molly tracks down. The gist is that women do not kill for the same reasons men do - they kill out of love not hate. And the style is sort of gritty - realism, with splash of Quentin Tarantino/Rodriquez cheeky humor.
The violence unlike most of these series - is taken seriously, but you don't feel hammered over the head with it or pummeled. It's sort of fun, but not quite as over-the-top as Django Unchained.
Overall, I recommend it. Will definitely be watching this one.
2. Wed Reading Meme:
Favorite Book of 2013?
I don't really have one. I suppose if push came to shove...I'd state Privilege of the Sword, it's the one I found the most memorable. With possibly the Captive Prince a close second.
Just because they were different, and to an extent commented on the romance trope.
Current Book that I'm reading?
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarity - a best-selling Australian author. Sort of hard to describe without giving away the plot. It's about three women, Cecilia, Tess, and Rachel. And told in their perspectives, through a third person close stream of consciousness style. It's an internal book - you spend a lot of time inside people's heads and a thoughtful one. Moriarity examines the messy emotions that humans have. Guilt, jealousy, envy, rage, fear, cowardice...all come to the fore. It's hard to hate anyone here. There are no good guys or bad guys, just people.
Over 20 years ago...( mild spoilers )
A book you want to discuss as you are reading it and long after.
What I'll be reading next?
Don't really know. I choose books by intuition now or mood. It's whatever feels right at the time. Right now, I'm tempted by another book by Liane Moriarty, but I may go with Eleanor Parker's Fangirl instead, or flirt again with Philip Meyer's son. There's also the sci-fi novel that my brother gave me for Christmas. And David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, which I've been meaning to read.
3) As an aside on books? Did you know they are making Michael Faber's sci-fi horror novel Under the Skin into a movie starring Scarlett Johannson? Now this is one book that I don't think I could watch a film version of. The book was disturbing enough, there are visuals in my head from that book that I'll never be rid of. Why would you make a film out of it?
Actually, there's a certain number of books that I really want to be made into films and never are, and various books that I think are either unfilmmable or should not be made into films - that weirdly are. What's up with that? One more thing I can't control obviously. There are so many - that's my New Year's Resolution - to not worry about the things I have no control over. Sweating them is a waste of time.
Books I wish would be made into movies but aren't:
( Read more... )
Books that I do not want made into movies:
( Read more... )
What books have you read that you do want adapted into movies and which ones, would you prefer not to be?
It's sort of a mash-up of "In Plain Sight" (the Mary McCormack series) and Ricardo Rodriguez movies. I'd say more Rodriquez than Quentin Tarantino, although they do have a similar style, but Rodriquez is a bit more pulpy. Rodriquez was behind the flick Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Was rather surprised by it - it's actually a lot of fun, and the characters are engaging as well as moderately realistic. Plus the female lead is a strong one.
Tricia Helfer plays Molly Parker, a Texas Ranger who plays the trumpet in a band and can rope a steer. She's sassy, smart, and tough. There's a back story that I won't spoil, and a romance that is interesting. Marc Blucas plays the romantic interest - and he's surprisingly good in this - and almost unrecognizable. Mike Trucco plays Molly's brother - whom she is currently staying with.
The cases of the week center on female killers - whom Molly tracks down. The gist is that women do not kill for the same reasons men do - they kill out of love not hate. And the style is sort of gritty - realism, with splash of Quentin Tarantino/Rodriquez cheeky humor.
The violence unlike most of these series - is taken seriously, but you don't feel hammered over the head with it or pummeled. It's sort of fun, but not quite as over-the-top as Django Unchained.
Overall, I recommend it. Will definitely be watching this one.
2. Wed Reading Meme:
Favorite Book of 2013?
I don't really have one. I suppose if push came to shove...I'd state Privilege of the Sword, it's the one I found the most memorable. With possibly the Captive Prince a close second.
Just because they were different, and to an extent commented on the romance trope.
Current Book that I'm reading?
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarity - a best-selling Australian author. Sort of hard to describe without giving away the plot. It's about three women, Cecilia, Tess, and Rachel. And told in their perspectives, through a third person close stream of consciousness style. It's an internal book - you spend a lot of time inside people's heads and a thoughtful one. Moriarity examines the messy emotions that humans have. Guilt, jealousy, envy, rage, fear, cowardice...all come to the fore. It's hard to hate anyone here. There are no good guys or bad guys, just people.
Over 20 years ago...( mild spoilers )
A book you want to discuss as you are reading it and long after.
What I'll be reading next?
Don't really know. I choose books by intuition now or mood. It's whatever feels right at the time. Right now, I'm tempted by another book by Liane Moriarty, but I may go with Eleanor Parker's Fangirl instead, or flirt again with Philip Meyer's son. There's also the sci-fi novel that my brother gave me for Christmas. And David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, which I've been meaning to read.
3) As an aside on books? Did you know they are making Michael Faber's sci-fi horror novel Under the Skin into a movie starring Scarlett Johannson? Now this is one book that I don't think I could watch a film version of. The book was disturbing enough, there are visuals in my head from that book that I'll never be rid of. Why would you make a film out of it?
Actually, there's a certain number of books that I really want to be made into films and never are, and various books that I think are either unfilmmable or should not be made into films - that weirdly are. What's up with that? One more thing I can't control obviously. There are so many - that's my New Year's Resolution - to not worry about the things I have no control over. Sweating them is a waste of time.
Books I wish would be made into movies but aren't:
( Read more... )
Books that I do not want made into movies:
( Read more... )
What books have you read that you do want adapted into movies and which ones, would you prefer not to be?