YouTube Mix (playlist)

Brie Larson. Um... I'm impressed.

A while back, I'd posted some links that had to do with the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack. One of which was Brie Larson fronting Metric singing "Black Sheep" as her character (Natalie) Envy Adams. The song was good, so you'd think that I'd go online and see what else she'd done - if she'd sung in any other movies, or if she'd done any strictly music projects etc... but I didn't. Don't know why. Maybe it was the fact that most of the principle cast also sang or played whatever their characters sang or played (if you turn on the trivia track during the movie you'll see all the "Performed by"s, for instance:

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(Yes, that was a parenthetical jpg.)

So, the fact that Larson was able to front for Metric - not that unusual in this movie. I guess it didn't stand out that much. That, and the fact that she wasn't in any fight scenes... ya know. :)

Soooo. Anyways... Earlier I was on YouTube (like you do) and I saw a Craig Ferguson clip - one where he cracks himself up, which is always hilarious, so I watched it. Then there was another one - like Pringles, you can't just have one - about some strange woman randomly standing up in the audience. Then. I spotted one with Brie Larson.

(There are three that I know of:  2010/10/26,  2011/03/16, 2011/09/09, in case you're interested.)

But then, I saw this: 

It's... actually I'm at a loss, because I'm finding it difficult to heap superlatives without sounding either FanBoy or patronizing. For instance if I were to say something like, "I'm impressed with how intelligent..." And, "What does that mean?" you might say. "Shouldn't she be because why? she's an actress, or she's twenty-something, or she's attractive, or blonde?" So yeah. Let me suffice by saying that she'd be someone I'd really be interested in watching "Blade Runner" with and then to get her opinions on story and character, cinematography and lighting, and/or the comparison between the film noir style and period film noir - and even how the original Phillip K. Dick story differed from the screenplay. 

(Before you get your hopes up, "Blade Runner" fans (I know somebody is), I don't know that she likes either "The Big Sleep" or post-apocalyptic speculative fiction.)

Or if that's too long-winded, then let me say that there are few people that I'm impressed with but I think that she might be one.

From last week

Why can't I obsess over anything useful?

XMAS IS WHEN??!!?

OMFG. I just realized that Christmas is less than two weeks away. (That's a fortnight if you're currently in a Dickens festival.)

The Plan

BSG: [cc] " VFX - NUCLEAR DEVATATED COASTLINE / A SINGLE COLUMN OF SMOKE" #deletedscenes #MayanCalendarTooBad (Battlestar Galactica: The Plan)

Happy Me Day

Happy birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday to mmmmeeEEEEEeeeEEEeeEeee...

(that's how well I sing in real life)

This year I found out that I share a birthday with Grace Helbig and I got some nifty gift cards -but- I got myself two things, which I thought I'd share:

1) The "A Bit of 'Fry & Laurie'" box set. Most of which - well, almost all of which, is, in fact, on YouTube (here). Then "Why?? get them?" you might ask. You might - and just that dramatically. It's not that I'm worried for Messrs. Fry and/or Laurie -'s financial well being (what is this? year 10 of QI, and about the same for House?) but it comes from the same urge, I suppose, that makes me want to give buskers a buck when I hear something I particularly like (at least in the 'ideal' - it's been ages since I've seen one in the wild and even if I did, I doubt I'd have any cash on me at the time... so it's all just academic, really, isn't it?)

Anyway- it's good. And if you don't want to drop a dollar in the hat - or more precisely, 54 at Amazon - then do check out the "duo" on YouTube.

(fig. 1 in which Emma Thompson doesn't play a significant role in this DVD set, thought it does include a Special Feature, in which she does play a part in several Cambridge Footlights Revue sketches (; the puppy is just cute))

2) And Music! The Scott Pilgrim soundtracks as well as the new Synthetica by Metric.
Samples:

a) "Threshold" by Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim versus The World Original Motion Picture Soundrack)

And

b) "Youth Without Youth" by Metric (Synthetica)

And yes, Metric is on the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack - "Black Sheep" but in the movie it was Brie Larson singing as Envy Adams in the'meta-fictional band' "The Clash at Demonhead":

(VO in BILL HADER's voice): Bonus Round!

(HADER): Versus!

(sorry - couldn't resist)

When servers bite.

When racking stuff without help, always keep a firm grip on your equipment. Your shins will thank you.

Afters - the Sam Adams Octoberfest and the rib-eye from Chili's made everything better. Well... the Advil helped too.