Dune 1.5

Finished watching the mini-series Dune with Alec Newman as Paul Atreides. Not bad at all.

What I didn't like were the time-jumps. I mean, I can understand why the writers used them, they needed to cover a lot of ground in only three movies. Still, I would have preferred some... clue, something to tell me how much time has passed - like, I don't know, "Three years later" or something. The end-result was pretty confusing in places. And choppy, because there were like a scene or two, a time-jump, three or four scenes, another time-jump...

Hm, well, I definitely liked it better than David Lynch's version, the one with Kyle MacLachlan.

What was really creepy? Alia, Paul's pre-born sister. Yikes. I find creepy kids scary.

Fic rec: X-Men: First Class - kinkmeme

"Kicking and Screaming" by tresa_cho | Charles/Erik | Charles runs himself ragged. Erik takes things into his own hands. | Parts: 1 | Status: completed

He strong-armed Charles backwards onto the pillow, holding him in place against the mattress. "Sleep, you stubborn bastard." Charles laughed, a soft rush of air against Erik's skin.

"You cannot force someone to sleep," Charles said, twisting in Erik's arms. He snuggled close, entwining his arms around Erik's middle, digging a knee painfully into Erik's leg, trying to find a comfortable place. Like a cat clawing its chair in preparation for sleep.

Tiny fic but so good. Sometimes, a little schmoop does a heart a world of good ;)

Benedict Cumberbatch's part...

... in The Hobbit was finally revealed. He will be ( spoilers! )

ETA: Ha, looks like he'll be doing two parts? That's quite awesome :)

*sigh*

Isn't he hot?!



I also like this: "Critics and fans gave [X-Men First Class] the thumbs up and the solid start at the box office virtually guarantees more X-Men movies down the road." Link. Sure, it's just the opinion of one reporter and it doesn't mean the next movie would be with this cast - they might be talking about The Wolverine, announced for next year - but it's at least something, right?