The Avengers Super Bowl trailer

I couldn't care less about the Super Bowl and all the craziness surrounding it but I love the wonderful movie trailers that go with it. Like the one for...


... The Avengers!!!

You can watch it here, both the short and the extended version. Man! It made me so, so happy! Marvel's movies always make me happy because they are so... feel-good - funny and full of action but always, always about friendship and family and doing what's right. And the characters are genuinely likable, which is awesome.

Yes, I'm very, very happy right now! \o/

Cabin Pressure

Listened to Edinburgh, Fitton, Gdansk and Helsinki. Loved Fitton best so far, I think, it's the ep with the rain and them waiting for their client and just talking about their lives. I love stuff like that.

But, you know, as funny as this show is, it's actually also rather sad. The characters are prissy (Martin) and spiteful (Douglas) and angry (Carolyn) and stupid (Arthur) but they are not bad people - yet they are all what some might call "losers". All of them failed terribly at something and they are not really happy with their lives, as the episode Fitton proved.

I feel especially sorry for Martin whose dream it's always been to be a pilot. He sacrificed everything to become one - yet he gets it thrown in his face time and time again. No wonder there are so many fics where Martin is depressed or sad or even borderline suicidal. It actually makes sense in the context of the show.

That's why the scenes where they are all really friendly with each other, where they talk and laugh together, feel so precious. Yeah, yeah, I'm over-thinking it, I guess, but that's how it feels to me...

But to not end this entry on a gloomy note, I loved this message Carolyn left for her ex:

Ah, thank you for ringing back. Yes, I have a message for Mr Shappey, from the CEO of MJN Air: "Gertie's staying with me, so up yours, baldie." Yes, it is a business message. It's in code, you see. He'll know what it means. And that's from Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, CEO of My Jet Now Air. Thank you so much.

Good for you, Carolyn! *applauds*