don't be dull, be fannish

... In CBS' article (together with other actors' stints in the director's chair):

Jensen Ackles never thought about directing an episode of his show, The CW’s Supernatural, until the late veteran director Kim Manners mentioned it. “In the first season of the show, he said to me, ‘You’re gonna direct one of these,’ ” Ackles recalls. “I said, ‘Oh, OK, Kim. Yeah, sure.’ He said, ‘You will. And when you do that, I’ll be right there.’ ”

It took another five years, but Ackles eventually directed this season’s “Weekend at Bobby’s.” The episode focused on two of the show’s more minor characters, Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver) and Crowley (Mark Sheppard), as Singer struggles to come up with a way to trick the demonic Crowley to give him back his ransomed soul.

Again, the actor’s longtime professional relationship with his cast mates paid off when it came to directing Beaver on the set. “There’s a very kind relationship he and I have built over the past several seasons,” Ackles says. “He basically showed up and said, ‘Tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it. Whatever I can do to help, I will. I’m here for you.’ ”

Like most directors, Ackles also had a hand in casting the guest actors in the episode. So when it came time to figure out who would do the voice for the TV newscaster Bobby Singer is listening to, it was a no-brainer: Ackles’ veteran voiceover-actor father, Alan Ackles. “I saw ‘Newscaster’ in the script, and I knew, ‘Well, that’s easy. My dad can phone that in.’ And he literally did. He phoned it in from the studio in his house in Texas, sitting in his bathrobe, sipping his coffee.”

Yes, I'm pretty much determined to post as much positive stuff about Supernatural as I can find. I'm sick and tired of seeing this show dragged through the mud! SPN FTW! *pumps fist*

The first with Jared Padalecki, the second with Jensen Ackles - BEWARE, CHOCK-FULL OF SPOILERS FOR S6! It sounds so good, seriously!

According to this article, Matt Bomer and Zachary Quinto are RL friends? That's really cute, for some reason ;)

And I loved this tweet from Christian Kane about Jensen's wedding that took place this past weekend: "The wedding made me realize.. How important love is.. How friends last forever.. And how stupidly I've taken both for granted...."

Made a new layout! Man, I love that picture of Jensen, it makes him look like a cat, slit pupils and all. Awesome! What a gorgeous, beautiful man *sigh*

Wow, I still can't believe that Supernatural won the People's Choice Award for best SF/F show. Wow! Congratulations! I hope that we will get to see Kripke talking about it, on the S5 DVD box set if nothing else.

And both Jared and Jensen are engaged to be married very, very soon if the rumors are true. Congratulations. But that's rather it for me. I'm not really interested in the personal lives of the actors. Sure, it's cute to hear about their dogs or how Jared sucks at golfing - but I could care less about their love life *shrugs*

I'm not and I've never been a fan of either Danneel Harris or Genevieve Cortese (or Sandy McCoy before that). I've seen them in various shows and they never made an impression on me. I'm not bashing them, I'm just not their fan, I don't go out of my way to find their movies/series. They aren't more beautiful or more talented than dozens of other actresses. And just because I'm a fan of Jared and Jensen, there's no fan law that orders me to automatically become a fan of their soon-to-be-wives - remember the mess when Jared and Sandy broke up? No, thank you. And it makes me rather annoyed that a big part of the fandom accuses me of being a bad fan or, I don't know, a wanker if I don't immediately become a fan of Danneel and Genevieve by proxy. I think it's actually rather insulting for the actresses if you become their fan just because they are someone's fiancées.

Which brings me to the point of my entry - RPS fics and J2 in this case. Yes, I still read CWRPS stories regardless of the marital status of the actors. Why? Because 95% of stories that I read are AUs with original characters that are modeled after Jared and Jensen and that's it. If they were named Dick and Larry instead of Jared and Jensen, nothing would change. There are stories with businessman!Jensen and veterinarian!Jared, singer!Jensen and ranch-owner!Jared, physical-therapist!Jensen and assassin!Jared etc. etc. I read these fics as I would watch a movie where the characters are portrayed by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. And those have nothing to do with the personal lives of the actors.

Enough meta-ing for 9am!

You know, reading the Twitter reports from the latest SPN con I realized one thing - I like the SGA cons and reports better. Why? Because the SGA actors keep their significant others out of the spotlight.

Don't get me wrong here. I'm happy that Jensen is happy with Danneel and that Jared is happy with Genevieve. But I think it would be wiser if they kept their relationships more private. And no, I don't say it out of jealousy or some misguided belief that Jared and Jensen would fall madly in love with each other if it wasn't for their girlfriends. No, I just vividly remember the bruhaha that turned the fandom upside down when Jared and Sandy broke up. It was his fault or her fault or who knows whose fault and it was embarrassing for everybody involved. Talk about overexposure. Compare that to Joe Flanigan's attitude - he tells a funny story or two about his kids and wife, but he keeps them separate from his career. I think that it helps the fans separate the actor from his role and his career from his private life.

So yeah, I think that it would be wiser if Jared and Jensen kept the private part of their lives more private. It would give the crazy fans less fodder and help the actors maintain some privacy.

Sports Night, a fic rec:
PRE-SLASH --> "Diversionary Tactics" by shrift. Wherein Danny gets trapped in smelly musical theater, Dana goes slightly mad, and Casey alienates entire galaxies in the space of a single show. Words: 5.000+. H/c fics aren't really common in this fandom so whenever I stumble across one, I squee with delight - especially when Dan's hurt and Casey is doing the comforting thingy... ;p

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Looking through BOmojo today, I found some stills from Fast and Furious that reminded me once more just how much I love this frickin' movie!

( Pics... )

After 56 days in the theaters, FnF grossed $336+ mil. worldwide. Wow, with a budget of $85 mil., that's awesome!

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I'm glad that people are enjoying themselves at the Asylum con in the UK. Jensen with longer hair looks... strange - I'm so used to seeing him with a borderline buzz-cut now! :P And he had an eye surgery? So, no more cute glasses? What a shame. I loved him with those, he looked gorgeous. Glasses made his eyes stand out even more!

ckll posted some awesome scans from the February Venice magazine, an interview with Jensen Ackles, and there was a part that was really heart-warming for me. The reporter asked if there was a friendly rivalry between Jared and Jensen because of the both of them filming slasher flicks during the hiatus and Jensen said that no, there wasn't and he pulled out his cell phone and read the message Jared had sent him some time back. And it said:

"Hey dude, thinking about you, hope it's going well. Kick ass. Enjoy."

Just the "thinking about you" made me want to run around and flap my hands in delight. They are just too cute for words, and it doesn't matter if you are a J2 slasher or not. Even in a completely gen way, they are amazing friends and it just tickles me happy! \o/

* I'm officially giving up on House. At least for some time. After reading the summary of tonight's episode... Too much is just too much! I've had enough of Thirteen's issues and Cuddy's baby troubles and her pining after House. Ugh X(

* Jensen Ackles' My Bloody Valentine? 44+ mil. dollars at the box office! It's not much compared to real blockbusters but nobody expected this movie to be a huge hit so it's awesome to see it doing so well! :)

* Stargate SG-1, season 2 and 3 are mine now! *grabby hands* I can see some huge marathons in the near future: due South, NCIS and Stargate!

I just finished the translation of Michael Williams' "Galen Beknighted". I think I might cry from the happy, really. That book literally bored me to tears!

Oh, and I love this interview with Jared Padalecki from the Scream Awards that I saw pop up on my flist. It's slightly spoilery so don't approach if you want to stay completely spoiler-free! I loved this parts best:

You and Jensen are really close so is it that much harder to do those scenes where basically you have to watch Dean get torn apart and whatnot?
Yeah, we did that yesterday. He sort of talks about ( spoilers )

and he knocked it out of the park. He did an amazing job, he's a fantastic actor and always impresses me. Just watching him do it - it was his coverage I didn't even have a camera on me - I was just watching him and I started to like, tears were rolling down my cheek and I was going, "[fake sniffles and eye wiping] Uh...it's dusty...something flew in my eye."

Aww! I love those two more and more with every passing day \o/