*drool* - ?, and some politics to make it sound like I'm intelligent

[dream_labyrinth]

I watched The Mummy Returns yesterday.

It is wrong to think that the mummy is teh hawt? At least once he's got his flesh and skin back.

Honestly, even when I watched the first movie I thought that it was just Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr that made it worth while in the eye candy part. And John Hannah because he's funny and kinda cute and even though I watched the movies in German just knowing he has that amazing accent makes it nice to see him.

Brendan Fraser - How could a man with a face like that be considered sexy? He looks dumb all the time!
So yeah, it's Arnold Vosloo, definitely. Though he did lose in my esteem a little in the end because of this whole dying because his girlfriend doesn't want to save him thing. But once said girlfriend was killed by the bugs - yeah!
Imhotep's bugs again - see you in part III!

:-D


In other news, there was a bit of cool accent on the radio this morning when they aired a snipped of a speech of the head of Sinn Fein. Okay, so it's harder to understand than what I usually hear, but it sounds so fantastic!

What is it with me an accents, anyway?



Though, more seriously, and not about the accent as the content of the speech - conflicts like this in Northern Ireland usually sound absolutely silly for those who don't take part in it.
You just sit there and read or hear about it and go "And that's what you kill each other for? You gotta be kidding!"
We talked about the conflict in Northern Ireland in school, the historical side of it. And ever since then, when I hear of the Orangemen marching through some Catholic neighbourhood, I can't help thinking that it's totally childish.
You're celebrating a victory that was how long ago? And you go through these streets to brag about it?? Please!! How old are you, five?
Not that the Catholic side has been acting very much grown-up, either.

We'll see what happens next.

Though IIRC, Sinn Fein only represents a part of the IRA - didn't a group split of a few years ago because they didn't want to accept the ceasefire?

Comments

[whitemunin.livejournal.com]

See, I've always thought Brendan Fraser was sexy because he had a silly face. Can't say for sure exactly what feature I like best on him, but there's just something about him I find very attractive.

Now, Oded Fehr...**whistles** That man is beeyoootiful!

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm all for the serious, dangerous guys.
Oded Fehr - if it hadn't been for Vosloo, he'd totally be my type.

[cleverusername2.livejournal.com]

A personality test which I heard over the radio once went simply like this: Brandon Frasier or John Cusack? I think the answer says a lot about a person.



I don't understand those generational grudges either, it's just kind of hundreds of years of learned hatred for another group. Maybe it's because I'm American and my country's history only goes back five-hundred years or so.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

It's surprisingly easy to get rid of those generational grudges.
Germany and France used to be mortal enemies for centuries, and then we lose the war, they win (somehow - I believe the French haven't won against Germany in battle for over a hundred years), but we get a chancellor and they a president who're really good friends and suddenly the grudge becomes nothing but something to fall back on as a joke.

[verseblack.livejournal.com]

I love those "Mummy" movies. They're just so fun and so pretty! Egypt, magic, and nice costumes--what more can you ask of a film ;)

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*nods*
And the plot is still okay. It's a bit like Indiana Jones brought up to date.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Oded Fehr. Yes, indeed. Those eyes, that mouth. And Vosloo isn't too bad either. But Fehr...!

Fraser looks like the goofy fun boyfriend. Maybe you'd marry Fraser, but you don't instantly WANT him the way you want Fehr.

/fangirl moment

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

I just don't get the allure of goofy men. Okay, fun to joke around with, but not as a boyfriend.

Fehr has the distinct advantage, in those movies, to be the Noble Son of the Desert(TM). With those tattoos, and then there's the horse and the billowing robes (no wait, that was somebody else!), and the hawk and all that. Knight in shining armour.
Usually, he'd be just my type. But somehow Vosloo outdistanced him in these movies.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Ah...but if a man can't make you laugh, don't spend your life with him. When the pretty is over with, there has to be something left or you'll be bored. THAT'S why Fraser would have an advantage over Fehr.

Vosloo had a lot more screen time in the movies, and more interaction with women so your imagination had more to work with. :-D Plus he was fit and tan and bald as a billiard ball. With HOT eyes. Hahaha!

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Sure, if looks are all there is to a guy, it's not going to be a lasting relationship. It'd be so boooooring!

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remember that history. But the thing is, legally there is no longer a difference between Catholic and Protestant (Anglican! Jeez, take a look at Calvinists if you want to see real Protestants... ;-D), poor and rich. And if there are still differences in the minds of the people, that won't change if the people you perceive as "lesser" are the people who keep blowing up your neighbourhood.
Once the people involved would admit that it's no longer about William of Orange or King James or whether the Irish supported the Nazis to annoy the English, but just about being the strongest gang in the neighbourhood, they could start treating the problem as such. Accepting the Northern Irish police was a huge step into that direction.