State of Play

[kitty11]

I got to viewing the trailer on the net, and agree with the idea that their casting choices were pretty odd. While I didn't mind Russell Crowe too much (though he's still not a touch on Simm), Benny boy made me crack up continually. He's like a featherweight gravitas-wise (oooh, how I loathe using the word, but can't think of a better one ) compared to our beloved Mr. M.

And that's not bias (I swear ), that's pure, hard fact. Just look at their acting back catalogues!

kitty

[lilly]

Apropos of nothing except that it amuses me...kitty and I have been reading Story of O and have found that with regard to the character of Sir Stephen, we've both been automatically inferring a, "(Collins)" there.

Also via Her Fabulous Kittyness, a hilarious bit of fanwanky goodness in this State of Play picspam@LJ that starts here. IMO, acidpenguin46 is a comedic genius of the highest order.

[lilly]

Hand Porn + London Porn = WIN.

[lilly]

I got State of Play again from Netflix to show my mom, but once more she fell asleep (which is pretty much par for the course for her nowadays, and I certainly can't expect her to have my own preternatural levels of wakefulness where Mr. Morrissey's projects are concerned).

This time round, with regard to that one scene where he's lying on the floor of his office...HOOHLORDY. *fans self*

(Apologies for the lack of a decent screencap--my icon will have to suffice for now.)



Not enough, "Guh," in the world, my friends. Not in the entire friggin' world.

But I was later reminded of kitty's comment in the BI2 thread about the final scene in that movie--and Mr. Morrissey's astonishing capacity to convey so much on a wholly nonverbal level--in the part where Stephen Collins passes the notes to George Fergus in Parliament; just the extent of seething anguish he conveys without saying a single word is truly extraordinary.

Though I neglected to mention earlier that if you're of a spoilerphobic persuasion, you should probably not do what I did in terms of listening to the commentaries before you've watched the whole thing; when I originally watched this, the second disc hadn't arrived from Netflix yet, and thus from certain remarks therein I was able to figure out the final plot twist well in advance...though if anything, it gave me even more appreciation for his performance, in all honesty.

This has definitely been the case upon my second viewing, if not more so.

[kitty11]

Jul 15, 2009 5:23:11 GMT @lilly said:

This time round, with regard to that one scene where he's lying on the floor of his office...HOOHLORDY. *fans self*

Ooooh, you need to find a screencap of that shot

Not enough, "Guh," in the world, my friends. Not in the entire friggin' world.

Agreed

But I was later reminded of kitty's comment in the BI2 thread about the final scene in that movie--and Mr. Morrissey's astonishing capacity to convey so much on a wholly nonverbal level--in the part where Stephen Collins passes the notes to George Fergus in Parliament; just the extent of seething anguish he conveys without saying a single word is truly extraordinary.

Crikey yeah, I remember that scene *grins stupidly at recollection*

Aw, I'm in such a dilemma over choosing between Sense and Sensibility and State of Play to watch over the weekend (viewing both would make my head explode I think)

though if anything, it gave me even more appreciation for his performance, in all honesty...This has definitely been the case upon my second viewing, if not more so.

Hey, it's a bit like The Sixth Sense, second time around you view it from an entirely different prism ;D

kitty

[lucinda]

nice Belly Button porn !

[lilly]

Jul 15, 2009 12:16:58 GMT kitty11 said:

Aw, I'm in such a dilemma over choosing between Sense and Sensibility and State of Play to watch over the weekend (viewing both would make my head explode I think)

Perhaps a crash helmet would be in order then?

Though at least in my own case, it would seem there has yet to be created a sufficiently impenetrable suit of armor (and/or chastity belt, presumably) that would be adequately mitigate my own reaction, of course.

Jul 16, 2009 17:28:02 GMT lucinda said:

nice Belly Button porn !

(A reference from MST3K: The Undersea Kingdom, for those of you playing along at home.)

While I don't have any more shots of that nature, another State of Play icon to hopefully tide you over in the meantime:

[lilly]

Because mein kitling is is made of that much win, we haz a numptious bit o' screencappy goodness.



Hey, buddy, whatcha doin' with yer other hand, hmmm? (Well, he is a righty, ya know.)

[kitty11]

I think I'll have to declare my love for that sleeping one, LOL. Could not stop staring at it after taking the capture

kitty

P.S. - Well there you go, just clocked up a century with this post *raises bat in the air*

[lilly]

Jul 20, 2009 13:37:39 GMT kitty11 said:

P.S. - Well there you go, just clocked up a century with this post *raises bat in the air*

Allow me to congratulate you on this achievement, along with conveying my hopes this may slightly offset the massive national angst over recent events at Lord's. (Y'know, you've gotta let those Pommie bastards win once in a while--they're still trying to exact their revenge from the lethal one-two punch of Neighbours and Yahoo Serious in the Eighties, after all.)

[victoriao]

That screencap of him lying on the floor! Oh. My. God.

[lilly]

Gee, I have no idea what you're talking about there. None at all...and certainly nothing that would have provoked me to make any icons, of course.

[victoriao]

... certainly nothing that would have provoked me to make any icons, of course.

No, certainly not. Thought never crossed my mind. *ahem*

[kitty11]

Here's a stack of State of Play Ep. 1 caps. I tried to attain a mix of expressions, but given the plot, it was tricky:












This is just me being blatantly shallow






There's a crapload of man-bonding in this ep...shame this wasn't the best quality depiction of it
















This one I decided to call 'Sistine Chapel'








I thought I'd make a point of saving the best till last...



If it hasn't already been made obvious by the number of shots I included in this post, sifting through and picking the 'nicest' pics is an awfully hard task

What can I say, there's just way too much GUHness to choose from!

kitty

P.S. - Edited pics so they're only a tad over 600 pixels, as per zee rules

[victoriao]

Ohhhhhh..... wow

What can I say, there's just way too much GUHness to choose from!

You're not kidding! I'm actually speechless Thank you for those


I've been saving SoP as a treat to myself for when my thesis is finished (I felt too guilty to commit myself to a six-parter at this point - which is also why Cape Wrath is on hold for now). It's all taken longer than I thought but I am now this close to submitting, finally, so I will be a free woman from this time next week ;D And then it will be wall-to-wall DVD catch-up time ;D