What Made You Smile Today?

[Ian]

Its FANTASTIC. Well worth reading! Its the characterisation that makes it work - Luna especially is very difficult to get right at any time, let alone in a "love" scenario that we never got to see what she'd be like IN in either the books or the films, but the writer does it brilliantly.


In other news, I must confess that in the 7 days since I saw the last HP, I've started seriously crushing on Emma Watson. Oh CRAP.

[fish]

Just watch a few of your own Bex clips.
That'll cure ya!

[Ian]

Very funny song about Emma Watson/Hermione on YT.

"When it started you were like a precious daughter... but with every Potter you got hotter and hotter...."

And the last line:

"And I just have to say... I'm sorry...

... my name's not Ronald Weasley..."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYM1vJM1DE

[fish]

That's good, isn't it?

So, you're not the only one with a crush on Emma then?



Sounds like we need a new topic alongside Carey Mulligan.

[Ian]

Somehow I get the feeling I may not be alone on this one.


I've started getting totally addicted to Hermione/Luna fan fiction stories . Not just that one, but there's a surprising amount. There's one I've just started that's 20 chapters and 100,000 words - it's a bloody NOVEL! What's surprising is how scarily believable they are as a couple. They've got that "yin and yang" thing going on - Hermione all logic and book learning, and Luna all imagination and intuition, filling in each other's missing pieces. That whole opposites attracting thing I mentioned with Bex and Alex.

[Ian]

Finished that one. Excellent - really well written, very involving and really romantic. Call me an old slush.


I did like Ginny referring to Hermione and Luna as being "revoltingly cute together" too.

[Ian]

I've still been reading loads of Hermione/Luna fanfic. The Lovegood Charm and Crazy Little Things remain my favourites - so epic and romantic - but there's lots of shorter ones I've found sweet, funny, touching or just plain hot.

The one I read this afternoon has to win some kind of award for sheer chutzpah though. Tipping the Nymphae sees Hermione come back from hols to find the Hogwart girls all acting... like they're infatuated with her. As the situation escalates, Luna informs her that she's been infected with magical parasites who make their female host addictively irresistible to other women, and that the only way to be rid of them is to pass them on to a willing host... during sex. To which Luna volunteers.

I don't know what to say to this one. I'd dismiss it as utter crap (as a few have been) but for the fact it was actually really well written and at times uproariously funny (Ginny's jealous hissy fit at Ron and Professor McGonagall hitting on Hermione are just some of the comic weirdness highlights)... and then gets really hot toward the end when a desperate Hermione reluctantly agrees to Luna's "solution".

Absolutely bats**t insane.

[fish]

Sounds like a good script for a movie.

[Ian]

THAT I'll pay double to see in 3D.

[katka]

Today I finally downloaded soundtrack Para One - Naissance des pieuvres ( Water lilies ) 2007
nice songs but there not tracks of other artists ( Vitalic and etc.) I thought that which is some soundtrack of some film so CD contain all tracks or songs of film ....well this is probably special edition by Para One.... Do you think that exist all series soundtracks of this film ?

[Ian]

Haven't a clue, sorry.

[snaps]

Today I finally downloaded soundtrack Para One - Naissance des pieuvres ( Water lilies ) 2007
nice songs but there not tracks of other artists ( Vitalic and etc.) I thought that which is some soundtrack of some film so CD contain all tracks or songs of film ....well this is probably special edition by Para One.... Do you think that exist all series soundtracks of this film ?

As a far as I am aware there are two versions by Para One a.k.a. Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, a shorter LP version and a more complete CD version which has the following listing:

Naissance Des Pieuvres 1:40
Bike 3:18
Les Allées 2:35
Sunless 5:20
Water Lilies 1:52
Amoureuses 1:40
L'Axe Majeur 1:57
Renaissance 2:37
Vampire 1:22
Finale 5:15
Shojo 2:22
Tape 2:02
Requiem 6:15
Blank 3:34

I'm not sure about the last tracks, e.g. whether or not the ''Requiem'' is the actual version of the Dies irae from Verdi's Requiem, which is used for Floriane's team display near the beginning of the film.

[katka]

Yes I have exactly this soundtrack. And last track is there also. I'll have those other songs to get somewhere else. On YT is quite good quality of those other songs. Maybe I´ll download of there and done...

[fish]

I was suppose to be having a game of golf this morning but it was so cold and wet and windy that I turned around, came home, and have been pigging out on Foo Fighters CD's, DVD's and youTube clips for pretty much all day.



That was enough to make me smile.

[Ian]

I was doing much the same after about 2ish.


Well, except for the FooFighters.