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Today, I went to see The Village. Normally I don't watch movies where the whole point is to be frightened. This seemed... a bit other than that, though I still nearly jumped out of my skin at one point and spent a later chunk of it tense even though I'd encountered (apparently pretty thorough) spoilers already and at that point the movie had given information indicating that what you were seeing wasn't what it appeared to be.

Was that spoiler-free enough? I really liked this, actually, though I don't know how effective it would be if you want a scary movie and are used to them. It felt more like a science fiction story to me. And parts of it don't stand up to detailed scrutiny, though none of those portions ruined my enjoyment while the movie was going on. But it was more atmospheric than frightening, even for a wuss like me.

( Some spoilers - not the most major ones, but still, you're warned. )

Meh... I'm not sure who's seen it, I don't know if anybody wants the full spoilery discourse, and I'm not sure I feel like writing one anyway. I got to discuss it after watching it, so for once I'm not all full of unexpressed opinions. I'll probably foist an entry upon you all later whether you want it or not, though.

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It just occurred to me that in the past I've said good things about the Justice League cartoon on CN. And I want to make sure we're all clear on something.

What I liked was original-flavor Justice League. Justice League Unlimited is so intensely stupid that if I try to watch a whole episode, as I did Saturday, my brain will attempt to crawl out of my skull and escape. It's not like original-flavor JL was brilliant, nuanced writing, necessarily, but it was clever, it made me laugh, had recognizable character development for the entire cast, and it didn't have a trio of people in spandex resolving ethnic conflict in the Balkans in a half-hour episode. God, I wish I were making any of that up.

So. This is my way of not only letting the world know I do have some standards, but also of doing a public-service announcement. Do not watch Justice League Unlimited. It is so bad it might actually kill you.

And for something completely different... If anybody wants Chris/Salome fanart, I've got some in the stuff I retrieved from my old computer.