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burntcopper ([personal profile] burntcopper) wrote2010-02-12 01:49 pm
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Looked at cast list for Percy Jackson. Most of the gods are played by unknowns, some of which are actually Greek (OMGWTFHOLLYWOOD?) and though I saw the trailer, I missed that Sean Bean was playing Zeus. Er, what? Ares, Hephaestus, even Hermes... But Zeus? [livejournal.com profile] cidercupcakes, back me up on this. Raising eyebrow at Steve Coogan as Hades.

Radio 1 has this 'introing music to callers' thing where they go through their current likes, then pick some new stuff or some old stuff. They picked old stuff today, and ... oh god. This bloke had never heard of Leftfield. Either I'm getting old or he's clueless. The fact that he gave Afrika Shox 6/10 leads me to believe he's lacking in taste, too.

Rightio, who's celebrating Lupercalia on sunday? Hrrm. I know that Xmas period and August Bank Holiday are recent major conception times, but does anyone know if Feb 14th still is? Considering that's the one that's the *actual* fertility fest. (fairly simple logic : mum get preggers early feb, baby born at harvest time, plenty of food for mum to produce breast milk)

Catching up on Chuck. Oh my. with 3x06, the show's got to the point of examining what the ficcers have been speculating for ages - the effects on Chuck having to deal with spy reality, in this case handling an asset. I do like it when canon gets to this point. Though will someone tell me why there's so little Chuck/Daniel Shaw? Brandon Routh is a) ridiculously pretty (and has gotten prettier post-Superman), b) touchy-feely with Chuck (and cares about/believes in him, HELLO SLASHERS) and c) resemblance to Bryce. aka Chuck's type.

[identity profile] cidercupcakes.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, right? They just started showing tv spots for it and I was like "wait, what just happened? was that -- wait." Oh man, good times.

[identity profile] burntcopper.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
at least Pierce Brosnan as Chiron is vaguely do-able.

[identity profile] burkesworks.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't speak for Lupercalia but today I, too, am celebrating Chuck (http://burkesworks.livejournal.com/tag/charles%20darwin). Happy 201st birthday, Chuck!

[identity profile] peterjevans.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Wikipedia, that fount of all that is right and true (!), gives the date of Lupercalia as the 15th, which would be Monday.

So anyway – and I’m almost afraid to ask – how would one celebrate a fertility festival technically abolished in the fifth century? I’m not sure if dressing in the skin of a sacrificial goat and running about belting passerby with thongs would go down very well in Kenley…

[identity profile] xenaclone.livejournal.com 2010-02-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
IMO, there's only been one great Ares...