What a waste. A fine actor, a father, and a friend to many. The new media scramble to break details of Heath Ledger’s death first seem to have left the facts, details and truth in their digital dust. When I met him he was quiet, self-effacing and generous of spirit almost to the point of shyness. A good guy.
On a far, far lighter note – I get to whinge about TW again. My opinion of episode 1 vindicated by the utter shoddiness of episode 2 which was derivative to the point of legal action, had a plot so full of holes you have to suspect it was cobbled together with crochet hooks rather than Final Draft, and featured an all time low performance from wooden-top Barrowman. Note to top-secret operatives: If you show an alien around your top secret-base they will, absolutely will, then know all about where you work and what you do (is this only obvious to me.) To add insult to injury I had to miss Reaper because Mrs B wanted to give this pile of steaming slop “one more go.” Make me watch it again next week, I dare you! Grrrrr.
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It's unbelievable when they go so young and so randomly. Very sad indeed.
Haven't seen TW2 yet but did see REAPER. It's Clerks meets Buffy, which I'm absolutely positive was the original pitch (but am too lazy to google for corroboration). Light, easy to swallow, smart-ass mythos munching dialogue. Funny enough for me to want watch the next one. REAPER, I dub thee "Diet DOGMA".
Saw TW2 - not good at all. The main problem with John Barrowman is that he can't effect a detatched, superhuman disdain, and instead stands there trying very hard not to do anything at all, presumably in case he inadvertently breaks into a showtune or tap routine and ruins the whole thing.
The girl who played the alien did a great job of showing everybody else up. The "what it means to be human" speech was so lazy it made me flatulent with anger.
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