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But this much TVLine can now reveal: Once is seeking an actress in her mid-20s to early 30s to play the “stunningly beautiful” Evanna, who is described as “plucky, strong and imbued with an unshakeable sense of self-confidence.” Evanna sometimes acts before she thinks, though unlike her son she never acts out of pure self-interest. Rather, her noble spirit stands in stark contrast to the now-dark soul of her offspring.
Interesting. I wonder if she’s tied to any sort of Arthurian mythos given our Camelot location this season. Maybe Evanna is a code name.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I haven’t watched any of those. What is Penny Dreadful like? It’s horror, right? Is it very graphic?
Yes, horror and yes graphic. Though as someone who doesn’t like horror or graphic at all, it’s not overwhelming. They handle their very dark themes quite well because the actors can seriously carry their roles. Eva Green is just…sublime. Like good lord. It also instinctively knows when to put on the brakes and take a step back and let everyone BREATHE, something that high drama often has a huge problem doing (something Outlander knew how to do too…)
But I got really curious last night, and took a little break from “paradise” to check out “Dark Matter“. 🙂 Here is my review:
My review is brief: I won’t be watching further. Didn’t capture me at all. It’s full of cliches without any sort of commentary on the trope-tastic-ness of their space drama. Cliches and tropes are perfectly fine because there is something to be said about these stock characters of the universe in the Jungian sense in that they keep populating our myths and stories for universal reasons about identity and the experience of the human race in all times and spaces but…there’s also a lot to be said about knowing that is what is happening and trying to go against the grain and subvert it or at the very least offering some sort of thoughtful discussion on them. Other space shows have been there, done that, and done it better in the first hour…and Dark Matter did not do it well enough to keep me glued because it felt like I had done it all before. But I hope you enjoy it!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"On another note, I started watching izombie (the two OUAT alums are so much better on that show, Anders is chilling, and McIver’s range is good),
YYAAAAAAAAAAS. I LOVE iZombie!!!!!!!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Question: How do you think Emma would act towards Rumple once she is no longer the dark one and everything has calmed down in Storybrooke?
Do you mean Emma or Pod! Emma?
Cause the Emma who told Rumple that he was family and she would save him is not the same creature we’ve witnessed lately. That Emma would go and talk to Rumple about what it was like to have such darkness inside you. That Emma would tell everyone to back the FRACK off of Rumple when they begin tearing him down about the misdeeds he’s committed and how untrust worthy he is. That Emma would tell everyone from Regina to Snow and Charming that they were not so innocent and that they too have committed their fair share of sin.
Pod!Emma will give no craps about Rumple–just like she gives very few craps about her child, her child’s dead father, or anything that is not directly related to the arc of the moment.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Heheh. Well. No more silly than a magical potion for making a person instantly barren, right ?
Sure, though I have less issue with that since a “barren potion” is just straight up fairy tale and perfectly fits in any magical sort of mythos. But the idea that “ah yes. Your exact sperm and my exact egg are what was needed to render this previous magical potion inert cause true love, baby!” is rather…well, eyebrow raising. I mean I get it from a poetic standpoint: OQ-true love was strong enough to overcome everything including what should be irreparable damage to internal organs but from a non-magical, non-poetic standpoint it’s getting a little too close to that line of just straight up silly when you factor in human biology and that these people–fairy tale characters though they may be–are still that, people. But then again, so was Rumple’s magical artery blockage….(and the hospital that let him go less than 24 hours after apparently suffering a heart attack…but, ‘k)
I guess I just stand by my original assertion that making Zelena pregnant in the first place was an egregiously poor idea. But….that horse has left the barn.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Meh. Maybe. Not convinced. In a way it makes sense. But I like that they have written the story in a way that Regina doesn’t feel a void in that regard. She has a child and is content with that. That said, the scene in the bar showed us briefly that she would like to have a child with Robin.
I’m not overly fond of the idea that sex with your soul mate/true love suddenly reverses a barren potion. It’s silly, even for a show that harps on TL and uses the TLK as a plot device as much as this one does, but I also know that Regina continues to be A and E’s favorite toy and they aren’t about to deny their favorite toy a chance at ALL THE THINGS.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"And then I see a lot of discussion on Tumblr and Twitter about whether or not True Love breaks the curse of the potion Regina drank in the episode “Mother”. By all logic, it would, I suppose, in the sense that Regina can have children, but only with Robin. Sort of poetic.
Of course that’s how it will end. I mean, I think half of us predicted that very thing as soon as Mother ended. IMO it’s pretty obvious
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
