Nope nope nope. Absolutely not ready.

[lonelybrit]

Film-wise it should come as a surprise to absolutely no-one that I'm slightly pinging off the walls knowing Thor 2 had its première this evening in London. I'm am trying desperately to stay spoiler free but it's hard when all the photos and flails are starting to appear on the interwebs. *twitch* Anyway, my two favourite tidbits from the various press junkets this past week or so are:

x. Small kid in 'Thor' costume asks the ultimate question, namely: "Thor, are you actually brothers with Loki?" Aww. (And yes, the lads do answer).
x. "KNEEL." - I remember listening to the commentary on the scene where Derek Jacobi turned round to reveal the Master. The comment being awe at how some actors can completely change themselves by somehow changing something in their eyes. Anyway, the gifset of Tom going seamlessly mid-sentence from affable Hiddleston to ice cold Loki did remind me of those moments in SPN where the eyes flicker to black. Speaking of...

Ah. SPN. Who knows how long we will last this time, but it's been a couple of seasons already, so odds are in your favour. Anyway, I've been swept away by the good ship Dean/Cas and the family unit of Dean/Sam/Cas. And yes, I was unable to escape from that spoiler regarding this week's ep. So many thoughts, so many questions. I suspect strong tea will be needed for this one. And speaking of strong, apparently there was a deleted scene from 'Taxi Driver' between Dean and Benny. And in the same way that the deleted scene of Loki becoming King in Thor did slightly change the mood of the entire set-up, this scene was sort-of kind of a little bit fundamentally important for these two characters. Ah well. Time for sleep methinks.

Comments

[niennah.livejournal.com]

That change from Hids to Loki is really very impressive, isn't it? And not a little scary, too! All sense of kidding around just drains from his eyes. Amazing.

Have you seen SPN yet? I want to read opinions on Destiel in it.

That dialogue between Dean & Benny makes me a bit sad tbh. I preferred Benny choosing to go back to Purgatory out of a sense of desperation, really, as well as honour. The fact that he was going back as a kind of punishment for falling off the wagon makes me sadface. :(

[lonelybrit]

It was the way the camera slowly zoomed in and although really there's nothing that can change about eyes, something did just change as you watched. As you say, all the Hiddleston just drained away. Very impressive.

I have just seen the SPN. I have many thoughts and questions. As a Destiel shipper I have to say I'm not unhappy (well apart from the obvious part), overall I would just say I'm intrigued. Zeke, just what exactly are you up to... *squints*

I can see why they decided to cut that scene; as you say, it makes Benny's return to Purgatory more clearly a selfless and desperate act without getting confused with the suggestion that he was going there anyway. Although I'm not convinced that was the case; Dean's reaction makes me think that had there been another option that would have kept Benny topside, Dean would have taken it and then had himself another whole internal moral dilemma about why he was again giving someone a 'free pass' for something he had specifically said previously he would gank him for. The friendship of those two was a lovely thing and I do miss it, complicated though it was.