Belphegor

Been on a Quantum Leap kick recently, and as usual my fingers itched to do something about it - so I did :o) I found me a few stills from the series and grabbed my trusted pencil and black marker.


( So, first drawing, Dr. Sam Beckett. )

Most of the times Sam leaps into someone, he arrives in the middle of a tough/weird/absurd situation, and he has a couple of seconds to adapt.

... And sometimes, when he gets there, he's in the middle of a passionate kiss with a beautiful woman ;o)


( Thank you, God/Fate/Time/Whatever! )

And, last but not least, Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, perhaps my favourite character in QL since I first watched an episode years and years ago. (I think it's the eyes, the snark, and the undying friendship between him and Sam, in that order ;o)


( Hello, Admiral )

I almost never cry watching something on TV (or in the cinema, for that matter), especially if it's something I've already seen, but I cannot watch the final minutes of M.I.A. without getting misty-eyed. You know what I mean if you've seen it. "Georgia, Georgia... The song of you..."

That's all for now :o)

I can't help myself (♫ Four Tops! Yay! ♪) - there I go again :o)

I recently saw The Princess and the Frog (in French, and although that version was good, I now yearn to hear it in English) and since I was doodling, I doodled this. Doesn't do justice to the original, but there ya go :o]

( The Princess and A frog... )

( Ooh, look, a tree! )

( Freckles )

Also... saw Toy Story 3 again, this time in French because all French versions of Pixar films are as much Made of Win as their English counterparts.

... Needless to say, it rocked my socks off, ripped my bloody, mangled heart from my chest and reinstalled it again all warm and fuzzy with a "Don't worry, it'll be all right"... Again :D

Saw the sequel a few days back, and I gotta say it rocked. Of course, it's hard to top the almighty kick the ending of the first gave us (Black Sabbath song and all) but it was a cool film, practically ran on Crowning Moments of Awesome and Rule of Cool (mostly thanks to Robert Downey Jr., but that might be my own opinion :P) and a really, really good time. Won't go into spoiler mode here, because a good part of the world (including the US of A) have not seen it yet. (Hey, I said no spoilers mode - didn't say anything about gloating mode :D)

One thing, though. Part of the film happens in Monaco, a French-speaking really small (but really, really rich) country (the capital is also called Monaco) on the South-East coast of France. Means the natives are supposed to be native French speakers. Means there are some things another native French speaker will spot, no matter how well (the Powers That Be think they're) hidden.

First off, it's highly unusual for a prison warden to address a prisoner as "Prisonnier!" and he certainly would not say "Que fais-tu?" The entire (and full) cinema roared with laughter at this one, including me. Let me explain. In this situation, the warden should have asked, "Qu'est-ce que tu fais?" or some other question as to why the guy he called to was there. The difference between "Que fais-tu?" and "Qu'est-ce que tu fais?" is about the same as between "What do you do?" and "What are you doing?"; "Que..." is fine on paper, it's more formal; "Qu'est-ce..." is more natural. And the actor's accent was fine, but any native French can spot he is not. It's textbook, but it doesn't sound right. On the other hand, the cop who says "I'm not leaving you here with him, he's crazy" is native and it shows. "Je (ne) te laisse pas avec lui, il est ouf" - "ouf" being backwards slang for "fou", crazy - yeah, that guy is French. The way he talks flows and sings and it's just genuine. And really, Misters Powers That Be, did that cost more than employing a non-French actor whose line made every single person in the cinema crack up? I'd like to know :o/

Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine - it's my country, my language, my countrymen, and I don't like it when all three are not represented accurately on film. (Especially the language, because in this instance it was Monaco :D) The most egregious example that naturally springs to (my) mind is a early episode of Alias that took place in Paris, where my mind boggled at seeing cops on bicycles wearing capes that in real life French cops haven't worn since the 1920s. Or any film/series where the French only seem to have Citroen DCs for cars. I admit that car is cool (albeit painful to ride in, believe me) and funny and quaint and everything, but dude, we do have some modern cars!! I mean, contrary to what some executive folks seem to think, the viewers aren't morons - just stick a caption saying the action's in France, and please please please stop showing the Eiffel Tower at every street corner - especially if the story's actually happening somewhere else than bloody Paris :P

Otherwise, great film, kicked some mighty arse. Can't wait to see it again :o]