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Uh-oh. Been watching Lost Tomb: Reboot. It's a C-drama starring the very pretty Zhu Yilong (who played the very pretty Shen Wei in Guardian), and I'm afraid I see a pattern that will probably repeat and break my heart each time.

Wu Xie: Look at this amazing find! Let's call the archaeological team to investigate it properly.
Pangzi: No, let's dig into it and find treasure.
Wu Xie: Just don't TOUCH anything.
Tangtang: I'mma touch the thing!
Wu Xie: Don't touch the thing!
Xiaoge: I'mma jump INTO the thing!
Wu Xie: I SAID DON'T TOUCH THE THING!
Tangtang: (causes chain reaction)
Xiaoge: (awakens a ravenous monster)
Wu Xie: OMGWTFBBQ?!?!
irreparable damage to priceless artifacts ensues
Wu Xie: I told you NOT to TOUCH the THING!

To be clear, my heart isn't breaking because these idiots put themselves into mortal danger. I'm more upset about the artifacts. The big appeal of the show to fans, I've been told, is that there's lots of hurt/comfort, and personally *I* want to hurt the main characters myself!

I mentioned this on Discord and one of my peeps there said, yeah, this isn't a show for people who want archaeological practices to be followed correctly. I may have to nope out of this one and switch over to Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty or Nirvana in Fire.

One of my colleagues posted this on Facebook, and my geeky little heart went pitter-pat: HOW COOL IS THIS OMG!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Both TODS and I had seen this movie many years ago (separately, before we met). We wanted to see the new one, but also wanted to rewatch the old one since neither of us remembered it very distinctly.( Read more... )

In the comments on the latest installment of SPQR Blues, someone asked if anyone had ever done a lolcats-style SPQR Blues picture.

So of course, I had to!

And no, I didn't make this one up - I would have spelled Catullus right (or made more words wrong) and used spectat instead of videt. Nonetheless, it's really funny!
( Clicky for piccy! )

One of TODS' Mythology students works at the video store and often recommends movies for us or gives us a thumbs-up/thumbs-down on movies we're considering. (He was the one who, when he saw us about to rent Beowulf, recommended the far superior Beowulf and Grendel - we got both, and quite agreed with his assessment.) When he saw that we were getting Hellboy 2, he shook his head; he didn't think we'd like it.

I actually liked it quite a lot! ( possible spoilers )

Fourth in the "Lightning Thief" series. For some reason I enjoyed this one even more than the others, although I can't put my finger on the reason.

These were the sequels to the Lightning Thief, and I liked them even better. They had the advantage that they didn't have to spend the first half of the book setting up the situation and could just jump right into the adventure. Great stuff.

I enjoyed this book a lot and I'm looking forward to the two sequels. It was recommended by a friend, whose daughter loves the series, and I can see why. It was fairly light and fun, mostly educational (it has a lot to do with Greek mythology), and very affirming of kids with ADHD and dyslexia. ( minor spoilers and quibbles )

OTOH, these quibbles out of the way, I hugely enjoyed a lot of the clever stuff that the author did with bringing the ancient Greek pantheon into modern times. The plot had some clever twists and turns. The hero was very likeable and Hermione Annabeth is a good strong female character of the type kids' books need to have more of.

Got this from maubast - it's *fascinating*! The oldest existing copy of the Iliad is being digitized - v-e-r-y c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/06/iliad_scan