YES! FINALLY FOUND IT!!!

[rusty_armour]

I made the mistake of watching a certain Rupert Graves songvid and found I had "People Are Strange" (the Infected Mushroom Remix) stuck in my head all day. That was when I became obsessed with the need to have that song. I thought I would be able to find it easily on iTunes, but I had no luck there. In fact, I ended up searching for a couple of hours before I finally found an MP3 I could download. I'm sorry, jackycomelately. If you can find the song on iTunes (or anywhere else I can purchase it) then I will happily buy it. Really.

The sad thing is that the vid in which I first heard the song isn't that great. I mean, I like a lot of the V for Vendetta material, but the clips from Maurice (and those quick flashes from Sherlock) don't make any sense to me. It's as if the vidder just threw them in for kicks. Or maybe there's a story I'm just not following. I got the impression that maybe Maurice had turned into V, and the Maurice clips were meant to be flashbacks to a shared past between Dominic and V. However, most of the clips at the end of the vid have nothing to do with this possible love story, so I don't know. Still, I LOVE the song -- and Rupert, of course. *g*

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Besides, my, uh, questionable morals, Rupert is responsible for making me want to say things like "Despaireth!" and "Damn your eyes!" and "A plague on all our houses!" Okay, I'll admit that it might not have been a good idea to watch A Waste of Shame twice in the space of about four days -- after finishing the Sonnets, which I had to read after watching A Waste of Shame the first time. All the same, Mr. Graves has much to answer for.

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I thought I should take advantage of the Shakespeare kick while it lasts. *g*

That's brilliant! :D

Well, we'll see how it goes. I'm only on Act II of The Merry Wives, though it would probably help if I spent more than 15 or 20 minutes a day reading the play. *g* I might try to tackle The Merchant of Venice next. Surprisingly, I never read the play for any of the English courses I took over the years, though I always meant to sit down and read it outside of the classroom.

A Waste of Shame is one of those movies that you watch and, when it's over, you just hit "Replay."

Yeah, that sounds about right. :-)

He's so, so subtle in it, I see something new each time I watch it.

I know exactly what you mean. Okay, I've only seen it three times so far, but the viewings were really close together. Anyway, like you, I seem to keep finding new things every time I see it.

The scenes where he's being diagnosed and then preparing to take the mercury treatment? Amaze me.

Yes, both those scenes were really mesmerizing. I couldn't take my eyes off him. Okay, that always happens when he's in a scene, but you know what I mean. *g*

For me, that film is up there with God on Trial, one of my other absolute favorite RG performances.

I haven't been brave enough to watch God on Trial yet, but I don't think it's going to be long before I give in and get it. I'm happy to hear how much you value RG's performance in the film. :-)

(Though, to be fair, the man doesn't ever "phone it in," so I can't seem to find anything but brilliant RG performances... Don't get me started on RG and Martin Freeman together in The Last King...)

Oh, I absolutely love The Last King, though I'm ashamed to say that I still have to watch the full version (as I have the highly edited version A&E released). Amazingly, I wouldn't have realized that if I hadn't read about the production as the mini-series is still awesome even with the missing hour. *g*

I don't know if you would be interested, but I recently wrote a parody of The Last King for grassle that has Buckingham and Shaftesbury as the main characters. It may not be your cup of tea, or you may have glanced at it already, but you can find it here (http://rusty-armour.livejournal.com/91048.html) if you're curious. No worries if it isn't your thing. :-)