A movie day－Cell Tree

5 Jan 2016

How should I put this? Remarkably stunning that is... a whole-day movie delight. First leading with inspiring Begin Again (glad that there's no preposterous romantic story line and there's Knightley's decent dressing), then perfectly satisfying main course Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, ending the day with cheerful Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse... and it's only half past three! Better to start the day early, huh?! You know what... in fact I was hoping I could order some more snack, or maybe something like this in front of me Burnt. Or another time. (Just as HK URBEX, I am not planning to tell my sources.)

(Photo from: http://www.kmovietalk.com/2015/01/begin-again-revi...)

Honestly don't push me into more movie critics, otherwise you will be drowned by my rigorousness.

7 Jan 2016

Whole day watching all over again Fringe, (I enjoy the unproved connection between science and the stories given that these weird hypotheses are too fascinating to be ignored) it is the first time I've ever noticed that the TV series is always surrounded by love and God, though with twisted threads. And it's a shame to the lack of reliable scientific explanations in the episodes in the fourth season (or telepathy is too unconvincing to me, and I am pleased with the Welcome to Westfield episode), despite the fact that the plot throughout seasons by seasons is structurally intact, a rare, complete handling we don't usually see these days.

Interestingly, in language aspect, "hubris" and "old wives' tale" are two words frequently appeared in the episodes. As to the female protagonist, Olivia is called "Liv" by Peter, her love, and is called "Olive" by Nina, her godmother/nanny in the rewritten timeline. It turns out, after some searches, "Liv" could be a pet form of both "Lavinia" and "Olivia"; some term "Olivia" as "Livvy"; "Via", a fairly feminine name, could be a short form of "Sylvia" and "Olivia"... "Liv", a neutral sense, but close enough (can't pinpoint the two's relationship -- it is valid for dates, work partners, friends, etc.); And "Olive", pretty much affected by Frozen (my 2-year-old niece is a fan), sounds adorable. In this sense, it justifies Nina's and Peter's form of address over Olivia.

But have a look of it of Urban Dictionary...

Fun sharing: Olivia says "who did it? And what can we do to stop it?" quite a lot, and "it worked" appears every now and then given the crime-solving nature of the series. "Old wives' tale" also, it makes them sort of a stereotyped language. I wonder any TV series does not share the problem...