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Every now and then I have romantic dreams involving media stars.  The weird thing is that - apart from my occasional Danny Elfman fantasy - they are never about people that I am even remotely interested in when awake.  A year ago I had this dream about the actor who played Frasier's brother Niles, David Hyde Pierce.  And the fact that I thought the character's name was Miles and that I had to look up the actor in Wikipedia should reinforce my claim that prior to this dream, I had never, ever, ever had the slightest romantic interest in this actor.

Nonetheless, I had this nice, little dream where we met and fell in love.  A simple, straight-forward affair with none of the drama of a Harlequin Romance and not even the lengthy development required in my personal dating experiences.  Dinner, a nice kiss, done.

But for the next two days I was infatuated with David Hyde Pierce.  I thought he was so adorable and sexy.  I wanted to see more films with David Hyde Pierce.  I wanted to watch old Frasier reruns.  It was shameful.

And then, as abruptly as the infatuation occurred, it disappeared.  On the third day I woke up and if offered David Hyde Pierce or a piece of peppermint (which I'm allergic to), I probably would have opted for the peppermint, because at least it's a pretty color.

So I take this as a cautionary lesson in love.  It can be nothing more than a simple, sleep-triggered, neuro-chemical reaction which only lasts as long as it takes your liver to filter it out again.

 

I love a lot of movies. I don't go see movies, mind you, but I acquire DVDs and watch them at home... over and over and over again. I have tried other categorizations, but here they are under What I Liked Best.

Wickedly Quotable

I love witty reparte and a bit of dark humor.

BlackAdder - "Cold is God's way of telling us to burn more Catholics."

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - "We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see."

Army of Darkness - "I got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things right now. Jack and shit, and Jack left town."

Office Space - "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."

Firefly - "Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell."

The Long Kiss Goodnight - "Are you just stupid or did you take lessons?" "I took lessons!"

L.A. Story - "With a financial statement like zis, you think you can have ze duck?"

Old French Toys

You know those French dolls, with the little painted china faces and 19th century costumes: harlequins, ballerinas, and aristocrats. And complex machinery with big dirty spokes and pulleys and more twists than a Durer labyrinth. If you like Gilliam, you know what I'm talking about. I love that whole look, the grimey, broken, abandoned ambience made all the more shocking by its innocent and playful origins.

Labyrinth - The Venetian masked ball.

Batman Returns - An old-fashioned Christmas, abandoned Zoo, evil circus clowns, and the ballerina with her poodle.

Lexx (Season 3) - The planet Fire.

The Crow: City of Angels - Beautiful, but run-down.

Abandoned Buildings

I am a sucker for scary movies with abandoned buildings... or abandoned ships, or abandoned cities, whatever. This means I also love most zombie flicks. The distinction between this category and the preceding one is often blurred, which is just more awesome, IMO.

The Frighteners - The hospital scenes.

Event Horizon - The abandoned language is a special bonus.

Resident Evil - The progressive nature of abandonment - building, city, planet - is fucking awesome.

Anything with Bruce Campbell

Runners-up in the Will-Watch-For-Cute-Guy are Jean Reno, Jeremy Piven, Scott Cohen, John Hannah, Seth Green, Malcolm Mcdowell, and Danny Elfman (well, I mostly watch movies for his soundtracks, but he was in The Gift).

Cartoons

Lilo & Stitch. Yup, I am a total sucker for cute widdle alien pets.

Invader Zim - "They're made of WAFFLE!"