Full of pictorial goodness

[dangermousie]

The movie I am most looking forward to is Tristan and Isolde, starring James Franco, Sophia Miles and Rufus Sewell. I like the trailer, but considering I love the story so much I would have watched it even if it was enacted by frogs doing stick figures, I absolutely can't wait. I also can't wait to read the badfic the film will inspire. Any recs for T&I novels. I remember reading "The Dark Chalise" (I think) a long time ago and loving it.

So, in honor of the movie:



Poster:


Awwww:


The fangirls are coming. Run!


Tristan never knew his beloved was into bondage:


Cute:


Isolde. Channeling Eowyn:


Middle Ages. The time people were so conservative they had sex with their clothes on:


And before the invention of hair-brushes:


Stealth!


Isolde trying to burn through Tristan's clothes with the power of her stare:


Wouldn't they catch their death of cold?


My favorite pic:


Ooooh, angst. This fangirl laps it up. Well, either that or he is missing his chapstick:





Don't remember the artist:


Waterhouse:


Sidney Meteyard:


N.C. Wyeth:


DG Rossetti:


Louis Rhead:


Arthur Rackham:


August Spier:


Erns Fuchs:


Val Princep:


William Morris:


Edward Burne-Jones:


Edmund Leighton Blair:


John Duncan:


In completely different picture news, pictures from Battlestar Galactica's 2.11 ep "Resurrection Ship."



And a thousand shipper voices scream:


But not as loudly as when K/L crowd gets a look at this one:


Yes Billy, there is a Santa Claus. Or at least canon A/R:


"There is room only for one tough as nails fightin' female on this show, bitch!"


It's a tribute to Tricia Helfer that I so much prefer her as Gina than as Six. Nothing like suffering to build some character:


And to create an affinity for weapons:


Baltar obviously agrees with me. Who'd ever think the good doctor would actually care for someone other than himself?


So not a threesome with twins Baltar always fantasized about:


"Dammit boys. The cast of Galactica is so much cuter than us. We are doomed."


Baltar: "Why do I always get stuck with alpha females?"
Starbuck: "Great, even on a new ship I can't escape this weasel"
Cain: "Hmmm, this Baltar is kinda cute"


No, not Helo, dammit! Take the gun away from his pretty head!


And beating up Chief is tantamount to kicking Mother or puppies or kittens. Don't you dare, extras of the week!


Mmm, whose sexy back and tattooed arm is this? Helo's? If not, can we save the random cute crew member?


And in conclusion, a lot of pictures of buff Gerard Butler as King Leonidas in a movie version of the story of the battle of Thermopilae. Yay! Movie TPTB have been good to me!

Hot Greekness here

Comments

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Did you read The White Raven by Diana Paxson? I'm not sure I'd recommend it necessarily, as all I remember from reading it at age 12 are the sex scenes, but it is about Tristan and Isolde. Or Drustan and Esseilte, as I think they end up being spelled.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

This sounds really familiar so I might have read it. Hmmm, now I must look it up plus, sex scenes. Oh, the things I learned from Mom's Judith Krantz books :P

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

Mmm, whose sexy back and tattooed arm is this? Helo's? If not, can we save the random cute crew member?

Although there is indeed a resemblance to sweet Helo, that is actually the nasty piece of work from the tool room who talks about the "please disturb" sign over the brig on Pegasus and wahoo's over the thought of breaking in Galactica's pretty robot girl. *grr*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Is it, really? Darn. He is too cute to be evil. But oh well, off with his head then. But Helo's better stays attached.

[girlintheattic.livejournal.com]

OMG. Roslin and Adama. MY WORLD HAS BEEN SHAKEN. I need some time to get used to this. ZOMG.

Also - Billy!Love. He is adorkable. If they kill off Billy HEADS WILL ROLL.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

MY WORLD HAS BEEN SHAKEN. I need some time to get used to this

Heee. A/R isn't a ship of mine but I know a bunch of lovely A/R shippers so I am happy for them. Plus, I have certainly been seeing the potential for it in S2.

[girlintheattic.livejournal.com]

I'm not really agin' it or anything and I suppose it makes sense because they would have a nice equal power dynamic but to be honest I just feel like they're way to busy saving the human race and hovering at death's door for that sort of thing. Usually I'm the first shipper in line saying: 'nobody's to busy for teh hot angsty lovin' but this time I really think they'd have other stuff on their minds...

I am however one of those fangirls squeeing at the pilot handholding/hugging! Oh karaandlee, how I love thee.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh karaandlee, how I love thee.

Indeed. rawles has corrupted me and I need my pilot!love.

Re: Adama and Roslin. A little respite from doom and responsibility isn't a bad thing for either and there isn't anyone else suitable on their level for either. I doubt they would be Romeo and Juliet but a semi-casual relationship based on respect and understanding I can see. If it wasn't for that pesky terminal illness though...Hm.

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

Actually, I am mostly looking forward to "Tristan" because Rufus Sewell looks amazing as Mark (who has always been my favorite character in that legend)...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love RS and I am actually intrugued by the fact that in this version Mark does not seem an out and out villain as he is often presented.

I don't think I like Mark much though. I just can't see him as a noble wronged party the way I do Arthur.

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

Well, if you look at it that Mark actually does a lot more for Tristan than Arthur ever does for Lancelot (who is a great knight in his own right) and honestly, they are basically two different versions of the same story ... I've never seen Mark as a villain, to be honest.

OTOH, it could be that I am too influenced by the Wagner opera where Koenig Marke has really amazing music and is always sung by a great bass-baritone whose voice I usually adore.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, that Wagner opera is beautiful. Whatever I think of Herr Wagner as a person, the man really knew how to write beautiful music.

I guess I've read too many versions where Mark was eeeeevil. And honestly, in the version where he stabs Tristan sneakily, he is really not the most noble of men by that action alone. Moral of the story: if you marry a much younger, prettier wife make sure the hot guy who actually won her is sent away on some really really long trip.

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

Baltar: "Why do I always get stuck with alpha females?"
Starbuck: "Great, even on a new ship I can't escape this weasel"
Cain: "Hmmm, this Baltar is kinda cute"
This is hysterical! Hee!

I'm looking forward to Tristan & Isolde since I saw the trailer at apple.com! And James Franco, hmm... yummy!

Oh! I've seen some images of Gerard Butler in it that movie you mention... he looks totally fit as muscled for the part! check this out! Hee! or here, where you can find several screencaps... ^^

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, James Franca has this high-bred, high-strung look I adore. And he angsts in spades. Yum.

Yeah, after seeing GB look in the link I posted and in your links (the caption is hilarious), I can't wait. Even if the movie is awful, it will have so much to compensate a fangirl.

Love the new Helo icon.

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

Yes, James Franca has this high-bred, high-strung look I adore. And he angsts in spades. Yum.
Oh! Definitely! This flick is a must see... romance, angst, james franco, beautiful costumes...

Hee! GB look is totally funny, I know! The movie is going to suck big time, I've got a feeling! but he has already done so many awful movies (and some lovely as well, I love Dear Frankie) that seein one more won't melt my corneas! Hee! I mean... I saw Troy! The movie was awful but, the eyecandy was incredibly good! ^^
That GB web, where the images are, is in Spanish but they have a huge collection of GB images.... ^^

I made the Helo icon when I realized I didn't have one! Now... a bit of shameless self-promotion ^^ ... it you want, I made a post with all the icons I made in 2005... there are lots, you must have seen most of them (like the Farscame ones and stuff) but the Helo icon is there as well! Link to my huge icon post

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, Oooooh. *makes monkey-like noises* I love your icons so I am going to go through the post at leisure and pick some for my ever changing collection :)

Yes, T&I is something I am going to be utterly shameless about.

Re; 300. I have a HUGE weakness for sword-and-sandals movies, and I actually enjoyed Troy (which was no masterpiece but pulpy fun with lots of eye candy), so can't wait. And yes, Dear Frankie was lovely.

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

I also enjoyed Troy... but I thought it was quite bad as well...but so fun to wawatch! Really, I find all Brad's moments hilarous (yummy but hilarious)... I can't stop laughing whenever I see the way he delivers "Immortarilty... take it, it's yours!", hee! I just can't help it.

I have a HUGE weakness for sword-and-sandals movies
Hee, me too!

Ooooh, Oooooh. *makes monkey-like noises* I love your icons so I am going to go through the post at leisure and pick some for my ever changing collection :)
cool! I'm thinking about making some bollywood ones one of these days! Because I'm a little burnt of so much bsg-icon making and I want to make icons from other stuff as well... LOL! Who am I trying to foo? We both know that as soon as I see the new bsg episode I'll be screencapping like a madwoman LOL... Seriously, I want to make icons from other stuff, like more farscape ^^, ... hee!

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

Jeebus.

*expires from the hot*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Indeed :P

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

There is a trilogy by Rosalind Miles about Tristan and Isolde. It's not bad. The first one is called "Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle." I read it this summer. I didn't read the other two.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. I'll check it out. I am a sucker for long tragic books.

[dreamybritactor.livejournal.com]

YEAH!!! BSG is this Friday!!! {{does happy dance}}

I think they picked the perfect couple for Tristan and Isolde. I love this story and can't wait to see what they do with it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

*joins in happy dance*

I too can't wait for T&I.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

There seems to be a certain fondness for giving Tristan hideous hair in all those pictures - so I guess his unkempt mane in the movie does suit the iconography.

Sadly not an A/R shipper so no glee from those pictures for me, but it'll be fun to see BSG once more even if I got a wee bit disenchanted with it at the end of the last season.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

so I guess his unkempt mane in the movie does suit the iconography.

ROFL. I guess they were called the Dark Ages because of hideous lack of hair care products.

Re: BSG. I actually liked S2 soam full of glee.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Someone desperately needs to get Tristan some Frizz Ease.

And that one pic, Isolde definitely has someone in her death ray eyes.

I like doomed romance for some reason. Call me sadistic. There's just something wonderful about tragedy, probably because I can write TOMES about it afterwards. Tristan and Isolde was really the Irish retelling of Lancelot and Guinevere (albeit I always HATED Guinevere). Since I was no Guinevere fan in the books, I actually prefer the Tristan and Isolde version. There's just something appealing about the whole "angst and yearning over someone you can't have" that has even won over this cynics heart.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I just watched the little preview for it on the KoH DVD and can't wait. Yeah, I keep wondering what is with Tristan's hair.

There is something more innocent about T&I than Lancelot and Guinevere. I don't have Gwen but I definitely prefer Isolde. Maybe because I find Mark repellent, maybe because she doesn't have a chance. But yeah, can't wait for the angsty goodness of the movie. I am just surprised there aren't more movi versions. You'd think the story is pretty cinematic.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

I want to see that. The preview I saw of it looks good, plus my friend *cough*ex*cough* Tristan is named after... Tristan. lol

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heee. That's quite a coincidence. Not a very common name.

But yeah, the preview looked great!

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

Coincidence that my Tristan was named after the Tristan you mean? Not really, if you knew his parents. They're such fantasy, literature geeks, it DOESN'T surprise me at all. I think I heard his mom tell me it was her idea to name him that once.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

I actually like Tristan's hair just fine. At least it's not a dorky pageboy. But then, I like messyhair like that.

I could never get much into the "love" story though, because they don't actually fall in love but have that love forced onto them through a potion. I just don't find that very engaging.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But actually, they do fall in love beforehand, what with rescuing and nursing to health. I always thought the potion was just a convenient excuse. Sort of "no, no it's not our fault. The potion made us do it."

As to pageboy? Ugh.

[munchkin62.livejournal.com]

OMG Thank you so much!!! I really want to see this movie (and I Love BSG!!) Thanks!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Every time I see your icon...glee!

But yeah, I can't wait.

[sg1padawan.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or does that piccie for T&I you labelled "Stealth!" look very Aragorn&Arwen-ish? It must be the lighting. As soon as I saw it, that's what I thought...

Lovely piccies! I admit, I'm looking forward to Tristan & Isolde as well. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does look very A&A now that you mention it. Though nothing beats A&A for UST and angst of course.

I am so glad I am not the only one looking forward to the movie.

[algelic.livejournal.com]

Did you end up watching "Tristan and Isolde"? Did you like it?

I loved it... but the ending made me seriously depressed. XD

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I saw it. It was OK but I prefer the traditional legends of it better :)