Benedict Arnold in slightly tighter pants

[bironic]

Item the first

Title quote brought to you by a rerun of last night's Colbert Report, p.s. YOU ARE ALL FIRED for not telling me David Hallberg was the guest! Except musicisbelievng, because she actually did tell me this afternoon. He is doing his best to be poised and articulate while Stephen Colbert accuses him of rekindling the Cold War by defecting from the American Ballet Theatre to the Bolshoi. (He is not; he is on time share. :)) And now, a performance.

David also appeared on screen in a trailer before --

Sorry, hang on, cracking up at Stephen Colbert in tights joining the performance. Oh God.

-- appeared on screen in a trailer before one of the EU Film Festival movies, encouraging people to come watch movie theater projections of Bolshoi performances. My poor movie companion got poked a time or two as I exclaimed.


Item the second

Is anyone else amused by Netflix's new (ish?) "Recommended For You" categories on the home page? In addition to the usual things like "Documentaries" and "Foreign Dramas," now there are these super-specific genres such as:

- Understated Romantic Movies based on a book
- Cerebral Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- Family-friendly Talking-Animal TV Cartoons

I guess I hadn't quite articulated my tastes in such ways before. Heh. Looking forward to what pops up next.

Comments

[sabinetzin]

My mom and I have a game of seeing what the most random set of movies generates a category/rec. Winners include things like "Richard III and Monty Python's Flying Circus," "Serenity and Vertigo," etc.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

...Still trying to wrap my head around Monty Python plus Richard III. Wow.

[synn.livejournal.com]

I did not know he was on colbert, so I cannot be fired! also, I am sorry I missed it.

I love netflix's recommendations for me. My favorites:
Witty Opposites Attract Dramas

Goofy Con-Game Action Comedies
Quirky Independent Satires
Dark Fight-the-System Comedies
Visually-striking Mind-bending Psychological Movies

oh, and the title to that terrible 'laundrette' movie was the answer to a jeopardy question the other day.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

UGHHHH the launderette

You can see the episode if you click the links! Hurrah comedycentral.com.

Also, okay, so I am just thick and didn't notice the custom categories until recently. Yours are great.