Weekend in LA

[jetpack_monkey]

My original plan was to post about each day of the weekend individually. However, I only managed to do that for Thursday's hi-jinks. Then the weekend became really busy, which is right and good.

Friday: First there was brunch. Then desertwillow went to hang out with a friend, so airawyn and I spent some quality time together doing pretty much nothing. We excel at that. There was some writing and some discussion of writing. Oh, and we watched 12 Monkeys. Then desertwillow called and said she got lost coming back, so we had to direct her over the phone. Then airawyn and I went to see Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at El Capitan in Hollywood.

The presentation itself made the film better. There was an organist before the show instead of slides or advertisements. A guy actually came up with a microphone to introduce the movie. The pulling back of the curtains to reveal the screen was a show unto itself. The trailers ranged from clever (Chicken Little) to idiotic (Herbie: Fully Loaded), but I'm pretty sure they were all Disney (which makes sense, since Disney owns El Capitan).

Good film. Not great. Had a lot of Adams humor, but felt more silly than clever. There was a certain level of Americanization, but it mostly stayed true to its British roots. Martin Freeman was perfect as Arthur Dent, but Sam Rockwell's Zaphod started getting on my nerves after too long. Marvin was a delight in any case, as was the catchy opening musical number.

Saturday: LA Renaissance Faire. Pretty fun, but mostly a lot of shops that I wasn't interested in. Caught some great shows, though, like Sound & Fury and the Poxy Boggards. Afterwards, we all (plus tymothil) drank margaritas, told stories, and watched Buffy.

Sunday: desertwillow headed home, and airawyn and I hung out and watched Doctor Who. It sounds drab, but really it was a pretty sweet time. Hanging out, talking, navel-gazing on occasion... I liked it.

So, yeah. Good weekend. Saw two much-anticipated films (Serenity and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and spent time with some good friends. I must do this more often.

Comments

[invisionary.livejournal.com]

Me either. I think I blame the director. Zaphod was a jerk in the books, but he was pretty casual and easygoing about it. Sam Rockwell's Zaphod just seemed like an angry jerk. Until he lost his second head, then he just acted drunk for the rest of the movie.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I think that was the point where I started to go, "Oh, bother" -- after the second head was removed. I have no idea who decided to reinterpret Zaphod as a bumbling egotistical moron, but me no likee.