Bela gets a real job

[oselle]

I checked out The Vampire Diaries tonight and much to my surprise, Lauren Cohan (formerly SPN's Bela) was a guest star. It took me a half hour before I realized it was her because her look was so different...but more because she actually had something to do. I really disliked Bela's character on SPN but I never felt anything but pity for Ms. Cohan, who had one of the most useless, thankless roles I've ever seen on television. So, good on the CW for hiring her and actually giving her, y'know...a part.

I've also seen both Mr. and Mrs. Carrigan (the pagan deities from "A Very Supernatural Christmas") turning up on the CW this past week. I just spotted Mr. Carrigan on Nikita (playing a "Senator Kerrigan" LOL) and last week, Mrs. Carrigan was once again a party to human sacrifice on Smallville. Regarding the latter, WHY oh WHY is the idea of hicktowns sacrificing unwitting travelers for the sake of their crops so popular in genre television? I mean really...their crops? It's 2010 and the world turns on credit default swaps and hedge funds. How much mileage can a small town in the middle of nowhere get out of a good apple harvest? Have all of these writers just seen The Wicker Man too many times?

Speaking of which, if you ever get a chance to watch The Wicker Man (the original, not the piece-of-shit remake with Nicholas Cage), don't pass it up. And wear diapers, because it's shit-your-pants scary.

Comments

[dodger-sister.livejournal.com]

See, this just makes me want to watch Paranormal Activity even more. But you have convinced my sister that it will somehow come alive at night through the TV and kill her in her sleep...so that's probably never gonna happen. ;)

Though I still can't figure out what about The Evil Dead was so scary, except for the fact that we were in, at the time, a cabin in the middle of the woods.

You know when the last time was that I held my breath during a horror flick? Oh right...that was yesterday during the most recent episode of The Walking Dead! You are watching The Walking Dead, right? Right?

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I think you can handle Paranormal Activity although be prepared for higher electric bills. I had to leave the light on in the living room every night for at least a week after watching it.

The Evil Dead is NOT scary while you're watching it. Every one of the seven times we watched it we sat there and made fun of it. It only becomes scary later, when the woods are so dark...and the house is so quiet...and suddenly you hear something rustle by outside, under the window...

I am, of course, watching The Walking Dead. It is terrifying AND grotesque as it bloody well should be.