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

[zatnikatel.livejournal.com]

The Wicker Man! It's a freaking masterpiece, totally chilling. I haven't seen the remake: why bother when the original is so terrifying? I love British horror movies from that era: my folks are huge movie buffs and have a massive collection of films, including a lot of that Gothic/folksy horror that came out of GB in the 60s and 70s: lots of Hammer horror, like The Witchfinder General, Quatermass and the Pit, She… it's such a shame there is a whole generation who haven't seen them! ;-)

[twirlycurls.livejournal.com]

I loved the original version of The Wicker Man -- that's easily one of my top-10 favorite horror-ish movies.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I just leant somebody in my office The Wicker Man. Though sadly, he doesn't much like the whole 70s nudity horror thing. But even he recognized how bad the remake was in comparison--apparently the poor man had actually seen the remake of no point.

But yeah, I do love the "for the crops" thing. Like...what crops? Somebody should come up with some twist on that idea by watching that movie Food, Inc. Like it's more likely that the big corporations would force the farmers to murder people for them just like they keep insisting on crueller practices with animals.

[dodger-sister.livejournal.com]

Rate in order of how much you shit your pants...

The Evil Dead
Wicker Man
Paranormal Activity

Go. ;)