Salt lamps are pretty

[brightlotusmoon]

My head hasn't stopped hurting, even with Flexeril, stretching, a neck massage from Adam, and finding things to laugh about. I'm so tired.

I'm watching the "Clash Of The Titans" remake for the second time. I missed the first twenty minutes again, but I don't know if that matters. Anyway, Cleolinda was right. This movie is bizarre. They took so many creative liberties with Greek mythology that "creative liberties" now feels dirty. I'm going to pretend that this is a pretty, silly, crazy action movie that randomly leafed through a CliffsNotes On Greek Mythology booklet while drunk and stoned and then decided to see how many famous actors could be crammed in. I don't know why they want to do a sequel.

Adam came home with a Himalayan crystal salt lamp. It was five dollars at the Ride Aid in Dupont Circle. I always wanted a Himalayan salt lamp. This one is awesome and heavy, and is sitting in the bedroom glowing happily.

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[songfire3.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched *Clash of the Titans* (thanks to cleolinda *g*). I have a very limited budget ;)

But Himalayan crystal salt lamps are awesome! I have four, so far, and I just love the light. It's so soothing!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I want as many crystal salt lamps as possible! One for the living room downstairs, one for the entertainment room, even one for the bathroom.
Last night, we turned the light part off, so I don't know if the salt crystals were actually doing anything, but I slept really well.

Don't see the movie if you can help it -- or maybe see it if you have a Redbox near you; it might be worth a dollar. Now that I think about it, maybe I could see why they would do a sequel, because they totally, utterly, and moronically screwed up the myth of Perseus here. IO WASN'T PERSEUS'S LOVER, SHE WAS ZEUS'S AND SHE WAS TURNED INTO A COW BY ZEUS, NOT MADE INTO A WALKING FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BY POSEIDON, ARGH... although I now have a crush on Gemma Atherton,

[songfire3.livejournal.com]

IO WASN'T PERSEUS'S LOVER, SHE WAS ZEUS'S AND SHE WAS TURNED INTO A COW BY ZEUS, NOT MADE INTO A WALKING FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BY POSEIDON, ARGH... although I now have a crush on Gemma Atherton

*dies laughing*

I know this feeling all too well! XD! I think when a movie trancends awful and moves straight to indescribably bad the mind just clings to the nearest attractive object/person available! Maybe it's a protection mechanism of some sort! ;)

(I may be prejudiced - I just had the dubious pleasure of watching Michael Shanks (of STG-1 fame) in *Arctic Blast* *headdesk*)

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Good point! I love that theory! "This movie is one of the worst I ever... oh, hey, gorgeous person, whee!"

Mmm, Michael Shanks. That man will always be sexy. Did you know he played Hawkman on Smallville? Talk about campy. But he was hot.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Granted, the original Clash of the Titans took a few liberties with Greek mythology as well, but it at least kept its liberties Greek-ish. The remake is like Mythology in a food processor. I officially gave up when they introduced the djinn, who perhaps got lost on their way to the Prince of Persia movie and just hung around for kicks. And I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the constant misunderstanding of Hades. He is NOT the God of Evil. He is the ruler of the Underworld, which contains both good and evil souls. He is NOT the enemy of mankind, and NOT the analog of Satan.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly. The whole "Oooh, we got the guy who played Voldemort to play Hades, let's make him HADESMORT!" I was mortified.

And what the bloody fucking fuck was up with the Djinn?? WHY was there a DJINN in GREECE? Actually, I know why he was there -- because they needed some plot device to severely wound Medusa so Perseus could chop off her head because he was totally incompetent by himself.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I was mortified.

You mean you were VOLDEMORTIFIED. ;-)

Djinn are cool... when they're in their proper mythos. This crossover bullshit is SHENANIGANS. And the whole "Hades vs. Zeus in IMMORTAL KOMBAT" plot was MORE SHENANIGANS. And "mankind rejecting the gods" is not really the appropriate subject for the setting. Gah!

But I do agree with you on one point: Mmmmmm Gemma Atherton.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

OMG BEST PUN EVER.

They should have just called the movie Shenanigans of the Titans.

Gemma Atherton was the only good part of the movie, and her character was the ultimate WTF. I don't understand how they went from "Zeus's lover turned into a cow" to "Perseus's lover turned un-ageable, also Poseidon was there." WHAT.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping they get Bruce Willis for "Clash of the Titans 2: Clash Harder". He could be Osiris, because what the hell, might as well throw some more mythologies into the pot.

That being said, I think it would be awesome if Hollywood ever got a good non-Greek-mythology story done well. A good Norse tale? Or Egyptian myths? Plenty of good material there.

Please note: Marvel Comics' upcoming "Thor" movie DOES NOT COUNT.

But I can't lie, I'm gonna see it anyway. I'm a cheap whore.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Agreed on all counts!