The Mentalist, 5x13

not-quite-guesses

I've watched that one before, so I can't consider my guesses purely guesses, most likely washed-out memories, but... "strict group"? Like, Visualize? I did catch the vibe that Bret Stiles is somehow linked with Red John, so much that he might be the actual man, except it wouldn't be fair to the watchers. I honestly can't name any other arguments against him. He's got the brains, the guts, the lack of conscience, the need for power, the brainwashing abilties... and he shook Jane's hand. And they're not friends despite similarities.
There's that bit where Stiles helped Jane get the girl out of prison, but that might have been the plan all along, what do we know about Red John's plans anyway?

And yeah, that was Visualize alright.

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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The Mentalist, 5x12

Volker, etc

Volker is good. Oh, he's awful alright, but beautifully so. Doesn't hurt that the actor's handsome. I knew I saw that brilliantly crazy glance before, and there we go, Henry Ian Cusick, played Dr. Trent Marsh in Body of Proof (well he also plays in Lost, but I'm not watching that one). A walking embodiment of villainous attraction.
I guess they had to go for the stereotype for once, cause the star of the show, Red John, likely doesn't follow that trend.

I wrote that I kind of remember Brenda's with Red John, but it just occured to me that maybe she's with Volker instead..? I remember the "major villain" vibe, but then Volker proves to be pretty major.

OH THERE WE GO.
Brenda's with Volker alright.
Funny how my memory works.

Doesn't guarantee she won't be with Red John later, unless she gets killed soon (can't quite recall that for sure).

Well, she survived Volker being busted... so we'll see.

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ребенок, воспитанный текстом

Это я, то есть. Я хорошо, грамотно пишу, потому что дофига читала, и ужасно говорю вслух.
Например, оказывается, в слове catalog ударение на первый слог падает. А в слове "каталог" - на последний. А я в обоих случаях в середине ставлю.

@темы: языки, фак мой мозг

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!

ДУРА!
Ну может, не дура, но бестолочь - это точно. Гуглить не уметь! Поиском по расхожей фразе - на первом же варианте остановиться! Ну не дура ли!
Нашла. Ты ж блин, нашла. Не прошло и пятнадцати лет.
Стена фейспалмов.

@темы: поток сознания, фак мой мозг

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от так

А я все-таки конформист.
То есть про себя проматериться и прочесть длинный монолог на тему "ах так" — запросто, а взять и высказать или, например, молча дверью хлопнуть — не.
Единственное, что меня в таких ситуациях извиняет — это включить подход "молча сделал круто и подавитесь" и не поддаться соблазну блаблаблакать при этом. То есть если мне удалось молча сделать круто — то я молодец и пошли они все-таки лесом, но уже несущественно. А если не удалось — так и после драки кулаками не машут и ССЗБ.
Особенно такая ситуация интересна, когда имеет место финансовый аспект. Тогда, прежде чем "подавитесь", нужно продавить оплату. Потому что хлопнуть дверью — это мы можем, а лапу потом кто сосать будет, те кто "ах так", или сама?
А еще, для ситуации с "ах так" важно за собой косяков не иметь...
В общем, подбираем хвосты и "продавливаем оплату", надеясь впоследствии обойти по количеству плюшек, ибо.
Но я все равно конформист, логика тут не поможет.

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heh

It's not even a question. My choice of watching material answers it perfectly.
Always unreal or impossible. Always.
If only... then.
Well it doesn't work. And I know it doesn't work.
Kind of getting there, I guess.
Normal, on the other hand, is... well, frankly, boring.
And you don't get just this side of "normal, but", short of filming it yourself, perhaps (and then you'd have to have the skills necessary).
Even imagining, though, the circumstances required for characters to be put in the situation desired are almost always unreal. Magic or sci-fi.
Again, getting there.
Thinking of a "dream board" makes me embarrassed.
But then, there was that collage I wanted for wallpaper, that should work. If only it wasn't so difficult to make, what with full 3D and morphs and all that stuff.
Could make a draft though. I did have a solution with combining aspects of two different versions. Could work.
Yep.
But now — sleep. Sleep deprivation isn't getting me anywhere.

@темы: EN, поток сознания

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oh, hey, I just noticed!

Not that I care about James Bond series. But he's an iconic character, and they have trendy music. You just know it's a James Bond song when you hear one. I still can't quite figure out how they're doing it and not facing copyright issues (it's obviously general harmony and some melody moves, but that is exactly what makes a song, so...).
Anyways. I googled it just for fun, having Adele's Skyfall on in youtube. And then I noticed, hey, "Rise like a phoenix" never made the list! Yay!
You may remember that joke: it's okay if it's the next Bond song, the most important is that Wurst isn't the next Bond girl.
Well, neither.
Actually, I don't have anything against the song itself, but I really don't like Conchita Wurst (and all that banner-waving, as if being gay is better than being straight, only makes the impression worse). I don't mind if a cover makes it to the theme songs someday (and not like anyone's asking me, anyway).

@темы: EN, поток сознания

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The Mentalist, 4x13

hmm

It didn't occur to me in 4x07 that Red John proving he's actually still out there is a problem for Jane, not a profit. I mean, he argued with Lisbon so obstinately.
Only he didn't say it to anyone except Lisbon.
Oh well.

Now they all know.

I really thought they'd find the blind girl dead. (Rosalind. I've got issues with not-main-characters' names.)

The thing is, she's not only blind, she's brainwashed. I don't know how Red John does it, maybe it's hypnosis, narcotics, or a combination of, but he does.

Not only she doesn't see the RJ smiley on the wall, which is expectable, she also doesn't hear him bringing a dead body into her house, nor she smells the blood — and there's a lot of blood. She must have keen hearing and sense of smell, being blind. But she just doesn't notice. That's brainwashing. And she does talk in an overly sweet voice when it's about "Roy". Plus she was rocking kind of absently while playing, when the police went in.
For a moment there I thought she wouldn't aknowledge Jane's questions, would just play and play. Red John did convince Kristina that she's dead, after all. But no, Rosalind's not turned off, even talks and answers questions. Only doesn't notice stuff.

I wonder why he keeps her alive. I guess there's some sense of perverse satisfaction. An alive witness, but totally useless.

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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всего-то

Любимый перевод не нашла, ага. Уже больше десяти лет страдаю.
Во-первых, давно можно было бы в оригинале прочитать, кто-то тут свободным инглихом хвалится при любой возможности.
А во-вторых, забиваем в гугл имя персонажа и запомнившуюся фразу, и получаем нужный перевод. Потому что все уже оцифровано до нас. С опечатками, да, но что нам те опечатки, можно и поправить.
Я же говорила, что нахожу, что ищу?
Пойду галочку в одном старом списке поставлю...

@темы: теги, какие теги?

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The Mentalist, 4x07

Wow

Wow. That was a rather cruel move on Jane's part.
I mean, he set the man up by pushing him to ramble on Red John. Jane himself, on the other hand, offered his comment in a quiet, somber manner (to exclude the chance that Red John might decide to punish him again by killing someone else close).
Jane, of course, gets double profit: the murderer is dead, and Red John proves he is actually still out there. But that was cruel. Doesn't Jane usually jail the suspect?
Plus, they'd still have to prove that Panzer was the murderer...

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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а вообще

А вообще я под Менталиста работаю сейчас. Неплохо работается, между прочим.
То есть, например, под ПОИ работать не получается — ПОИ надо развернуть на фуллскрин и смотреть. Пусть даже с паузами на запись впечатлений. А под Менталиста — окей: альт-таб и сидишь себе, табличку с настройками заполняешь, sql-запросы строчишь, в драматические моменты переключаешься назад. Иначе фиг бы я три сезона за несколько дней промотала. Плюс, я же видела его по ТВ, хоть и штрих-пунктиром, то есть некоторые места я помню, можно не смотреть. Плюс — ура! — я смотрю детективный сериал в оригинале и почти понимаю спецтермины (а когда не понимаю, лезу в транскрипт).
А раньше я серьезно не понимала, как можно работать под сериал. Как это так, ты смотришь сериал и не горишь по нему. То есть если не горишь, зачем смотришь? То есть примерно как с включенным теликом, только без рекламы. Время-то не резиновое, возьми то, что нравится... как-то так.
Я же и сейчас в свободное время не смогу на что-то другое переключиться, буду дальше смотреть того же Менталиста, пока не доем.
Ну и ладно, зато работается. Ну и практика для ушей.

@темы: The Mentalist

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The Mentalist, 4x02

yeah

Yeah. As if I doubted Jane would get Lisbon back.

And there's the blind girl. Rosalind.

Brilliant idea, actually. They know for sure that Roy Tagliaferro was Red John, they have a living witness, even if a blind one, and they have a dead body that can be identified.

Sure enough, that's not him.

I wonder why she's still alive though. Doesn't Red John know they found her?

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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The Mentalist, 4x01

Oh =\

Oh, that one kind of busts my theories on Mashburn.
Jane needed a million bucks, Mashburn might have paid his bail just for the hell of it, if they promised he may tag along. He'd get to hang out with Lisbon, too.
Instead, his name doesn't even enter the equation.
Of course, there's that bit where they must keep it contained since they're not sure Jane got Red John good, but... they could have used him for bail without letting him in on the details.
Then, with Jane able to raise that amount of money out of thin air they wouldn't really need it... but a recurring character is sweet, right?

Except... my musings were on Mashburn's affections, not Jane's and Lisbon's, and it's their call, not his. Jane only ever reached for Mashburn's money for fun that just happens to move the case along (the car and that ugly crash detail on the auction). Not out of real need.

So, not so busted.

I really wish they brought Mashburn in again, he was lovely.


On another topic, the grieving widow is exactly Red John's taste. The blind girl from earlier, "Roy Tagliaferro"'s lover? Nearly a copy, except that one's blond.
Odd that the child is negroid. Not dark enough for pure black, likely a mix, but with a blond, fair-skinned, blue-eyed mother? That would take a black guy for a father, and the man Jane shot was Caucasian. So, adopted I guess, unless there's a generation jump, a black grandparent (it happens).


Ohhhhhhh, his taste indeed. I wonder if the blind one was evil like that, or she was truly innocent and he enjoyed the anonimity.



OUCH!

I didn't know Carter wasn't Red John, honestly. It's just, there was that angle of doubt... but I was almost sure he was. The wife, and then the voice on the phone... the voice was a little different face to face, but I kind of put it to the man not playing. Cause that soft high voice, it's apparently fake.

If it wasn't Red John, though, then either he was on direct line with the real deal, or knew enough to answer Jane's questions right.

Damn. Here I was hoping Jane gets to pick a love interest, now that it's safe for him to do. He did like Kristina a lot, so he's not hopeless.

Or, alternatively, we're having a Memento case and Red John the person is dead, and now Jane's left hunting Red John the organization. Cause there is an organization.

Also, I do kind of remember from TV that Brenda from PR is with Red John too, but they only caught Van Pelt's fiance.

To be honest, I suspect all four on the list, and the only one I don't suspect is LaRoche himself, because he's so by the book. Wonder what it is in his safe, though.

Okay... need to get the rest of my sleep now.

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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The Mentalist, 3x07

Oh. My. Effin. God

Oh. My. Effin. God
Mashburn: "Thank heavens you're here, Patrick and Agent..."
Jane: "Lisbon."
Mashburn: "Lisbon. Right. Good to see you."

Soooooo, he remembers Patrick Jane, first name even, but he didn't remember Lisbon's name? And here's the one who asked for them? Well what did he ask for, "Patrick Jane and his agent partner"?
Apparently, I missed that bit when I watched The Mentalist first, but then, hard to get nuances when it's on TV and there are commercials every 15 minutes.
And here I genuinely believed that he's interested in Lisbon.
Well, obviously he has some interest in her, because

spoiler

he ends up sleeping with her some time later (maybe later in that episode), but...

Well, okay, maybe I'm a little unfair, because Mashburn turns back just before signing and steps out for a second to ask Lisbon out... which is when the blast sounds... but given the show's general plot his interest in Jane is most likely unaknowledged, plus Lisbon may serve as a proxy.

They are even getting patched up next to each other, while Lisbon's up and walking, all business. I mean, did the sсript-writers know what they were doing?

Aaaaand Jane plays right back again by pointing to Mashburn as a possible suspect who might have wanted Bajoran dead. Not because he really suspects him - just look at his face - but because it would be exciting. Exciting for Mashburn (he loved being a murder suspect before). It's a favour, almost.
Too bad the second time isn't that fun.

Okay, so Mashburn keeps switching between them two, Lisbon's in denial, and Jane tries to fix the first two together, because he thinks it would be good for Lisbon to get pampered a little and get some adventure. All he wants for himself is the fun from the case plus the fun from seeing Mashburn dance around Lisbon. I think it works out pretty fine for all three of them.

Aaaand he gives his "fancy credit card" to Patrick. Gives first, asks why second. Of course, he's ridiculously rich, but still...

And there's a "Patrick, thank god," in reaction to a phonecall. That's a second time Mashburn thanks a higher power for him.

Aaaand Patrick pays back with announcing that Lisbon is Mashburn's girlfriend for all the party guests.


There's something odd in the explanation scene. When Patrick explains about the wigs, he makes to walk further into the room (the exit is in the opposite direction), past Mashburn, and Mashburn steps in front of him, forcing Patrick to face him. Three times until he completely blocks his way. Patrick doesn't press.
So either Mashburn hides someone in the bedroom, or... or he just doesn't want Patrick to walk past him while explaining?

Ah. That's why.
Then Patrick knows.



Oh, by the way, they have cheatsheets for that too.

@темы: EN, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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сех

Есть у меня такая слабость: китайские и японские надписи разбирать.

Есть у меня такая слабость: китайские и японские надписи разбирать.
Почему слабость - потому что надо по-людски язык учить, а не как я, собирать иероглифы на глаз.
Но неважно.
В общем, захотелось мне узнать, чего хорошего Ди сказал Леону

вот тут.

вот тут:

Это из главы Dracula, после того, как Алекс ушел (после того, как Леончик очень вовремя вломился в магазин ).
В переводе обломщиков из Tokiopop эта фраза выглядит так: "My, you are a stubborn one, my dear detective". Соответственно, в варианте Laboratory of Dreams, который очевидно переведен с Токиопопа, имеем "Боже мой, как вы упрямы, мой дорогой детектив".
Проблема, естественно, в том, что в оригинале Ди Леона "дорогим" не называет. Посему Токиопоп - обломщики. Не надо так.
Бумажной версии у меня нет. Следовательно, расшифровываем по возможности самостоятельно.
На картинке видим хирагану, катакану и кандзи. Сначала, для прикола, набрала катакану: シツコイ (shitsukoi). Но, по-хорошему, начинать надо со сложного. Соответственно, идем в распознавалку, немножко тупим в таблицу, успешно находим второй радикал 生 среди "5 черт", находим среди предложенных вариантов искомый символ 性, потом из любопытства еще некоторое время тупим в таблицу, пока не замечаем среди "3 черты" радикал 忄(вот кто бы знал, что это узкая версия радикала синь - 心? я бы ставила на сяо - 小 ). Ура, мы знаем, из чего собирается наш символ (это, вообще-то, ничерта не очевидно).
Радые и довольные, суем найденный символ гуглотранслейту. Угадайте, что сказал гуглотранслейт?
Sex

У меня аж руки опустились.
Потом я посмотрела, что стоит автоопределение языка, и определился китайский. Ну, думаю, мой косяк. Переключаю на японский... sex.
Нет, теперь это же дело принципа, собрать до конца, что такого Ди сказал.
Кстати, судя по отсутствию хонорификов, он к Леону в этой фразе не обращается никак.
У второго символа слева "деревце" му 木 (правда дерево), справа снизу "коробочка" коу 口, сверху чжи 夂 (честное слово, как они их различают?). В итоге получаем 格, тащим в гуглотранслейт к ранее найденному сексу, и получаем...
Personality
Не, я тащусь, как удав по пачке дуста.
В общем, полный вариант выглядит так:
あなた も けっこう シツコイ 性格ですね
(Anata mo kekkō shitsukoi seikaku desu ne)
Перевод гугла: It is you also quite persistent personality. Подогнать хотя бы до грамотно построенной английской фразы силами самого гугла не удалось, да впрочем и так понятно.
В общем, сказал Ди примерно то же, что в переводе... за минусом "дорогого детектива".
Печаль.

@темы: Petshop of Horrors, японский, языки

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Yes!

Athey's updating "Again and Again"! Yay!
For those who didn't stumble upon it, it's a do-over fic, LV/HP (justified!), realistic politics and proper BDSM (actual thematic one, rather than "character falls in love with his abuser"). I find it immensely enjoyable and entirely captivating, and I'm a rather picky reader.
Hopefully it gets finished, it seemed to be such a tragic waste of wonderful idea.

@темы: реки фиков, EN

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okay

well blah-blah-blah

Okay, question...
I really am not sure how to formulate it without being presumptuous?
Well, it kind of sums up to 'what the hell'?

I guess I'll leave it at that because thinking it deeper just confuses me not in a good way.
I really should sleep more. I'm stressed. Very stressed.
But hey, people should communicate. They really should. Because so I read it and taken it well and what should that mean? I mean, what did it say about me, that I taken it well? That I didn't comment on the odd parts? And what should it say about the one who wrote it? Because I didn't ask why the odd parts.
And now no one's gonna answer.
So people should communicate.
Yeah. That's about it.

@темы: EN, поток сознания

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naturally

...So I went and read a fanfic. Naturally.
Weirdly enough, it was a satisfying read from the first try.
I really should go to sleep now, shaky workarounds or not.

@темы: EN, The Mentalist

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The Mentalist, 2x13

Walter Mashburn

Walter Mashburn is mad.
But that's not even the point. I watched the episode before, I already know.
The point is, he obviously goes after Lisbon, but he flirts with both! And by both I mean Lisbon and Jane.
Jane flirts right back, but then he flirts with pretty much anything when it hits his fancy or is needed for a case. I don't think he's actually shippable.
And I don't ship Jane with Lisbon.
But Mashburn? That guy adds a whole new angle. So much that I seriously entertain the idea of them three. Purely emotionally, though, cause I fail to imagine Jane and Lisbon in one bed, new angles notwithstanding.

@темы: EN, поток сознания, The Mentalist, припала к канону

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hmm

odd, fast and skewed

You know what's odd? I try to sort things out, "better is possible" and all that jazz... next thing I know, all hell breaks loose. First there's dead hardware, I panic, we get a whole new base unit, but the disk reads, so I quickly back it up and set everything running, bashing my head quite hard against several issues... but I get it running. But that's all new hardware now. Then this email issue. I made a work-around, but I need a domain name to do it straight. But getting a domain name would be right. It's kind of like you upturn a bowl of soup and end up washing the entire floor? And that's odd. My way, I'd have that stuff done in New Year holidays. Why now?
And there's the laptop dilemma. Just before it all went screwed, I had a breakthrough. I took a break over the holidays, because hey, I get to rest sometimes. But of course, while I was running like a headless chicken, no more progress. How is that my fault?
And to top it off, because I'm tired, I fell back on my bachelor feeding habits, when I just started to cook proper food. But I washed lots of clothing, cause I was frustrated and I needed to do something with my hands.
So it's kind of odd, fast and skewed.
But hey, I came up on top! Kinda...

@темы: EN, поток сознания, я одмин, the l&c quest