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OMG THAT VID HOLY CRAP SOMEONE VIDDED MURDER MOST LIKELY ::DIES DIES DIES:: This has made my ENTIRE LIFE. Can you give me the link to the page on YouTube? I'll rip it and give you a copy, okay?

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OMG IS THIS NOT THE BEST THING EVER? URL is here.

I'll rip it and give you a copy, okay?

DID I MENTION MARRY ME?

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This gorgeous thing is too perfect for YouTube alone. Give me a half hour and I'll come back with a link for you. Meanwhile, if you don't have FLV player, google for it and download it, because that's what format it's in - it's only a teeny program. :-)

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This gorgeous thing is too perfect for THE UNIVERSE.

You're linking to the whole movie? Because when I die? They will give me this for being nice to my fellow man. Truly. OMG. *sputters altogether embarrassingly*

VLC won't work? VLC works for everything. I'll dl FLV, though. Because I CANNOT RISK THE NOT WORKING.

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No, not the whole movie, sorry. :-( I only have that on VHS, and I need to buy a cable to connect the VHS to the computer and rip things and blah blah and that's gonna take me a bit of time, because the cable is $139.00, ouch. But you know I'm good for it - I'll get it online ASAP. What I'm uploading right now is the song vid, so you can keep it. :-) And yeah, grab FLV, because it's the only thing YouTube vids convert to.

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I have a converter that'll make it into a file that's compatible with VLC. When (hopefully) I can convert it, I'll send it back to you in that format.

But you know I'm good for it - I'll get it online ASAP.

You are, indeed, darling. :) MML has been on my list of Things to Watch for ages, but after this? Must. Find. Soon. And wtf? I've had this vid on my favourites in YouTube for a while now. I'm slow, or something, because, um.

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Oh, and I did grab FLV.

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Aw, thanks, but no need - I have FLV player. :-) And MML will be the very first thing I convert with my wonderful new cable when I get it - it's the first in a list of 21 tapes I need to convert for the Due South community, which means I'm going to be CHAINED to my computer for the next year and a half, but I don't mind because it's for Paul Gross and I'm a sucker. *g* So yeah, barring the unforeseen I'll have that cable next week and I'll get onto it. :-)

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I totally love you.

For lots of other reasons, too. *g*

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LOL, awwww. :-) Did you want the flv version of that songvid? Because I've uploaded it, but I read below that you can grab the vid anyway...?

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Oh, do send! I have the Firefox extension, but I'd rather have a sure thing than hope it works. Not that it wouldn't, but. I'm paranoid like that. :)

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No worries. :D Here you go - right click save, please. And anyone else who happens by can have it too. :-)

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Yay! *twirls you*

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sam80853.livejournal.com

Thank God you're a you-tube geek! Murder Most Likely - just great!

Oh, you can copy the clip quite easily. Do you use firefox? There is an extension called 'fast video download'.

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I have that extension so I can copy the clip. I want the movie. asdjrdshvmgf.

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entropical87.livejournal.com

I fail at having seen Murder Most Likely so that vid is kind of lost on me. But OMG Colbert! He is so my fake news anchor crush! That may well be my favorite "The Word" segment EVER. And god, weapons of mass destruction-related program activities. Could there have been a few more qualifiers tacked on there? *rolls eyes*

Plus, the vet's song? *points to goosebumps*

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Plus, the vet's song? *points to goosebumps*

That's Country Joe McDonald, of Country Joe and the Fish fame. He's the author of the (in)famous Fish Cheer from Woodstock. The cool thing about him doing something like that is that he's a veteran himself. *loves*

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scriggle.livejournal.com

Ooo. Murder Most Likely with Paul playing a creepy sociopath. Yummy.

I did some MML picpsam. You can find it here.

I don't know if it's up at the place but I do have it. I can burn a copy for you if you want.

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I remember that picspam, very pretty. I figured I'd eventually see this but it's now officially on the top of the list (well, after Cold Comfort, but I actually have a copy of that one. *g*

I need to see that whole turning-off-the-emotion-like-a-lightswitch scene like last week.

I didn't see it at the Usual Spot, but I put in a request.

I'd love a copy! I'll email you with my address. Were you going to burn a copy of Curtis' Charm for me once? I'd completely forgotten about that, and I also forgot to email you. *facepalm* At least I think it was you. I've got a mind like a sieve. *sigh*

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scriggle.livejournal.com

I got your e-mail. I'll drop copies of MML and CC in the mail to you tomorrow.

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Yay! The downloaded copy of CC I ~~have~~ is way off on the audio synch. It got too irritating to watch, bleh.

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I've never seen Cold Comfort. Which one is that?

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Here's a blurb about it.

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You'll like this: My Cold Comfort video came today. After reading what you wrote about it, I ordered it from Amazon marketplace for...10 pence.

:-)

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Yeah? Woah. I think I'm going to like it, I just have to tell the Stephen King in my Head to kindly settle down. :)

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I'm 30 minutes into it. What a strange film. Admittedly, if I found Paul unconscious in a snow-storm, then I too would take him home to be a sex-slave (and not for my daughter!). However the visual of Maury Chaykin giving him a rather intimate-looking backrub? Yikes.

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Hurrah! Murder Most Likely! Probably the first thing that Paul did where he was less of the pretty face and more of the "Wow, fuck, did he just act that?!".

It's a very good movie in my view - very much a TV movie and you are never allowed to forget that (which is probably the worst thing about it) - Paul is excellent whilst being utterly creepy, scary and sexy in turn. It was obviously designed as an anti-Benton Fraser vehicle and he accomplishes that goal tremendously well. The character he plays is, on paper, completely unappealing and despicable, but because it is Paul, you immediately see why everyone bends over backwards to give him money and new chances. Without that charm and gravitas that he has in spades, the entire character would never work.

Look out for two scenes in particular: One where he is being utterly verbally abusive and taunting to his depressed wife, it'll scare the crap out of you, and one where his character rehearses his 'grieving' face. Chilling as heck.

As a plus point,Martha has the world's worst hair-style (and never shares a scene with her husband, sadly) and you see the early signs of the chemistry between Paul and Steven Ouimette.

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and one where his character rehearses his 'grieving' face. Chilling as heck.

This is the scene that I want to see the most, I think.

As a plus point,Martha has the world's worst hair-style (and never shares a scene with her husband, sadly) and you see the early signs of the chemistry between Paul and Steven Ouimette.

Poor Martha. She gets better hairstyles in later roles, thank god. :)

I've been wanting to see Stephen Ouimette in something else, too, so this is extra-good.

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malnpudl.livejournal.com

Oh my fucking god, it's a MML vid!!!

Thank you so much for pointing me to that!

GUH. Squared.

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Isn't it just? I can't stop watching it.

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHASTEPHEN♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!
Uh, except... ow...! Good satire stings, y'know?

Love those Ireland vids -- the Cranberries one is especially powerful to me. Fortunately, it's been a few years since the country's looked quite like that, complete with paramilitaries and all. But it's still not a nation at peace. One of my students this semester is from Portadown in Armagh. For our Exodus course, the students had to write papers and sermons on one of the 10 Commandments. Tracey wrote an exegesis of the third commandment (the one about "taking the Lord's name in vain," or as she more accurately translated it, "lifting up the Lord's name in hypocrisy"). Her sermon was to be delivered to her (Protestant) church in Portadown, and it was all about how both sides in the Irish conflict have misappropriated God's name, all throughout the Troubles. It was a really moving, stirring call for peace. She actually gave the sermon in class, and I must confess to some leaky eyes. I think you would really have been impressed.

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I love "Zombie",just as a song, for the whole theme of "Get your heads out of the past and look around at the blood".

Her sermon was to be delivered to her (Protestant) church in Portadown, and it was all about how both sides in the Irish conflict have misappropriated God's name, all throughout the Troubles.

I wonder if she'd publish it anywhere. I'd love to see it.

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No, I'm 99.99% certain she won't publish it. I may ask her if I could keep a copy, though I don't have a good academic reason to do so, I just found it meaningful. If I ultimately decide that's ethical, I'll figure out a way to send it to you.

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