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[doyle]

Buffy, Fool For Love

I have all seven seasons on DVD, and *this* disc had to be the only one that won't play... Anyway, the shot that reappears in the Angel episode Darla, the Fanged Four striding in slo-mo through the burning street in the middle of the Boxer Rebellion.

Angel, Home

Well, there's rampant Wes/Lilah shagging in Ground State, or anything with the Angelpuppet or... ahem. Just one, okay. Angel and Connor's final scene in the shopping mall kills me. Boreanaz and Kartheiser hit it out of the park and then some.

Smallville, Hourglass

The vision of Lex's future, so horrific it kills the old woman who sees it: President Luthor in a field of sunflowers that crumble away to ash when he touches one; blood raining from the sky, the ground covered in bones, and Lex just keeps up that creepy little smile. I'm not even much of a Superman geek but I loved the continuity nod in Lex wearing one black glove.

Firefly, Objects in Space

The opener, with River's surreal walk through the ship, is so beautiful and strange. Now I'm torn between that one and River's speech when she tells Early she's become Serenity.

You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.


Queer as Folk UK, episode 1.8

"You're supposed to ask if I love him."
"You can't. You can't even respect him. He loves Vince Tyler and that makes him stupid."
"No, it's nothing like that! It's just... me, though? I can't be the best shag he's ever had, he's Australian! I don't even know if I'm a good kisser, how'd you know if you're a good kisser?"
"You just know."
"It's not like I've ever done... anything."
"You've done nothing, Vince. You go to work, you sit and watch cheap science fiction. What is there that's special about that, what is there to love?"
"...yeah."
"It was good enough for me."

That dialogue may not be exact seeing as it's from memory, having seen the show once in the last five years, but the acting in that scene is amazing.

Comments

[stella-stardust.livejournal.com]

My favouritest queer as folk scene ever too.

Just beautiful and squirmy and sad and joyful all at the same time.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

I adore that scene because Stuart, being Stuart, never tells Vince he loves him (even though he says as much to Hazel at the wedding) and this is as close as he ever gets and it's so perfect for both characters.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

There are flashier scenes that are also quite dear and memorable, ("I am that arse bandit, I lift those shirts I'm a faggot arse, fudge packing, shit stabbing uphill gardener, I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom, I'm Moses in the parting of the red cheeks ..."), but none of them are as touching as that one. And to me this just elevates QAF UK above anything the American version seems capable of ever doing.