A few more RSL film synopses

[flywoman]

Impossibly young,
My Best Friend Is a Vampire,
Once bitten, not shy.

Thinks he's the good guy
Old friend of druggie loser
(That's in Tape, not House)

In The Boys Next Door,
chain-smoking schizophrenic
with supportive friends

Family drama
Eldest son in Safe Passage
Wears an apron well

FBI Standoff
"I believe in miracles,"
but this wasn't one.

Comments

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

I remember "The Boys Next Door". They were trying to make Nathan Lane a TV star at that point. I don't remember much, and I'm sorry I didn't notice RSL. From the poster, he looks like Johnny Depp.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

When we first caught sight of him, I asked petitecuriosity if that was Ethan Hawke. I shit you not. He was all thin and unshaven and twitchy.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

You know, I could barely tell Ethan Hawke from RSL in Dead Poets. *blushes*

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Really? I adored Ethan Hawke in that, and I thought they were easy to distinguish because they played such different characters (at least on the surface since Todd turned out to be the strong one).

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

I watched it again about a year ago and still had problems distinguishing them, or at least until they talked.

The reveal that Todd turned out to be the stronger of the two was well-acted and directed.

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

My favorite line: "Once bitten, not shy." Great reviews, too.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

*smile* I like that line too. And OMG I laughed so hard during the first part of that movie. He looked about fourteen.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Great reviews and haiku. I marveled at, chain-smoking schizophrenic.

If you wish, I'd love for you to post them or link your entry to house_lite. They would be most welcome.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't know that comm existed! I'll post links to my haikus, and also that limerick I wrote for sick_wilson. Cheers!

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! It's a tiny comm, but it makes for a nice repository for House haiku and limericks. Even drabbles based on haiku can be posted.

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

I love the first one and now I need to see that movie in its entirety.

And like srsly_yes, I very much appreciated the line"chain-smoking schizophrenic." If I could just get my video editor working again, oh the fun I would have editing the clips of that movie with clips of "House."

I'd like to see "Tape" and "Safe Passage" now, especially the latter after reading your haiku. The sight of RSL in an apron intrigues me.

Also your last haiku just...wins. It's awesome. :)

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

MBFIaV was actually pretty funny, especially the first part. Although I kept thinking, "Is this even legal?" as I watched him checking his, um, tackle, and parading around in tiny shorts...

I have to tell you, his role in Safe Passage was a small one, but adorably Wilson-y. He even has a moment that parallels the one in the funeral home in "Birthmarks."

And every time I think of RSL singing that line in Standoff, I literally laugh out loud.

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few clips from MBFIaV, including ones where he was wearing those shorts...He was under 18 when he made the movie I think...And I think it was made in the 80s? Not sure.

Soooo glad to hear that his role in Safe Passage is Wilson-y. If he's playing the eldest son, then he has brothers yes? (If so, and if they look enough like him, then that means that I would have more clips for an eventual "Wilson's Childhood" video...)

I've always viewed Wilson as being the middle child.

And I can't help but laugh at that line either. I'm sad it wasn't on YouTube.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

He has six brothers! Although only one of them (Gideon) looks like him.

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Six brothers? :D (Sorry, I just really enjoy watching family dynamics unravel...and if there is one that looks like him...At some point I need to compile clips and make a trailer of sorts. Of course, if they actually address Wilson's past in Season 8 (doubtful) I would die.)

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Swoon. You're a haiku genius. Now I want to see MBFIaV.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

LOL. Thank you.

And... I thought you would.

[readingrat.livejournal.com]

I read these with great interest, but since I don't know the films they refer to, I'm a bit confused. They did, however, inspire me to write my first haiku fanfic review.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Yes - unfortunately they work best either as in-jokes for those who've seen the films or as little tastes of what one might expect from watching them.

Are you going to share said fanfic review?

[readingrat.livejournal.com]

Are you going to share said fanfic review?
Not much sense in that. It's a review of Chapter 10 of the twelfth part of Brighid's Treatment series, so anyone who hasn't been following the story won't know what I'm talking about. (At least I know you're talking about RSL.) But if you're interested, here's the link to the chapter:
DefyingGravity, Chapter 10. The haiku review is on the reviews page under my fanfic pseudonym MissBates.

Writing a haiku review was enormous fun, because normally my reviews tend to be garrulous; getting it down to seventeen syllables was a challenge. I'd threatened Brighid with drabble-format reviews because (like you) she can post chapters faster than I can review them - something that irritates a slow writer like me no end -, but then I saw your haikus and decided they were an even apter retaliation.

I'd be delighted if you contributed episode reviews in that format to that House Haiku comm (House-lite?)