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You know I hate those call centers and their "You've won in the lottery/a car/you're on of our finalists" crap, because they apparently really think I'm that stupid and give out my bank details over the phone. And no I don't want that lottery ticket even if I have a 99,6% chance to win cars, houses, money and what else not. Because you never win, you only pay the fees and wait...and wait...and wait. That reminds me never to give out my phone number EVER again in an online sweepstake, even if it's from a trusted company. I asked twice and I couldn't understand the name of the company he apparently was calling from; that's how fast he was talking and I also know that that is done on purpose. But the most insolent thing was that he flat out told me to invite him for dinner when I won that million. Argh, the nerve of some people!

Hello to yet another new fandom!

I've seen V for Vendetta, finally. I somehow was afraid of watching it, because I already knew that there were certain similarities which a fully fledged Phan obviously can't miss. So I postponed renting that certain dvd every time because I just knew I'd be delving into yet another fandom. Especially since I saw that cute little fanart the other day. So here I am being quite intrigued about the whole idea, wanting to get background info and the special edition dvd I guess as well, since there's only a short making of on the rental copy - and THAT certainly isn't enough. During the movie I somehow found it odd that V seemed to share certain speech patterns with Agent Smith in some scenes, especially his talk about action and reaction (or something like that). Of course I knew beforehand that Hugo Weaving was behind that mask - that voice I'd recognize anywhere - but I didn't know that the script was from the Wachowski Brothers. That, of course, explains a lot in that movie. The climax fighting scene as well. It's somehow ironic when you think about it. V, of course, is yet another character that fits like a glove to the "others" already stored in my favorite-anti-hero-villainy-bad-guy-complex thingy that I certainly have and indulge in. I could definitely write several essays about all these characters that have so much in common, right along with with their various love interests, if I just weren't too lazy to do it. It's simply amazing how some things coincide. I just find it a little weird that when I enter "V for Vendetta" into Amazon, I also get the special edition/box of "Labyrinth" in the results. Um. That's a movie I would not really think of in connection to V, but maybe I missed something. And as it looks, there doesn't seem to be a special edition with more extras on it, either...or am I blind? I have one movie left now. North and South with Richard Armitage. I mistook him yet again for Gerry Butler when I saw the cover in the rental store. Naturally, he's yet another actor I find myself interested in. Does it ever stop? Guess not.Speaking of Labyrinth: Happy 60th Birthday, David Bowie! :)