You may very well think that...

[elaby]

I just finished watching the first four episodes of House of Cards, a BBC show from the 90's that's essentially RIII* in Parliament. They even make references. Lots of them. It's SO INCREDIBLY GOOD, and I need to write more about it when I'm not falling asleep. But seriously. Ian Richardson is gold, and like eighteen times better than he was as Holmes in the HOUN I reviewed at some point here, and Colin Jeavons is in it and I could seriously listen to him talk for hours. I don't care what he's saying; I just love the man's voice. He plays such a despicable guy XD Well, seriously, they all do. This feeds my love of eeeeevil characters so SO much. It's also got a fair dose of "holy squick!" to go along with it o_o Which I could have done without, but the disturbingness adds to the drama.

*I'm using RIII to distinguish the play from Richard III the historical person.

Okay, Starsky and Hutch quote of the day. They were undercover throughout this episode, Starsky as an Argentine dancing instructor named Ramone and Hutch as a Texan named Charlie who was learning to dance. At the end, the famous old movie star, Ginger something, who owned the dancing studio came in to talk to them at the precinct, incidentally interrupting Starsky's enthusiastic attempts to teach Hutch to dance. After they talked plot, this ensued:

Ginger: I wish you'd come back to the studio. [Lady Starsky was teaching to dance] really misses you. She says nobody dips like Ramone.
Starsky: *eyebrow waggle* *makes some suggestive comment*
Hutch: *rolls eyes*
Ginger: Bye-bye, boys! *leaves*
Starsky: *to Hutch* Nobody dips like Ramone!
Hutch: Nobody's a dip like Ramone. *chuckles, highly amused with self*
Starsky: *grabs him and dips him low, repeating back Hutch's Texan catch-phrase of the episode* If you've got it, flaunt it, boy.

I love them so much I can't even begin to express it.

[edit: Eee, clip of this scene for you! It was made by enednoviel and I grabbed the icon from caitirin's user icons page. *gleesplode*

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Comments

[the-arethusa.livejournal.com]

Oh oh, House of Cards so good! I love it almost too much. Urquhart is my most favourite TV villain and yes, Tim Stamper is such a horrible character but I love him too because he's Colin Jeavons and it's not possible for me not to love him.

I would say something more intelligent than that but the essential line is, I love that programme...and yes it also still squicks me after several viewings. I love the squick just a little bit.

P.S. I love that S/H icon!

[scaree.livejournal.com]

We watched House of Cards just a couple of weeks ago. Great. Lasts well.

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

SQUEEE *dips you like Ramon!*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_melisande_/]

Starsky and Hutch are just too cute! You're doing a pretty good job of convincing me that I should spend my gift certificate on a few new seasons.

[le-russe-satan.livejournal.com]

*squee* That's such an awesome icon! :D Makes me want to watch Starsky & Hutch. :DDD

[coastal-spirit.livejournal.com]

I remember that episode!! *feels old* OMG. Ginger Rogers, maybe?

[janeturenne.livejournal.com]

That icon only gets better! My generally overactive imagination is not up to the monumental challenge it proposes...

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love House of Cards! So good. And I probably use "You may very well think so. I couldn't possibly comment" more than any other quote.

[minyan.livejournal.com]

So first I thoung, evil characters? I thought richard III's parliament was supposed to be the most enlightened for centuries, like guaranteeing trials before convctions and stuff.

And then I read a little further and thought Richard II's parliament has a Texan in it, and Argentinian dancer with a Spanish name — in like 1360? What universe is this?

And then I thought, whatever universe it is, it's clearly AWESOME, just go with it!

That icon is the most adorable ting I've seen in a long time. Yay!

Also by the way, I just heard there's a version of Pirates of Penzance with Angela Lansbury and Kevin Kline in it, and it makes me hapy just knowing the worl has things like these in it. *hug*