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Pilots have landed on Earth in our time. Your job is to show them the cool things we have.




Below are some threads for various things; films, books, places, etc. You, as their new Earthling BFF's, need to present them this world in all it's geeky and wondrous glory. Suggest stuff and say why Kara or Lee might like 'em.  (I've left these light, but feel free to add more serious topics.)

This will also be up for tomorrow, so keep adding things to show PILOTS!

(Ps, as it's my last post as DPP, thank you for all being so lovely.)

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Re: BOOKS

Date: 2012-07-14 02:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callmeonetrack.livejournal.com
I love that you posted this:
Kara, she loves reading. Give her something which touches that deeper side to her.

Hmm, I think she'd be secretly touched by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, by Mark Haddon. It's an amazing novel about an autistic teenager who tries to emulate his idol Sherlock Holmes and figure out who killed his neighbor's dog with a pitchfork.

ETA: I don't have a huge basis for this but I think Lee might identify with the watchful (pining!) narrator of The Great Gatsby a bit. ;)

(Congrats on a really fun N_T first week too! I've been on vacation all week, so haven't gotten a chance to play as much as I would've liked, but it's all been really fresh and fun! yay!)
Edited Date: 2012-07-14 02:35 pm (UTC)

Re: TV SHOWS

Date: 2012-07-14 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I think they'd both love Firefly, but maybe Kara would have a special soft spot for Buffy (fellow blonde trying not to screw up, especially in Season 6).

I also think Lee would love Sherlock and Yes, Minister, while Kara might be into Homeland. And of course, I think - being the brilliant, so many grey areas show that it is - they'd both love The Wire. (I also see Lee as a secret Downton Abbey fan, lol - historical geekery plus an Edwardian-era reflection of their own love story, he'd be all over it)

I also think Kara would secretly (as with so many things in her life) really like Sailor Moon, lol.

Re: SONGS/ALBUMS/ARTISTS!

Date: 2012-07-14 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I see Kara as an instrumental/classical music fan, as she was in canon - she might listen to a bit of Zamfir or Yo-Yo Ma while on a break from the classical stuff. Maybe a little Portishead or Air if she was in a mellow mood, and Joy Division or some 70s/ glam rock stuff (Adam and the Ants, Blondie etc) if she wanted to dance.

Lee, oddly, I can't really see him as a big music fan at all. He might like the Beatles or Simon & Garfunkel, though.



Re: ART/GALLERIES

Date: 2012-07-14 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I think Kara might come to love Kandinsky or Joan Miró, but maybe I'm just saying that because their paintings remind me a little of hers! (for what it's worth, I'd love to see her as a fan of Magritte too)

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I can see Lee as a fan of some classical Japanese artists like Ogata Korin, but he might also be a fan of Edward Hopper or Rodin

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Re: PLACES

Date: 2012-07-14 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mserrada.livejournal.com
I could see both Kara & Lee finding historic ruins interesting (ie, Mayan, Greece, Eygpt) with lots of time for leisure activities like snorkeling.

Can't decide if Kara would like amusement parks--namely the thrill rides? I thought at first she'd like the rollercoasters and such, but she likes to be in control and even the best might seem tame after flying a Viper?

Re: BOOKS

Date: 2012-07-14 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I think Eduardo Galeano would be an author that both Lee and Kara could really love - Lee because of the subject matter he tackles, Kara because of the style in which he takes it on/the language he uses. Lee would totally go for The Open Veins of Latin America, while Kara would probably dive into Memorias del Fuego or Mirrors.

Lee might also become a fan of Terry Pratchett, he seems like the kind of person who'd love satire/the odd bit of political humour. And somehow I can also see them both as big fans of Haruki Murakami (Lee would probably identify a little with the narrators of Sputnik Sweetheart or South of the Border, West of the Sun).

(also I think my last comment was marked as spam for containing images - sorry!)

Re: PLACES

Date: 2012-07-14 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I can imagine Kara really loving some boho arty districts with loads of clubs and things - she'd be absolutely at home in the East End of London, or New York, or Berlin, or anywhere really.

I can see them both as countryside lovers, though, in pretty much any country.

Re: ART/GALLERIES

Date: 2012-07-15 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callmeonetrack.livejournal.com
Lol, that's the Kandinsky painting I used in IcePilots for Kara and Lee to bond over! *amused* :)o/\o
Edited Date: 2012-07-15 01:56 am (UTC)

Re: MOVIES!

Date: 2012-07-15 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winegums.livejournal.com
I can see Lee being a big fan of foreign film, it fits in with his streak of 'try to understand things my culture doesn't train me to be familiar with'. I think he might be at home with any filmmaker from Ozu to Almodovar, but the most recent film I can think of that he might connect to (and possibly even Kara with him) is Melancholia, which may be appropriate since it is about soul-crushing depression and the self-destructive tendencies that come with it.
I think he'd also be a big Monty Python fan, though that covers both tv and film, and maybe I'm just projecting because of Jamie's Britness, lol.

Kara, I can see her being interested in many things, including Chinese martial arts flicks (both the chop-socky HK action films and the operatic, 'doomed love' Wuxia films, but especially the latter) to Baz Luhrmann's R+J, to the films of Quentin Tarantino (bet she'd love Kill Bill), Terence Malick (The Tree of Life would be right up her street, The Thin Red Line up Lee's) and early Francis Ford Coppola/Martin Scorcese. And for appeal to her artistic side, she'd love Alfonso Cuarón for his gorgeous visuals, if not for the emotion of his films.

And I think she'd watch the Alien films with interest, if not liking - I can see her loving Ripley but having serious Farm flashback squicks. Though her secret love would probably be the entire back catalogue of Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki films (Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, Nausicaa, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke etc)

(and of course, pilots would both have a LOT of fun at The Avengers, and they might like the Nolan Batman trilogy too)

wow, that was a lot of tl;dr.
Edited Date: 2012-07-15 10:51 am (UTC)

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