prillalar | Somewhere beyond the sea

Went to see Finding Nemo today. What an utterly charming movie. The characters were, well, I was going to say "well-drawn", but I'll go with "vivid" instead. Marlin (Albert Brooks), Nemo's father, and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), Marlin's forgetful sidekick, are funny and sympathetic.

Lots of other great characters: Bruce the shark, Crush the sea turtle, Nigel the pelican. But my favourite was Gill, a rather dark and sombre fish voiced by Willem Dafoe. He had presence. He had gravitas. He had sex appeal. As soon as he swam onto the screen, I was lost.

Is it so wrong to lust after a cartoon fish?

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Visually, this movie was absolutely stunning. I'd like to see it again, just to look at it. The richness and grace of the undersea world made me think of Luc Besson's Atlantis.

All this and there were Monty Python references too. It was a good afternoon.

Also: you know you're a geek when you're watching a Pixar short and the credits thank Steve Jobs and you yell out "Steve!"

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Watching Finding Nemo.

Hear the unseen fish say, "Nobody... touches him," as Nemo gasps frantically in the suction tube.

Think, "My god, I'm aroused. And it's a fish. A fish I haven't even SEEN yet."

So, no, you're not alone!

You, me, and Troy McLure, baby. *g*

At least I can't write fic about this. I don't think.

If you start writing fic about the fish you may be able to make it through with a 12-step. But if you start writing fish slash, then it's over. You have crossed the border, gone round the bent, eaten the lunepie.

I'm telling you this for your own salvation.

Really, I am.

Would this face lie?

Slash would entail finding out the sex of all the other fish first. *g*

Anyhow, there's nobody good enough for Gill. Except Mary Sue Flounder.

Actually, upon reflection, I'd like to see this fish slashed with the bald guy from Smallville.

See, you know I'd really love to write some Gill/Lex slash, but since I don't watch Smallville, I'd worry that Lex would be out of character.

Is it so wrong to lust after a cartoon fish?

*loves all over you* Your kinky geekiness (geeky kinkiness? Ginkiness? Keekyness?) just fills me with joy.

Hee! And I don't think this is as geekily kinky as I've ever been. Probably top five, though. *g*

But my favourite was Gill, a rather dark and sombre fish voiced by Willem Dafoe. He had presence. He had gravitas. He had sex appeal. As soon as he swam onto the screen, I was lost.

Is it so wrong to lust after a cartoon fish?

I know, I just came back from seeing this a couple of hours ago too, and hadn't known it was Willem Dafoe until the credits--at which point I was like, yeah, apparently I can find him hot in a variety of roles, including as a fish...

It's the voice. Plus these days they often make the animated character look something like the voice actor. Even the fish.

And it's the fangirls who pay the price. *g*

So, how many Gill-lusters do we need before this is a fandom or a fad or whathaveyou?

It's definitely the voice, but I'm still just like wow, how many actors can I lust after as both Jesus and a fish?

And it's the fangirls who pay the price. *g*

And you know they must have known--I mean, I give them credit for knowing their target audience 'cause I can totally see them sitting there going, yup, we're gonna make the fish sexy... man, I feel like such a statistic *g*.

So, how many Gill-lusters do we need before this is a fandom or a fad or whathaveyou?

I think we just need icons *g*. Which I don't have the time or inclination to make because I have to get up for work in a few short hours, but I did find some wallpaper here:

http://movieweb.com/movie/findingnemo/co7.jpg

Finally, I'm not quite sure why but I find the term Gill-lusters deeply amusing *g*.

Well, I'm all set with the icon. And thanks for the wallpaper!

I found this in a Nemo article:

Dafoe modeled Gill on a hardened criminal he had just played in a comparatively obscure 2000 prison drama, "The Animal Factory." Both are "hardened but generous" surrogate fathers.

What are we supposed to do, eh?

Is that pretty fish? or good fish? or brave fish?

Beautiful fish. Like on a kalos cup. :)

was going through my memory

καλοσ = good, brave, beautiful...

freshman greek was so long ago...

now I'm thinking κοσμοσ = origin, principle, order, starting point...

I have forgotten all my lovely hard earned participles and can only thinly remember how to conjugate λυω

*irritated by the fact that code for regular sigma is not working and only final sigmas are*

You know, I was tepid about this movie until I read your review. Now I'm intrigued. (:

Did you ever see "The Emperor's New Groove"? Sexy llama slash, man.

I did indeed see the sexy llama slash movie. *g* Twice, I think.

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