fandomhigh | Movie Appreciation: Week 2, Period 3 (Fri. 1/16)

Like the previous week, students met up in a nice Danger Shop-created movie theater, complete with large professor. Of course, this week, his clothing was a little odder than usual. It seemed his shirt had disappeared between classes and he was choosing to ignore this fact, having found a very small leather vest in his office that he thought worked okay with the jeans his wardrobe had diminished to.

As soon as it seemed the majority of students had found seats, the theater darkened and the trailer for Fatal Rock played on the screen, followed by a few key clips featuring explosions and lots of foul language.

When the clips ended, the lights came back and there was Ronon grinning at the podium. "Looks like a pretty cool movie, huh? Today I want you guys to talk about action movies like Fatal Rock, Mission Impossible 3, and Terminator 2. Ask somebody in class or out of class what makes 'em interested in action movies and what would make 'em wanna watch more based on the clips, trailer, or title. If you've got questions, I'm around and Tony's your TA." As he stepped to the side of the stage, half the lights dimmed and the other trailers played for the sake of those who'd never seen movies.

[ooc: links are to YouTube trailers and scenes from Die Hard. Consider this your warning for foul language and violence in the links!]

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Angela snickered, following Dinah's gaze. "I'll take shirtless even without the wounded." Hot as it was, she actually preferred her roommate uninjured.

"There are ways in which I am loving this laundry strike," she admitted after a moment.

Dinah chortled before she could stop herself, looking at a couple other guys in the room. "Uh-hunh. Oh, god. Do you know Prince Edward?"

"Oh! Yes, he's my little sib," Angela told her. "Why?"

"He didn't have many clothes to start with, even before this, and then the washer ate his only outfit, sooo..." Dinah facepalmed and snickered. "I bought him a shirt and jeans, and as goofy as he is? He looks really good without them."

Angela grinned, taking a moment to visualise. C'mon it's Angela, and fake sibling or not she can't help it.

"I bet," she decided after a moment. "It was nice of you to do that for him."

"I feel sorry for him. This place is so not what he's used to, and he's so sweet. But, um..." Dinah tried to figure out a nice way to say 'the elevator doesn't go all the way up to the top, does it?' "Do you know anything about his fiancee?"

"I roomed with a girl with the same unusual name over the summer." Angela shrugged, "But I haven't seen her in months."

"He's a little... quirky," she said after a moment. Or a lot quirky, but she, like Dinah was trying to make it sound nice.

"Quirky," Dinah immediately agreed. "But he has a great singing voice. And hunh. I hope his Giselle isn't hurt or lost somewhere." That would make him pout like a sad, abandoned puppy, and she really didn't want to see that. Awww.

Angela nodded, she hadn't really known the girl, but she seemed sweet enough.

"I still just find the whole idea of marriage at our age a little scary, though." Or a lot scary.

"Extremely. I mean, it might be nice to be in love with someone, but. Married? Forever and ever married? Maybe having kids? God no."

"Oh yeah." Angela nodded her enthusiastic agreement. "I mean, I wouldn't say no to a boyfriend, but anything more than that is for way waaay in the future."

"Very much so." Dinah sighed a little wistfully. "Jet Li's married anyway, I think."

Angela laughed. "Aw, shaaame," she said. "But there's got to be someone cute and unmarried for you somewhere around here."

"With this many cute guys? If they're not already taken, yeah." Dinah tilted her head. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Angela gave a little laugh, and shook her head. "No," she replied. "Not for lack of trying."

Which made Dinah a little discouraged, because Angela seemed really cool, and like she'd been here a while. But, hey. "Lots of new guys just came in, though. And it's only been two weeks since I got here, and all of them too." She grinned a little. "And they're fun to look at even when taken."

"They are indeed," Angela agreed with a smile. Oh, did she make the most of that.

"I... have this sort of thing with my roommate," she admitted after a beat. "But it's all very fuzzy and doesn't get actual 'relationship' status."

"Ooooooo." Dinah's eyes widened as she imagined sharing a room with a guy she actually liked. "It's not ... really awkward? When there's feelings and -- clothes-changing in the same roome?"

"I think we've lived together long enough for awkward not to be an issue," Angela said with a little smirk. Well, between the living together and the making out, and other stuff.

"Wow." Angela was officially Dinah's idol. Totally.

"Wow, for not actually having a guy?" Angela asked, looking a little amused. "Or for having no sense of awkwardness?"

"The second thing. My sense of awkwardness is like a separate accessory I take with me everywhere. It's blush-colored."

"Maybe you'll grow into it?" Angela suggested.

"I'm possibly a little overconfident sometimes," she said with a shrug. "But I've found that usually works out. Particularly around here when it comes to taking to things like having barely any clothes left."

"So I can be comfortable with the awkward? Heh. I wish." Dinah shook her head. "Wait. Does this happen a lot? The almost-naked thing?" Adn that would be another glance at Mr. Dex. Because yay, Friday, if so.

"Oh, no," Angela replied with a shake of her head. "At least, not unless you're into doing it by choice."

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