O Cantinho da Lili

Fui ver o filme Watchmen na passada sexta dia 6 um dia depois da estreia em Portugal. Mas que filme. Estava com algum receio de ser decepcionada devido à grande expectativa que ele estava a causar em todo o mundo ( e Portugal não era excepção). O filme é de todo diferente do género de filmes a que os fans da BD estão habituados. A narrativa é diferente e está muito ligada à história do passados dos originais Watchmen. Não conheço a BD porque nunca fui fã do género mas por exemplo comparando com filmes como X-MEN, Watchmen bate todos os pontos artisticos de originalidade. Afinal já todos estamos um pouco fartos dos mesmos blockbusters de sempre onde o mau é sempre derrotado no fim e são todos felizes para sempre. Watchmen tem algo de grito de atenção social que muito me agradou. A guerra fria e o "reinado" de Nixon são o papel de fundo do filme e para mim estudante de estudos Norte-Americanos foi optimo ver a história dos EUA assim retratada no filme ( claro com muitas exageros à mistura...) . As melhores personagens para mim foram sem duvida o kick-ass/evil Comediante ( Fantástico Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) e Rorschach ( Jackie Earle Haley) . Entrei na sala de cinema ás 5 da tarde e só saí ás 8...E como valeu pena ter o rabo quadrado ( como a minha amiga Rute me disse).

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. Ver o Jeffrey Dean Morgan morrer logo no inicio e vê-lo no filme em flashbacks. Mas a personagem dele é muito importante lá isso é...Depois veêm. Fans de Supernatural como eu, preparem-se para um Jeffrey muito mas muito diferente.

. Cena de sexo no filme entre Silk Spectre e Nite Owl é demasiado igual à cena de sexo entre o Rei Leonidas e a Rainha Gorgo em 300 que também é do realizador de Watchmen, Zack Snyder. Já no 300 tinha achado a cena desnecessária e aqui também achei.

Este semana no meu radar está umas das melhores séries de comédia negra que já vi. A não perder... Em Portugal passa no canal FX!

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia é uma série dos EUA criada por Rob McElhenney e produzida por McElhenney e Glenn Howerton. Estreiou na FOX em 4 de agosto de 2005 e foi movida para o canal FX logo após o terceiro episódio. O programa mostra a vida de quatro amigos que têm cerca de 20 anos e claras tendências anti-sociais que administram um bar sem muito sucesso chamado "Paddy's Pub," na Filadélfia.

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The show began as a pilot called "It's Always Sunny on TV" and was shot on a digital camcorder by Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney. After viewing the pilot, FX Network executives ordered the first season. Although it is often stated publicly that the pilot was shot for $200 the makers of the show have claimed that the cost was much lower because the only costs were videotapes. Danny DeVito, who joined the show in Season Two, said on The Daily Show (August 3, 2006) and on The Late Show with David Letterman (September 6, 2007) that the cost was only $85. There biggest fan is Ryan Durrett.
The character of Deandra Reynolds, played by Kaitlin Olson, was added to the show. The first season ran for seven episodes with the season finale airing September 13, 2005. According to McElhenney,word of mouth on the show was that it was good enough for FX to renew it for a second, which ran from June 29 to August 17, 2006. DeVito joined the cast, playing the father of Dennis (Howerton) and Dee (Olson). Reruns of edited first season episodes began airing on FX's parent network, Fox Broadcasting, in 2006.
In the UK and Ireland, Bravo broadcast the first season in early 2006, with the second season broadcast on Virgin 1 in late 2007 after a rerun of the first season. It is also shown on Channel 6 in Ireland and in Sweden, Israel and Canada where it airs on Showcase. The show premiered in Australia in 2007 on the Seven Network. Seven recently began airing season 2 at 11.30 pm Sundays. The first season aired in the Arab world on Showtime Arabia's Paramount Comedy Channel in November 2006. Airing of the show began on Comedy Central Poland on January 7th, 2009.

On August 18, 2007, a preview episode from a third-season episode "Mac is a Serial Killer" appeared on the group's MySpace page. The third season ran from September 13, 2007 to November 15, 2007. On March 5, 2008, FX renewed It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia for a fourth season.

On July 15th, 2008, it was reported that FX has ordered 39 additional episodes of the series (on top of the 13 being developed for Season 4) which, according to IGN, means that the show will run until a sixth season at least. All five main cast members were secured for the entire scheduled run

Cast and characters

Each character can be described as very dishonest and antagonistic. At varying times members have lied for the sake of personal gain. In most episodes these character flaws result in unhappy endings for the main characters as well as the innocent bystanders caught in their path. Conflicts that arise from their mutually competitive natures are the basis for many plots. This has ranged from the guys competing over women, Dee trying to prove she is as strong or competent as the others, the gang competing over who can steal more things, or even who in the gang can amass the most religious followers. In almost every episode, the entire gang, or most of the gang, gets into an arguing match in which they try to shout over each other. Notable instances include the fight in Paddy's bathroom between Charlie and Dennis and the entire gang arguing over who might have been responsible for their potential deaths in "Charlie Gets Crippled". The gang can also often be seen squabbling and generally acting rude and unprofessionally when seated in front of someone's desk in a professional environment, such as a lawyer ("Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead"), a businessman ("The Gang Sells Out") or a banker ("The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis").
The gang tends to flee confrontations constantly throughout the show. In the episode "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare", Mac and Charlie are unable to pay off their hired prostitutes, and are forced to "handle this situation the way we handle every situation"—by running away.

"The Gang"

Glenn Howerton as Dennis R. Reynolds: Dennis is Paddy's co-owner and Dee's twin brother. He is a vain, self-absorbed prep and a self-described "ladies' man". He will often manipulate women into sleeping with him and go out of his way to make other men jealous. Dennis' self-esteem is derived chiefly from his appearance, and takes criticism of his looks very poorly. He frequently pops his shirt off without hesitation, believing that his physique impresses people and diffuses conflicts. Dennis was popular in high school, but his prom date dumped him for another man. Despite making less than $400 a week at the bar, his family's wealth enables Dennis to wear stylish clothing and drive a Range Rover. He's the most educated of the gang, earning good grades at the University of Pennsylvania and minored in psychology, though his original ambition was to become a veterinarian. He listens to glam rock, and displays some ability to sing in a falsetto voice wearing silver spandex. He also has some artistic talent, drawing cartoonish, large-breasted women which Charlie finds enticing. Surprisingly, Dennis can occasionally be seen smoking cigarettes, which offends Charlie and Dee. Unlike Charlie and Mac, Dennis is clean shaven and does not display any five o'clock shadow. Also, the pubic hair on his testicles have been lasered off.

Kaitlin Olson as Deandra"Sweet Dee" Reynolds: Dee is Dennis's twin sister and a bartender at Paddy's. She dropped out of Penn (where she had majored in psychology but failed her classes) to become an actress, but has put little effort into realizing her ambition. Although she identifies herself as a compassionate liberal, she is self-centered and often holds the same prejudices as the rest of the gang. She is highly sensitive about her appearance and her professional failings. She was unpopular in high school due to her severe scoliosis, which forced her to wear a back brace and earned her the nickname "The Aluminum Monster". Since high school, she has had a long string of failed relationships. Like the other members of the gang, she drinks heavily, especially to calm herself after meeting an attractive man. She also harbors a phobia regarding the elderly. Despite her many insecurities, Dee is aggressively outspoken and prone to violence when angered. Dee was the only major character in the show to be conceived without an actor in mind. Although Deandra was originally written as a female voice of sanity to contrast with her ill-intentioned co-stars, the character quickly became an equal participant in the gang's illicit and morally questionable activities when Olson was cast. She is consistently criticized and belittled by the gang for her looks (often comparing her to a giant bird), lack of talent, and the mere fact that she is a woman. Her ideas will often be ridiculed by the rest of the gang, but they enthusiastically agree if the exact same idea is presented immediately after by someone else. In her mother's will, Deandra was told that she was a disappointment and a mistake even though she was a twin. There is a subtle, running gag through out the show where Sweet Dee will exaggeratedly kick into the air, usually when she is angered or frustrated.

Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly: Mac's childhood friend and a co-owner of Paddy's. Arguably the most unhappy and pathetic member of the gang, Charlie is a volatile loser who displays little ability to cope with day-to-day problems and is prone to Bobcat Goldthwait-styled outbursts. He also has poor hygiene, lives in squalor, and frequently abuses inhalants. Several characters refer to his dingy apartment as a "shit hole." His poverty is in part caused by a tendency to make "bad investments," at one point selling several shares of Paddy's to Mac for half a sandwich. Throughout the show, Charlie shows signs of learning disabilities, including dyslexia, and is often accused of being illiterate and "retarded" by other characters. He is sometimes unable to comprehend what people are talking about, and has a poor grasp of history and current events. All of the most tedious and disgusting tasks at the bar are referred to as "Charlie Work", even when he is temporarily spared from performing them. Mac and Dennis frequently manipulate him into tests of his fortitude, and consider him to be almost impossible to injure. Charlie has no success in dating, and harbors an unrequited crush on "The Waitress." It is revealed in Season 4 that he employs a spy in order to track The Waitress' whereabouts. He cooks on the hotplate in his apartment, plays the piano, and is adept at carpentry (as revealed in "The Gang Exploits a Miracle") and sewing (as revealed in "The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty McGoo"), which allows him to maintain the few pieces of clothing that he owns. He also exhibits a flair for dressing in costumes and assuming other personae, including the enigmatic "Green Man," the film character Serpico, and "Texas Charlie." In the season three premiere Charlie's mother reveals that he was the survivor of a failed abortion attempt.

Rob McElhenney as Mac: Mac is Charlie's friend from childhood and Dennis' high school friend, later roommate. He is co-owner of Paddy's and generally the pub's most active manager. He comes from a broken home; his father being an incarcerated meth dealer, and his mother being extremely apathetic. Mac constantly seeks the acceptance of others, especially his parents, but his over-earnest efforts make him come off as an "asshole." Dennis notes that he only survived high school by selling drugs to popular kids, and even then was considered a jerk. Mac also makes frequent attempts to be "hard", sometimes to impress his criminal father, but he generally flees from confrontation and fares poorly in fights. He believes that he is an adept martial artist and bouncer, often attempting idiotic stunts and wearing sleeveless shirts in order to prove his physical prowess. Mac is Catholic and the only member of the group to profess a religious faith and while he feels a certain sense of social responsibility on issues such as abortion, community activism and raising babies, he has equally large moral voids. His full name is currently unknown, although the Season Four episode "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" suggests that it may be McDonald/MacDonald. It can be seen however, on the parole papers in the episode Mac & Charlie Die part 1, that Mac's father's name is Luther Mac. Mac's signature line--"What's up, Bitches?"--is heard in numerous episodes.

Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds: Frank is the legal father but not the biological father of Dennis and Dee. He was a successful businessman and has a long history of illegal operations and diabolical schemes. He was introduced in the first episode of the second season as a man undergoing a midlife crisis. He divorced Dennis and Dee's mother and decided to join in his children's lazy, scheming lifestyle. Frank became co-owner of Paddy's by purchasing land underneath it, and used this leverage to forcibly join the gang. Frank styles himself a master manipulator and frequently takes the lead in the group's schemes. Frank has known many sordid characters throughout his life and around town, including a ring of Asian gamblers and various criminals and gangsters. He shares an apartment and bed with Charlie. He claims to have his children's best interests at heart but frequently exploits and insults them. Over the course of the show he ceases to be a father figure to Dennis and Dee and is instead merely part of the gang. In the second season it is revealed that Frank is possibly Charlie's deadbeat father, as Frank had a one-night stand with Charlie's mom 30 years before and was never told of Charlie's birth. He says he saw a lot of good men die in Vietnam, leading people to believe he was a soldier, but Dee reminds him that he went to Vietnam in 1993 to open a sweatshop (where several workers died).

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