"I know that Adrian gives so much to me, and I'll be damned if I'm not going to give that back to him." - Milo

Ooh, and another one:

"It'd be really bad to lose Adrian. Regardless of whether or not Nathan's character has run its course, losing Adrian on that show for me, personally, would be a tragedy. It would be a different show." - Milo again. (and DAMN RIGHT.)

This is a good issue of the Heroes magazine.

Tags: adrian pasdar, milo ventimiglia, squee
Current Mood: sentimental
Current Music: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: "Bad Horse"

Excellent New York Times article on the show, including some feckin' awesome new good news about the Season 2 DVD release... (it's not spoilery, so go for it)

It blows my mind to think that the show's been off since December. I mean, it's not as though I haven't noticed, or felt it, but still... it's kind of astonishing... because since the start of the show, there's been more hiatus than there's been broadcast. And being a member of the fan community means that it's never too far from my thoughts (in fact, it's very frequently on my mind; I'm sure think about Heroes as often as guys supposedly think about sex...) and I've started just randomly popping the DVDs in, watching an episode here and there. (Yesterday I watched the beginning of "Nothing To Hide", but I had to leave the house before we got to the Petrelli Family Brunch. This week I plan to watch "Six Months Ago" again, for the Gabriel Gray jollies, floating Nate, Peter's slash-tastic, gay-DJ, wine-soaked party, and the Haitian pwning all.) I haven't marathoned Season 1 since last summer, and I still haven't gotten around to re-watching my VHS tapes of Season 2 because VHS is just kind of a drag, especially the internet-distracted, always-cooking-or-pet-grooming way I watch... so I'm just going to hang in there until the S2 DVD comes out. I'm going to keep my eyes open for any kind of special retailer deals, so I can avoid the excitement and expense of the S1 release, where I ended up buying two different editions. I don't know if they're going to do that again for this one; they should, I think, as an incentive to get people to buy it; we're nerds, we'll buy multiple editions. Really. C'mon.

I am so jealous of the people going to San Diego ComicCon that it's actually made me physically ill for the last week (well, that, and a resurgence of grief for a friend who died five years ago, and other friends being out of town, and general frustration at my lack of money/responsibility/drive). If you are going, let me know - I may have a special mission for you, for which I am willing and happy to pay you.

On an unrelated note, I'm very annoyed with myself for missing Milo's birthday. So happy belated birthday, Milo. I'm really crap at keeping up with my Heroes Holiday schedule. Good thing nobody cares about it but me. ^_^

Tags: heroes holiday, hiatus is killing me, milo ventimiglia, season two dvds, status report

See, here's my dilemma (much like the Ritual-tastic banner that I would like for this lj here...).

I have an illustration that I would like to see, and I absolutely don't have the chops, either in draftsmanship or Photoshop, to make it happen. Is there a place where such things can be requested?

Just in case you're wondering, I want an illustration of Peter Petrelli, age 16, in his school uniform (blazer with school crest on the pocket, sweater-vest, plaid tie, dark pants with cuffed hems, big ridiculous hyper-expensive sneakers), drinking a bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola... or maybe with a red lollipop. Innocent, really. Maybe kind of manga-style; emphasis on the big eyes and the rumpled-ness of the clothes. Man, I wish I had the skills to pay the bills; I should actually look for a reference image or two, print 'em up, and see what I can sketch over the weekend. I can actually draw relatively well as long as I've got a photo reference... but I'd MUCH rather have someone who is actually GOOD do it for me.

Any ideas? Point me to comms that you know of, or particular people, or just tell me to keep my weird ideas to myself. ^_^

Also, I think I'm catching a cold, and PATHOLOGY still isn't out on DVD. I want my nekkid evil Dr. Milo movie, now, please! :(

Tags: comment fishing, fan art, milo ventimiglia, peter

Milo showed up in my dreams last night... it wasn't a dream specifically about him, he was just there, too. Kind of one of those party dreams I have now and again. Bunch of goths (which is the case for a lot of the parties I go to) but I wasn't quite dressed for it, to my great agitation. Milo wasn't either. He had been invited by a mutual friend of his and the host's, and then the friend who invited him didn't show up, so he was just kind of bumming around by himself, obviously unhappy and uncomfortable. The two of us ended up getting into a mock swordfight using business cards, and it almost made him smile, but not quite. I really wanted to see him smile and know that I had done so, but he never quite did. And then he left, but before I could go after him and try the "what a lame party, let's go somewhere less boring" tactic, I woke up.

Ambiguity about my workplace, and yet conscious of the fact that there's still fun to be had... kinda? Check. Thinly veiled social anxiety? Check. A feeling of kinship with those who feel out of place, and a little bummed out? Check. An inability to actually attain my desires? Check. It's all there.

I notice that Milo always has the longer hair in my dreams. Maybe it's just imprinted on my subconscious that that's what Milo looks like, even if he doesn't agree himself.

Tags: dream analysis, milo ventimiglia
Current Mood: burned out
Current Music: Cinematic Orchestra: Horizon

I guess I'm really just not a CSI kind of person, though I kind of understand the thing that people have for Grissom (he's such a savant!). I was not into this hour of television, even with the sparing presence of Milo Ventimiglia, tearing up yet again. (Man, that guy gets typecast as a crier. I don't mind, but dang.) I especially hate shows that have the "if you take drugs ever, you will die - or kill your loved ones and not remember it afterwards!" Or, for that matter, almost any hour of television ever that features a "rave". This one is particularly ham-fisted, not to mention that it came out about ten years after the rave scene had already collapsed. Grr! Stupid mainstream media! [/cranky oldster]

Anyway, Milo is cute, but not as cute as he would later become. He looks oddly older here than he does on The Gilmore Girls. The character itself is fairly vague and unformed, his plotline only one of three (the CSI standard? Very standard for any kind of procedural, as I've learnt watching House), and the culmination as lurid as it has to be, seeing as it involves drugs. I'll watch the episode again if it happens to be on, but this is not one of my Milo favorites.

Onward! Maybe I'll try to uncover some of those Boston Public episodes... aw, who am I kidding? This is what NetFlix was made for. (But do I dare open that hornet's nest? I have such poor impulse control when it comes to movies and TV shows... I just really want to see WINTER BREAK and Opposite Sex, as well as the truckload of embarrassing past Adrian Pasdar credits.)

Unnecessary personal update: I'm exhausted. I'm writing, but very slowly. Life is still really busy, but I am poking at Ritual 39 every day. But for right now, I'm going to take a nap.

Tags: :(, milo ventimiglia, other roles
Current Mood: tired

Another entry into the "obsessively tracking down every one of Milo or Adrian's screen credits" series... I got the fifth season of L&O:SVU from the library just so I could watch the episode guest-starring Milo Ventimiglia. To my great delight, it also co-guest-stars Michael K. Williams, who portrays my Ultimate Hero of All Time, Omar Little of The Wire. Michael K. Williams makes me really, really happy; he could read me the L listings in the phone book and it would reduce me to loving giggles.
( synopsis, spoilers if you care, and goofing around )
Milo (age 25, filmed in 2003) looks utterly choice. Man, he's just amazing; he is delightsome to the eye, especially kind of banged up and with his eyes full of tears. This episode is notable if you want to see him tied up with his mouth covered in a strip of duct tape. I'm not implying anything, but I just thought I'd point it out. Lovely in a blue oxford shirt (presaging the blue oxfords sported by Peter and Adam) and rocking the cherry-red lips, it's classic Milo wrong hotness. Completely worthy of Milo enthusiasts everywhere.

Next I'm going to watch the CSI episode from 2000, which I believe will be the earliest Milo material I've ever seen. I'm trying to catch the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that he was on in 1995, but it's so hard to chase down those episodes on Nick at Night at 2 in the morning when I'm all drunk. I have to, though... Milo at 18? It's worth it!

Tags: milo ventimiglia, other roles
Current Mood: pleased

It doesn't look like PATHOLOGY is going to be screening in my city. Color me bummed. Seriously, movie made just for me - a hyper-gory medical horror movie starring (the occasionally naked) Milo Ventimiglia? Oh, cruel fate. If you have a chance to go, you must. For me.

This could be one of those things that I end up having to bootleg, but dammit, I wanted to see Milo's naked hiney on the big screen (even if I'd have to go alone; I am the only Milo enthusiast that I know in person, and I could see myself getting kicked out of the theater for giggling uncontrollably).

I will soothe my lack by watching TOUCHED BY EVIL, a 1997 made-for-TV movie starring Adrian. And, er, Paula Abdul. But apparently it's kinky. Of course it is; it's got Adrian Pasdar and his eyelashes of S&M. Thank you, Netflix.

ETA: AV Club gave it a B-. That's about a million times better than I expected. Milo does not get high marks. I hate to say it, but he probably deserves the lumps. I love you, Mi, but you're no Pasdar. I'd still pay matinee prices to see your movie, though, because I adore you and right now, you're my boo.

Tags: adrian pasdar, bummer, milo ventimiglia
Current Mood: chipper

Supposedly PATHOLOGY opened on Friday of last week (according to the IMDb, which has obviously gotten more than 5 ratings... it ranks a 4.5 out of 10, no giant surprise there), but I've heard, read, and seen nothing that would lead me to believe that that's the case. It certainly isn't showing in my major US city anywhere... I wonder if it's in limited release or is going to just be dumped more or less straight to DVD.

I absolutely would go see this in the theater, but it doesn't look like I'll have the chance.

Anyone know anything about it? (I suppose I could check the Milo board at Television Without Pity, but seeing as I haven't had the time to comb through several scores of pages of people shrieking angrily about Panettierimiglia, or whatever they've done for the last eight or so months since I checked, I just can't bring myself to do it. [And you can't really search the forums, which is one of the major drawbacks of TWoP, along with them taking away my precious Lost Bitterness Fiesta]. What's a Milo-lovin' gal to do?)

Tags: aside, milo ventimiglia, wtf
Current Mood: baffled

NY Times has a great article about how the de rigeur silhouette for male models these days... gee, looks an awful lot like Milo. (And Adrian, nowadays; but Adrian's always had the right body type for the era, no matter what it was.) He's got the right body to display what menswear designers are doing - neat, slim, uncomplicated lines.

"Once the Hedi Slimanization got started, all anyone wanted to cast was the scrawny kid who looked like he got sand kicked in his face." (from the article)

Really, I don't know what's up with Milo's body, actually. He bulked up real fast by the start of Season 2, then by episode 11, he was back to his skinny-pale ways (just with great big arms, much like... oh. maybe. Adrian Pasdar?...) He can't seem to hang onto the muscle he builds, except for his arms. I know the type well. Whatever it is, he rocks the look, even if he's entirely too short and assymetrical to actually model. But he actually brings the clothes alive without them ever overwhelming his personality (though that Abercrombie & Fitch spread he did, with the bowler hat, pink shirt and tie clutched way up at his throat, came really close. Wack clothes, wack styling. Beautiful Milo).

If I was a good person (or at least a person with more time on her hands than I have at the moment) I'd provide more pictures to illustrate my point, but I'm sure we've all seen them. I <3 skinny boys and always have. It's funny - I never thought they'd become fashionable.

Full article here.

Tags: aside, milo ventimiglia

I finally watched Dirty Deeds and I now really want to own a copy. That movie isn't even bad enough to be worthy of mockery - it's lukewarm American Pie, if it has to be described as something - but the Milo hotness is off the scale. He doesn't pass as a teenager in the slightest, but then again, neither does anyone else in the movie. Instead he's just the coolest guy who ever lived (and yes, the loaf-of-bread scene truly is worthy of legend) and the entire world either loves him, or bows at his feet and acknowledges the fact that he pretty much owns them. (It's pretty wack, and one of the major flaws of the movie. An invincible protagonist is boring. I call it the "Manchester United" problem - I have no interest in watching Man U. football matches because they always win, and that's boring.)

I don't know if this was the beginnings of the Sexual Objectification of Milo Ventimiglia, or whether it started before that; sure he's pretty ferociously cute in The Gilmore Girls, and he's wearing tight thermals etc., but he's not really put out there as an irresistable sex monkey the way he is in Dirty Deeds. Then again, I have never seen Opposite Sex, so... I'm sure there are more faked orgasms in that, too.

But wow. What a gorgeous boy he is. Absolutely tiny (I think the only people shorter than him in this movie are supposed to be freshmen, and I think they're being shot at a downward angle to make them look shorter - and they're rarely on screen at the same time he is), bowlegged as all get-out, driving a slobber-worthy convertible (... I don't know... early 70's model Mustang? My car-fu has failed me), floppy-messy overlong hair, and a superior smirk permanently affixed to his face. The special features on the DVD provide some additional interview footage, and I would love to have Milo saying "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" as my ring tone. Gee, I wish they could cuss on Heroes; Adrian's tasty when he cusses, too, and I would absolutely love to hear an obscene tirade coming from Randall Bentley as Lyle...

Tags: aside, milo ventimiglia, other roles, squee
Current Mood: hungry :)
Current Music: David Bowie: It Ain't Easy