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Yes, I'm still here. I'm still fannish. Oh, I've been so fannish it
wasn't even funny anymore, especially not for my bed, which didn't get
to see me more than four hours per day for the last two weeks. Damn
those pretty gay guys from QAF which kept me awake at night. It's not
like I haven't been through this before, you'd think I'd be able to
resist, wouldn't you?Well, I've been wrong before...

Anyway, what's up with fannish me? (besides rewatching all of QAF,
which I will talk about at a later point in time. Maybe.)

Yesterday (it was Sunday, for those of you who don't remember these
things), I had a free evening and I watched a movie! Crossfire Trail, to be
precise.



Now, Crossfire Trail is the pupl fiction on screen. Cowboy Pulp
Fiction. The story is so appalingly uninspired that I'm hard pressed
to come up with three sentences to describe it. Let's try.

1) Man gives promise to dying man to take care of his wife and ranch.
2) Other man has already put his claim on wife and ranch.
3) Everyone shoots everyone else and Man (1) gets wife and ranch.

See? Isn't it...brilliant...in its simplicity?

So why did I watch this (or worse,why do I OWN this)?

Mark Harmon and Christian Kane.
On horses. (actually, I don't think we see Mark Harmon on a horse, but
he is around horses. Plus, he wears a suit, so he ahs an excuse.)

And let me tell you, they are so worth it.

Mark harmon plays Man (2) and he is, to put it mildly, and asshole.
Complete with the slapping woman around and forcing her to marry her,
not without having shot a protester before. Predictable, but oh so
pretty. I mean, oh so wrong. WRONGWRONGWRONG. And he manages to wear
this pretty, superior smile on his face all the time, which is oh so
pretty. I mean wrong. WRONGWRONGWRONG.
Right, let's not get into details.


Christian Kane plays JT, one of Man (1)'s companions. You can tell
that he is all cute and pretty by the fact that he is called by his
initials. Kinda like JD from M7, only on the cute version. Damn it,
his eyes are blue. and who allowed him to smile? Can't he see what he
is doing to me with this smile? No, wait, there is no need to put your
shirt back on just because there's a lady around, I am no lady, to
take it back off, now!

Sadly, he finds a grisly death shortly before the final countdown,
uhm, shooting (see bullett point three), which makes his gay lover
(David O'Hara) cry out loud for him. Who is he gonna tell his Irish
jokes to, now? JT was the only one who laughed.

It's all very sad.
And pretty.

Also, Man (1) is played by Tom Selleck (admit it, you were wondering
who'd agree to take the lead in this thing). I don't know if any of
you are Tom Selleck fans. I'm not, but I might channel my inner Tony
DiNozzo if I ever rewatch this (hah!) and drool over him anyway. This
would be DiNozzos dream movie: Gibbs, Magnum and pretty Christian
Kane.




In other news:
OMG HORSE!