Netflix!

It's the moment you all have been waiting for: the reveal of my Netflix choices!

But first, a little recap. Here are all my hints that I have given:

TV Show / Movie

1. What are you waiting to wear off? /

Ironic title + Penelope connection = 3 years of bad decision making (in my opinion)

2. "My most recent TV show just got canceled this week."

"My former boss is a Browncoat."

3. This certain someone is mostly a TV actor, has the initials N.F., and not only has he been on ONE episode of the TV show, he has something in common with another actor who is in MY Netflix movie.

This certain someone has the initials K.D. and is featured on some episodes of the TV show. In addition, he appears in another, very recent movie alongside the actor who plays the main character of MY Netflix movie.

Did you get that? TV show hint came first, followed by movie.

Anyway, so...drumroll please!

The TV show is: LOST

The movie is: Death At A Funeral

Woo!

Following the reveal, I will now give explanations for my hints.

1. What are you waiting to wear off? This is a line of lyrics from the Coldplay song, conveniently called "Lost." I suppose I could have phrased the question differently, since he actually sings "I'm just waiting till the shine wears off." But you get it, nevertheless, right?

The second hint, referring to the movie: I think Death At A Funeral is an ironic title. Could be just me, but that's what I think. The Penelope connection is Peter Dinklage, the actor who stars in DaaF and Penelope. Three years of bad decision making refers to the 2010 remake Death at a Funeral. Since the original, better British version came out in 2007, I just decided to subtract the years. "Bad decision making" comes from my opinion that there should be only one version of this film. As in, not the Americanized version.

2. The quotes! I really liked these. "My most recent TV show just got canceled this week" is referring to actor Dominic Monaghan, who was in a couple of seasons of LOST and was also in FlashForward. The week I wrote that quote was the week in which FlashForward was not renewed by ABC.

Any Firefly or Serenity fans out there? This quote should've been for you: "My former boss is a Browncoat." This is referring to, of course, Joss Whedon's epic, short-lived show Firefly. The connection between Firefly and Death at a Funeral, you ask? One answer: Alan Tudyk. Go ahead, look it up!

3. My "wicked 6-degrees-of-separation" sounded like long and hard hints, but once figured out, I like to think they make sense.

The initials N.F. stand for Nathan Fillion, who was--surprisingly--on one episode of LOST (yep, I looked it up) and of course, has the Alan Tudyk connection from his times working with Joss Whedon.

K.D. stands for Kevin Durand, who played a meanie on LOSTand is also in this month's Robin Hood, alongside Matthew Macfayden, who plays the main character in Death At A Funeral.

So, what do you think? Has anyone seen Death At A Funeral? I heard it was very good and the American version does not do it justice. Of course, American movie studios always think American audiences aren't educated enough to enjoy British films, but I beg to differ. The British have a sort of comedy that, when done right, can be more entertaining than an American film. In fact, I would describe the comedy of Death At A Funeral to be smart and polite comedy.

Anyway, and LOST is self-explanatory. I can't wait to start watching it from the beginning! No spoilers on how it ends, by the way!

Thanks for hanging in there! Check back tomorrow evening for another posting. --Claire

Oh, and by the way: Though I haven't read it in its entirety, this novel introduced me to one of my favorite female names of all time. Check out this interesting link:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=27992

Sound off in the comments! I look forward to reading them!