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ericadawn16) wrote2015-01-12 09:34 pm
ericadawn16) wrote2015-01-12 09:34 pm
People's Sexiest Man Alive 2014!
Okay, first of all, Chris Hemsworth...I absolutely approve of this choice. He ticks all my boxes and my mom admitted that he was the first person who came to mind when trying to think of who People should pick.
I'm not sure I like this quantity over quality thing with the photos. I liked before when they would have a special photoshoot and pick a few to be full page shots. Now, you get a bunch of photos tiny-sized and half of them were old. I guess it looks better that way for their App.?
They used to even have awesome group shots that were artistic and fun, but no more...
AND...
Would it kill you to pick someone next year who maybe...wasn't so...Caucasian? In thirty years, you've literally had one. ONE! I'm guessing that Denzel Washington was some bizarre fluke that year although I have no doubts about his sexiness.
Nope, I'm still not convinced Adam Levine is sexy even though I know he's required to be represented since you picked him last year. I'm not feeling Miles Teller or Eddie Redmayne either. You did try with Joal McHale. You really tried but I watched Community and he will never be sexy to me.
YAY, Idris Elba! Mark Ruffalo! Gael Garcia Bernal! Chris Pratt! -even if my mom totally disagrees because he'll always be Andy to her. Charlie Hunnam! John Cho! Kit Harington! Very slight brownie points for including Craig Ferguson and David Tennant as Scots but I do miss when Ewan McGregor, James McAvoy and Alan Cumming warranted full photos.
IOAN GRUFFUDD! It's a whole page of Ioan Gruffudd being scruffy. FULL PAGE! This was one of the most exciting moments of the magazine for me...but still not as happy as I was in 2012 when they had Jack Davenport.
Umm...you used a tiny photo of Robert Downey, Jr? Really? And Alfred Enoch's photo could have been so much better, but I suppose it was challenging finding one for a space smaller than my credit card! Worst Orlando Bloom photo ever. Scarlett Johansson is included...because of her husband. Grr. Terry Crews and Stephen Amell should not be allowed to wear a shirt in this kind of situation. The ways in which you continue to use Tom Hiddleston in your magazine disturb me. I suppose we are slowly making our way up to a decent photo so 2015 will be about the size of Enoch's photo this year. Daniel Craig deserves better, too.
It totally wasn't sexy but I did enjoy the Dax Shepard photo with his dog.
"From Geeky to Gorgeous"
-You do realize that EVERYONE has bad childhood/puberty photos, right? The only part that was interesting was to compare actual Louis C.K. with the actor who played him in the Jeremy Renner episode. Also, brownie points for including Louis in a Sexiest issue because I always found him cute.
However, it's kind of bad when the sexiest photos in the whole magazine are actually advertisements. One is for something called Scentsicles and the other is for Armani Code with Chris Pine who is otherwise absent. I've noticed this for the last few years that People seemed to be getting lazier and lazier with their photos. They're using file photos or those from their partner/sister magazines like Entertainment Weekly. It cheapens the value of this annual special. I remember when I used to be impressed enough with the photography to include them here in a locked post.
Exclusions...
They didn't even include ALL the Avengers! I understand that Jeremy Renner must have pissed in the editor's coffee or some other mortal sin that leaves him off the list year after year AFTER YEAR! but CHRIS EVANS!????
How can you not have Chris Evans? He was my mom's second pick for Sexiest period. Also, I have officially complained on LJ about the lack of Renner for four, almost five straight years now.
There is also no Clark Gregg or Jack Davenport! The advertisement for Empire was one of my favorite photos also as both Rhodeys were ignored. To be honest, if it was just about anyone but Chris Hemsworth on the cover, I probably wouldn't have even bothered with it. Did you even have Dwayne Johnson?? Anthony Mackie? David Ramsey? Have you never actually watched Arrow? It's like the new Merlin where at least one shirtless scene is absolutely mandatory in every episode. It's glorious.
I hope 2015 will be better.
*Looking over my previous posts also alerted me to the lack of Hobbit cast which seems very odd.
I'm not sure I like this quantity over quality thing with the photos. I liked before when they would have a special photoshoot and pick a few to be full page shots. Now, you get a bunch of photos tiny-sized and half of them were old. I guess it looks better that way for their App.?
They used to even have awesome group shots that were artistic and fun, but no more...
AND...
Would it kill you to pick someone next year who maybe...wasn't so...Caucasian? In thirty years, you've literally had one. ONE! I'm guessing that Denzel Washington was some bizarre fluke that year although I have no doubts about his sexiness.
Nope, I'm still not convinced Adam Levine is sexy even though I know he's required to be represented since you picked him last year. I'm not feeling Miles Teller or Eddie Redmayne either. You did try with Joal McHale. You really tried but I watched Community and he will never be sexy to me.
YAY, Idris Elba! Mark Ruffalo! Gael Garcia Bernal! Chris Pratt! -even if my mom totally disagrees because he'll always be Andy to her. Charlie Hunnam! John Cho! Kit Harington! Very slight brownie points for including Craig Ferguson and David Tennant as Scots but I do miss when Ewan McGregor, James McAvoy and Alan Cumming warranted full photos.
IOAN GRUFFUDD! It's a whole page of Ioan Gruffudd being scruffy. FULL PAGE! This was one of the most exciting moments of the magazine for me...but still not as happy as I was in 2012 when they had Jack Davenport.
Umm...you used a tiny photo of Robert Downey, Jr? Really? And Alfred Enoch's photo could have been so much better, but I suppose it was challenging finding one for a space smaller than my credit card! Worst Orlando Bloom photo ever. Scarlett Johansson is included...because of her husband. Grr. Terry Crews and Stephen Amell should not be allowed to wear a shirt in this kind of situation. The ways in which you continue to use Tom Hiddleston in your magazine disturb me. I suppose we are slowly making our way up to a decent photo so 2015 will be about the size of Enoch's photo this year. Daniel Craig deserves better, too.
It totally wasn't sexy but I did enjoy the Dax Shepard photo with his dog.
"From Geeky to Gorgeous"
-You do realize that EVERYONE has bad childhood/puberty photos, right? The only part that was interesting was to compare actual Louis C.K. with the actor who played him in the Jeremy Renner episode. Also, brownie points for including Louis in a Sexiest issue because I always found him cute.
However, it's kind of bad when the sexiest photos in the whole magazine are actually advertisements. One is for something called Scentsicles and the other is for Armani Code with Chris Pine who is otherwise absent. I've noticed this for the last few years that People seemed to be getting lazier and lazier with their photos. They're using file photos or those from their partner/sister magazines like Entertainment Weekly. It cheapens the value of this annual special. I remember when I used to be impressed enough with the photography to include them here in a locked post.
Exclusions...
They didn't even include ALL the Avengers! I understand that Jeremy Renner must have pissed in the editor's coffee or some other mortal sin that leaves him off the list year after year AFTER YEAR! but CHRIS EVANS!????
How can you not have Chris Evans? He was my mom's second pick for Sexiest period. Also, I have officially complained on LJ about the lack of Renner for four, almost five straight years now.
There is also no Clark Gregg or Jack Davenport! The advertisement for Empire was one of my favorite photos also as both Rhodeys were ignored. To be honest, if it was just about anyone but Chris Hemsworth on the cover, I probably wouldn't have even bothered with it. Did you even have Dwayne Johnson?? Anthony Mackie? David Ramsey? Have you never actually watched Arrow? It's like the new Merlin where at least one shirtless scene is absolutely mandatory in every episode. It's glorious.
I hope 2015 will be better.
*Looking over my previous posts also alerted me to the lack of Hobbit cast which seems very odd.