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sisabet ([personal profile] sisabet) wrote2004-11-12 10:16 am

Invisible Man Photo Essay Part 2: A Completely Shallow Look At Darien Fawkes

Continuing in the same vein as Post 1 -- here be I-Man photos and thoughts.

Part 1 is here.


Now it is time to talk about Darien Fawkes as he is the title character - The Invisible Man. And there is so much we could cover: Why is he invisible? What is Quicksilver Madness? Why would the government pick a convicted felon to make a super-powered agent? Why is he wearing those pants?

For now though - let us focus on the shallow. Never fear, eventually I'll get around to the deep and abiding pain. I will always get around to the deep and abiding pain. It is my nature. As is a healthy appreciation for da pretty.


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First of all - he really really likes to put flashlights in his mouth.






I mean - sure - he says he is a professional thief. Whatever. I am just saying - not judging or drawing any conclusions other than: Dude loves having a maglite in his mouth. I didn't even have to look for these clips - they are everywhere.






Also - Not afraid of color. I mean - check it out: Red Pants. And he actually pulls them off.








Moving right along: Darien has never met a mirror where he didn't stop to check himself out.







Speaking of this character trait - I am about to share with you the first moment I had of brain explosion while sitting in [livejournal.com profile] tzikeh's living room. This is by far not the only moment of brain explosion I have had in tzikeh's home - merely the first:

Darien stops to check himself out post-shower. So, far - there is nothing unusual here.






And then. And then - he, he - he busts into a... he raps. And he has obviously been working on this - this was NO freestyle!



My name is Darien Fawkes, they call me furious D and I'm the coolest secret agent that you never did see.
The man turn me invisible, now I be mis'rable, you mess with my hair and I'm bound to get physical.
Now I was locked down, and looking at life, four walls and a guy named butch for a wife.
When my brother undercover said that we could help each other if his mother of a brother would go under the knife.
Hole in my head, a gland in my brain, a needle in my vein, 'fore I go insane.
That's the curse of quicksilver, the stuff that bends light.
I get closer to madness the more I step outta sight.



Actually - this explains his story better than I ever could. But let me try.


Darien was never what you would call a high achiever






He was headed to prison for life on a third strike felony offense in California when his genius brother, Kevin, intervened:




Kevin: Why the hell didn't you call me?

Darien: Yeah and said what, 'Hey bro, what's happening man, I haven't talked to you in a couple of years could you come down and bust me out?'

Kevin: Beats hearing it over America Online

Darien: I'm on the web?

Kevin: Darien.

Darien: Wait a minute, I mean come on, you've been hogging the press since we were twelve. Don't I get a shot?

Kevin: No.

Darien: [fake hurt] No, what I -- I'm, I'm not good enough?

Kevin: You're not guilty enough.

Darien: Okay, Kev -- If I did do the crime, do you think I can do the time?

Kevin: Not where they're sending you.





So Long Story Short - Kevin (working for a top-secret Classified Project) puts this Invisible Making Gland in Darien's head (more on the pseudo-science involved in the next Darien Section -- Sex and The Invisible Man) and things end badly.






Very Very Badly





Man. This is really sad.






Oh look - first guy Darien kills.







So, even without me going into all of Darien's issues and problems - you can see that the boy has reason to sometimes be depressed. How can you tell when Darien is depressed? His hair looks like this:







Depressed!Darien Hair frightens the Eberts.






You know what I forgot to include? Darien in shorts. He wears shorts all of the time. When was the last time one of your leading men wore shorts? Huh? Obviously, I need to go home and screencap him in shorts cause that really just sums up who he is a person. That and his ACLU t-shirt. I wonder if I have him in the shorts and the t-shirt?


Next Up: The Hobbesian Interlude!

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2004-11-12 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Season 1 is actually available on DVD - but only in region 2. It is in 2 sets and I got mine from the UK Amazon.com -- I feel like I-Man is reason enough to buy a region-free DVD player or to hack one you already own.

Season 2 is not available anywhere on DVD - a fact that has caused me much pain and in fact, many sleepless nights. However - you can get S2 from Bittorrent. I highly recommend this course of action.
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[identity profile] claudia79ad.livejournal.com 2004-11-12 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I was told you can break region coding by covering up the numbers just inside the DVD plasic ring in the middle. Haven't had the opportunity to do so, but I-Man might be worth it.

As for season 2, I don't have the memory or a DVD burner. My life is very sad. ;)

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2004-11-12 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well - and here is where the sad me part comes in - S2 on BT is a few mpgs, but mostly a bunch of crappy avi files that do not convert well at all.

It makes the vidder in me cry like the baby Jesus.
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[identity profile] claudia79ad.livejournal.com 2004-11-12 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That's awful! I'll try it out, but I hate bad quality files. I get really crabby and it ruins the show for me.