#James Spader is so handsome

[jimmyspades]

"Desire... drives him. His desires are so assimilated in every aspect of his life—he's constantly reminded of his desires at every turn, wherever he looks, wherever his eyes are at rest, whatever he touches, whatever he smells, is all about that. And because of that, I think he's horrified as well. I don't know whether it's horror so much as... he's extremely conflicted." JAMES SPADER on the set of SECRETARY (2002)

[allmyandroids]

Sluuuuurp 😋

[peachgirl23poststuff]

[allurared]

finished iwtv and it's so crazy how much mileage they get out of the cast being hot. lestat is the obvious example of course, sam reid looking the hottest a blond man could ever hope to this side of james spader, but also the scenes where armand is being the evilest most conniving monster and they just hold on assad zaman's angelic profile for a whole minute and you're like "aw. it's okay it's fine :)"

louis is patently insane for 90% of the show and you don't even care because jacob anderson is just mind bendingly handsome.

[wernerherzoghaircut9000]

True story: I recently asked my very handsome and intelligent male coworker if he had ever seen Crash with James Spader. He got this look in his eyes, and a split-second later did this little laugh and said, "Yeah, it's weird." We were talking about movies, so it wasn't an "out there" question. But brother, I was salivating. He's married, of course.

[scifi-gk]

#ChesterBear and I went on an adventure to NYC today. My plan was to take pictures of South Street Seaport Museum (exteriors) and Titanic Memorial park and, if I was really lucky, maybe some shots from the location shoot of the Blacklist. When I got off the bus, I got my subway pass, figured out my correct subway route, got lost on the way (don’t worry, this is a family tradition for the first hour or two we’re in the city, LOL. Besides, it wasn’t so bad this time. I just got off a little early and had to wait for the next train 😉), and eventually found my way downtown. Once I was in the financial district, I caught a glimpse of the Freedom Tower and then hustled on over to Beaver Street and, bam! Ran right into the filming site. It was set up with lights outside the building pointed to shine in the windows. This lighting technique is to simulate daylight streaming in. Now, it was morning and the light outside in the sun was sublime, but we’re talking about NYC and the looming buildings tend to make it pretty dark in there. If they are supposed to be anywhere else, light would probably stream in. It’s probably not something you’re going to even notice in the scenes or episodes unless you look for it. Anyway, I was having a running commentary with a friend about what was what and I was sharing pics and she was telling me what all they were. I must’ve walked around those streets dozens of times. I found Craft Services 😁 but no one I recognized was there. By the time I located the cast and crew trailers on surrounding streets I was pretty cold (texting required me to take off my gloves and I’m a California Hot House flower these days, lol) so once I found the trailer my friend said was Hisham’s I took a quick pic and then headed around the corner where there was a nice ledge to sit on in the sunlight. In front of me was another trailer. I thought, “Oh, this must be Wardrobe because look at the rack holding the clothes outside that door.” So I jokingly sent the picture to my friend and she comes back immediately: OMG that’s James’ trailer! 😲 So I park myself there long after the sun gets blocked by buildings and I hope fervently for an opportunity to speak to him. I ask my friend if she thinks he’d sign one of my Inktober art pieces and she’s all, “he’s a very nice guy, so probably yes.” So I’m psyching myself up to ask this whole time. And then… He comes out of the trailer looking SO GOOD, in his hat, glasses, suit, and long coat, and he sees me sitting, well, standing by then, AND HE SMILES AT ME and nods in, like, acknowledgment — and, well, my brains leak out of my ears. I pop up and mutter some doofus variation of “would you please sign my art?” that was obviously too low for him to hear because he leans in (oh, yes, he does smell nice!) and says “sure, what is it?” and I babble something about Inktober that I’m CERTAIN he didn’t understand and I pull out my notebook and the Inked drawing I had picked (of “Drooling” which is him eating that polish doughnut, because OF COURSE I’M GOING TO CHOOSE THE ONE WHERE THE LINE IS “Mmmmm, tastes just like Patty Sutton.” Duh. 😂) But apparently I don’t have the stones to tell him that so when I say it’s one of my favorites (meaning the drawing I did, not the doughnut eating, though that’s great too, tbh) he gives this wry little chuckle and a shake of his head and HE SIGNS IT!!! Okay, so now I’m completely a gibbering idiot and on cloud nine so much that I FORGET TO ASK HIM FOR A PICTURE, too. (If I had backup I SWEAR that would never have happened!) So as he’s walking with his posse to the set, I drag myself from my stupor enough to smack my forehead and grab my cell phone and snap a pic as he’s walking away. Guys, I swear, in my minds eye, when I imagined meeting him, I was WAY cooler. Instead, IRL, I turn into Insta-Dork. Whatever. Today, I smelled James Spader and there’s no picture that can capture that, so there. LOL. Many thanks to @alyblacklist for letting me spam her with images while I slowly had my mental breakdown and who, in great affection, laughed at me for not asking for the picture. It made me feel more like laughing and less like crying because of my dork-ness. 💋

EDIT: D’oh! I meant to include the filming addresses... (the teal pins with the white squares in the middle)

[agxntkeen]

Alright, mark your calendars; from Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th September, we’ll be celebrating everyone’s favorite criminal!

You can make anything you want - gifs, edits, moodboards, fanfic, videos, etc.

The daily themes are:

Day 1 (Sep 3) - Favorite episode

Day 2 (Sep 4) - Favorite quote

Day 3 (Sep 5) - Badass moment

Day 4 (Sep 6) - Favorite ship

Day 5 (Sep 7) - Favorite outfit

Day 6 (Sep 8) - Face porn

Day 7 (Sep 9) - Free choice

Make sure to tag your amazing creations with #reddingtonweek in the first 5 tags, or I won’t be able to see them.

Further details on the themes and some basic rules can be found here.

If you have any questions, hit me up.

Have fun!

[cadmuslabs777]

I love Daniel Jackson because he is played by Michael Shanks who was a hockey player so you now have this huge nerd archeologist who speaks 26 languages (+alien ones) and he's a buff handsome man with glasses and a clumsy attitude, like where did he even get those muscles??! Was there a gym in his campus or what? Was it next to the public library?! He's stronger than Jack who's an actual Colonel, his body type is closer to Teal'c who's a goddamn warrior.....

You could argue tho that he got those muscles from his time in Abydos (bc in the original movie he was just a little man played by James Spader), but he was like royalty there, idk what he was doing

[wend83]

James being cute on The Office.....  😍

[jimmyspades]

[allmyandroids]

augh gawd...❤️‍🔥

[oldschoolteenflicks]

I'd love to know what you think of the movies you're giffing. What you think of your current and upcoming.

sure!

ok, so my current:

matinee (1993) - amazing. really a love letter to film. it starts off light, and you get lost in the fun of all these silly horror movies and john goodman’s character, but the story goes deeper than that. kids growing up and dealing with serious, scary, real stuff, and how cinema works as an escape of sorts and a safe haven amidst threats of war.

mannequin (1987) - light, crazy and just lovely! such a weird acting choice for andrew mccarthy, but the movie is so fun, I bet he took the part just for that. an insanely epic performance by james spader (maybe my favorite part of the film after meshach taylor’s character, hollywood) and you just can’t help falling in love with emmy, not only because kim cattrall portrays her so beautifully, but also because she is such a strong female character.

an american werewolf in london (1981) - the love I have for this one is indescribable. maybe because it was my mom who recommended this movie to me (she is not a big fan of films, she gets bored easily, so she is very selective with what she watches and therefore, when she makes a movie rec, I listen) or perhaps because I was quite young when I saw it. I’ll take the werewolf transformation in this film over any cgi of today. rick baker did an excellent job -as usual- and david naughton’s performance during THAT scene, really makes you feel the pain he goes through while turning. although, if anybody’s asking, the true hero of the film is griffin dunne. not only for withstanding the hours it took to put all that makeup on him, but also for bringing comic relief to the story and that handsome face of his. in all honesty, as werewolves movies go, this one is one of the best, and definitely my favorite. 

as for my upcoming, the ones I’ve seen from beginning to end so far:

the truth about cats & dogs (1996) - I remember watching this when I was like 14, and thinking “I hope I end up having the exact same life as abby”, I even wanted to look like her. could not find the appeal of uma thurman’s character for the life of me. I mean, uma is beautiful, obviously, but I just wanted to be like janeane garofalo in every sense. I gotta say, minus the radio show and phone sex, my life did turn out to be a lot like abby’s. this film just makes me feel good for some reason. I like the characters, I like the story, I love animals, it’s just such a comfort movie for me, I love it.

pump up the volume (1991) - I talked about this one some weeks (or is it months?) ago... A great film. Made me wanna gif it all (which is why I’m taking my sweet time with that). A must watch for every teen, I’d say. christian slater’s performance is everything and the use of music, gosh. allan moyle is just incredible. I’d really love to meet the guy. 

breaking away (1979) - a film that makes me nostalgic. I like to rewatch this one from time to time. it makes me feel... strange. but in a good way. it brings me joy and sadness. it makes me want to stay young forever -ship: sailed-, to stop growing up. it makes me want to go back to a simpler time, you know? the performances are perfection. so is the story and the script. everytime I watch it, I just wanna reach into the screen, get inside and hang with those boys. I wanna be part of the gang. I think they’d take me. 

dazed and confused (1993) - what even is this film? first time I saw it, it was hard to watch. the characters, the way they behave... it gets unbelievable sometimes. you can’t comprehend some of things happening. then, you get used to it. you get to the end and it all makes sense. I’ve seen it so many times by now, I’m not startled by anything anymore. darla is the best and that’s that. parker posey should be in the poster instead of milla jovovich. I said what I said. I mean, parker has more scenes in the film anyway, so it’d make more sense. first time around, my favorites were cynthia, tony and mike (they were the characters that seemed the most sane, imo) but as the years went by, I learned to love all those crazy kids. except for ben affleck’s character. that guy’s just the worst. 

eyes wide shut (1999) - this one’s just confusing. it can be aesthetically pleasing, I’ll give you that. it has some nice shots, use of light and all that. but the plot... it goes sort of nowhere? I don’t know if it’s kubrick’s worst film -some say it is- but it’s definitely not his best. I don’t quite know what he was trying to do with it. maybe I didn’t get it. I just know that when I get to the end of the film, I go “what was that?” 

nightbreed (1990) - perfect film is perfect. the plot is so freaking original and perfect. all bow down to clive barker in unison right now! we don’t deserve him. we really don’t. the monsters are not the monsters! I was so, so little the first time I saw this one on tv, but I was so impressed by it, I loved it. still do.

[peachgirl23poststuff]

[apicturewithasmile]

I was lying in the bathtub thinking ... 😊 Robert California - how shallow am I ? ... He still has the broad shoulders, the barrel chest, the chunky biceps, the pliable butt, the kinky mind and actions of Alan and Raymond - but I still can't take to him !!! - why is that ? - I know It's the hair !!! how crazy is that ?? though I suppose the truth is it I was faced with him - given the opportunity to spend some 'special ' time with him ... his voice would 'get' to me every time ! 😇😇😇

god I love these unprompted messages from people lusting over James Spader.

I also wasn’t as attracted to Robert at first (again, I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the show and a lot of gifs) but he did grow on me over time. I guess I kinda learned to look past the hair vnjfdbngjnbkljdgbl

The funny thing is that I would probably like that hair on other men but it’s just.... knowing how much sexier James looks with a buzz cut really made me skeptical of ~any~ instance in which he had lots of hair. Like, yeah... he did have pretty hair when he was younger and I do appreciate a floofy hair style. But that boy really went from “handsome” to “sexiest daddy on my peglist*” when he shaved that pretty head of his! So whenever I see Robert California I’m like “you’re a filthy bastard and I would peg you but you would look ten times hotter if that hair was gone, baby!”

*petition to produce a porn version of TBL called “The Peglist” - main characters: Paymond Peggington and Elizastrap Keen.

[resslerette1]

Happy 60th to our oh-so-handsome, immensely talented, excellent story-telling, funny as hell, sweetheart James Spader! #Spader60 #James Spader

[thesimplethingsinlifex]

We dont appreciate young James Spader enough. So handsome.