Love Is In The Air ~ Lois Lane, Some Kind of Wonderful

I am still posting Love Is In The Air clips until Valentine's Day. Yep. If you're new to this business, let me tell you how it all started...
 
Charity Bradford, one of the contributors to the blog Unicorn Bell, posted THIS asking for people to contribute their favorite romantic scenes from movies and TV. You simply shouldn't challenge a YouTube junkie to come up with this sort of stuff. I spent the next few HOURS looking for footage. Yes, you read that right. Hours.

I am tagging all of these Love Is In The Air and you can go back to my January 18 post to watch any that you missed.

Moonlighting 

Roswell - Michael and Maria

P.S. I Love You

The Gilmore Girls

Buffy/Angel and Firefly/Serenity

Grey's Anatomy (dedicated to Unicorn Bell)

The first clip is from the now-defunct TV show Smallville. The beauty of this clip is that you can follow along easily even if you didn't watch the show.... unless you are one of the only people who is completely unfamiliar with the story of Superman and Lois Lane. In that case, this will be an eye-opener for you. Let me briefly set the scene. Intrepid reporter Lois Lane is convinced that the guy she is dating, Oliver Queen, is The Green Arrow (he is). She enlists the aid of Jimmy Olsen to help her with the set-up, so that Jimmy can get a photo of Olly as the Green Arrow.  Nothing goes as she planned and what ensues is the "fun" of it. That segues into a scene with Clark, Lois, and Chloe. Chloe is fully aware of all of Clark's superpowers and enormously enjoys how this plays out... as do we.

Take it away Lois and Clark...

I laugh every time I watch that clip! I hope you enjoyed it, too.

Now, this clip is from one of my all-time favorite 80s movies. If you haven't watched Some Kind of Wonderful you are missing out! This is another John Hughes classic.

Roll the footage...


The clip cuts off before "the line" finishes. If you haven't seen the movie, or simply forgot, he says, "You look good wearing my future."

BATTLE OF THE BANDS, TAKE IV

If you haven't heard of the Battle of Bands, you aren't following the blogs hosting this fabulous event.  It began with The Far Away Series and then my friend Stephen decided to partner up with her, followed by Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out.  They are in cahoots and hosting a giveaway for people who vote on their sites.  The Battle takes place on the 1st and 15th of every month. This is the fourth installment, and other blogs can participate... you just need to post in the comments that you are doing so.  I am aware of DiscConnected posting a BOTB on his blog, so you should stop over there if you want to hit them all.


If you are hosting a BOTB on your site, and I didn't mention you, please indicate that you are playing along in the comments.

You have until the 21st to get your votes in.  On that day,  I will post the results of how this whole thing turned out.

Can't Help Falling In Love is the song for this week's battle.  It was originally recorded by Elvis Presley and featured in his film Blue Hawaii (1961).  Since then it has been covered by many bands!

Here is the King, Elvis Presley, singing Can't Help Falling In Love.




In the film Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), directed by John Hughes, the song was covered by a band called Lick The Tins.  As someone who wore the tape out on this soundtrack (back in the day), I think it is one of the best remakes of this song around.  However, does it beat the original?  Listen and decide for yourself!




Okay, now that you have heard both of them, cast your vote in the comments, along with your reasoning for WHY you preferred one over the other.