Just to get it out of the way. I had the first episode on in the background, but wasn't really paying attention,missed the second, and did pay some attention to the third - which was excruciatingly s l o w.
The slimmed down cast works - and I am confirmed in my opinion that Rhys is the only one with any common sense in this universe.
Less swearing and sex = much more adult. But I do think that this might have worked just as well as a Sarah Jane Smith episode.
There is far too much padding - most of wednesday's episode could have been fitted into half an hour (or 15 minutes).
I probably won't bother with tonight's epi - am much too tired. Also have been watching Classic Trek (Tomorrow is Yesterday) and am missing sense of humour and real tension and engagement with characters.
Why does RTD keep revisiting 'Dark Season'?
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I measured the coving in the spare room and worked out that we'd need 6 lengths - then found that as the walls are not square I couldn't use the pre-formed corner pieces and had to do a mitred corner by cutting the coving lengths and filing the gap. This left me 4 inches short on the amount needed. So off we went to get another length of coving (and some gloss paint for the skirting board - could not resist a nice shade of 'Lupin').
Lil has reported our lightning strike on the cat run (fortunately sans cats at the time). Am amused that the events that yesterdays storms failed to dampen were the Queen's Garden Party, and the HBP London premier.
Silly meme, courtesy of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) smallship1 - Some of this casting is going to haunt me...
( My LJ Sitcom? )
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( I always did mean to read some Hearn )
While I'm prevaricating, last week's issue of Horse and Hound contained one of the most surprising adverts I (and many of the readers) have ever come across. I know that sex sells everything - but someone at this horse suppement advertising company really knows their market...
( Safe only for equestriennes? )
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Yesterday we went back to the cinema to see Coraline. Which is a lovely piece of pure storytelling/fable (as anyone would expect given the writer and producer).
( Spoilerish )
Four stars. If this does not take the animation Oscar there is no justice.
And I worry that our Kurt appears to have been moonlighting as the model for the cat...
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I was right, you know. Wallander is cleaning up so far (Photography & Lighting (and when did those two things become merged?), Original Music and Sound so far. ETA And Production Design (dammit, I had almost any of the other contenders down for that - not to mention a few things that didn't even get nominated (Like 'Kingdom'))
And yes, Dr Who got the effects BAFTA for 'Fires of Pompeii' - Ghu knows why. ETA Oh, hadn't realised it was also up for Editing (and collared that too - wonder how it;s doing in the Welsh Awards?)
What on earth was Juliet Aubrey wearing on the red carpet?
Costume design to The Devil's Whore (I really must get that DVD) - a bit obvious this one, I was rooting for the Barbara Cartland bio-drama (which is close to becoming a category on its own these days) because getting those awful pink creations right took real talent.
My biggest cheer so far is for the Best Title Sequence for the truly deserving BBC Oympic titles.
And the 'factual' awards seem to be less controversial than the fiction ones - Ross Kemp's Afghanistan and The Fallen obviousy deserving.
Dammit, I may have found a use for twitter...
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'S been an odd week. Running the vac over the laptop seems to have removed much of the fluff that was causing problems - though the L key still sticks. At least it's still possible to download. Done the pictures, now for the text.
( Food Fair )
( Viewing update )
( Primeval 3.8 and other disasters )
( BAFTA Awards Part 42(b) The Directors' Cut )
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I am really going to have to seriously look for a new laptop. This one is missing one key, and a couple of letters off the logo on the case. Half the rest of the keys, including the left shift key, don't work (the 't' is the latest to declare UDI). The battery lasts less than an hour when fully charged, and it runs so hot I could easily fry (quail's) eggs on it.
So, suggestions for a new model, with a decent amount of memory, would be more than welcome. Say about 300 quid, and remember that I am a technonumpty of the most cautious kind, (being unable to master my cellphone) so really don't regard a change to a Mac, or Linux as a viable proposition.
Meanwhile, have bought a new 4gig stick to back up all the stuff on the hard drive before it finaly packs up the ghost.
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Just listening to 5Live squeeing over its magnificent showing in the Sonys.
Clearly I am going to have to listen to Nick Ferrari on LBC sometime (having trounced both Mayo and Humphreys for 'speech broadcaster of the year'. Otherwise I'm quite pleased to have called most of the key awards (Vanessa Feltz piped Eddie Mair for 'Speech radio personality'), though less than happy to have bluudy Count Arthur Strong push The Now Show into third place (but not surprised).
And given the judge's comments on the 'speech award' (The winner of the Gold Award made the judges laugh out loud. They found this programme witty and entertaining, cheeky and irreverent, and they admired the sustained passion and energy of its presenters who made listening an effortless and rollercoaster pleasure.) Kermode and Mayo are going to be insufferable on Friday...
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Just got back from the cinema where we have been viewing Star Trek (2009)) as IMDB will no doubt have to catalogue it since J J Abrams declined to give it a more unique title.
You will find my detailed and considered review under the cut ( here )
Five stars.
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Quote from BBC's Breakfast programme: "Tomorrow we're going to have two Star Trek fans in the studio. One has decorated his house like the Enterprise and the other dresses as a Klingon!"
*deep sigh*
Pity that Film 09 is on hiaitus, because, y'know, it would be nice to have a real Star trek fan's view of the film.
OTOH at least they're not interviewing a group of K/S slashers...
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Wolverine is one of my favourite comic book characters - dammit I've even written fanfic for him (and no, it's not on the net, or anywhere else accessible). Mysterious background, glib tongue, contempt for authority (especially Proff X), immense capacity for empathy (especially with Kitty and Rogue), absolute devotion to women who don't deserve him (yes, including Jean), tendency to angst over people caught in the crossfire (and his own predicament - popping those claws hurts) and ultimately absolute enjoyment at being 'the best at what I do'. For a comic book character he's incredibly complicated, and Hugh Jackman is a more than competent enough actor to take all that on.
( Cut for annoyed fangirl rant ) One star. At least Wolverine survived the Hollywood butchers' knives in sightly better shape than John Constantine.
Oh, and I did get to see the Harry Potter 6 trailer on a big screen for the first time.
Next week, the 'Over 18' screening of Star Trek. Fingers crossed.
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I've not been much bothered with the latest BBC Robin Hood since the first episode of the first series was patently unresearched rubbish (this was before Merlin and Bonekickers (and even the gurning 10 Who) defined this particular slot in the BBC Saturday evening schedules as the home of over-the-top self-indulgent costume drama). However, this week's Radio Times article on the show promised a shirtless Guy of Guisbourne and Toby Stephens gleefully anticipating a role to out-Herod Herod. So I decided to watch it. purely for the eye-candy. ( Read more )
Also, obligatory dreamwidth announcement. I am very happy that half of my f-list seems to have no idea what Dreamwidth (I use the whole title, because DW only and ever means Doctor Who) is or why LJ users are signing up to it. I have been considering signing up to another journal site purely so that I can have a place where non-fannish family and friends can access my open reviews and ramblings. Dreamwidth might be a useful place to put this - but if so it will be under a different name, and is unlikely to be of any interest to either my LJ or IJ f-lists.
Shrugs. Assuming I get an invite code thingy.
Goes back to writing porn.
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Certain persons (they know who they are) may have accused lil_shepherd and myself of being 'cat pushers' at the Sunday night Eastercon panel on Why do fans love cats and can we get them to stop?. Since the conclusion appears to have been "We don't know," and "No." I make no apology for drawing the attention of my UK f-list to the four older Singapura girls who are seeking new homes due to their present owner's illness. Like ours, they're indoor cats, and, being Singapuras, will be shoulder-sitters and paw-in-face-at-four-in-the-morning cats - not that this is any recommendation, but if someone is in the market for a companion-cat let me know and I'll pass on the contact details.
Meanwhile our own boy is at the v.e.t. being neutered. While there is a real possibility that he will never speak to us again at least you can be assured that there will be no more kittens from us in the foreseeable future...
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Hmm. The catch-up has now got back to the 15th - and I'll be out tomorrow too. I have been frantically 'listen-againing' to R4 missed plays and Now Show but don't have a prayer of catching everything. Especially if house is to be sorted for next week...
Meanwhile, last Tuesday (that's Tuesday 7th April if I'm keeping count) We went to the cinema. still haven't got to see Young Victoria. Will probably have to wait for the dvd now. So here is Knowing - a review (of sorts) ( with spoilers )
In summary, a very pretty film, fast paced, with some genuine gripping moments, some (unintentional?) laugh-out-loud moments (which the film makers probably intended as deeply ironic commentary on the American Way of Life), and a perfectly acceptable way of spending an Easter Holiday afternoon. Two out of five (not for viewers of a liberal or intellectual disposition - and why it has a 15 certificate when one can see similar levels of violence in the average episode of Nu Who I cannot fathom.)
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Have just got back from Yorkshire - through flood and storm... and am catching up quickly with e-mail and LJ and stuff in between shopping and going to pick up the cats.
Thanks for birthday wishes - will respond properly when I have been through 10 days backlog...
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In which Our Heroes rather lose the plot (and all trace of common sense) *sob*
( Some quick jottings )
One out of five. You can see the cracks - I wonder whether this was a quick filler episode?
Wanders off to find Renaissance in the hope that they really have uploaded it over this load of tosh.
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It's a measure of my opinion of Bonekickers and Merlin that I posted comments live while watching them. it's a measure of my views on Robin Hood that I was out in the kitchen cooking cheese turnovers this evening. But I couldn't do that to ( Primeval 3.1 ) That was fun though. Good to have it back.
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I suppose I ought to explain why I have no intention of getting into twitter. I have enough problems dealing with a comuter/typewriter keyboard (which will be bvious to anyone who has seen my un-edited posts (like this one). Half the time, even with a full sized keyboard, I hit the wrong keys. I have never been able hysically to co-ordinate my fingers enough to sort out how to send text messages by mobile phone - the keys are too small, the number of times you have to press them is confusing, and I always seem to 'skip' the actual letter I need. On the three occasions i have attempted to send a text message because it was urgent i have had to hope thatthe recipient ocould translate half-finished snetences and words that were replaced 9by predictive text) with unintelligible nonsense (why did an attempt to send 'why' keep coming out as 'www'?)
If anyone ever comes uo with an efficient voice-transcription service i might consider it - but really, I do most of my writing with a en and notebook - they;re easy. portable, do not require batteries, and can be transcribed and edited at leisure.
See? This post is unreadable, isnlt it? and not under a cut because that would require coding, and i really really canlt do that without two documents open and a cut-andpaste facility.
Signed: Luddite Ina.
(and yes, the left shift key still doesn't work)
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