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lotus0kidHey, folks, how have the first few days of 2010 been for everyone? Mine have been fine, watching TV and movies and trying to seriously sit down and really push through the Plaude!Shrek. It comes in fits and starts- I hit a wall and have to take a few days figuring out how to get over it, barrel through another scene and ignore it for a while. It will get done, for sure, one way or another.
Anyway, today I'll be headed for the mall to deal with the misses among the Christmas gift hits. I'll be glad to get it done, though I'd really rather not head out into the vicious wind that's whipping around today.
I caught Doctor Who's "End of Time" arc, happily enough. I've been terrible about keeping up with that show. Anyway, it was good, I guess. Bit of a let-down with what happened to the Time Lords in the.. where were they? The Time Lock? Sure. And the Master, though I liked that we got a genuine moment between him and the Doctor where he stopped acting like a complete lunatic and actually seemed like a real person (I'm not super into Doctor/Master as a pairing, but during that scene? Yeah, the subtext/text line was pretty darn blurry). As painful as it was, I loved that Wilf was the one who knocked four times. Very unexpected to me, but just right. Wilf is so lovely, and it was great to see him running around with the Doctor instead of the typical gorgeous young woman. Their conversations in the pub in Part I and on the spaceship in Part II are amazing, really reminded me how great David Tennant is as the Doctor. And he is. I've had my doubts in the past *cough*tinkerbelljesus*cough*, but he's done a fantastic job. And though, yeah, it kind of went on a bit, I liked his little silent goodbyes to his companions (Jack/Alonso- say it with me now, d'awww). We'll see about this Matt Smith fellow. I will say this for Eleven so far- his apparent catchphrase (GERONIMO!) beats the holy living hell out of Ten's (I'm sorry, I'm so sorry).
Quick question, have there been any pictures of the new TARDIS interior? I was surprised to hear they'd be changing it. I'm just hoping it's not going to be all bright and slick like in the reboot Enterprise. There's nothing wrong with that, I just feel like the TARDIS should be a bit warmer and more textured.
I watched District 9 and The Brothers Bloom this weekend, and... yeah, it'd be hard to find two more different movies without dipping into the Disney library. District 9 was incredibly intense, just absolutely non-stop, and thankfully not nearly as preachy as I worried it might be. Poor, poor Wikus- he so very did not deserve what happened to him. Jeez. Anyway, I don't think I'm going to rush out and buy this one, but I think it's definitely worth renting at least once.
As for The Brothers Bloom... it might be too quirky for some people, and I need to remember I don't have a huge fondness for movies about con artists. It gets me all paranoid waiting for the ultimate twist to come and Character A to find out Character B has in fact been conning Character A the whole time when Character A thought the opposite was true. Maybe other people enjoy that kind of thing, but it bugs me overall. In any case, Rachel Weisz is pretty adorable in it, as is Adrien Brody. And Rinko Kikuchi just plain rocks (Is it weird that I felt like Rachel Weisz's character had more chemistry with her character than Adrien Brody's? Probably). Oh, also? I NEED THE SOUNDTRACK LIKE OXYGEN. It's so awesome- kind of jazzy and sweet, almost vaudevillian, which makes sense. Also also, in the movie the kind of main villain is played by Maximillian Schell, who will forever and always be my Hamlet thanks to the terrible version of the play he starred in that was riffed by MST3K.
So, that's that. I feel like reviving this meme, so here goes:
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five Times the Middleman Cursed," or "Five Things Peter Won't Ever Tell Claude," or "Five Things the Devil Didn't Invent (But Wishes He Did)"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Serious or fun!
Anyway, today I'll be headed for the mall to deal with the misses among the Christmas gift hits. I'll be glad to get it done, though I'd really rather not head out into the vicious wind that's whipping around today.
I caught Doctor Who's "End of Time" arc, happily enough. I've been terrible about keeping up with that show. Anyway, it was good, I guess. Bit of a let-down with what happened to the Time Lords in the.. where were they? The Time Lock? Sure. And the Master, though I liked that we got a genuine moment between him and the Doctor where he stopped acting like a complete lunatic and actually seemed like a real person (I'm not super into Doctor/Master as a pairing, but during that scene? Yeah, the subtext/text line was pretty darn blurry). As painful as it was, I loved that Wilf was the one who knocked four times. Very unexpected to me, but just right. Wilf is so lovely, and it was great to see him running around with the Doctor instead of the typical gorgeous young woman. Their conversations in the pub in Part I and on the spaceship in Part II are amazing, really reminded me how great David Tennant is as the Doctor. And he is. I've had my doubts in the past *cough*tinkerbelljesus*cough*, but he's done a fantastic job. And though, yeah, it kind of went on a bit, I liked his little silent goodbyes to his companions (Jack/Alonso- say it with me now, d'awww). We'll see about this Matt Smith fellow. I will say this for Eleven so far- his apparent catchphrase (GERONIMO!) beats the holy living hell out of Ten's (I'm sorry, I'm so sorry).
Quick question, have there been any pictures of the new TARDIS interior? I was surprised to hear they'd be changing it. I'm just hoping it's not going to be all bright and slick like in the reboot Enterprise. There's nothing wrong with that, I just feel like the TARDIS should be a bit warmer and more textured.
I watched District 9 and The Brothers Bloom this weekend, and... yeah, it'd be hard to find two more different movies without dipping into the Disney library. District 9 was incredibly intense, just absolutely non-stop, and thankfully not nearly as preachy as I worried it might be. Poor, poor Wikus- he so very did not deserve what happened to him. Jeez. Anyway, I don't think I'm going to rush out and buy this one, but I think it's definitely worth renting at least once.
As for The Brothers Bloom... it might be too quirky for some people, and I need to remember I don't have a huge fondness for movies about con artists. It gets me all paranoid waiting for the ultimate twist to come and Character A to find out Character B has in fact been conning Character A the whole time when Character A thought the opposite was true. Maybe other people enjoy that kind of thing, but it bugs me overall. In any case, Rachel Weisz is pretty adorable in it, as is Adrien Brody. And Rinko Kikuchi just plain rocks (Is it weird that I felt like Rachel Weisz's character had more chemistry with her character than Adrien Brody's? Probably). Oh, also? I NEED THE SOUNDTRACK LIKE OXYGEN. It's so awesome- kind of jazzy and sweet, almost vaudevillian, which makes sense. Also also, in the movie the kind of main villain is played by Maximillian Schell, who will forever and always be my Hamlet thanks to the terrible version of the play he starred in that was riffed by MST3K.
So, that's that. I feel like reviving this meme, so here goes:
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five Times the Middleman Cursed," or "Five Things Peter Won't Ever Tell Claude," or "Five Things the Devil Didn't Invent (But Wishes He Did)"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Serious or fun!
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Date: 2010-01-05 11:56 pm (UTC)I'm planning to watch "The End of Time," both parts (and "The Water of Mars") very soon. I want to be caught up- especially because I can't read spoilery posts like yours until I am!
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Date: 2010-01-06 02:13 am (UTC)Enjoy! And definitely do not read the Doctor Who portions of this post.