London Spy and Spectre (or, I see Ben Whishaw everywhere)
London Spy. If you're not watching it, you should be. It's a five-part mini-series from the BBC (who else). Now, I am not the slightest bit interested in spies (yawn), or Ben Whishaw for that matter - the only reason I was even mildly interested to begin with is that Mark Gatiss is in it, only he hasn't shown up yet. BUT THIS SHOW, GUYS. It's a completely misleading title, for a start. Yes, it's London, and yes, there are spies, but I can imagine some lovely people sitting down for what they imagine will be some conventional spy thriller and then backing out in horror *g*
All I can say is that within 12 minutes I was having serious Mystrade AU feels, or basically any story where posh-uptight-works-for-the-government (Edward Holcroft, whom I didn't recognise from Kingsman, but guh) meets working-class reckless-drug-and-party-animal (Ben Whishaw, being most unlike Q). There's romance, explicit sex, and intrigue, but don't hold me responsible for your feelings. Who's with me? :)
I also saw Spectre on the weekend, more for the sake of Ralph Fiennes and Andrew Scott than anything else. Eh. I mean I loved it whenever either of them were on the screen, but found it difficult to care otherwise, since Daniel Craig does nothing for me. It was a perfectly passable and moderately engaging movie that was about half an hour too long.
All I can say is that within 12 minutes I was having serious Mystrade AU feels, or basically any story where posh-uptight-works-for-the-government (Edward Holcroft, whom I didn't recognise from Kingsman, but guh) meets working-class reckless-drug-and-party-animal (Ben Whishaw, being most unlike Q). There's romance, explicit sex, and intrigue, but don't hold me responsible for your feelings. Who's with me? :)
Click to viewI also saw Spectre on the weekend, more for the sake of Ralph Fiennes and Andrew Scott than anything else. Eh. I mean I loved it whenever either of them were on the screen, but found it difficult to care otherwise, since Daniel Craig does nothing for me. It was a perfectly passable and moderately engaging movie that was about half an hour too long.