Tumblr, and Catching Up With Christmas Specials
Have I ever linked to my fandom tumblr here? I know I've linked to my personal tumblr once before, but I don't think I have my fandom - mostly because I created it and then neglected it, but I've decided to be better at tumblr, I've even learnt how to do gif sets. So here is the link (currently mostly devoted to The Hour, Once Upon A Time, Anna Chancellor and Peter Capaldi).
So, apparently, Christmas is a good time to kill of characters? Okay, I can't talk, I spent my Christmas day watching The Mist and then The Great Escape, so depressing endings all around.
Downton Abbey: I think the Christmas special may well be the last Downton episode I'll watch. I'm not annoyed at the last scene plot twist, I just found the whole thing rather boring. Watching the fandom get all up in arms about whatever happened backstage that lead to the last scene plot twist is at least ten times more entertaining than the episode itself (somebody really need to sit some of those fans down and tell them that acting is a job and you cannot expect actors to say in a job they don't want more than you can force anyone to stay in any job they don't want)
Doctor Who: The villain repeating “winter is coming” again and again made me lol from the bottom of my Stark-adoring heart and I do have to wonder if Moffat was poking a bit of fun at Game of Thrones in addition the obvious fun he was having gently poking a bit of fun at Sherlock (and I just looked up Jenna Louise Coleman and found out she's dating Robb Stark himself, Richard Madden, and now that has become just that little bit extra amusing).
Clara I really liked. Really, though, I'm still a bit hesitant towards her at the moment due to being worried that if she's around for more than one episode, the writing of her will deteriorate, so I can't quite bring myself to emotionally invest in her, if that makes sense.
I enjoyed the episode overall - I can't help but like episodes which contain a bit group of the Doctor's allies working together, but it wasn't close to knocking The Runaway Bride off its top spot as my favourite Doctor Who Christmas episode.
And, finally, I am really missing The Hour. I know I kind of rubbished it in my last few posts, but I really miss that show now I haven't got new episodes to watch. I think I'm going to have to do a bit of rental stalking of the cast while waiting news on a third season (please, BBC, please, please can The Hour have a third season - the characters are perfect).
So, apparently, Christmas is a good time to kill of characters? Okay, I can't talk, I spent my Christmas day watching The Mist and then The Great Escape, so depressing endings all around.
Downton Abbey: I think the Christmas special may well be the last Downton episode I'll watch. I'm not annoyed at the last scene plot twist, I just found the whole thing rather boring. Watching the fandom get all up in arms about whatever happened backstage that lead to the last scene plot twist is at least ten times more entertaining than the episode itself (somebody really need to sit some of those fans down and tell them that acting is a job and you cannot expect actors to say in a job they don't want more than you can force anyone to stay in any job they don't want)
Doctor Who: The villain repeating “winter is coming” again and again made me lol from the bottom of my Stark-adoring heart and I do have to wonder if Moffat was poking a bit of fun at Game of Thrones in addition the obvious fun he was having gently poking a bit of fun at Sherlock (and I just looked up Jenna Louise Coleman and found out she's dating Robb Stark himself, Richard Madden, and now that has become just that little bit extra amusing).
Clara I really liked. Really, though, I'm still a bit hesitant towards her at the moment due to being worried that if she's around for more than one episode, the writing of her will deteriorate, so I can't quite bring myself to emotionally invest in her, if that makes sense.
I enjoyed the episode overall - I can't help but like episodes which contain a bit group of the Doctor's allies working together, but it wasn't close to knocking The Runaway Bride off its top spot as my favourite Doctor Who Christmas episode.
And, finally, I am really missing The Hour. I know I kind of rubbished it in my last few posts, but I really miss that show now I haven't got new episodes to watch. I think I'm going to have to do a bit of rental stalking of the cast while waiting news on a third season (please, BBC, please, please can The Hour have a third season - the characters are perfect).