some haphazard TV reviews & gossip...
Since life is dull, and full of tedious things I don't want to do at the moment, time to distract myself with fannish rambling!
Television hasn't provided much distraction as of late, since The Paradise continues to be a clichéd soap opera. The costumes have gotten somewhat better since last season, but I still find the romance between Denise and Moray rather gross and creepy. Aside from the fact that he's too old for her, the whole employer/employee thing is icky. I cringe every time he calls her 'my little champion'. Eeeew. I can't think of a creepier nickname to have for your employee OR for your girlfriend, and she's BOTH. Like what even??? But I heard it got cancelled already, so we won't have to sit through any more after this season. Hopefully a better period drama will take it's place on the Masterpiece schedule. (Of course, they already had better in Lark Rise to Candleford and Garrow's Law but I guess those shows were too intelligent. Sigh.)
Apparently, PBS isn't showing any more of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries even though it's already had another season in Australia. Boo. I'm just going to have to track down the DVDs then, because Miss Fisher is awesome, and I love that show so much!
Doctor Who was actually pretty good this week, and I would say 'Flatline' is one of the best this season, but on the whole it's been a wash out for me. I really can't get on board with the nastiness of the Doctor or the stupidity of the characters and plotlines this year. The reason I watch DW is to explore exotic times and places with characters I like and enjoy spending time with, but I really wouldn't want to spend ANY time with this Doctor or even Clara this season, they've turned her into such a doormat. I don't have any patience for characters who fight all the time, or those that routinely insult and/or lie to each other. The Doctor's constant bitchiness and negativity remind me of my mother on her worst menopause days, and I wouldn't want to travel in a ship with that! The fact that the writing is constantly endorsing this behavior on the Doctor's part is the worst of it though. I can't get behind any show that says it's alright for someone to treat other people like dirt because he's somehow 'special' or 'better'. On the bright side, there's only 3 more eps to go this season. I've heard Moffat intends to stay through the end of next year, but I really hope not, since all-new leadership with an entirely different approach is the only thing that will salvage the mess DW has become. But the writing really is the trouble, and I'm pretty confident Capaldi could still be a wonderful Doctor if he had decent writing to work with. So fingers crossed for next year!
Sewing is coming along rather slowly. I'd hoped to have at least half of my planned cosplays for TARDIS done already, but alas, only my off-the-rack outfits are finished. Lots of re-working to do before I get the patterns right for the outfits I'm making. But I'm trying to stay focused; Victoria's outfit from 'The Abominable Snowmen' only needs the knickerbockers and it'll be done! So close!
Haven't had a lot of time for my Classic Who watch lately. But I'm still saving 'Keys of Marinus'; I'm going to watch it for my birthday next week. It'll be the best gift after a horrible couple of months. My fave team TARDIS!
Television hasn't provided much distraction as of late, since The Paradise continues to be a clichéd soap opera. The costumes have gotten somewhat better since last season, but I still find the romance between Denise and Moray rather gross and creepy. Aside from the fact that he's too old for her, the whole employer/employee thing is icky. I cringe every time he calls her 'my little champion'. Eeeew. I can't think of a creepier nickname to have for your employee OR for your girlfriend, and she's BOTH. Like what even??? But I heard it got cancelled already, so we won't have to sit through any more after this season. Hopefully a better period drama will take it's place on the Masterpiece schedule. (Of course, they already had better in Lark Rise to Candleford and Garrow's Law but I guess those shows were too intelligent. Sigh.)
Apparently, PBS isn't showing any more of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries even though it's already had another season in Australia. Boo. I'm just going to have to track down the DVDs then, because Miss Fisher is awesome, and I love that show so much!
Doctor Who was actually pretty good this week, and I would say 'Flatline' is one of the best this season, but on the whole it's been a wash out for me. I really can't get on board with the nastiness of the Doctor or the stupidity of the characters and plotlines this year. The reason I watch DW is to explore exotic times and places with characters I like and enjoy spending time with, but I really wouldn't want to spend ANY time with this Doctor or even Clara this season, they've turned her into such a doormat. I don't have any patience for characters who fight all the time, or those that routinely insult and/or lie to each other. The Doctor's constant bitchiness and negativity remind me of my mother on her worst menopause days, and I wouldn't want to travel in a ship with that! The fact that the writing is constantly endorsing this behavior on the Doctor's part is the worst of it though. I can't get behind any show that says it's alright for someone to treat other people like dirt because he's somehow 'special' or 'better'. On the bright side, there's only 3 more eps to go this season. I've heard Moffat intends to stay through the end of next year, but I really hope not, since all-new leadership with an entirely different approach is the only thing that will salvage the mess DW has become. But the writing really is the trouble, and I'm pretty confident Capaldi could still be a wonderful Doctor if he had decent writing to work with. So fingers crossed for next year!
Sewing is coming along rather slowly. I'd hoped to have at least half of my planned cosplays for TARDIS done already, but alas, only my off-the-rack outfits are finished. Lots of re-working to do before I get the patterns right for the outfits I'm making. But I'm trying to stay focused; Victoria's outfit from 'The Abominable Snowmen' only needs the knickerbockers and it'll be done! So close!
Haven't had a lot of time for my Classic Who watch lately. But I'm still saving 'Keys of Marinus'; I'm going to watch it for my birthday next week. It'll be the best gift after a horrible couple of months. My fave team TARDIS!