Yay Friday!
It took me longer than anticipated to catch up on the f-list this morning, where I read this great entry on posting fic by icedmaple, which points out that fic headers should be seen as a way of promoting your story and lots of other sensible advice for the new and enthusiastic (i.e. what seems to be a largish contingent of Sherlock fandom).
The last three films I've been to see (The Runaways, The Switch and Scott Pilgrim) have all featured actors from Arrested Development, and I would exchange them all for the unlikely to ever happen Arrested Development film. I saw a trailer for Let Me In, which looks like a shot for shot remake. That wouldn't be a problem if I could have a guarantee that they'd injected pace, my main problem with Let The Right One In. There was too much 'Yes, I see what you did there...I still see what you did there...Can we move on?' going on. Also, Chloe Moretz for the win. And RED looks like The Losers a few years on.
Ugly Betty was great fun as ever. I don't believe Connor is dead - demand to see the body. Wilhelmina did not seem to have seen that embezzling the charity was the way to go! I loved the Betty-Hilda stuff. I loved most of it, I think, like how Justin combined Marc's advice and the Suarez heart in his speech.
And then I watched Law and Order: UK last night and I am done with the show, I think. I switched the TV on to hear Ronnie talking about panties (wouldn't he say knickers? I would always say knickers. I know I've spent too much time thinking about this word choice but still). Basically, most of this episode was me not taking out of it what I was meant to, I think. On the good side (before I rant), Ronnie, Matt being pretty - the by-play with the flirty neighbour and his reaction had me wondering about what it's like to be that handsome and a good boy and how Ronnie feels about it/deals with it. Also ALESHA'S BOOTS. It's the time of year to think about boots and I loved their shininess.
However, this episode was mainly about James and James's idea of justice. Me, I like vigilantes who own it (i.e. Batman). Within the law that he's meant to be upholding, all they had on that man (who probably did it) was CIRCUMSTANCIAL. There barely was a case if you're starting from the assumption of innocent until proven guilty. It felt as if they'd all decided he did it and were scrabbling around for evidence to prove it except it was all CIRCUMSTANCIAL. Amusingly, the police (i.e. Natalie) did the dance of denial after the verdict even though they'd been almost as bad as James and his little helper (WORD barrister lady, WORD. Stop enabling him, Alesha! BTW, I think Matt/Alesha is pretty much sunk at this point, and I don't like James/Alesha, mainly because I don't like his self-righteousness or the dynamic, which isn't just boss/employee, but mentor/mentee.) I was surprised George didn't talk to/yell at James WAAAAY earlier, because he was wasting energies and money that should have been spent on winnable cases. And then, because he couldn't let it go, he harassed that man into the final mess (I mean, yes, it was in him to do it, but James was responsible for a lot of the triggers) but James and Alesha probably don't see it.
The last three films I've been to see (The Runaways, The Switch and Scott Pilgrim) have all featured actors from Arrested Development, and I would exchange them all for the unlikely to ever happen Arrested Development film. I saw a trailer for Let Me In, which looks like a shot for shot remake. That wouldn't be a problem if I could have a guarantee that they'd injected pace, my main problem with Let The Right One In. There was too much 'Yes, I see what you did there...I still see what you did there...Can we move on?' going on. Also, Chloe Moretz for the win. And RED looks like The Losers a few years on.
Ugly Betty was great fun as ever. I don't believe Connor is dead - demand to see the body. Wilhelmina did not seem to have seen that embezzling the charity was the way to go! I loved the Betty-Hilda stuff. I loved most of it, I think, like how Justin combined Marc's advice and the Suarez heart in his speech.
And then I watched Law and Order: UK last night and I am done with the show, I think. I switched the TV on to hear Ronnie talking about panties (wouldn't he say knickers? I would always say knickers. I know I've spent too much time thinking about this word choice but still). Basically, most of this episode was me not taking out of it what I was meant to, I think. On the good side (before I rant), Ronnie, Matt being pretty - the by-play with the flirty neighbour and his reaction had me wondering about what it's like to be that handsome and a good boy and how Ronnie feels about it/deals with it. Also ALESHA'S BOOTS. It's the time of year to think about boots and I loved their shininess.
However, this episode was mainly about James and James's idea of justice. Me, I like vigilantes who own it (i.e. Batman). Within the law that he's meant to be upholding, all they had on that man (who probably did it) was CIRCUMSTANCIAL. There barely was a case if you're starting from the assumption of innocent until proven guilty. It felt as if they'd all decided he did it and were scrabbling around for evidence to prove it except it was all CIRCUMSTANCIAL. Amusingly, the police (i.e. Natalie) did the dance of denial after the verdict even though they'd been almost as bad as James and his little helper (WORD barrister lady, WORD. Stop enabling him, Alesha! BTW, I think Matt/Alesha is pretty much sunk at this point, and I don't like James/Alesha, mainly because I don't like his self-righteousness or the dynamic, which isn't just boss/employee, but mentor/mentee.) I was surprised George didn't talk to/yell at James WAAAAY earlier, because he was wasting energies and money that should have been spent on winnable cases. And then, because he couldn't let it go, he harassed that man into the final mess (I mean, yes, it was in him to do it, but James was responsible for a lot of the triggers) but James and Alesha probably don't see it.