Yup, can't blame you. Although my rational brain was thinking "This is the cheesiest thing since cheese came to cheesetown" I still got all sniffly about it.
My Dutch friend was very put off by the pronunciation on Who this week. She's said it for me before, but it kind of just sounds to me like she's got something stuck in the back of her throat. I just know that "Van Go" and "Van Goth" are both wrong.
I was curious as to what you would think of this episode. The monster did seem like a very... "Oh, by the way, we need a monster" kind of thing. The pacing did feel off, and the episode felt shorter than it should have because of it, I think. However, I did like it very much.
I also shared your thoughts that the exhibit would disappear, but I was actually rather pleased to see how it played out. Depression doesn't disappear because someone said kind things about you and you know that you will be remembered as someone great. Those things don't erase those feelings. And I'm glad, tragic as it is, that knowing those wonderful things didn't change Van Gogh's fate. That would have made me throw something at the screen and scream, "That's not how depression works!"
lol, ask your Dutch friend the proper pronunciation! It's driving me a little nuts because I suspected both us and the Brits were messing it up.
I almost wish they'd just left the monster out and gone back to visit Van Gogh on a whim or something. It would have given them more time to build up the relationship. It's not terribly Doctor Who-like, but I think it could have been pulled off.
Yes, I'm glad they seemed to be treating depression seriously. At that angle, the lack of change in the present time sits better with me.
Speaking of the doctor. Can we get the next set of episodes from you? Do dinner again like last time? I had fun having mostly adult conversation with some one again.
I bawled. You may recall my friend Michael from last year's Epicuricon. He's been an Art Curator for longer than you've been alive. 10 years in the National Galleries of London, and 10 more in the National Galleries of Edinburgh..(plus 10 at the Clark Art Institude and a few others)
His insights that he shares about artists made me love some "not all that popular outside the museum circuit". But I still love Van Gogh. He doesn't pronouce it Van Goth, but van Guff (sorta, I don't know the proper phonetic symbol spelling) and he mocks at people (eddie izzard voice "IN HIS MIND") when they pronouce it "Van Go".
Yeah, the monster seemed too much of a result of "Quick! Spin the Monster Wheel and see what we can use for this week!" But I kinda loved the mirror device to "see" it. Tres Cute. I actually felt compassion for him being blind. I know, weird.
I want to show the episode to Michael to not fact check what they got wrong about Van Gogh, but what they got *right*.
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I was curious as to what you would think of this episode. The monster did seem like a very... "Oh, by the way, we need a monster" kind of thing. The pacing did feel off, and the episode felt shorter than it should have because of it, I think. However, I did like it very much.
I also shared your thoughts that the exhibit would disappear, but I was actually rather pleased to see how it played out. Depression doesn't disappear because someone said kind things about you and you know that you will be remembered as someone great. Those things don't erase those feelings. And I'm glad, tragic as it is, that knowing those wonderful things didn't change Van Gogh's fate. That would have made me throw something at the screen and scream, "That's not how depression works!"
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I almost wish they'd just left the monster out and gone back to visit Van Gogh on a whim or something. It would have given them more time to build up the relationship. It's not terribly Doctor Who-like, but I think it could have been pulled off.
Yes, I'm glad they seemed to be treating depression seriously. At that angle, the lack of change in the present time sits better with me.
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Sorry, things got a bit crazy with CONvergence and I missed this in its entirety.
Yeah, absolutely let's get together again. When works for you? I've got options for weekdays next week.
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His insights that he shares about artists made me love some "not all that popular outside the museum circuit". But I still love Van Gogh. He doesn't pronouce it Van Goth, but van Guff (sorta, I don't know the proper phonetic symbol spelling) and he mocks at people (eddie izzard voice "IN HIS MIND") when they pronouce it "Van Go".
Yeah, the monster seemed too much of a result of "Quick! Spin the Monster Wheel and see what we can use for this week!" But I kinda loved the mirror device to "see" it. Tres Cute. I actually felt compassion for him being blind. I know, weird.
I want to show the episode to Michael to not fact check what they got wrong about Van Gogh, but what they got *right*.
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