televisual musings

[sadcypress]

I have been playing catchup recently with several shows I love. Some catching up is in the sense of "I watched the premiere of S5 of Merlin and then.... forgot to watch the rest and now it is over and I don't want Tumblr to spoil me so I had better do some series telly watching ASAP." Some catching up is more like catching up with old friends who

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[sabra_n]

nope, not done yet with the Ten complaints, OOPS

I will NEVER be done with that Ten complaint. It is one of my complaintiest.

[tempestsarekind]

nope, not done yet with the Ten complaints, OOPS

Ha, like a third of my Doctor Who posts seem to turn into Ten complaints at some point or other. Like you, I am so glad that Eleven was open with Clara instead of holding her at arm's length for ages!

Also, The Hour! I need S2 to come out on DVD before I get totally spoiled on it by Tumblr, but I loved S1 so much. I love Bel and Freddie together, and I threw myself off of my couch when I heard Jamie Parker's voice in the first episode (which was doubly ridiculous, because I knew he was in it). And I really, really like Marnie (I have fewer Hector feelings because he's just Not My Type in a lot of ways, but I like watching him trying to develop into a newsman and not being sure he wants to).

[arcadiaego]

Sometimes I see pictures of BW and think, Sir, you are funny looking, but then I see him in motion and you see how brilliant an actor he can be, and I am awash in a sea of WHISHAAAAAAAAAW and there is only love.

I feel the same - but then, most people I like are kind of funny looking in stills. :D

I'm really interested to hear your opinions on the Merlin finale when you get there, because I didn't watch any of this series *apart* from the last episode. So our views will probably be different.

Eleven is not the kind of Doctor to put baggage onto a new companion

People on Tumblr were spazzing over the fact that the pub Clara worked in is called The ROSE and Crown. MAKE IT STOP.

I must admit I didn't think much of the Christmas special. I wanted the main story to be Richard E Grant (because I thought the Victorian morality made snow flesh thing was really interesting but instead it seemed nothing really happened and it was all a set up for the next series, which a Christmas episode shouldn't be. It makes me worry Moffat is gearing

[aggiebell]

I just mainlined all the episodes of the current season of The Mindy Project, and the relative lack of weight related humor in the show was part of the reason why it was so awesome. It would be really easy for the sow to go for cheap humor about Mindy Kaling's figure, since she's short and curvy rather than the tall and willowy of Hollywood preference- I spent a lot of the show thinking she's ridiculously beautiful. It's still got some weight jokes, of course, but I'd say the show is on her side about it. She's not presented as her weight or her required!self hatred about her weight takes up a ton of mental space.

Anyway, at my stop now, maybe more later.

[bohemiabythesea]

Ben Whishaw is amazing, isn't he? I've seen him in quite a few things now, and he's such a brilliant actor. And oh, I'm happy you've been watching The Hour! I watched the first series in my last summer as summer school director, together with the AmazingCo, and we fell in love with it. It's so well written.

Bon courage for watching Merlin; I shall leave you to experiencing it on your own. Say hello afterwards, though.

And Who! I just finished watching the Christmas Special, and oh, was it lovely! Every time Who comes back to the screen, I feel uplifted and as if somebody made me a special present and created a festive day for me. Clara is going to be great, and I agree - shaking things up is good, even if we miss the Ponds.

And I might have to check out Miranda - this went completely past me.