So, it's already been 2013 for over a week
Which is vaguely terrifying. How have we already experienced 9 days of January? (look, it was 9 days when I started writing this post)
Uh, so, this is a bit late, but: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Christmas was good and quiet as was New Year.
The highlight, naturally, was Dr Who.
It's probably my favourite Christmas episode since the first David Tennant one. I really liked Clara. She was awesome and she kept challenging the Doctor. I'm really looking forward to seeing what her story is. I felt sorry for Captain Latimer and I kinda hope we see him a later episode.
I loved and adored Jenny and Madam Vastra. Strax was a joy to behold. The more of all three in the new episodes will make me very happy.
The trailer made me all excited and some of the guest stars are looking awesome.
I really can't wait till April (or is it March? Either way, it'll be around Easter).
I didn't really watch anything else over the holiday other than Graham Norton on New Years Eve which, started off awkwardly with Tom Cruise but everything after with Billy Crystal, Hugh Jackman and John Bishop was golden.
And, if you never watch it, you have to watch this clip because while the rest of it is good, nothing is quite as hilarious as Billy Crystal and Hugh Jackman reading cooking innuendoes from The Great British Bake-off to each other. Hugh Jackman cracking up is a joy to watch.
I saw The Hobbit - I enjoyed it, but I didn't fall in love with it like I did Lord of the Rings. There were moments I loved and moments that made me go 'meh'. But I did love the beginning. I know some say it was overlong and indulgent, but I loved it. Hell guys, I sodding well cried when we saw Hobbiton again. And New Zealand lookined fucking gorgeous. But other stuff, well, I was less enthusiastic about.
Excitingly, my brother bought a PS3 and because of its DVD capabilities, I'm finally able to watch DVDs on my TV with sound coming out of my TV and not my laptop. This is a thousand different kinds of awesome, I can't even begin to tell you. It also plays blu-ray too. Naturally I'm celebrating this by pre-ordering Skyfall. I'm also looking into getting The Avengers boxset (you know, the one that has all the films in it - at least until all the sequels start up this year) from the US. Mostly because I refuse to not own a Joss Whedon commentary.
I finally watched season 1 of The Hour, which I loved. Why the hell did it take me this long to watch it? My favourite characters are Freddie (shocking, I know) and Lix because Anna Chancellor is one of my favourites. I guessed the identity of the spy fairly early, but I hoped I was wrong. I also had no idea that Julian Rhind-Tutt, Andrew Scott, Jamie Parker or Burn Gorman were in it, so that was fun. I've already got season 2 on DVD and am going to watch that as soon as I finish season 4 of oz. Maybe sooner.
Talking about oz, it's amazing and I love it, although it's a hard-hitting show. But what I love about it most is that oz, Law and order:SVU, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, Treme and, to an extent, Generation Kill recycle actors like it's going out of fashion. They all turn up on all the shows. It's bloody marvellous and so hilarious. Especially seeing as all the prisoners in oz, all seem to play cops in all the other shows (including Terry Kinney and Harold Perrineau who turn up in The Unusuals and Eamonn Walker who ends up a firefighter chief in Chicago Fire). It's cast is insanely awesome and the sheer number of people you recognise will blow your mind.
I also finally finished season 5 of The Wire. It's taken me nearly 2 years to get around to it - mostly because I didn't want to finish the show because I love it so much. But, again with the cross-casting - which makes me so gleeful. Although, possibly one of the best thing was Detective Munch in the background of a bar, arguing about a tab.
I've also managed to read some books already this year. And since I did so dismally last year, with my book reading, I'm making a huge effort to read loads this month to make up for it.
1) The Revolution was Televised - Alan Sepinwall
I love this book because it's written by one of my favourite TV critics (who does a podcast called Firewall and Iceberg with another of my favourite TV critics, Dan Fienberg - you see what they did there with the name?) about some of my favourite TV shows (oz, Deadwood, The Wire, Buffy, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights and Battlestar Galactica - there are chapters about The Shield, Lost, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos but I've not watched them/finished watching them, so I've not read them yet in case of spoilers) with interviews and comments from some of my favourite show creators and writers. Seriously, if you like any of these shows and have been watching the way TV has evolved over the last 15 years, this is the book for you.
2-4) Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident, Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code, Artemis Fowl and the opal Deception - Eoin Colfer
TV shows are slowly coming back. Slowly.
I watched the series finale of Leverage this week. I've not managed to watch the 3 previous episodes because I really didn't like the sound of them but I couldn't wait until whenever I do pluck up the courage and watch them to watch the finale, so, in a rare act, I skipped episodes. they made Eliot/Parker/Hardison canon. I'm so fucking happy. It's sodding canon. Amazing.
I've watched The Good Wife (which was so fucking good for me), Person of Interest, Chicago Fire (which was also so fucking good for me. I just wanna give Shay and Severide all the hugs in the world) and finally Justified is back on my TV and I'm a happy, happy girl because Raylan Givens is in my face again.
And Spartacus is back in just over a fortnight and I can't bloody wait.
And I've also made up my list of New Year Resolutions so wish me luck with them
Also over the holidays, I came across an insane amount of fanfic I'd started but never got around to finishing. I've got stuff from Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek and Merlin. There must be roughly 50k sitting on my laptop until I decide what to do with it all. Because a part of me wants to finish them because I like the stories, but the realistic part of me is laughing at the idealistic part because I'm having issues dealing with an ongoing 00Q series that seems to have stalled (I have ideas. I just can't get them out of my head and onto paper in a good way) and my girl!Stiles fic that is over 90k in part 1. I still have parts 2 and 3 to do and I want need to get them done before a) S3 starts and b) I lose interest in 1) the fic or 2) the show (which is seeming more likely by the day). Woe is me.
And, uh, this could be considered a longer post than I was expecting, so I'm going to stop and go to bed now. It seems like a plan.
Uh, so, this is a bit late, but: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Christmas was good and quiet as was New Year.
The highlight, naturally, was Dr Who.
It's probably my favourite Christmas episode since the first David Tennant one. I really liked Clara. She was awesome and she kept challenging the Doctor. I'm really looking forward to seeing what her story is. I felt sorry for Captain Latimer and I kinda hope we see him a later episode.
I loved and adored Jenny and Madam Vastra. Strax was a joy to behold. The more of all three in the new episodes will make me very happy.
The trailer made me all excited and some of the guest stars are looking awesome.
I really can't wait till April (or is it March? Either way, it'll be around Easter).
I didn't really watch anything else over the holiday other than Graham Norton on New Years Eve which, started off awkwardly with Tom Cruise but everything after with Billy Crystal, Hugh Jackman and John Bishop was golden.
And, if you never watch it, you have to watch this clip because while the rest of it is good, nothing is quite as hilarious as Billy Crystal and Hugh Jackman reading cooking innuendoes from The Great British Bake-off to each other. Hugh Jackman cracking up is a joy to watch.
Click to viewI saw The Hobbit - I enjoyed it, but I didn't fall in love with it like I did Lord of the Rings. There were moments I loved and moments that made me go 'meh'. But I did love the beginning. I know some say it was overlong and indulgent, but I loved it. Hell guys, I sodding well cried when we saw Hobbiton again. And New Zealand lookined fucking gorgeous. But other stuff, well, I was less enthusiastic about.
Excitingly, my brother bought a PS3 and because of its DVD capabilities, I'm finally able to watch DVDs on my TV with sound coming out of my TV and not my laptop. This is a thousand different kinds of awesome, I can't even begin to tell you. It also plays blu-ray too. Naturally I'm celebrating this by pre-ordering Skyfall. I'm also looking into getting The Avengers boxset (you know, the one that has all the films in it - at least until all the sequels start up this year) from the US. Mostly because I refuse to not own a Joss Whedon commentary.
I finally watched season 1 of The Hour, which I loved. Why the hell did it take me this long to watch it? My favourite characters are Freddie (shocking, I know) and Lix because Anna Chancellor is one of my favourites. I guessed the identity of the spy fairly early, but I hoped I was wrong. I also had no idea that Julian Rhind-Tutt, Andrew Scott, Jamie Parker or Burn Gorman were in it, so that was fun. I've already got season 2 on DVD and am going to watch that as soon as I finish season 4 of oz. Maybe sooner.
Talking about oz, it's amazing and I love it, although it's a hard-hitting show. But what I love about it most is that oz, Law and order:SVU, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, Treme and, to an extent, Generation Kill recycle actors like it's going out of fashion. They all turn up on all the shows. It's bloody marvellous and so hilarious. Especially seeing as all the prisoners in oz, all seem to play cops in all the other shows (including Terry Kinney and Harold Perrineau who turn up in The Unusuals and Eamonn Walker who ends up a firefighter chief in Chicago Fire). It's cast is insanely awesome and the sheer number of people you recognise will blow your mind.
I also finally finished season 5 of The Wire. It's taken me nearly 2 years to get around to it - mostly because I didn't want to finish the show because I love it so much. But, again with the cross-casting - which makes me so gleeful. Although, possibly one of the best thing was Detective Munch in the background of a bar, arguing about a tab.
I've also managed to read some books already this year. And since I did so dismally last year, with my book reading, I'm making a huge effort to read loads this month to make up for it.
1) The Revolution was Televised - Alan Sepinwall
I love this book because it's written by one of my favourite TV critics (who does a podcast called Firewall and Iceberg with another of my favourite TV critics, Dan Fienberg - you see what they did there with the name?) about some of my favourite TV shows (oz, Deadwood, The Wire, Buffy, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights and Battlestar Galactica - there are chapters about The Shield, Lost, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos but I've not watched them/finished watching them, so I've not read them yet in case of spoilers) with interviews and comments from some of my favourite show creators and writers. Seriously, if you like any of these shows and have been watching the way TV has evolved over the last 15 years, this is the book for you.
2-4) Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident, Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code, Artemis Fowl and the opal Deception - Eoin Colfer
TV shows are slowly coming back. Slowly.
I watched the series finale of Leverage this week. I've not managed to watch the 3 previous episodes because I really didn't like the sound of them but I couldn't wait until whenever I do pluck up the courage and watch them to watch the finale, so, in a rare act, I skipped episodes. they made Eliot/Parker/Hardison canon. I'm so fucking happy. It's sodding canon. Amazing.
I've watched The Good Wife (which was so fucking good for me), Person of Interest, Chicago Fire (which was also so fucking good for me. I just wanna give Shay and Severide all the hugs in the world) and finally Justified is back on my TV and I'm a happy, happy girl because Raylan Givens is in my face again.
And Spartacus is back in just over a fortnight and I can't bloody wait.
And I've also made up my list of New Year Resolutions so wish me luck with them
Also over the holidays, I came across an insane amount of fanfic I'd started but never got around to finishing. I've got stuff from Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek and Merlin. There must be roughly 50k sitting on my laptop until I decide what to do with it all. Because a part of me wants to finish them because I like the stories, but the realistic part of me is laughing at the idealistic part because I'm having issues dealing with an ongoing 00Q series that seems to have stalled (I have ideas. I just can't get them out of my head and onto paper in a good way) and my girl!Stiles fic that is over 90k in part 1. I still have parts 2 and 3 to do and I want need to get them done before a) S3 starts and b) I lose interest in 1) the fic or 2) the show (which is seeming more likely by the day). Woe is me.
And, uh, this could be considered a longer post than I was expecting, so I'm going to stop and go to bed now. It seems like a plan.