Randomness

[icepixie]

Life Stuff:
Grrr, argh, knees. Obviously the exercises are going to have to be resumed every six months or so. Hopefully this will not last for the rest of my life.

My repainted dresser is done! It's preeeeetty. I'll get a picture up here once the varnish dries completely and I can close the drawers.

My job search, on the other hand, is not pretty. It is quite ugly at the moment, in fact. All I can seem to find in town are things like door-to-door sales, which...if I were interested in marketing, maybe, but I'm not, so no. I did apply for an editorial assistant job that I really want, and I have an application for a library and/or state archives peon job (they claim not to be hiring right now, but they keep resumes on file, so...) done and waiting to be turned in, but beyond that... *sigh* I did find a nifty site full of job listings for freelance writers and artists/graphic designers/photographers, but it seems intent on not letting me register so I can do something about it. Grrr, argh.

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Who Stuff:
So I listened to "...Ish," and found that Peri has possibly the most annoying voice in all of creation. Honestly, I think she does. It's squeaky and whiny and has a not-at-all-right American accent. I mean, I've heard worse ones, but owwwwwww. This hurts. It hurts my soul.

On the other hand, after listening to "Winter for the Adept," I think both Sarah Sutton's voice and her interpretation of the the character have improved tremendously in the past twenty years. Nyssa doesn't constantly sound sort of dazed and high.

I also watched the DVD of "Earthshock" with the commentary turned on. HEE! They're all so funny. Well, with the exception of poor Matthew Waterhouse, who didn't say much. Janet Fielding especially was cracking me up with her "self-elected fashion correspondant" stuff. And they all seemed to agree with my interpretation of the Tegan/Doctor reunion and ready-to-take-a-bullet-for-her scenes. "That's verging on hanky-panky in the TARDIS, isn't it?" Heh.

Something else they all said was really interesting: I hadn't noticed it before, but when it's pointed out, you can really see that every scene was blocked like the camera was the audience in a theatre. In big group shots, they're all standing exactly in the gaps left by other people, so you can see everyone. And they talk towards the camera, not towards other characters (actually, sort of halfway between the camera and the character standing beside them). I wonder if that's not one of the biggest reasons it looks so different from New Who, or anything much past its time, really.

Comments

[elflore.livejournal.com]

Peri's accent: Isn't entirely unauthentic...Nicola Bryant actually has duel citizenship, her family lived here at some point...but I dunno when, 'cause she's still clueless about how to pronounce some words. (Keister?!) *snerk* Her character is still really cool sometimes, though...I like her quite a bit in ...Ish, and even more in some of her 5th Doc stories with Erimem.

Nyssa: Has indeed a goooooorgeous voice. And Winter for the Adept is even one of her weaker stories...Spare Parts is *brilliant* (and partly an inspiration for this year's Cyber-stories). I'd say 'Land of the Dead' is a lot of fun, too...though a lot of the fun there is the Doctor's banter with the story's pseudo-companion. :?P

The stage-staging: Huh. Never thought about that, yet it makes sense. Fascinating.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

*hugs* on the job stuff. Hang in there, something will come along, even if it takes longer than you'd like.

I've always thought Nicola Bryant had absolutely the worst American accent I've ever heard (though I hear I'm in for a real education in just how bad they can be in Minuet in Hell, so perhaps I should reserve judgment!). I don't think having dual citizenship makes a jot of difference--one of my colleagues kids have dual citizenship and grew up with a British father and I'm not at all sure that they could do a passable accent if necessary. I think she just hasn't got a good ear for accents, and that's all there is to it. And alas, nobody back in 1983 could figure that out (or else they just didn't care).

I haven't seen "Earthshock" in ages--but I thought I remembered hearing recently that on the commentary, they talk about how they were trying not to giggle when Adric died? Is that true? Poor Matthew Waterhouse. I never had the intense hate for Adric that so many people do, though I see how you could easily be incredibly annoyed by him. I'd imagine hanging out with Janet Fielding would be an absolute blast.

(I love the title "Earthshock," but ever since I first saw it, I've had this terribly tendency to get it mixed up with the word "earth-shattering," which must really make people wonder!)