DW 28x12: Army of Ghosts

[icepixie]

I dunno. That just sort of...left me cold, in much the same way as ROTC/AOS didn't really do much for me. About two thirds of the way in, I was thinking, "You know, I wish we had more episodes like 'Idiot's Lantern.'" Which, you know, at least was fun.

This was...not, really. Yvonne was not so much evil as irritating, and Torchwood would have been much better if we hadn't been hearing about it EVERY TWO SECONDS from the media and from the show itself. And I feel like a bad fan--here we have the Cybermen and the Daleks all together, which is supposed to be the coolest thing ever, and I...really don't care. Like, at all. Possibly my problem is that I still don't find the Cybermen a particularly scary villain, for reasons I stated when they first showed up this season and which I won't go into again.

They did tie together all the divergent little threads from this season--Cybermen, alternate univese, Torchwood, hell/beast--which was nice, but it felt kind of like a paint-by-numbers thing. Of course the sphere comes from a place some people call "hell." Of course it's in Torchwood's possession. Of course Torchwood is run by vaguely evil people. Of course it's related to the Cybermen and the AU. I was surprised that the Daleks showed up--I'd heard rumors that people had seen a Dalek exterminator ray in the preview (I didn't watch it so as not to be spoiled), but I'd forgotten until they flew out of the sphere.

But the beginning was sort of awful--the voice from beyond the grave thing was a bit silly. Although we did finally get to see a FRAKKING ALIEN PLANET or two, which was nice. I want to see the episode with those dragon-looking things in it that perhaps was made in some alternate universe. Then the middle sort of plodded along; I knew the moment we saw the plastic wrap around the "No Entry" area that there would be Cybermen behind it, and as soon as we saw people with things in their ears (even before they got one in both ears), I twigged to the connection to the AU. Then there was the ending, and I...kind of don't care how it turns out.

And what was up with the 3D glasses? Another Ghostbusters thing?

"How long you gonna stay with me?" / "Forever" was sweet, although very anvilicious. Rose is so outta here by the end of the next episode.

Hmph. I think I need to rewatch this when I'm in a better mood. We walked all over the world at the Frist and the library today, so I'm exhausted, and my knees are killing me.

*stalks off to sulk*

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[elflore.livejournal.com]

Eyre Series: I'd say it gets cooler, yeah. The thing about it is that after the first one, it just gets more literary. Thursday jumps into more books and more characters get involved, which I think is just huge fun. *g* Which is why it's one of my absolute favorite series.

Clive Owen: The main things I've actually seen him in were King Arthur (did I mention how much I love that movie?) and Gosford Park, I think. I've also seen bits of Second Sight, which is a dark cool PBS Mystery! series he did.

Bill Nighy: Is awesome in everything. You really need to see the I Capture the Castle Film! (He's the father there.) He's also in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the film) as Slartibartfast. He's a real jerk in Constant Gardener (plays it brilliantly though, and that whole movie is incredible). He's *hysterical* in Love, Actually (another of my must see Brit movies). He's all over the place, really...

Jeremy Brett: was Sherlock Holmes in the 80s and 90s, and brilliant at it.

Coupling: You know is by Stephen Moffat, right? *g* Also brilliant...only the Brits can make a show that's all about sex and still about *people*. And it's just plain hysterical, 'cause, y'know...Stephen Moffat.

Jason Momoa: Thick as in size, or thick as in brains? *snerk* (I know very little about SGA actors. I just think his character is cool. And the dreads, and I can totally see him monster fighting, so...yeah, he works for Spike in my head.)

And pardon the oldness...I let a lot of email and LJ slip while I was finishing up the novel, so playing catchup this weekend!

[icepixie]

Ooooh, I have Gosford Park in my Netflix queue. My library claims to have I Capture the Castle, but they lie. I need to put that one in the NF lineup.

I did see part of Love, Actually. Ended up turning it off in disgust, actually. Ah, well.

I've heard of Coupling, but haven't seen it. Sounds intersting, though.

Jason Momoa: Thick in both, really, but more in brains. *g*

[elflore.livejournal.com]

Love Actually: Ah well, mileage varies. I just love the writer/director (Richard Curtis, one of the Blackadder writers), and so many of the stars...my fam watches so much Brit stuff, we knew most everybody. And Bill Nighy is hysterical, and I especially loved the Colin Firth story (writer in love!), and the Liam Neeson story with the son. And then there's the fact that Richard Curtis just has a lot of my optimistic mindset about people, so the essential message of the film...

Ok, ok, I'll shut up. :?P

Oh, but random fact of the day: Richard Curtis is not only good friends with Neil Gaiman, he was the inspiration for Richard Mayhew, the main character in Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' TV series and novel. *g*

Coupling: is *hilarious*. Might take an episode or two to get used to the speed at which the innuendo flies and the wackiness of the chars, but you fall in love with them. *g* And one of the leads, Steve (yup, Stephen Moffat wrote a show where one of the pairs of lovers is Steve and Susan...based largely on himself and his wife, Sue, who's a producer on the show!)...is played by Jack Davenport...alias Commodore Norrington in Pirates of the Carribean.

See, Britain really is the smallest world. *g*

[icepixie]

Love, Actually: When I got to the first bit with the filmingof the porn movie, I just couldn't take it anymore. Gack.

See, Britain really is the smallest world. *g*

Smaller even than the Canadian Sci-Fi Actors Union! *g*