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[icepixie]

Well, I just saw rowdycamels off home. :(

We had a good time, though. Did a bit of walking at Radnor Lake. Then we came back and watched a lot of TV. I have thoroughly introduced her to Northern Exposure, I think. We watched...ten episodes? Ish? In twenty-four hours? We took a tour through some of the more dysfunctional episodes of seasons three, four, and five. Plus there was Blackpool horror. I'm scarred for life now.

We also watched the DW Christmas special.

That was...truly bad. Someone needs to take the Who out of Rusty's hands, stat. He...recycled large parts of TCI...and made his main character angst over his Mary Sue...and had a really ridiculous scenery-chewing spider queen villain. (I suppose I shouldn't judge this spider queen, since I thought "Planet of the Spiders" was great. But somehow that spider queen was just...better.) Not to mention truly awful science everywhere you look.

I did like Donna, though. She wasn't a yes-woman. She kind of reminded me of Tegan, actually. Maybe Tegan mixed with Sarah Jane. And she was smart enough to not come with the Doctor.

Still, the whole episode...it was bad enough to make me wonder if they were intentionally self-parodying, but I'm afraid they were entirely serious. And that makes me sad. It was like it was written by an ADHD seven-year-old. On crack. With unlimited CGI.

Ugh.

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[icepixie]

Yeah, I was stunned when I saw her name come up in the credits last night.

It's a bit horrifying, isn't it?

I saw most of the musical numbers in BP. I think I got the general gist of the whole thing.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Seriously, you need to sit down and watch it. Ripley Holden is one of the most fascinating, complicated, well-drawn characters I've ever seen on television. It's an incredible six-hour ride.

(And then when you're done, you can go watch David Morrissey in Our Mutual Friend with Paul McGann and David Bradley, who has many scenes with DM, making it sort of like Blackpool: The Dickens Years. Well, at least in my twisted little mind, anyway!)

[icepixie]

Well, if they ever put BP out in Region I, I'll give the whole thing a look.

Dickens? Egads. Even with Paul McGann, I think I might pass on that one.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

if they ever put BP out in Region I, I'll give the whole thing a look.

You know, I don't know why they haven't, since it was shown here on BBCA last year. Dorky, stupid BBC and their DVD policies!

Even with Paul McGann, I think I might pass on that one.

Honestly, that's what I thought, too, having hated Dickens when forced to read him in high school. But I absolutely adored OMF, to where I decided I wanted to read the book (and have enjoyed every minute of that, too, not that I've looked at it recently). I was stunned by that reaction, but I really loved it THAT much. And if PM's Eugene Wrayburn doesn't just break your heart, well...I'll be very worried about you!

[icepixie]

OMF: Hmmmm. Maybe I'll add it to the end of my Netflix queue...

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I got it from my local library, if that helps at all. Then at least if you do hate it, you won't have paid anything for it :)

[icepixie]

My library has it, but I've given up on getting anymore DVDs from them. Nine out of ten are unplayably scratched or outright broken.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I think I got the general gist of the whole thing.

Did not! In between campy bits, there's some amazing acting work, and the writing is great, too. (Come on - scene on the quay? With the hand-holding? Wasn't that fun?) You really should give it another try, someday when you're less rushed and less tv-overloaded.

I can't believe there aren't any mac region-removing programs floating around. That's just insane. Hmmm, maybe once I get my broadband back I can hunt down a dvd-ripping free trial somewhere... Because there's a Blackpool-shaped hole in your heart, I swear.

[icepixie]

I can't believe there aren't any mac region-removing programs floating around.

It is sad. :(

DVD-ripping? Ooooh....

[alto2.livejournal.com]

The lack of region-free Mac stuff bites. I have a region-free player, so I do own the DVD set (hence my horror at discovering "The Gambler" was replaced with another version on the DVD), but I can't get it to play on the Mac nohow. Neither will the DW TV Movie, which is also depressing. VLC will play my other R2 discs quite happily, but not those two. :( And I've tried to rip the TVM to no avail.

I love my Macs to bits, but that part is just aggravating. There is a utility that lets you reset the drive setting, and supposedly when you run out of resets (I think you're allowed five), it lets you reset that setting as well, but I've honestly been afraid to try it in case that's not true.

[icepixie]

My dad just sent me a link to something called Mac the Ripper. It's freeware, and claims to be able to copy material from any region onto your hard drive, and then you watch it from there.

I've also heard about the DVD region-switching utility, and I'm afraid to even stick an R2 DVD into my drive, for fear of it switching on me. Possibly I'm paranoid.