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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]

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.