Lots of oggle-goggling and a couple of moans

[usuallyhats]

Moan #1: This month's SFX is going to have ten different covers, one for each Doctor, so you get to choose the one you love the best. Unless, like me, you are a subscriber, in which case you get Tennant (aka the only Doctor I actually dislike) foisted upon you. BAH.

Moan #2: My upstairs neighbours seem certain that midnight is a fantastic time to start their guitar and singing practice. I remain unconvinced.

Onto more fun things ie telly, which I have been watching a lot of. Lovefilm sent me some more Hornblower - Mutiny and Retribution - and this time Paul McGann was in it, excellent. I enjoyed it very much, especially Horatio's Mad Plans, and the bit where Mad Plan #3 was almost scuppered by Science Fail and Bush and Archie mocked Horatio a bit, that was fun. Pellew was great too, as usual. And yes, I cried at the end, a lot, even though I knew it was going to happen. :(

Because it is apparently still 2004 in Jenniland, I've just started watching Veronica Mars, which is all kinds of fun, with snappy dialogue and an int'resting mystery and some of the most obviously fake driving scenes I've seen since Xander's dream in Restless, and there it was fake on purpose. I keep expecting Veronica to try steering using emphatic hand gestures. But other than that, it is great and I would very much like Veronica's entire wardrobe, please. Also, if it weren't for the fact that I am lazy and it is far I might be tempted to move to California. Look at all that sun! The Grauniad had a piece on Kristen Bell at the weekend and they said that there are rumours Veronica Mars might get uncancelled now her star is in the ascendant. Has anyone else heard this or is the Guardian just making things up for fun?

Also, the Sarah Connor Chronicles (last week's, not yesterday's, haven't seen that one yet ETA apparently there was no SCC yesterday due to SPORT so this parenthesis was unnecessary) was pretty good. Brief thoughts!

- It looks like John is beginning to grow up a bit, what with him taking charge at the beginning and decoying the Terminator off later on. Hurrah!

- I couldn't watch Derek's scene with the cadets; it really hit my embarrassment squick. There was flailing and hiding, oh yes.

- I was worried that the Wizard of Oz stuff was going to be really heavy-handed, but they sold it well in the end. Ditto the bits with the child, but they did a good job first off of establishing him as non-irritating when he first appeared, and they were actually pretty good. I'm quite bad at estimating ages, but was he supposed to be about the same age as John in T2?

- Needed moar Cameron. The bit where she picked up Marty by his collar and asked if he wanted her to read him a story was win.

It's taken me nearly an hour to write this. Why so busy this morning, library? Someone asked me to fetch some theseseses halfway through that last sentence, heh.

Comments

[tigerpixie.livejournal.com]

Every time an advert comes on for SCC now we both go "LALALAAA" really loudly and change the channel as fast as we can :) Oh, and we have now watched the first season, so we shall be bringing it with us tonight.

[usuallyhats]

Hee! Though you're probably safe, actually - season 2 doesn't start on Virgin One til the 23rd, I think.

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

Veronica Mars! I love that first season, I think it's one of my favorite seasons of tv ever. And yes please on the wardrobe thing. Hmm, I never heard those rumors -- I think there was something about Rob Thomas doing a Veronica Mars comic, which didn't excite me terribly because the actors are so good and I'd miss them. I wouldn't put too much faith in it, and at the same time would love to be proved wrong.

[usuallyhats]

Ah, maybe they heard about the possible comics and got confused. ITA on missing the actors, they are all great, plus I've been reading the Buffy comics and even though they are pretty enjoyable, it's just not the same.