There have been two shows eating my brains this week. First off, I fell deepy and madly in love with Steven MOffat and Mark Gatiss' Sherlock. It was a dream of a tv show, good pace great action, much banter and totally enjoyable.
I don't like spoilers so I won't ruin things if you've not yet seen it but golly gosh, I was seriously excited and was thoroughly pleased with how things turned out. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman rocked my world with chemistry and good humour.
One tiny tiny whingette was that sometime's Sherlock was speaking so quickly I couldn't always catch all the dialogue. But I did like the way texts and thinking were displayed on the screen.
My other joy has been Breaking Bad. My chap and I are six episodes deep into the second season. I am amazed at the starkness of the show. It seems to waver on a very thin line between being too bleak and very very funny. I'm laughing at things that on paper sound impossible to laugh at. It also highlights some interesting issues. I don't doubt that this show isn't for everyone, I wouldn't recommend it to my mother. It's challenging but ultimately rewarding.
Keep Buggering on.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Sunday 25 July 2010
What to do...
Well rehearsals are now broken up for the summer and that means there is time to catch up on the TV that I've missed or postponed in the last few weeks because I've been too damned tired to watch most of it. So with that in mind we've already made a bit of a start on things with Breaking Bad. It's an incredible show to watch alternating between something that is very very bleak and being laugh out loud funny if you have a sick and twisted sense of humour.
In addition to that: we series linked the Silence which was shown on the BBC a couple of weeks ago, we're determined also to catch up on Misfits series one too as we were caught out by a technological malfunction when we first tried to watch it.
The big news is tonight though: Sherlock. Written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat its a modern day retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and quite simply put I cannot wait. Two of my favourite writers colaborating on something delicious.
There's plenty to be getting on with especially when you look to the shelf and find that my copy of Mad Men seasons one and two have arrived and I'm chomping at the bit to get to grips with Don Draper et al.
I'm also fitting in True Blood as and when as my other half turns his nose up at this. I'm still watching the West Wing when I can as whilst the other half enjoys it, he enjoys an episode now and again whilst I like to inhale discs of it. My rewatch of American Gothic is progressing slowly too but I kind of want to savour it. I love the character Selina Kyle as much as I ever did.
In addition to that: we series linked the Silence which was shown on the BBC a couple of weeks ago, we're determined also to catch up on Misfits series one too as we were caught out by a technological malfunction when we first tried to watch it.
The big news is tonight though: Sherlock. Written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat its a modern day retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and quite simply put I cannot wait. Two of my favourite writers colaborating on something delicious.
There's plenty to be getting on with especially when you look to the shelf and find that my copy of Mad Men seasons one and two have arrived and I'm chomping at the bit to get to grips with Don Draper et al.
I'm also fitting in True Blood as and when as my other half turns his nose up at this. I'm still watching the West Wing when I can as whilst the other half enjoys it, he enjoys an episode now and again whilst I like to inhale discs of it. My rewatch of American Gothic is progressing slowly too but I kind of want to savour it. I love the character Selina Kyle as much as I ever did.
Friday 23 July 2010
Reaction to Toy Story 3.
Well thank the gods for Orange Wednesday. Firstly for making the cinema affoardable again. We have gone on other days but frankly for two grown ups to go and see a film these days costs 20 quid and that's before you've been mugged at the concessions stand. So glad I trotted down to Wrexham odeon at lunchtime for tickets.
The evening brought Toy Story in 3D. And I'm not going to spoiler here. It was an incredibly moving narrative; so much so I think I cried throughout the last fifteen minutes of the piece. It's a story that resonated with me on quite a deep level. It deals with themes of loyalty and moving on and like almost everything else Pixar do they got the story spot on.
Go see it, because it's fast paced, it's action filled, its kind of the ultimate buddy movie. What I would say is that if you don't want to bother seeing it in 3D then don't. In my humble opinion it didn't add a whole lot to our movie going experience apart from having to shell out another £2 for two pairs...
The evening brought Toy Story in 3D. And I'm not going to spoiler here. It was an incredibly moving narrative; so much so I think I cried throughout the last fifteen minutes of the piece. It's a story that resonated with me on quite a deep level. It deals with themes of loyalty and moving on and like almost everything else Pixar do they got the story spot on.
Go see it, because it's fast paced, it's action filled, its kind of the ultimate buddy movie. What I would say is that if you don't want to bother seeing it in 3D then don't. In my humble opinion it didn't add a whole lot to our movie going experience apart from having to shell out another £2 for two pairs...
Giggles guffaws and geeks.
I've been trying to write this post for ages, I wanted to talk about comedy and which shows tickle my funny bone.
At the moment my chap and I are regularly sitting down to watch two comedies. James Wood's Rev on BBC2 and Graham Linehan's The IT Crowd on channel 4. Both are excellent in very different ways.
Comedy is utterly subjective and what one person finds hilarious someone else will label it bad taste or that it is too bland. We are not a fan of family situation comedies. My Family has been around about 5 series too long and whilst I adore Zoe Wannamaker and Robert Lindsay that show now makes me want to poke my eyes out with the dull end of a spork.
I could argue that I don't like the show because it's the traditional sit com format that doesn't sit well with me but that really isn't the case. The IT Crowd is very much in that mould and I sit there and PMSL every week. What the IT Crowd does well is it captures IT geek stereotypes quite accurately I'd hazard a guess that because I've got more in common with the IT Crowd and I find these references funnier than comedy derived from family situations where I don't have children.
Rev on the other hand is one of those new breeds of comedy without the audience and the laughter track. I don't discriminate between either type of comedy, in that if it's funny I will watch it. And Rev is. Very very funny. Tom Hollander plays a rural vicar posted in an central london parish with his congregation of nutters, criminals, drug addicts and slightly inapropriate old ladies. There is also a Dean and whilst on paper it sounds like a rehash of the Vicar of Dibley, it's much more subtle and a lot more viscious with it's humour.
I am also a big fan of the Big Bang Theory again with geek based humour this time with an American flavour. You could compare Jen and Penny because they are the female leads both cast in female non-geek roles to the male geeks. I find this a little frustrating being a female geek as well, we are out there and when it comes to popular culture we're definitely just as nerdy. The Big Bang Theory does come out a little way ahead than The IT Crowd in this stake with the creation of Leslie Winkle who whilst not a series regular she crops up often enough to remind us that women are geeks too. Both shows work on a number of levels whether you get some of the geeky in-jokes and laughing with the characters, or laughing at them.
What tickles your funny bone?
At the moment my chap and I are regularly sitting down to watch two comedies. James Wood's Rev on BBC2 and Graham Linehan's The IT Crowd on channel 4. Both are excellent in very different ways.
Comedy is utterly subjective and what one person finds hilarious someone else will label it bad taste or that it is too bland. We are not a fan of family situation comedies. My Family has been around about 5 series too long and whilst I adore Zoe Wannamaker and Robert Lindsay that show now makes me want to poke my eyes out with the dull end of a spork.
I could argue that I don't like the show because it's the traditional sit com format that doesn't sit well with me but that really isn't the case. The IT Crowd is very much in that mould and I sit there and PMSL every week. What the IT Crowd does well is it captures IT geek stereotypes quite accurately I'd hazard a guess that because I've got more in common with the IT Crowd and I find these references funnier than comedy derived from family situations where I don't have children.
Rev on the other hand is one of those new breeds of comedy without the audience and the laughter track. I don't discriminate between either type of comedy, in that if it's funny I will watch it. And Rev is. Very very funny. Tom Hollander plays a rural vicar posted in an central london parish with his congregation of nutters, criminals, drug addicts and slightly inapropriate old ladies. There is also a Dean and whilst on paper it sounds like a rehash of the Vicar of Dibley, it's much more subtle and a lot more viscious with it's humour.
I am also a big fan of the Big Bang Theory again with geek based humour this time with an American flavour. You could compare Jen and Penny because they are the female leads both cast in female non-geek roles to the male geeks. I find this a little frustrating being a female geek as well, we are out there and when it comes to popular culture we're definitely just as nerdy. The Big Bang Theory does come out a little way ahead than The IT Crowd in this stake with the creation of Leslie Winkle who whilst not a series regular she crops up often enough to remind us that women are geeks too. Both shows work on a number of levels whether you get some of the geeky in-jokes and laughing with the characters, or laughing at them.
What tickles your funny bone?
Monday 19 July 2010
Live at Somerset House
A gig and a half.
So the Divine Comedy Gig was just Neil Hannon and a piano or just Neil Hannon and a guitar and it was really good. He did 21 songs ranging through all the albums from Bang Goes the Knighthood right the way back to Promenade with a little bit of the Duckworth Lewis Method thrown in for good measure. I honestly believe that Jiggery Pokery is an anthem for all time.
I have to confess, I'd been a little sceptical as to how Neil Hannon could recreate the lush sounds from the albums which usually involve at least half an orchestra, but there is nothing more versatile than a piano and with a little audience participation the audience filled in admirably. Singing the bassline to Blue Monday.
What I love about Neil Hannon is that he is so wonderfully charming that when he makes mistakes, and he does regularly, it's part of the charm like a bespoke suit the imperfections make it truly unique.
The set list my able assistant and partner in crime thinks the set list was this:
Probably not in order, but somewhere around right-ish:
So the Divine Comedy Gig was just Neil Hannon and a piano or just Neil Hannon and a guitar and it was really good. He did 21 songs ranging through all the albums from Bang Goes the Knighthood right the way back to Promenade with a little bit of the Duckworth Lewis Method thrown in for good measure. I honestly believe that Jiggery Pokery is an anthem for all time.
I have to confess, I'd been a little sceptical as to how Neil Hannon could recreate the lush sounds from the albums which usually involve at least half an orchestra, but there is nothing more versatile than a piano and with a little audience participation the audience filled in admirably. Singing the bassline to Blue Monday.
What I love about Neil Hannon is that he is so wonderfully charming that when he makes mistakes, and he does regularly, it's part of the charm like a bespoke suit the imperfections make it truly unique.
The set list my able assistant and partner in crime thinks the set list was this:
Probably not in order, but somewhere around right-ish:
The Complete Banker Assume The Perpendicular Everybody Knows Pop Singer's Fear Your Daddy's Car If... National Express Neapolitan Girl Alfie Snowball In Negative Indie Disco Time To Pretend Geronimo Don't Look Down Lady Of A Certain Age Songs Of Love Our Mutual Friend Tonight We Fly ... (Encore) Jiggery Pokery Can You Stand Upon One Leg I Like Down In The Street Below Have You Ever Been In Love? When A Man Cries
My partner is quite the keen photographer and this picture is his.
Keep Buggering on.
Sunday 18 July 2010
You'll be with me like a hand print on my heart.
The weekend consisted of a trip to see both the saturday matinee of Wicked and to see Neil Hannon playing a solo Divine Comedy gig at Somerset House.
Wicked, a show I've got more than a passing acquaintance with. I got to see it first not long after it first opened in London 13th October 2006 when Idina Menzel was resprising her role as Elphaba and she blew me away with her vocal ability. Adam Garcia was Firyero and Helen Dallimore played Glinda.
Since then I think I've asked my guy if we can go see it again probably twice a year since then. He's been strict with me and pointed out the fact that we really needed to see as much of the other muscials on offer as we could and grudgingly I've agreed, but still I've wanted to Wicked again for a very long time. A happy coincidence happened when my chap booked tickets to see the Divine Comedy, it was announced that Lee Mead was taking over the part of Fiyero and that made it a must and my boy knows when he isn't going to win.
Wicked is a big ensemble show and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Rachel Tucker who has recently taken over the role of Elphaba, I'll admit I had low expectations for her, she wasn't my favourite Nancy, not by a long way but her time in We Will Rock You has been good for her because her performance was really good and vocally much better than I was expecting. In fact she killed the Wizard and I.
Lee was intense and I think Fiyero could do with being played a touch lighter but I'll forgive him anything you can't fault him vocally and he really is a team player in the ensemble.
My chap was a little bit naughty and managed to take some pitctures of Act 1 my pick of them are below.
More on Divine Comedy later.
Keep Buggering On
Wicked, a show I've got more than a passing acquaintance with. I got to see it first not long after it first opened in London 13th October 2006 when Idina Menzel was resprising her role as Elphaba and she blew me away with her vocal ability. Adam Garcia was Firyero and Helen Dallimore played Glinda.
Since then I think I've asked my guy if we can go see it again probably twice a year since then. He's been strict with me and pointed out the fact that we really needed to see as much of the other muscials on offer as we could and grudgingly I've agreed, but still I've wanted to Wicked again for a very long time. A happy coincidence happened when my chap booked tickets to see the Divine Comedy, it was announced that Lee Mead was taking over the part of Fiyero and that made it a must and my boy knows when he isn't going to win.
Wicked is a big ensemble show and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Rachel Tucker who has recently taken over the role of Elphaba, I'll admit I had low expectations for her, she wasn't my favourite Nancy, not by a long way but her time in We Will Rock You has been good for her because her performance was really good and vocally much better than I was expecting. In fact she killed the Wizard and I.
Lee was intense and I think Fiyero could do with being played a touch lighter but I'll forgive him anything you can't fault him vocally and he really is a team player in the ensemble.
My chap was a little bit naughty and managed to take some pitctures of Act 1 my pick of them are below.
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More on Divine Comedy later.
Keep Buggering On
Wednesday 14 July 2010
You learn something new everyday
It might be a cliche, but it is one for a reason.
I recently did a meme on TV programmes past and present and one of the questions was what was your first TV obsession. Thinking long and hard I had to discard Buffy The Vampire Slayer for that honour and Xena Warrior Princess and I dug further back in my mind and realised that in 1995 American Gothic was my first real obsession with a TV show. I taped every single episode of that show and I watched and re-watched until the tapes wore out. At 16 for me, this show was dark, impossibly sexy and I think for the first time I was actively watching a show, looking for clues making up theories with my friends at school and just plain obsessing about the show. It used symbolism and religion as metaphors and I loved it.
Fast Forward fifteen years and I'm now thirty-one and that tv meme I'd taken part in had given me an itch, the only way I was going to get any relief would be to rewatch the show. So I tracked it down: American Gothic (at amazon) and tonight whilst my chap was at a committee meeting I rewatched the first episode.
As the opening credits rolled and the twangly guitar music played it felt like coming home to something I hadn't experienced in a while. But then I noticed the producer David Eick. And I recognised the name because I'm a huge huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. It gave me a fluttery tummy feeling because he's now involved in three of my favourite shows. Rewatching the first episode was kind of strange, partly because I'd forgotten so much, but also somethings had etched themselves on my brain. Also I love Sarah Paulson, I remember thinking her an awesome actress in this back in 95 and I loved her as Harriet Hayes in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Some of the things in the show have dated badly, others not so scary.
So then the credits and I find out that Sam Raimi was executive producer as was Robert Tapert who both were responsible for Xena Warrior Princess amongst a lot of other things that have really made me squee over the years. When I first watched the show I hadn't been interested in who was writing and producing, but these days very much more so. It really tickled me pink to see people I've grown to have respect for from other later projects really managed to get their claws into me when I was young and impressionable. Also a taste for shows which either the networks don't like or general audiences don't.
I'm not sure there's much else of a point to this other than me geeking out but I wanted to share it with people because it sure as hell made me smile this evening.
Keep Buggering On
I recently did a meme on TV programmes past and present and one of the questions was what was your first TV obsession. Thinking long and hard I had to discard Buffy The Vampire Slayer for that honour and Xena Warrior Princess and I dug further back in my mind and realised that in 1995 American Gothic was my first real obsession with a TV show. I taped every single episode of that show and I watched and re-watched until the tapes wore out. At 16 for me, this show was dark, impossibly sexy and I think for the first time I was actively watching a show, looking for clues making up theories with my friends at school and just plain obsessing about the show. It used symbolism and religion as metaphors and I loved it.
Fast Forward fifteen years and I'm now thirty-one and that tv meme I'd taken part in had given me an itch, the only way I was going to get any relief would be to rewatch the show. So I tracked it down: American Gothic (at amazon) and tonight whilst my chap was at a committee meeting I rewatched the first episode.
As the opening credits rolled and the twangly guitar music played it felt like coming home to something I hadn't experienced in a while. But then I noticed the producer David Eick. And I recognised the name because I'm a huge huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. It gave me a fluttery tummy feeling because he's now involved in three of my favourite shows. Rewatching the first episode was kind of strange, partly because I'd forgotten so much, but also somethings had etched themselves on my brain. Also I love Sarah Paulson, I remember thinking her an awesome actress in this back in 95 and I loved her as Harriet Hayes in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Some of the things in the show have dated badly, others not so scary.
So then the credits and I find out that Sam Raimi was executive producer as was Robert Tapert who both were responsible for Xena Warrior Princess amongst a lot of other things that have really made me squee over the years. When I first watched the show I hadn't been interested in who was writing and producing, but these days very much more so. It really tickled me pink to see people I've grown to have respect for from other later projects really managed to get their claws into me when I was young and impressionable. Also a taste for shows which either the networks don't like or general audiences don't.
I'm not sure there's much else of a point to this other than me geeking out but I wanted to share it with people because it sure as hell made me smile this evening.
Keep Buggering On
Celebrating the end of term.
I'm not a teacher, but I do work in education behind the scenes with the administrative side of things so this is the busiest time of year for my team right now. So much so I'm sick of the sight of my colleagues and I've got my head down answering queries so that I can blow the joint Friday afternoon and head off to London for the weekend.
This short break in London is my treat for surviving the year and while I'm there with my partner we're going to indulge our mutal love of musical theatre and music and we're seeing Wicked for the second time and the Divine Comedy at Somerset house.
I literally cannot wait. Firstly because weighing up all the shows I've seen and loved; I would rate Wicked as one of my all time favourites. I love the themes of being an outsider and of friendship and love. I really enjoy the way it's told with humour and there is a big sense of spectacle in seeing the production. I was lucky enough to see it when it first opened in London with Idina Menzel (who originated the role of broadway) reprising her performance of Elphaba. I can remember being utterly blown away by her voice and I've been a huge fan of her's ever since.
This time Rachel Tucker, who was one of the wannabe Nancys in I'd Do Anything is taking on the role. I'm hoping she's going to be great. I have to say I enjoyed her performance as Meat when we went to see We Will Rock You but whether she can measure up to Idina Menzel I'm less convinced. Having said that I am more than willing to eat my words come Saturday afternoon. I am very excited about seeing Lee Mead as Fiyero; I saw him in Joseph a couple of years ago with my Mum (her birthday trreat) and we were both very impressed. I'm hoping to score an autograph.
The evening will be taken up with the Divine Comedy or rather Neil Hannon and a Piano in the courtyard at Somerset House. Again, I've seen the Divine Comedy before at the Lowry a number of years ago now in the Quays Theatre which is a really intimate space and really draws you in at a gig.
It's a really full Saturday we're having which is great.
Three days and counting.
Keep Buggering On
This short break in London is my treat for surviving the year and while I'm there with my partner we're going to indulge our mutal love of musical theatre and music and we're seeing Wicked for the second time and the Divine Comedy at Somerset house.
I literally cannot wait. Firstly because weighing up all the shows I've seen and loved; I would rate Wicked as one of my all time favourites. I love the themes of being an outsider and of friendship and love. I really enjoy the way it's told with humour and there is a big sense of spectacle in seeing the production. I was lucky enough to see it when it first opened in London with Idina Menzel (who originated the role of broadway) reprising her performance of Elphaba. I can remember being utterly blown away by her voice and I've been a huge fan of her's ever since.
This time Rachel Tucker, who was one of the wannabe Nancys in I'd Do Anything is taking on the role. I'm hoping she's going to be great. I have to say I enjoyed her performance as Meat when we went to see We Will Rock You but whether she can measure up to Idina Menzel I'm less convinced. Having said that I am more than willing to eat my words come Saturday afternoon. I am very excited about seeing Lee Mead as Fiyero; I saw him in Joseph a couple of years ago with my Mum (her birthday trreat) and we were both very impressed. I'm hoping to score an autograph.
The evening will be taken up with the Divine Comedy or rather Neil Hannon and a Piano in the courtyard at Somerset House. Again, I've seen the Divine Comedy before at the Lowry a number of years ago now in the Quays Theatre which is a really intimate space and really draws you in at a gig.
It's a really full Saturday we're having which is great.
Three days and counting.
Keep Buggering On
Monday 12 July 2010
Conventions and other jazz
Well the subject of this post is Conventions.
In some ways I'm kind of new at this, I went to my first convention aged 28 to see Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood) and Chris Barrie(Red Dwarf). I was kind of awestruck and actually at that convention I had a really bad case of flu-cum-tonsilitis but there was nothing going to keep me apart from meeting these people.
And I got a buzz, it was kind of cool I got to meet my heroes, talk to them and have my photo taken with them with me grinning like an idiot. But that's okay it's kind of what it's all about. I've grown since then, I went to the Cylon attack last November with a friend. Three days in a grotty hotel at Heathrow, but you know what? Best convention I've ever been to! I got to meet a lot of people from Battlestar Galactica and Firefly. This was a small con, around 400 people and awesome because I got to have conversations with actors and again photos and again autographs and a great time. I smiled for three weeks afterwards.
There was even a local convention in Wrexham, where I live. I went along and this was tiny and a little sad and it wasn't well attended but still it was great to be able to meet in a fairly relaxed environment.
Anyhow this is all a bit of a warm up for the real thing. A proper big con in seven weeks time. I'm off to Dragon*Con baby. Sorry, I have to say that, it's a contractual obligation. When I've dreamed of going to the US I have to admit Atlanta wasn't high up my list of places to go, I want to see New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago but this convention is a big thing and I've got friends twisting my arm so I'm going and it's going to be awesome.
I've heard reports from last year's and I'm very excited, I've been watching the guest list with anticipation. It's all looking fantastic. I'll be making plans nearer the time of who I'm getting autographs from and photos with etc. I'm also kind of going it alone, my man is staying at home to let me go chasing autographs and it's the furthest I'll have been away from him in a long long time. But I'm a big girl and I'll be meeting friends once I get there. This being my first major con, I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to handle some things but I guess I'll live and learn. I won't be getting in on the fancy dress, no ideas what I could dress up as and look good.
What I do need and if anyone can help me I'll be eternally grateful, I'm looking for a ticker that does a countdown in days to an event... any suggestions would be gratefully recieved.
Keep Buggering On.
In some ways I'm kind of new at this, I went to my first convention aged 28 to see Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood) and Chris Barrie(Red Dwarf). I was kind of awestruck and actually at that convention I had a really bad case of flu-cum-tonsilitis but there was nothing going to keep me apart from meeting these people.
And I got a buzz, it was kind of cool I got to meet my heroes, talk to them and have my photo taken with them with me grinning like an idiot. But that's okay it's kind of what it's all about. I've grown since then, I went to the Cylon attack last November with a friend. Three days in a grotty hotel at Heathrow, but you know what? Best convention I've ever been to! I got to meet a lot of people from Battlestar Galactica and Firefly. This was a small con, around 400 people and awesome because I got to have conversations with actors and again photos and again autographs and a great time. I smiled for three weeks afterwards.
There was even a local convention in Wrexham, where I live. I went along and this was tiny and a little sad and it wasn't well attended but still it was great to be able to meet in a fairly relaxed environment.
Anyhow this is all a bit of a warm up for the real thing. A proper big con in seven weeks time. I'm off to Dragon*Con baby. Sorry, I have to say that, it's a contractual obligation. When I've dreamed of going to the US I have to admit Atlanta wasn't high up my list of places to go, I want to see New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago but this convention is a big thing and I've got friends twisting my arm so I'm going and it's going to be awesome.
I've heard reports from last year's and I'm very excited, I've been watching the guest list with anticipation. It's all looking fantastic. I'll be making plans nearer the time of who I'm getting autographs from and photos with etc. I'm also kind of going it alone, my man is staying at home to let me go chasing autographs and it's the furthest I'll have been away from him in a long long time. But I'm a big girl and I'll be meeting friends once I get there. This being my first major con, I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to handle some things but I guess I'll live and learn. I won't be getting in on the fancy dress, no ideas what I could dress up as and look good.
What I do need and if anyone can help me I'll be eternally grateful, I'm looking for a ticker that does a countdown in days to an event... any suggestions would be gratefully recieved.
Keep Buggering On.
Sunday 11 July 2010
What I'm currently watching
There will be both a time and a place for TV shows which are no longer airing but this post is to introduce you to what I'm currently watching. What you need to know about my viewing habits, I'm a gorger, I love so save up shows and then watch them in a bum numbing marathon session when allowed, however, I'm not in sole control of our tv and sky plus box so we have to negotiate and my tastes are moderated somewhat. Due to work commitments and rehearsals its rare for me to be able to sit down and watch something as it airs. Another problem is I like a lot of US imports and to try and keep up with those requires patience and time. This list is probably going to be incomplete while I work out what I'm currently watching and what's airing right now. Trouble is we're in the bleak time in the UK. We've just come out of 4 weeks of World Cup coverage with added Wimbledon and the schedules have been empty. This will remain content light until mid September when the run up to Christmas means that we get decent telly again.
OK enough rambling shows that I'm watching currently and by that I mean shows which might not be airing this week but will be returning for new series as far as I know.
I've also just ordered Mad Men seasons 1 and 2 because it's an incredible show.
I've not ranked any of the shows, I've just listed them in the order in which they occurred to me. I like my shows with a hint of darkness in them and a lot of them do have that. One of the things I hope to do with this blog over the weeks and hopefully months to come is to be able to explain what I like about shows past and present and to give you my perspective on a few things.
Keep Buggering On.
OK enough rambling shows that I'm watching currently and by that I mean shows which might not be airing this week but will be returning for new series as far as I know.
- Doctor Who
- The Big Bang Theory
- Breaking Bad
- Dexter
- Nurse Jackie
- Warehouse 13
- Caprica
- Torchwood
- Law & Order | UK
- Glee
- Being Human
- True Blood
- Merlin
- Psychoville
- V
I've also just ordered Mad Men seasons 1 and 2 because it's an incredible show.
I've not ranked any of the shows, I've just listed them in the order in which they occurred to me. I like my shows with a hint of darkness in them and a lot of them do have that. One of the things I hope to do with this blog over the weeks and hopefully months to come is to be able to explain what I like about shows past and present and to give you my perspective on a few things.
Keep Buggering On.
My blog manifesto
Well hello, glad that you've managed to drop by. This is going to be my blog for talking about TV, Film and Musical Theatre. I'm an enthusiastic consumer of all three and I'm going to try and talk about my loves in an entirely coherent and hopefully entertaining way.
Right I'd better come out of the closest, I'm a fangirl, albeit not a rabid one. I'm not necessarily comfortable within fandoms because of the bad kind of insanity that lurks within them. I've seen what happens when rabid fangirls get mad and if I'm honest I really don't want to be a part of it.
What you will find here is honest opinion on the TV, films and theatre that I'm watching. If you're (un)lucky you'll get to hear how the musical theatre group I'm a member of is getting on too. What I'm hoping to talk about are my favourite shows, films and productions past and present. That and the fact that I'm heading to Dragon*Con this year. I warn you know I will become unbearable about this fact.
I think that's enough for now.
Keep buggering on.
Right I'd better come out of the closest, I'm a fangirl, albeit not a rabid one. I'm not necessarily comfortable within fandoms because of the bad kind of insanity that lurks within them. I've seen what happens when rabid fangirls get mad and if I'm honest I really don't want to be a part of it.
What you will find here is honest opinion on the TV, films and theatre that I'm watching. If you're (un)lucky you'll get to hear how the musical theatre group I'm a member of is getting on too. What I'm hoping to talk about are my favourite shows, films and productions past and present. That and the fact that I'm heading to Dragon*Con this year. I warn you know I will become unbearable about this fact.
I think that's enough for now.
Keep buggering on.
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