A young Jamie Bamber as Prince Hal in Henry IV.
I love a man in armour, seriously.
Normal service to be resumed soon.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Occasionally I can be a little shallow
A young Jamie Bamber as Prince Hal in Henry IV.
I love a man in armour, seriously.
Normal service to be resumed soon.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
TV anticipation
Is it me or are the new Year's tv schedules taking their sweet time into getting going?
I am excited for the return of the third series of Being Human, it is one of my favourite shows and I really love the britishness of the show and the way that the characters interact.
Secondly I'm really excited for the new BBC sci fi show Outcasts. I've got high hopes for this, it could be a uk vision of the future. I don't think it's going to be as epic as BSG, hell I don't think it'll make it to the epicness of Bab5 but its british and its sci fi and it has Jamie Bamber in it so I'm going to be watching.
Of course series 6 of new who is coming up at easter and that in itself is a huge event. I predict good things. An episode penned by Neil Gaiman, questions asked in series 5 to be answered and moar River Song. What could be finer than that?
I am excited for the return of the third series of Being Human, it is one of my favourite shows and I really love the britishness of the show and the way that the characters interact.
Secondly I'm really excited for the new BBC sci fi show Outcasts. I've got high hopes for this, it could be a uk vision of the future. I don't think it's going to be as epic as BSG, hell I don't think it'll make it to the epicness of Bab5 but its british and its sci fi and it has Jamie Bamber in it so I'm going to be watching.
Of course series 6 of new who is coming up at easter and that in itself is a huge event. I predict good things. An episode penned by Neil Gaiman, questions asked in series 5 to be answered and moar River Song. What could be finer than that?
Film: The King's Speech
My thoughts on the King's speech.
Well it's a great film and it all about Colin Firth's performance. Thinking about the film in terms of a technical performance, I'm blown away by Colin Firth because I have no idea how he achieved that stammer so convincingly. I read an interview he gave which explains just how the stammering affected him. http://www.stammering.org/
Geoffry Rush was fantastic as Lionel a perfect foil for Bertie. the dynamic between them really made the film. Lionel was always trying to get to the bottom of why Bertie stammered and how Bertie struggled to get to the point where he was able to make a speech and manage the stammer. One thing that really struck me was how frustrating and debilitating a stammer can be. And how amusing it was to hear Colin Firth let rip with a stream of expletives.
I really liked Helena Bonham Carter as the person who became the Queen Mother and it was strange to see her without shed loads of make up or CGI and she painted a very likable character.
Also props to Jennifer Ehle turning up and being awesome as Lionel's wife and looking pretty good. I know it seems like an age since I last saw her in anything.
The film was full of worthy british actors like Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill (which made me and my chap chuckle) Also Ramona Marquez from Outnumbered as Princess Margaret. Ooh and Guy Pearce - aka Mike from neighbours.
Its a fantastic film and well made, definitely an enjoyable evening.
A mini squee, Jennifer Ehle tweeted me. :D
Well it's a great film and it all about Colin Firth's performance. Thinking about the film in terms of a technical performance, I'm blown away by Colin Firth because I have no idea how he achieved that stammer so convincingly. I read an interview he gave which explains just how the stammering affected him. http://www.stammering.org/
Geoffry Rush was fantastic as Lionel a perfect foil for Bertie. the dynamic between them really made the film. Lionel was always trying to get to the bottom of why Bertie stammered and how Bertie struggled to get to the point where he was able to make a speech and manage the stammer. One thing that really struck me was how frustrating and debilitating a stammer can be. And how amusing it was to hear Colin Firth let rip with a stream of expletives.
I really liked Helena Bonham Carter as the person who became the Queen Mother and it was strange to see her without shed loads of make up or CGI and she painted a very likable character.
Also props to Jennifer Ehle turning up and being awesome as Lionel's wife and looking pretty good. I know it seems like an age since I last saw her in anything.
The film was full of worthy british actors like Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill (which made me and my chap chuckle) Also Ramona Marquez from Outnumbered as Princess Margaret. Ooh and Guy Pearce - aka Mike from neighbours.
Its a fantastic film and well made, definitely an enjoyable evening.
A mini squee, Jennifer Ehle tweeted me. :D
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Upgrading.
I am currently testing the system by watching Doctor Who Series 5 and earlier casino Royale.
Me likey, me likey a lot.
Just think, come easter When Who returns for a sixth series, I'll be able to watch in HD and swoon. The other thing I'm squeeful about is the fact my charm bracelet has been a little lonely, mainly because I only had two charms, The TARDIS that work got me and the stopwatch that my blokey got me. In the sale I bought a pistol charm and a little red converse boot just like what the tenth doctor used to wear :D
Law and Order UK
Americans are really enjoying Law & Order UK. So much so BBC America has put this trailer together.
It made me squee.
That's all you need to know.
It made me squee.
That's all you need to know.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Book: Men of the Otherworld
Another book, I know, no actual TV this year, I promise I'll get to the TV soon enough it is just that my brains are being eaten by fiction and I'm really enjoying this fact.
Now in the run up to christmas last year I was reading a lot of Kelley Armstrong, I read the first eight in the women of the otherworld series and as I read I realised that there was a short story collection, Men of the Otherworld which I really had to read.
It's not really a collection of short stories more a sequence of episodes which deal with Jeremy's early life, and Clayton's story. It is a lot shorter than her novels and it really is more about the pack history than anything else. I really enjoyed it. Jeremy is one of those characters you wish you were more like, or that you wish you knew someone like that. Clayton isn't, but its a great deal of background knowledge that only get's hinted at in the novels and its great to see what happened to the pack prior to Elena and tie some ends together. Questions are also answered about Jeremy and it does so in a neat short story.
Not really a book for someone looking to start reading a series, I'd send you to the beginning and get you to read Bitten and Stolen. I think it is a book for the fan and its none the worse for that.
Next on the reading list is the expanded and full version of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I adore Neil Gaiman, I've read a lot of his novels over the years and this is one that has eluded me a little bit. I cannot wait to read this because Neil Gaiman writes so effortlessly and so beautifully it makes me want to cry beecause I'll never handle words as well as he can.
I'll be back to let you know how I got on.
Now in the run up to christmas last year I was reading a lot of Kelley Armstrong, I read the first eight in the women of the otherworld series and as I read I realised that there was a short story collection, Men of the Otherworld which I really had to read.
It's not really a collection of short stories more a sequence of episodes which deal with Jeremy's early life, and Clayton's story. It is a lot shorter than her novels and it really is more about the pack history than anything else. I really enjoyed it. Jeremy is one of those characters you wish you were more like, or that you wish you knew someone like that. Clayton isn't, but its a great deal of background knowledge that only get's hinted at in the novels and its great to see what happened to the pack prior to Elena and tie some ends together. Questions are also answered about Jeremy and it does so in a neat short story.
Not really a book for someone looking to start reading a series, I'd send you to the beginning and get you to read Bitten and Stolen. I think it is a book for the fan and its none the worse for that.
Next on the reading list is the expanded and full version of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I adore Neil Gaiman, I've read a lot of his novels over the years and this is one that has eluded me a little bit. I cannot wait to read this because Neil Gaiman writes so effortlessly and so beautifully it makes me want to cry beecause I'll never handle words as well as he can.
I'll be back to let you know how I got on.
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