rosengirl

No I am not Merlin squeeing 24/7 I had some things I totally forgot to write about because no, I am not Merlin squeeing 24/7 *coughs*

So first of all, let's talk about Alias season 3 ! I had stopped my Alias marathon 4 episodes in because I had a sudden urge to rewatch Kaamelott from the beginning, which is so not related to That Obsession in any way.
Right, so I've started Alias again and despite the obligatory suspension of belief that is necessary to go through the show starting with this season and my burning hatred of pre!evil!Lauren (which I didn't know I still had) IT IS TEH GREAT !

And speaking of the awesome list of classy guest stars the show had, I totally remembered the earlier ones like Quentin Tarantino, Roger Moore, Faye Dunaway, Ethan Hawke, Rutger Hauer and Christian Slater but I had completely forgotten about David Cronenberg and Isabella Rosselini in season 3 ! Of course by this season I was WTFing so often that I didn't remember much of the plot either. I also completely blanked out Quentin Tarantino's comeback but then I remembered him going on and on about the prettiness of Sark's hair and I was all "OMG HOW COULD I FORGET THAT SCENE WHERE HE COMPLIMENTS HIM ABOUT HIS HAIR. THIS IS SO AWESOME". And of course Lauren stopped being annoying the second she started killing people and making out with Sark.
All of this to say that Alias season 3, compared to monstrosities commited by other shows is 200% superior to the memory of fail I had of it.
It's a bit ironic really, since this season's theme is about memory loss, lulz.


So apart from the lastest episode of Merlin WHICH WAS MADE OF 57 FLAVOURS OF WIN, saturday has been a mighty fine fanturday indeed for the highly entertaining values of Quantum of Solace and the ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE that was the end of Dead Set.

Quantum was admitedly less good than Casino Royale but Daniel Craig is definitely the Hottest Bond of Them All simply because his version is all kind of fucked up. There's nothing more appealing to my eyes than a character with huge psychological and emotional issues and he was the main interest of the film ( cut for mild spoilers )


I watched the finale episode of Dead Set with jedicathy and angeliksmall and I must say that as a whole, this series left me impressed ! I was expecting a vaguely cracky but average zombie story when I first started watching it but I was surprised by how great the writing and acting ended up to be. It even got a great review from zombie expert Simon Pegg (apart from the nitpick which I found very cute ♥) !!!1!!11
I also did not expect them to go there for the ending and I was immensely pleased by it. Bonus points for the Doctor Who mention in the penultimate episode <3


Speaking of I am in love with the Doctor Who series 4 soundtrack ! All the songs from Turn Left are particulary brilliant, especially A Dazzling End which reminds me vividly of Donna's finest moment everytime I listen to it (OH DONNA.)and I also adore Song for Captivity and Freedom because it never fails to give me chills.
I also love the VOTD suite which is a bit lulzy since I despise the actual episode.

It really brings back nice series 4 memories and makes me want to see some episodes again.



Now to make my post title not accurate in the least, I should also thank tya_rc for pointing us to the failed pilot of Dis/Connected which we also ended up watching on saturday night.Why ? Well not for the fact that the pilot in itself is complete rubbish, but for the only reedeeming quality which is ( THIS )


That's right, IT HAS BRADLEY JAMES PLAYING A HUGE MANWHORE WHO SHOULD REALLY BE UNLIKABLE BUT IS BOTH HILARIOUS AND HOT AS HELL INSTEAD. ILHIM SO HARD. Thank god it was never picked up though, THANK GOD FOR ARTHUR.

Oh and it also has Clyde from sja as an obnoxious chav who turns out to be A GAY INNA CLOSET. THIS WAS A BIT WIN AS WELL.
But the rest sucked and there was not enough of the both of them. Incidently, I seem to have kept it anyway. x______x


I've also capped the hell out of 107 but AM TOO DISTRACTED TO GET ON WITH THE ICONING PART ALREADY.

And this fanturday, we're going to the Pierrefonds Castle with ephyse and tya_rc. TEEHEE FRENCH!CAMELOT. I cannot wait for our first taste of Merlin's Excellent Adventures (you have no idea how lost Pierrefonds is XD At least we consider ourselves lucky that we don't have to spend much on a fannish trip for a change. Not that we already have plans to go there and have a look at the series 2 shooting when they come back next year, AT ALL.)

(btw I am not especially bored but this mood theme has Colin Morgan in it, therefore my non obsessive self was compelled to use it \o/)

Alias season 1 which I'll finish tonight is AWESOMECAKES. I remembered that every 3 episodes they managed to make me yell NO WAI !!!1!!11 back when I watched them for the first time. IT WAS SO AMAZING !
I have seriously fallen for that show all over again <3

I've also watched two gorgeous films.

The Fall



( MORPHIN3 )


Atonement



( Come back to me )


The latest teevee :

( Secret Diary of a Call Girl 203 )

Supernatural is going to be so controversal this year.

( Spn 4x01 - Lazarus Rising )


Lost in Austen 101 and the last 3 episodes of Alias season 1 are next.



In non watching news, here is something worthy to read :

All of the people that hated the Bad Wolf Bay scene with Rose and Handy from Journey's End ? Russell T. Davies basically earned loads of respect by giving us reason in his upcoming book.

Here's the interesting and incredibly insightful bit about what was wrong with that scene.

He's thoughts on the matter actually impressed me for once.
Too bad he didn't have the time to change it but it's very reassuring to know that he's aware he screwed up and wasn't thinking he was coming up with the best closure scene evar.

I totally pre-ordered it btw because every quote I've read from it so far are honest and not full of self-worship. It makes it look like it's going to be a fascinating read.