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I AM SORRY BECAUSE I ALREADY SPAMMED TWITTER EARLIER BUT IT DESERVES ITS OWN POST.

People who are not watching that *incredible* uk show called Misfits well, you're missing out BIG TIME.
Series 1, which was already spectacular, is only 6 episodes and we're halfway through series 2 (3 eps aired) so it's easy to catch up!
So far, series 2 is blowing my mind a little more each week, I may lose sanity by the end of the series.

BUT OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!11!!!!!1!!!1

LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE JUST.

SIMON.

S.I.M.O.N.

Simon is fast becoming one of the best character in the history of EVER. Also, mind is blown with HOW HOT HE WAS IN THIS. Also,

IWAN RHEON'S ACTING PERFORMANCE WAS STELLAR.


( EPIC. EPIC SPOILERY PICSPAM OF 203 BEHIND THE CUT. )


Basically, this episode kept me from functioning all day. IT WAS THAT GOOD.

WATCH MISFITS, Y'ALL.


OH. And in other news, we managed to get tickets for the Glee summer tour in Manchester next year. This means seing DARREN and CHRIS and the others singing live ! I AM EXCITE.

It's Van's 29th birthday today and just like she did for Jake in june, Moey did another awesome PICSPAM OF EPICNESS.

Dear Van,

Stay this pretty forever.

Love, me.


Tv week has been extremely busy for me but it was mostly good.

Merlin 301 : EPIC AND SLASHY AS HELL. I also love Merlin and Morgana's rivalry and Uther is a fierce mofo, the end.

Him and Her 103 : I love this show ! Nothing happens and they're all awkard yet it works.

The Inbetweeners 302 : so far the new series is awesome ! I still love them all except for will but his fail in this one made me lol. As a gig lover, this ep spoke to me XD

Boardwalk Empire 1x01 : Great pilot, awesome characters, superb cinematography. MICHAEL PITT.

Chuck 4x01 : Quite good. Very nice guest star, loved Chuck and Morgan teaming up.

House 7x01 : AWFUL UGH. Only scene I liked was Wilson trying to break in. I quite liked Chase and 13 but the rest was like a bad fic. EXCRUTIATING. I don't think I'll be watching next week.

HIMYM 6x01 : All right, nothing amazing but I liked Marshall and Robin.

Gossip Girl 4x02 : The Chuck/Blair scene KILLED ALL. Serena's outfit hurt my eyes.

Glee 2x01 : awesome premiere ! I really like the new characters (hai thar Randy Harrison's doppelganger) and it was so nice to see the old ones again.

Running Wilde 1x01 : LOVED IT. Will Arnett and Peter Serafinowicz can talk to each other forever because it makes me melt. They're also hilarious and I now want a tiny horse.

Hellcats 1x03 : I SHIP EVERYONE IN THIS. It's not like the best show ever but I've become quite fond of it. Gale was in it this week, as gorgeous as ever *g*

Criminal Minds 6x01 : Loved Morgan's manpain, still liked Tim Curry as the unsub but the episode was average.

Community 2x01 : BEST RETURN SO FAR, HANDS DOWN. I loved everything about it TO DEATH.

The Big Bang Theory 4x01 : Lovely premiere as well ! The date was hilarious, Howard was too.

The Office 7x01 : Good premiere too. I missed Andy the most OMGLOVE <3 The lipdub was full of fail and awesome at the same time.

Supernatural 6x01 : not as bad as I feared but not especially great either. We'll see.

Day 01 - A show that should never have been cancelled
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching

( Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season) )


I'm up to True Blood 202 AND IT CRACKS ME UP MOAR AND MOAR. Also intentionally, which is a very good sign. Bill having to take care of a teenage vampire is super ludicrous and fun and you know, ALL OF ERIC'S SCENES SO FAR. He is one freakishly tall sex on a stick made of blondness and intimidating piercing eyes. Also his voice. Also, his comic timing.
Apart from that LAFAYETTE BB GET WELL SOON AND BE SPARKLY AGAIN *CLINGS*

I'm not posting real posts that much these days since my Nuke obsession has gotten in the way.

Good news is I've finished watching the Luke & Noah story on teh YT (and by this I mean I'm up to date in time for today's episode, eh), I can breathe again and relax.

Bad news is OMFG LUKE AND NOAH. OMFG VAN AND JAKE.

I'm so completely smitten with the pairing and the actors (especially Van Hansis, OH BOY. I mean Jake is quite all right these days but Van deserves an Emmy LIKE WOAH. No wonder he's always nominated.) I may keep on rambling about it all for a while. It's been 3 epic weeks of catch up and I made it through hysterical lulz, eyerolling, facepalming, GINORMOUS SQUEE and sometimes tears. I feel like I've known these people for years.

But that's for another post.

I have some things to say about the rest of telly, since I seem unable to review episodes on time anymore.


First of all, I have started watching two awesome brit series which should be highly recommended :





This show achieves the exploit of being both stylishly gorgeous and extremely unglamorous. It's a bit nasty and raunchy but a very interesting take on the superhero genre. The characters are intriguing and the acting is good. Actually, Robert Sheehan who plays Nathan is a real scene stealer. He has all the best lines and plays wanker like it's in his blood. He also has a hilarious face and great comedic timing, in other words he rocks my socks off and I luff him !
Three episodes have aired so far and the first series will have six in total.






Now I have to explain first how I got into this one. A couple of weeks back, fairy_bliss, jedicathy and I went to see In The Loop which had just been released in theaters (I know it's been months in the UK but I'm surprised it was released over here at all). We went mainly for Tom Hollander and Peter Capaldi and the film was an absolute riot. We loved it to death. I vaguely heard of The Thick of It before but I had NO IDEA that the film we just saw was basically an adaptation of the series with the same characters ! So I threw myself at the first series because I was in need of moar Malcolm Tucker Signature Swearing and I ADORED IT. Must watch the rest asap.

To make an easy description it's kind of like an xover between The Office and The West Wing and it is BLOODY HILARIOUS. One of the funniest, wittiest show I have ever seen.
Evil exists in human form and he is Scottish. Peter Capaldi embodies the purest form of Evil you will ever lay eyes on in the character of Malcolm Tucker. He is both absolutely terrifying and magnificent (I will never be able to see Children of Earth again without finding Frobisher never swearing and being a 'good man' 57 flavours of Wrong.). If he is the Devil incarnate, Jamie McDonald is his personal Hellhound. I love me some scottish wrath.
There's three series (about 6 episodes of 25 mins each) and the last one is currently airing.

Other shows that bring me joy :

White Collar keeps being absolutely fantastic ! It's my feel good show. Neal and Peter have like, the best banter scenes evar. I worship Neal and his sweetness and his fashion sense and his baby blues BUT MOST OF ALL, I can't get enough of Peter's adorkable ways. THE SOCKS IN THE LAST ONE OMG. Also I am madly in love with Elizabeth who totally wears the pants and is the fierce boss of this ménage à trois.

Legend of the Seeker 's second season is A-MA-ZING. Much darker and sexier. Cara makes a wonderful addition to the group and Kahlan is fiercer than ever. As far as guilty pleasures go, this one is much more superior to Merlin as a whole these days, imho.

Community is one of my favourite new show (first place goes to White Collar) and it makes me cry with laughter. It's surprisingly absurd for a US comedy. I adore Abed and Troy (and I totally ship it, yus).

Criminal Minds's 100th episode BROKE ME SO HARD. I was blown away by the brutality and Thomas Gibson's outstanding performance. I love Hotch's arc this season. I'm scared as hell for him and I'm concerned about where this is going but it's really good stuff. Kudos to C. Thomas Howell for his portrayal of The Reaper because he has definitely become my favourite unsub of the entire show.

Merlin is quite hit or miss with me this year. I didn't like the Troll episodes and Witchfinder so much but I LOVED The Sins of the Father and Lady of the Lake in which Bradley and Colin both took turns to blow me away. I wasn't too fond of the last episode, Sweet Dreams because I found it a bit pointless and meh. I did like Georgia and the Arthur/Gwen stuff though. Next week looks awesome.

House's 6th season rocks my socks more than ever. I love House and Wilson living together, I love Cuddy/Lucas and I am THRILLED by the departure of Cameron and the return of Taub (who was excessively FTW along with Chase last week) and 13. I can't even begin to describe the length of my excitement for tonight's episode. If it doesn't turn out to kill me dead with ORSUM I will be pretty fucking pissed.

The Office's 6th season is also incredible and totally deserves to be mentioned. It's way more bittersweet than outright funny this year but it feels very rewarding in terms of character development. Especially for Michael and Andy.

Last but not least Doctor Who makes me happier than ever. I know that it's not even on for another 25 days but I feel the hype something fierce.




Actually I also have concrete Who love since I've started a quick best of marathon of new who episodes. Parting of the Ways and Girl in the Fireplace in particular are still spectacular to watch. Incredible episodes.


ETA : totally blanked Glee for shame ! It's also making me joyful these days. ♥Manipulative!Kurt♥

I don't really have time to do proper entries these days thanks to my big end of the year Project Report of Doom and my finals so I probably won't be able to post more than the occasonial tweet batch for the next two weeks. Of course that's already what I've been doing this last week. In fact I shouldn't even write this post but oh well.

I'll get my reaction to this week's teevee out of the way then.

( Ashes to Ashes 205 )

( Criminal Minds 4x25 - 26 To Hell... And Back )

House, Supernatural and now Criminal Minds...

Dear shows,

ENOUGH WITH THE CLIFFHANGERS ALREADY.
I DO LOVE YOU AND WILL KEEP ON WATCHING WITHOUT THOSE DAMN NAIL BITING, EXTRA FRUSTRATING ENDINGS.
DAMN YOU ALL.

Ambiguous love,

Me.

In other news I'm currently rewatching Queer as Folk UK out of the blue and am reminded how fucking brilliant it is.
I love that show for completely different reasons than QaF US because Stuart and Nathan are true unredeemable Epic Arsehole and Twat and should be unlikeable if it wasn't for their fierce loltasticness. They're also obvioulsy not Soulmates Destined to Be Forever Together like Brian and Justin were AND STILL ARE KTHX but they are more subtle, well rounded and realistic characters in a lot of ways.
Of course the true love story here is between Stuart and one adorable Doctor Who Fanboy Vince Tyler so it's not like it's even comparable. I adore their story too, their chemistry and the whole UST thing that Rusty kept intact til the end.
And I love Vince and his awkward adorkable fanboy ways to tiny bits. I really like Cameron as well while I hate David's guts in the US version. I'm very excited to see him in Wars of the Master the Waters of Mars later this year. They should totally ask him to name all the Doctors again in the Confidential XD

I'm mostly LMAO because I didn't remember that the series had so many Old Who references and I'm quite amused because I'm getting them all now.

OH AND BTW PAUL MCGANN TOTALLY COUNTS, YOU TWATS.

Rusty, bless your little fanboy heart ♥

Eventually this rewatching should lead me to a QaF US Marathon of Doom this summer. It's about time I think. I would be glad to discover my BJ love all over again.


In other other news, I'm totes seeing Simon Amstell'show with ephyse and fairy_bliss in October, WOOT ! And it will be a week after Tim Minchin'show which ephyse got me a ticket for my birthday. October 2009 will be remembered as SPAZZING MONTH OF EPIC FANNISH GLEE, I TELL YA.


And nooooooooooow back to work, GO ME.

I JUST.


THIS SHOW KILLS ME WITH AMAZINGNESS.



IT IS SURPRISINGLY ALWAYS INCREASING IN QUALITY EVERY SINGLE WEEK.



MADE OF PUPPIES AND RAINBOWS ONE MINUTE AND INCREDIBLY DARK AND VIOLENT THE NEXT.



IT'S DARING, IT HAS INTELLIGENT WRITING AND CHARACTERS ENDLESSLY FASCINATING.


Oh and I want a Mitchell of my own, kthx.

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I couldn't be happier with the show. Next week looks YET AGAIN, 57 flavours of A-MA-ZING.

Yesterday was let's go to the movies day with jedicathy and we saw two very different ones.

Yes Man with Jim Carrey and Bradley Cooper (♥) was a fluffy fun feel-good flick with lots of geekery and adorableness.
It was a bit weird to see Jim Carrey in a silly role after so much time but he still can be funny.
When he had kissing scenes with his love interest I kept thinking 'TEEHEE, next time we see you in a film you'll be sucking faces with Ewan'. (Yes, tya_rc, the little voice is still there :p)

Next on our program was The Strange Case of Benjamin Button and it was, as hoped and expected, truly fantastic !
The actors were incredibly good, the story was stunningly beautiful and the FX/Makeup'sheer brilliance really helped to make the whole concept believable.
When the lights switched on again, Cath and I were both in tears clutching our hankies XD

Then last night was spent mostly with miss ephyse on msn squeeing and working on her new lj layout. Her interests were so inspiring that it really was done more for the fun of it than anything.


Today was a lovely day in Paris celebrating fairy_bliss'birthday with ephyse, jedicathy, tya_rc and angeliksmall. Much gossip, squeeing, doodles and gifts ensued. The pimpage of the day was definitely Whitechapel, prompted by myself and tya_rc (when she finally got there).

Oh yes because these last few days I watched it and never took the time to talk about it but I loved it to pieces ! The role suits Rupert Penry Jones in a very unexpected yet awesome way. And bonus Life on Mars vibes + Jack the Ripper = ME LIKEY V. MUCHO.

I'm also catching up on BSG 4.b (haven't seen the 2 parters yet) and OMFRAKKINGGODTHETWISTS!! I have suspicions for the real ending after seing 411 that I hope will come partly true. I harrassed the bro to catch up with it because he's the only one I could squee with about BSG and he did and we talked about it at length last night and I felt relieved afterwards XD


HAPPY BEING HUMAN DAY BTW !

Oh bollocks I want a series 2 of Party Animals now ! *BLOODY FRUSTRATED*

It was way too brilliant to only give 8 episodes to the world.

Aw Scott and Danny, Scott and Ashika, Danny and über biatch Kristy ! Drunk!Jo ! Ashika and cynical gay!Matt's BFFNESS !

*pets lovely show and buggers off to amazon*

I'll also get my hands on Matt's episode of the Street because I only heard good things about it. <3



I have now the choice to either :

Watch Roman's Empire with Chris O'Dowd, Matt Horne, Nicholas Burns and Montserrat Lombard. Another potentially great show which never had a second series, but hum, HAI CAST.

Watch Snuff Box, because TEH FULCHER, for one is at the very top of my favourite people evar list right now (no, I don't know exactly why) and Matt Berry's voice is one of my favourite things in the whole wide world.

Finish Oz season 6 but I DON'T WANT IT TO END DAMNIT.

Pop my Two cherry. I have the Mind Robber and the Invasion but I don't know which one is best to start with.

I'm also interested in catching up with the League of Gentlemen and Little Britain, or at least try both.

Merlin was superb last night.

They are fantastic at crack but I really have a thing for the darker episodes.

I'm reviewing this from memory so I may forget a ton of stuff.

( Merlin 112 - To Kill A King )

I knew the title of the finale so I wasn't completely surprised by what the trailer shown us but OMFG DOES IT LOOK EPIC AND AWESOME. AND AZPSADJPOASDJA EPIC & AWESOME.

Btw, am I the only one who find that Merlin saying 'friend' when speaking of Arthur sounds completely weird ?

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THE IT CROW 303 OMFG !!!!!!!!!!

I had never laughed this hard since the series 2 opener !

( especially the bit when )


XD

TWAS SO AWESOME \o/

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Am still completely obsessed with IAMX and incapable of listening to anything else at the moment.

I must have watched their President video around 15 times now ♥♥♥

Spent a wonderful day with ephyse and jedicathy. The usual : eating deliiiiiicious maki at our favourite japanese restaurant and hanging out at Starbucks. We also went to see Changeling and did a wee bit of shopping afterwards.

Changeling was fantastic even if it was also quite depressing and hard to watch. Angelina Jolie is marvellous in that part and did a really great job at making you feel her character's pain.
I was sucked into the story from beginning to end. It was all that you can expect from your usual Eastwood film.

Eph and I squeed A LOT on the Boosh. We talked about a certain awesome Noelian fic that she linked to me yesterday and even retold it to cath so she wouldn't be left out of teh squee (she didn't seem to care a lot but she loled :p). We also went on and on about last night's IT Crowd episode. Episode which I thought would be a good idea to watch in the train this morning. In public. OMG IT SO WAS NOT.

( To my credit...babble about the IT Crowd 302 )

Then again I should have known something was up with this episode when ephyse sent me a text this morning to threaten me of ignoring me all day if I hadn't seen it before our meet up.

During the bit of shopping, eph pointed me out all the shoes and bits of clothing which reminded her of Noel Fielding and I couldn't stop giggling. It's so easy to please a fangirl's brain it's a little scary.

Ephyse also went to great lengths to remake Camelot, Arthur and Excalibur with bits and pieces of Starbucks cups. The people who sat after us didn't seem impressed but it was for epic lulz.

And that's my transition to say that TIS MERLIN NIGHT. And I haven't seen an episode alone since 106 but I am STILL RATHER EXCITED. Maybe even more by Unicorn lulz than my weekly dose of Epic Gay (which has already been provided, THANK YOU IT CROWD.)