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Couple of quick TV comments

Contains spoilers for Caprica



I'm about 8 episodes in to Caprica now and have just watched the ep in which JM makes his second appearance as Barnabas, and in which he has his little confrontation with Sister Clarice and forces Lacy to send the signal to blow up her car. I thought he was very good actually, very convincingly nasty. I also now believe all that stuff he came out with at some convention recently about what his character would have done in season 2, or I believe he believes it. He certainly played it that way in Barnabas's interaction with Lacy.

Not the only good stuff in the ep. I really like the show - am almost certain now that I would have liked it more than BSG if it hadn't been cancelled.

Also, I just made the mistake of watching a few minutes of Camelot. A few minutes was quite enough. Icon very appropriate.

Comments

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

I'm afarid I'm watching V for Vendetta for the 98th time. *g*

Yeah, wee Jimmy did good didn't he. :D

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I should have watched that. Have always held off because I love the comic so much.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Well It's still on now If you want to.

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Nah, I never watch something if I've missed the beginning.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Well It'll be on again sometime soon as the Beeb seem to be going through a phase of endlessly repeating it. If I didn't know otherwise I'd say that someone up there has sense of humour considering the current political climate.

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It might well be a subtle comment on things, who knows?

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Christ I wish it was...

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Yeah...Camelot lasted about 7 minutes at our house. Shame. Especially as Fiennes was doing a possibly very interesting Merlin. One interesting thing is not enough to carry a show, clearly.

Oh, yes, JM is really nasty and sinister all through Caprica. As is Clarice, of course. Barnabas is just...more. Reminds me why I love to hate zealots. I'm so glad you are enjoying it! I can promise you'll be rewarded it you stick with it to the (premature) end.

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Oh, I'll be sticking to the end, no fear of that. I am so impressed with it so far.

Camelot lasted about 7 minutes at our house. Shame.

Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green at least did some decent smouldering, but the script is so embarrassingly bad there wasn't a lot they could do with it. And Arthur and Guinevere are these horrid posh public school kids, who quite frankly deserve each other. It took me all of two minutes to know there was no way I could ever care about any of them.

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

I adored Caprica. They did a marvellous though unfortunately not commercially successful job.

And yeah, Camelot is terrible. I wonder where they got those actors from. Arthur and Guinevre look like they just cast some random beach surfer kids.

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I adored Caprica. They did a marvellous though unfortunately not commercially successful job

I agree. I'm glad I'm in the process of watching it as GoT goes off the air for a whole year! :sob: At least I know I have something else good to watch.

[yourlibrarian]

Heh to your icon and Camelot. I haven't seen it, though people who liked Merlin said it was bad which told me everything I needed to know right there.

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though people who liked Merlin said it was bad which told me everything I needed to know right there.

Heh! Yes, Merlin doesn't really have anything to pat itself on the back for in comparison, except that it's aimed more at children.