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shapinglightI won something in the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards. Thanks so much to whoever nominated me and voted for me. Really, really appreciate it.
In other news (such as it is) I've now watched two episodes of Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle (S signed up for a month by accident), and one of Netflix's Jessica Jones. Slight spoilers for those behind cut, and please no spoilers for later episodes.
I approached Jessica Jones with a great deal of wariness, after finding the level of violence in Daredevil earlier in the year so hard to stomach. One episode in, it's not as bad, but the tone of it suggests it might still become so. So still wary. I do quite like all the characters so far, though, whereas I was finding Foggy and Karen teeth-grittingly annoying before I'd got to the end of the first episode of Daredevil. We'll see. Have to say, it doesn't endear me to the show that David Tennant is playing the villain with an English accent. What's wrong with him using his own Scottish one?
As for The Man in the High Castle, I'm very impressed so far, though as it's so long since I read the book, I really can't remember how faithful the adaptation is being to it. I'm also surprised that Joe's real identity was revealed so early on (not the case in the book, that I do remember) and am beginning to wonder whether it's been done because they've changed the ending. It all does look great, though - and Rufus Sewell gives good Nazi (though thankfully not with his real accent).
Finally, while I was away from LJ so much in the last few weeks, I watched The IT Crowd. Can't believe I never watched it before. It's hilarious. Why did no one tell me?
In other news (such as it is) I've now watched two episodes of Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle (S signed up for a month by accident), and one of Netflix's Jessica Jones. Slight spoilers for those behind cut, and please no spoilers for later episodes.
I approached Jessica Jones with a great deal of wariness, after finding the level of violence in Daredevil earlier in the year so hard to stomach. One episode in, it's not as bad, but the tone of it suggests it might still become so. So still wary. I do quite like all the characters so far, though, whereas I was finding Foggy and Karen teeth-grittingly annoying before I'd got to the end of the first episode of Daredevil. We'll see. Have to say, it doesn't endear me to the show that David Tennant is playing the villain with an English accent. What's wrong with him using his own Scottish one?
As for The Man in the High Castle, I'm very impressed so far, though as it's so long since I read the book, I really can't remember how faithful the adaptation is being to it. I'm also surprised that Joe's real identity was revealed so early on (not the case in the book, that I do remember) and am beginning to wonder whether it's been done because they've changed the ending. It all does look great, though - and Rufus Sewell gives good Nazi (though thankfully not with his real accent).
Finally, while I was away from LJ so much in the last few weeks, I watched The IT Crowd. Can't believe I never watched it before. It's hilarious. Why did no one tell me?
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Date: 2015-11-25 04:22 pm (UTC)But had to tell you how much I adore that icon!
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Date: 2015-11-25 04:35 pm (UTC)Not sure I'd want to bump into these particular sheep, though. They look a bit sinister to me.
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Date: 2015-11-25 04:37 pm (UTC)I loved the IT Crowd - in fact I think I've got the last episode still on the Sky+ box, couldn't bear to delete it.
I've not read 'The Man in the High Castle' but the trailers for the Amazon series are seriously tempting me to sign up for Prime, though I'm resisting so far.
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Date: 2015-11-25 04:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-25 05:57 pm (UTC)Nice suggestion though - maybe my daughter would like a free month ...
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Date: 2015-12-01 04:46 pm (UTC):) I'm sure she would.
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Date: 2015-11-25 06:31 pm (UTC)I'm hoping to get to High Castle over the long weekend. Oh, and while you've got Amazon Prime, check out "Mozart in the Jungle". No supernatural elements, but enormous fun nevertheless.
P.S. Congratulations on the award! I told you it was good!
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Date: 2015-11-25 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-12-01 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-12-01 04:49 pm (UTC):(
I wouldn't mind so much if it was his own accent, but it's not. They must have told him to put it on. Mind you, I did read somewhere that Americans find the Scottish accent hilarious, for some reason. So maybe the JJ show people thought if Tennant used his own accent no one would take his character seriously?
I think we may be going to keep the Prime account for a year, so I'll get around to Mozart in the Jungle at some point.
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Date: 2015-11-25 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-11-25 10:40 pm (UTC)And congrats on the SunnyD Award! I loved that story!
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Date: 2015-12-01 04:52 pm (UTC)I agree Tennant is good at accents. His English accent is pretty much faultless. Same with Robert Carlyle's - as long as he avoids Scouse, which he really can't do.
I do get fed up with the endless Brit villains in US TV shows and movies, though. I always want to tell them to pick on someone else for a change. But I suppose that could lead to all sorts of unpleasant places. Plus, I'm probably supposed to regard it as a compliment, or something. ;)
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Date: 2015-11-26 06:04 am (UTC)Part of me really wants to watch MiaHC and part of me wants to read the book again, first. We watched the pilot last year and I realised I can remember virtually nothing about the plot.
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Date: 2015-12-01 05:01 pm (UTC)We watched the pilot last year and I realised I can remember virtually nothing about the plot.
I can't either, but I've just read a summary on Wikipedia and have realised that the TV series has changed the plot so much it seems almost like a different story. Which is pretty much what happened with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Bladerunner. So I think you can safely watch the series, then re-read the book and not have one influence the other.
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Date: 2015-11-26 06:15 am (UTC)And it's been so long since I read Man in the High Castle that I don't know that I'd notice liberties if they did take them. In any case, there's quite a long history of people taking PKD's works and rendering them nearly unrecognizable (but sometimes quite enjoyable despite that!), so I don't know that I'd mind, really. :)
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Date: 2015-12-01 05:03 pm (UTC)In any case, there's quite a long history of people taking PKD's works and rendering them nearly unrecognizable (but sometimes quite enjoyable despite that!), so I don't know that I'd mind, really. :)
As I said to
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Date: 2015-11-26 08:43 am (UTC)I need to see what JJ is like but I'm not sure about the Man in the High Castle. Viewing is certainly changing and moving away from the TV isn't it ....
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Date: 2015-12-01 05:04 pm (UTC)Yes, it is. I expect the demise of the box set imminently.
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Date: 2015-11-27 11:01 pm (UTC)(no I'm not biased)
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Date: 2015-12-01 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-12-01 10:56 pm (UTC)btw - I made some fan art for "Third Wheel". Interested? (I don't suppose there's a free for all day at the IWRY marathon, is there?)
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Date: 2015-12-07 08:45 pm (UTC)People have said it flags a bit mid-series and I did think ep 4 was a bit slow - but I don't mind slow if it's used to build characters. Will try MitHC soon, when I have fewer progs to watch. I never thought there woud come a time with too much good TV to record!
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Date: 2015-12-08 01:35 pm (UTC)TMitHC is also very good. Very upsetting, but not because of the level of violence. I have a post coming on about both shows.