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shapinglightSo - Moonshot.
Er, I don't need to give spoiler warnings, do I? I mean, we all know what happened, don't we?
Anyway, spoilers for the program behind cut.
It didn't start well for me, in that both S and M (Heh! sorry, still funny) were still up and neither could understand why I wanted to see this program. Then, before it started the continuity person announced that it starred Daniel Lepaine (spelling?) and James Marsters. At once, two pairs of eyes swivelled in my direction.
M: O-oh, so that's why you wanted to see it. :smirks:
S: :gives me a disgusted look:
Me (feebly): I only want to see the start.
In the end, S fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up, went off to bed, so I ended up watching the whole thing, and I really, really enjoyed it. Despite, as I said above, knowing what was going to happen, I found it suspenseful and dramatic (and if I hadn't, I would have known it was because the subtitles told me so - I had to turn them on because everyone was mumbling so much) and the blend of original TV footage and re-enactment worked really well. Much better than it usually does. James was very good, and so was everyone else. I especially liked Daniel Lepaine's very calm Armstrong contrasted with James's more volatile Aldrin, and the actress who played Armstrong's wife.
And what's more, given that it was made in Lithuania for 5p and a piece of old string, it looked really, really good, I thought.
What did everyone else think? And why isn't the DVD for sale yet on Amazon.uk?
And why don't I have a Moonshot icon? Shall have to snag some.
ETA: Finally got a Moonshot icon.
Er, I don't need to give spoiler warnings, do I? I mean, we all know what happened, don't we?
Anyway, spoilers for the program behind cut.
It didn't start well for me, in that both S and M (Heh! sorry, still funny) were still up and neither could understand why I wanted to see this program. Then, before it started the continuity person announced that it starred Daniel Lepaine (spelling?) and James Marsters. At once, two pairs of eyes swivelled in my direction.
M: O-oh, so that's why you wanted to see it. :smirks:
S: :gives me a disgusted look:
Me (feebly): I only want to see the start.
In the end, S fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up, went off to bed, so I ended up watching the whole thing, and I really, really enjoyed it. Despite, as I said above, knowing what was going to happen, I found it suspenseful and dramatic (and if I hadn't, I would have known it was because the subtitles told me so - I had to turn them on because everyone was mumbling so much) and the blend of original TV footage and re-enactment worked really well. Much better than it usually does. James was very good, and so was everyone else. I especially liked Daniel Lepaine's very calm Armstrong contrasted with James's more volatile Aldrin, and the actress who played Armstrong's wife.
And what's more, given that it was made in Lithuania for 5p and a piece of old string, it looked really, really good, I thought.
What did everyone else think? And why isn't the DVD for sale yet on Amazon.uk?
And why don't I have a Moonshot icon? Shall have to snag some.
ETA: Finally got a Moonshot icon.
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Date: 2009-07-21 08:58 pm (UTC)This is the week that the hardest core of their SciFi core audience is out of town!
Is it faintly possible that BBCAmerica doesn't know this?
Excited to hear that you're going to Comic Con. I hope for a full report. Will you be going to Joss's talk or any of the IDW stuff?
Re: the mumbling - in my case it's not just Americans. I have trouble with people mumbling in home grown stuff too. TW: CoE, for instance. I missed loads because they wouldn't stop mumbling.
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Date: 2009-07-21 11:23 pm (UTC)I will be doing all the Joss stuff possible, and hopefully glomping on Juliet Landau at IDW. I'm sure there will be a report: promise or threat?
When I get back, if the recorders all worked properly, I will watch the rest of TW, Dr. Who AND Being Human. Then off to Writercon.
Life is grand.
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Date: 2009-07-23 11:46 am (UTC)