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Have just been watching some Jeeves & Wooster from the third series, when the two are in New York and staying in that swanky apartment. This episode contained the first scene where Jeeves and Wooster play a duet on the piano, and I found myself staring in wonder at the sheer slashiness of it all.

Am sure I would never have thought that when I first saw it. Fandom does funny things to you, doesn't it?

In other news, yesterday, I watched the Caprica pilot movie and...

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....boy, that was grim. Grim, grim, grimmity grim. Can't say I liked it exactly, but I didn't always like BSG either. (Razor was pretty much unwatchable at times). An awful lot of very interesting stuff in it, though, plus it looked amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing where JM's character fits in. Wonder if he'll have any scenes with that very scary Brit actress (whose name I can't remember) who played the terrorist nun?

I'm also looking forward to seeing if Ron Moore can make a decent attempt at world building while maintaining the critique on our own society. We'll see. At any rate, it's superior, if disturbing, stuff.

ETA: Have just realised where I'd seen the scary nun actress before. It was in The OC. She isn't a Brit at all, is she? Oops! Yes, she is, and she was never in The OC, of course. She was Atia in Rome.

Comments

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Hee, can you see Stephen Fry and not immediately slash him? uhum, probalby just me then. I can't help it, I think he's my favorite actor ever.

Yeah, Caprica is pretty dark, but I liked some of their ideas, like having the girl live on in the computer game and so on. After the BSG ending(I know, I know, I'm a bitter scifi nerd), I'll never ever have expectations concerning Ron Moore again, but I thought Caprica had quite some potential and now with JM entering I'm majorly looking forward to it.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

But MARSTERS is going to be in it!

I'm totally watching Caprica.

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

The Caprica pilot is grim indeed.I liked it, with its grieving and haunting atmosphere .Also I enjoyed the plot and the themes it carries -the main actors were good. ( Zoe grated on my nerves though)Plus the music is perfect.I have no idea how many of the actors from the pilot will be in the series?
I do wonder where James will fit in there too. I'm slightly worried that he's a terrorist, for it means that he shouldn't be there for more than a bunch of episodes.
I think he would have been a wonderful D.Graystone.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I luffs Jeeves and Wooster but Slash? No no no no no no no! It's almost as bad as Eric/Ernie

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Hee, can you see Stephen Fry and not immediately slash him?

I used to be able to. :) Not any more apparently.

Yeah, Caprica is pretty dark, but I liked some of their ideas, like having the girl live on in the computer game and so on.

Yes, loved that, though Zoe was very irritating. I also liked the idea of the Taurons as this group that the host society can barely tolerate because of its criminal links. At first, I was thinking the Mafia, but then with all the racial connotations, no, they're like the Roma. Interested to see where that goes.

As for the end of BSG, I'm actually quite surprised by how dark the religious elements in Caprica were. Maybe my view of the end of BSG as being an awful lot less than happy clappy were right? The one god of the BSG verse seems an awful lot less than benign.

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Oh me too. Wouldn't miss if for anything.

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I have no idea how many of the actors from the pilot will be in the series?

Me either, but I would have thought they'd need them all back. Zoe was a bit annoying. On the other hand, I was very impressed with how 'real' everyone looked. Zoe and her friends looked like proper schoolkids, not all half-starved and Hollywood glamourous (though no one was actually ugly of course). The same was true of the adult characters. In fact, that's something that's notable about BSG too - not that there weren't lots of young, pretty people in it, but that there were plenty of older actors too.

James would have made a great Dr Graystone, but Eric Stoltz is a bigger star, so I guess they were lucky to get him. I too hope James's character won't be killed off, but as you can see, it's unlikely the show will pull any punches. BSG never did.

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Well, in my own defence, I'd never thought of it until that piano playing scene. Obviously, fandonm has corrupted me. :)

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, I was very impressed with how 'real' everyone looked. I agree, I really liked that as well.
I too hope James's character won't be killed off Not until they let him shine on the set..which I have no doubt he will do.:)

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I'm sure he'll be great. But like I said, the BSG writers are ruthless. If they think a character should die, that's what'll happen. :(