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etcetera_cat I almost forgot this was happening on Saturday night! Gah. My rush to the TV was a little ungainly. ;) Posted late as I ended up going out Saturday night post-Who and was in Warwick all of yesterday. Mmmm, history.
I liked it a lot more than I was expecting to to be honest. Matt Smith seriously impressed me and I thought Karen Gillan was great too. The Doctor and Amy were both a little mad and that was so much fun to watch. I saw the wedding dress thing coming and I'm ... a little apprehensive, but I'm prepared to give the benefit of the doubt on this one.
The plot as a whole was pretty good. A little Smith and Jones really, but mostly well done. The cameraphone scene especially and the flashing of all the Doctors and monsters. I also like that they're playing Amy as having the Doctor as pretty much an imaginary (or maybe not so imaginary) friend before. That makes it a little interesting.
Also, Little!Amy was ridiculously adorable. I loved her scenes with the Doctor at the start. Loved them. And then when he left her and she sat on her case and I knew he wasn't going to come back ... *sniff* I got a tiny bit teary. Well played, Moffat, well played.
I had never actually heard of a kiss-a-gram before this ep. I really did think she was a policewomen and had this conversation with my flatmate.
Me: Is that a police issue skirt?
Flatmate: It's *stripper* police issue ...
I was unspoiled for the new TARDIS and wow, pretty. I loved the Doctor's relationship with it and the finger snapping flashback.
Bring the next episodes on.
I also bought the 1997 Neverwhere mini-series on DVD as I love the book, it was cheap on Amazon and Peter Capaldi is in it. I've watched the first two eps and while it has dated quite badly (1997 was 13 years ago, damn) Patterson Joseph is an awesome Marquis de Carabas, who is a character I love.
And while randomly discussing characters I love, I re-watched the new Hitchhikers Guide movie recently, and while some it is so well done, I still haven't quite got over what they did to Zaphod. I liked him so much in the books, but in the movie I can't see what I saw in him at all, and it still annoys me.
Warwick was a lot of fun. Warwick Castle is very family orientated but enjoyable and the weather was surprisingly good. Also, we got to visit Lord Leycester Hospital which is a medieval building which was where the opening "The Shakespeare Code" was filmed - awesome, and St Mary's Chuch where Robert Dudley and Fulke Greville were buried. Ah, I am an Elizabethan history nerd, it's true.
I have done so little today. So little. Not even the fandom-y things I wanted to do, or read my book. Or icons. Or AO3 things. Gah.
etcetera_cat I almost forgot this was happening on Saturday night! Gah. My rush to the TV was a little ungainly. ;) Posted late as I ended up going out Saturday night post-Who and was in Warwick all of yesterday. Mmmm, history. I liked it a lot more than I was expecting to to be honest. Matt Smith seriously impressed me and I thought Karen Gillan was great too. The Doctor and Amy were both a little mad and that was so much fun to watch. I saw the wedding dress thing coming and I'm ... a little apprehensive, but I'm prepared to give the benefit of the doubt on this one.
The plot as a whole was pretty good. A little Smith and Jones really, but mostly well done. The cameraphone scene especially and the flashing of all the Doctors and monsters. I also like that they're playing Amy as having the Doctor as pretty much an imaginary (or maybe not so imaginary) friend before. That makes it a little interesting.
Also, Little!Amy was ridiculously adorable. I loved her scenes with the Doctor at the start. Loved them. And then when he left her and she sat on her case and I knew he wasn't going to come back ... *sniff* I got a tiny bit teary. Well played, Moffat, well played.
I had never actually heard of a kiss-a-gram before this ep. I really did think she was a policewomen and had this conversation with my flatmate.
Me: Is that a police issue skirt?
Flatmate: It's *stripper* police issue ...
I was unspoiled for the new TARDIS and wow, pretty. I loved the Doctor's relationship with it and the finger snapping flashback.
Bring the next episodes on.
I also bought the 1997 Neverwhere mini-series on DVD as I love the book, it was cheap on Amazon and Peter Capaldi is in it. I've watched the first two eps and while it has dated quite badly (1997 was 13 years ago, damn) Patterson Joseph is an awesome Marquis de Carabas, who is a character I love.
And while randomly discussing characters I love, I re-watched the new Hitchhikers Guide movie recently, and while some it is so well done, I still haven't quite got over what they did to Zaphod. I liked him so much in the books, but in the movie I can't see what I saw in him at all, and it still annoys me.
Warwick was a lot of fun. Warwick Castle is very family orientated but enjoyable and the weather was surprisingly good. Also, we got to visit Lord Leycester Hospital which is a medieval building which was where the opening "The Shakespeare Code" was filmed - awesome, and St Mary's Chuch where Robert Dudley and Fulke Greville were buried. Ah, I am an Elizabethan history nerd, it's true.
I have done so little today. So little. Not even the fandom-y things I wanted to do, or read my book. Or icons. Or AO3 things. Gah.
