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jayes_musings) wrote2012-02-28 03:02 pm
jayes_musings) wrote2012-02-28 03:02 pm
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Fandoms.
I haven't done a post where I've gone over my newest fandoms for a looonng time, and as I'm sitting her at the coffee shop waiting to head to the airport, and it's way to noisy to concentrate on writing...I might as well find something to occupy my journal.
BEING HUMAN (UK): Okay, so I've been a fan since the first season, and now that I can watch BBC iPlayer, I can now watch S4 the day after broadcast, I am more hooked than ever. To be honest, I wasn't sure how I would like this season with three lead cast members leaving the show, especially Aidan Turner who plays Mitchell, but I think that the PTB have done a good job of dealing with that. I even like the 'replacement' characters. Yes, they've set it up the same, but Tom and Hal are so totally different to George and Mitchell (despite being a werewolf and vampire, respectively) that the interactions are fresh and interesting. I love Annie always have, always will and I'm liking watching her grow as well as deal with her grief over her friends and forging new bonds (or not?) with her new housemates. There are plenty of interesting supporting characters as well, and I'm curious to see how they will develop and what side of good vs. evil they will fall on. The only weak spot that I can see is the baby, Eve and the whole "War Child" prophecy. I'm hoping they will do something completely surprising with it, and not turn it into a typical prophetic child trope.
SHERLOCK: I've only just started watching this, and only a couple of episodes at that...but it sucked me in immediately. It is just so clever (which I would expect from the subject) and an original take on ACD. While I don't find anything greatly physically attractive about Cumberbatch or Freeman, I absolutely love their chemistry together. They work so well together. It's unique and fun.
THE TUDORS: Yes, I'm late to this particular party, but hubby bought the complete series when he was deployed and we are slowly getting through them. I've never been a fan of the actual Tudors (Ricardian here!)...but with it's loose historical accuracy and great acting, I'm really enjoying it. Of course, watching JRM so much is hardly a bad thing...nor is Henry Cavill.
GAME OF THRONES: This really shows how bad I've been at updating my journal. LOL I had never heard of ISOIAF before hearing that Sean Bean was in the series. Hearing the premise, I got interested, and the local used bookshop here had the first novel. That first novel was quickly followed by the rest. And now I'm waitingimpatiently for the DVDs and also the second season (which I'll miss the first ep as I'll be in Ireland!). As is typical for me, my favourites aren't the fandom favourites, and I find those that are annoying. I love Tyrion, hands down my favourite...he's a wonderful mix of grey that I love, and you can understand how he got to be like he is. Also those who I know I'll enjoy when I get to their chapters are Cersei, Petyr, Jamie, and Dany (although I hope she stops wasting time soon). Theon and Sansa are both growing on me slowly, and I do love seeing how they are going to develop. And while I'm sure that Jon Snow will be key to how this all plays out, in some way or another, I really hope not. I've been 'meh' over him since the start, and after everything that has happened (and still will happen?) it just seems all rather predictable. Please George R.R. Martin, surprise me like you have so often!
ONCE UPON A TIME: I heard a lot of people talking about this, and when it came on here, I checked it out. First network US show I've really got into for a long time, and what's more, hubby enjoys it as well. Rumplestiltskin makes it (okay, long time Robert Carlyle fan here, since Begbie and the guy he played on "Cracker" whose name eludes me right now), and I love the Queen/Mayor. But the best thing about the show is seeing the "before and after" of the fairy tale character and their real world counterpart. Sometimes it's a little predictable, but I like figuring out who is who. Also, Nick Lea was in last night's episode here! And although I'm not a big fan of the actress, Emma Swan is a strong female character and carries the show well.
And a "fandom" that I've fallen out of love with. I put that in quotes because, I don't think a fandom actually exists for this series of books. Simon Scarrow's Eagle series. I began reading them a while back, and they are wonderfully researched books following the adventures of two Roman legionaires, starting at the invasion of Britain. They were fantastic, the author clearly knowledgeable on the Roman Army, giving great detail, but at the same time not getting lost in it and keeping it entertaining. His two main characters Macro and Cato, reminded me at first, of the friendship between Sharpe and Harper, indeed I got the impression he had been influenced by Bernard Cornwell's series. But somewhere along the way, it got lost. Oh, the research and detail of Roman military life is still wonderful, and Scarrow takes actual events and fits them well into his novels, but Cato has become one of the most blatant canon-stus I've read. He joined the Legions as a common soldier at seventeen, and now not even at twenty-five he became a Legate (albeit it Acting). This is akin to joining the Army as a private and within less than eight years being promoted to Colonel. And he knows EVERYTHING! Meanwhile Macro, who started out as his superior, a Centurion, is merely a First Spear (Centurion of the First Cohort) and is always wrong....just to make Cato look right. There are other problems, but they all relate to this main problem.
I am soooo disappointed because I love the historic detail, but the characters are so central that it's so hard to ignore how much in love Scarrow is with Cato (and also his antagonist, Ajax) that the series has lost its sheen for me. And yet, I know that whenever I see his latest novel, I will be sooo tempted to get it in the hope that he's found his way back to the spirit of the earlier books.
BEING HUMAN (UK): Okay, so I've been a fan since the first season, and now that I can watch BBC iPlayer, I can now watch S4 the day after broadcast, I am more hooked than ever. To be honest, I wasn't sure how I would like this season with three lead cast members leaving the show, especially Aidan Turner who plays Mitchell, but I think that the PTB have done a good job of dealing with that. I even like the 'replacement' characters. Yes, they've set it up the same, but Tom and Hal are so totally different to George and Mitchell (despite being a werewolf and vampire, respectively) that the interactions are fresh and interesting. I love Annie always have, always will and I'm liking watching her grow as well as deal with her grief over her friends and forging new bonds (or not?) with her new housemates. There are plenty of interesting supporting characters as well, and I'm curious to see how they will develop and what side of good vs. evil they will fall on. The only weak spot that I can see is the baby, Eve and the whole "War Child" prophecy. I'm hoping they will do something completely surprising with it, and not turn it into a typical prophetic child trope.
SHERLOCK: I've only just started watching this, and only a couple of episodes at that...but it sucked me in immediately. It is just so clever (which I would expect from the subject) and an original take on ACD. While I don't find anything greatly physically attractive about Cumberbatch or Freeman, I absolutely love their chemistry together. They work so well together. It's unique and fun.
THE TUDORS: Yes, I'm late to this particular party, but hubby bought the complete series when he was deployed and we are slowly getting through them. I've never been a fan of the actual Tudors (Ricardian here!)...but with it's loose historical accuracy and great acting, I'm really enjoying it. Of course, watching JRM so much is hardly a bad thing...nor is Henry Cavill.
GAME OF THRONES: This really shows how bad I've been at updating my journal. LOL I had never heard of ISOIAF before hearing that Sean Bean was in the series. Hearing the premise, I got interested, and the local used bookshop here had the first novel. That first novel was quickly followed by the rest. And now I'm waiting
ONCE UPON A TIME: I heard a lot of people talking about this, and when it came on here, I checked it out. First network US show I've really got into for a long time, and what's more, hubby enjoys it as well. Rumplestiltskin makes it (okay, long time Robert Carlyle fan here, since Begbie and the guy he played on "Cracker" whose name eludes me right now), and I love the Queen/Mayor. But the best thing about the show is seeing the "before and after" of the fairy tale character and their real world counterpart. Sometimes it's a little predictable, but I like figuring out who is who. Also, Nick Lea was in last night's episode here! And although I'm not a big fan of the actress, Emma Swan is a strong female character and carries the show well.
And a "fandom" that I've fallen out of love with. I put that in quotes because, I don't think a fandom actually exists for this series of books. Simon Scarrow's Eagle series. I began reading them a while back, and they are wonderfully researched books following the adventures of two Roman legionaires, starting at the invasion of Britain. They were fantastic, the author clearly knowledgeable on the Roman Army, giving great detail, but at the same time not getting lost in it and keeping it entertaining. His two main characters Macro and Cato, reminded me at first, of the friendship between Sharpe and Harper, indeed I got the impression he had been influenced by Bernard Cornwell's series. But somewhere along the way, it got lost. Oh, the research and detail of Roman military life is still wonderful, and Scarrow takes actual events and fits them well into his novels, but Cato has become one of the most blatant canon-stus I've read. He joined the Legions as a common soldier at seventeen, and now not even at twenty-five he became a Legate (albeit it Acting). This is akin to joining the Army as a private and within less than eight years being promoted to Colonel. And he knows EVERYTHING! Meanwhile Macro, who started out as his superior, a Centurion, is merely a First Spear (Centurion of the First Cohort) and is always wrong....just to make Cato look right. There are other problems, but they all relate to this main problem.
I am soooo disappointed because I love the historic detail, but the characters are so central that it's so hard to ignore how much in love Scarrow is with Cato (and also his antagonist, Ajax) that the series has lost its sheen for me. And yet, I know that whenever I see his latest novel, I will be sooo tempted to get it in the hope that he's found his way back to the spirit of the earlier books.
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I love Jon *G*. And I have so many thoughts about him.
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Yeah, I don't care for him, but I can't deny he's very, very central to how this will all play out.