All Around Me Are Familiar Faces....

In which I thought for certain that Person of Interest was airing its fifth series in January.

My mistake.

I think it's coming out in May.

DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE END OF THAT EPISODE THAT IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL - alright, not too much.....We've had worse cliffhangers - there is that memorable one where the main character was exiled but then had to be called back on the plane to address a certain problem that arose on home soil that none but he could solve.... - PUNISHMENT!!!!

"The Final Problem" wasn't really that bad. I mean, you knew he was alive, and you knew he'd be coming back - it would have been a WHOLE lot worse if they'd ended that episode about the point where Richard Brook is discovered because that? That would have been cruel. (I think the first series ended on a cliffhanger too? I can't recall where in the Pool Scene it ended...... So, actually, Reichenbach was the kindest finale. Isn't that sad.

Thank you, Moffat, for taking pity on the people that just had everything crushed and minced into tiny pieces and not making them wait on a real cliffhanger. Now that I'm crying, I'll watch something to cheer me up....  I loved the Weeping Angels - let's watch "Angels Take Manhattan".)

If you didn't sense the irony and sarcasm in that sentence, you have not seen the episode.

Don't watch the episodes like that.

And I basically did just that too. So then I went to watch Murdoch as it had been reccomended to me and good. grief. 

The Hobbit was a double-edged sword.

Come on - the Hobbit finally being adapted??  What was there NOT to like?  The countless references and throwbacks and treats and - I have no words for how much I was looking forward to it. (There were two times I literally screamed with joy: Coulson was alive, and opening a box to find the first film of the trilogy in it) And I had to wait a year until it came out in theatres and I could. not. wait.

It was also really, really, really fun.

Then The second and the third came out and it went from 'forgivable mistakes' to 'this is torture but still barely worth it' to 'I'm never watching this again'.

I honestly don't want to watch it. Maybe fastforward to the best parts (DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) but on the whole.....   I can still rewatch LOTR again and again, and have only seen The Hobbit once and....why. Just...why.

However, for all its faults, the trilogy stars Martin Freeman and features Benedict Cumberbatch. Who looked very, very, very familiar.

They played in a short series that I had said I wouldn't watch because WHO MOVES HOLMES FORWARD IN TIME WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS RUINING THE STORY yeah I really need to stop saying that......

I watched that series a year before the Third aired. That was nice. Compared to this one. But  still. So, I was introduced to fanfiction. Thank you or sorry depending on which day it is.

Of course, this was when I figured out how to watch episodes online and.....well, it went downhill from there.

So then. Fanfiction. And fanvideos - those things have the horrid habit of spoiling things.....

Reading fanfiction and my atrociously annoying sense of humour eventually led to writing prose for it - poetry doesn't count unless a name is used and I don't do that. Now, have I ever been good at.....moderation in writing? I. Think. Not.

So if I hadn't ever seen The Hobbit, I wouldn't have ninety percent of the problems concerning writing and reality and...headspace that I have now.

.....I also wouldn't have some of the best story ideas in my collection, nor would I have met.....well, any of my friends that I still have.

So. Double-edged sword.

And I found the rest of the cars - I knew there were more....  There is a total of seven cars. Not counting just plain old cars.

......no, people experimenting with recreating Iron man's suit will NOT be working in the garage. I'll manage your house for you dear, but you're NOT ruining things.

It's a joke. I know someone that would love to have and get a mansion with extensive grounds (I'm going to call him Luke). He also doesn't want to run it. So? He declared that he'll get it, and I'll run it. (Yes, thank you - I always aspired to be a housekeeper......) Honestly, I'd love it - a MANSION what is there not to like?? Besides, we like a lot of the major things so....decorations and collections would mesh.

However, he's really, really good at science, math and engineering and one of the things he aspires to do is build a functional Iron Man suit.

He could do it.

But he's not reaching greatness in the garage or near any valuables I might have or protect.

Nor in the general vicinity of the house or grounds - as much as he's likely to suceed, he's also very likely to forget everything else.

Fun!

Have you ever been asked what you would like as a gift?

Invariably, there are three outcomes. Either, you have absolutely nothing you want, you want nothing that anyone else could get you, or you remember what you wanted AFTER they leave and it falls into the second category anyway.

It's annoying.

And what is the plural of 'hiatus'? It just...doesn't look right at all any way it's spelt....

It's a Dangerous Business....

"You know, that looks like a really interesting series! It looks like something I would really enjoy! I think I'll watch it - there aren't that many things I can watch."

"Well. THAT was a mistake.

Alright, so it's only happened once. Twice maybe - but I've not seen the Pilot for SG-1 in a while and can't recall what was in it....... But how many other times has it happened when I consider watching something and then have to ditch the idea because of the content!

Finding series the first time....

"I have nothing to watch now.... Well, I do - I'm just not in the mood for any of it.

Oh! Let's search shows similar to what I want to watch but have already finished!

Look at all these amazing series! I'll be busy for years! I'll never have to worry about watching series again!!

There are all just what I enjoy. Fantasy, mystery, history, comedy, drama, action....."

"And....there's the catch. There's only inappropriate content in every other episode at least......"

Thank you, series producers. I'd love to watch this thing! But I can't. I hope you're happy.

This is namely for three series currently - actually, four. Because I'm bored and was thinking the other day and just.....  WHY??

Anyway, the culprits of the hour are: Outlander, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, and Supernatural.

The last wasn't so much for inappropriate content as twisting the Bible ENTIRELY too much. Basically, once I heard they used angels, it was off-limits, and the more I learn, the more glad I am that I researched the series a bit before ever starting it.

I DID research Outlander, but apparently no one had correctly updated the parent reviews. That series is just.....  Time travel! In Scotland! Why??????

Downton Abbey only held my passing interest for the costumes and sets - but I can't really put up with......very, VERY good friendship between valet and Lord. Nothing wrong with rank or anything - but that was TOO good a friendship. And sadly rather explicit if I caught on.....

And then there's Game of Thrones. A massive world, different language, rich cotumes elegant hair, new cultures, complex stories.... And if you disregard the crude language and humour, it's STILL incredibly inappropriate for a MOVIE let alone a television series.

I'm just going to sit over here and bang my head on my desk, alright?

alright. I'll grant that most television series tend to be safe for me - thus why I'm more likely to turn to them. However, romance also gets on my nerves. Generally, through whatever fault in my head, I completely miss it - but when they get obvious, it's just......

Ick. Ick. Ick. Ick. Ick.

I know, I'm incredibly mature.

But it's usually completely pointless.

Can't we just be friends? What's wrong with just being friends?

I also know that I'm a hypocrite in that, given that the High Fantasy book features SEVERAL marriages.

However, one was...forced, for lack of a better word, several were arranged, one was of conveinience, and most read like brother and sister.

Which I didn't realise until I started another book with siblings and realised I wrote them the same.

So there is that........

And then there's period dramas and films and series set in the past.

these are just...amusing.

Oh, some are quite good, and some have TERRIFIC inspiration for characters given that the garments are at least similar - but......

Then there are the older ones.

This isn't something I myself have noticed much in series - but it is common in films: the older the film is, the more likely it is closer to the period it is made in and not the period it's depicting.

This obviously doesn't hold true for ALL things - but let's take Cushings Pride and Prejudice for the moment. His costume is passable, and her's - while a bit too ruffly is still close in silhouette at least. Then there is the adaptation either directly before or directly after, and the women look as if they stepped out of the Civil War. Wrong style ENTIRELY.

And not even similar enough to the Georgian era to be counted as them having been too poor for whatever reason to update their fashion.

Which was basically impossible anyway given they went to BALLS. Their clothes were fashionable. Kitty's especially.

And it's not always terribly glaring (don't watch Disney's adaptation of Swiss Family Robinson - not only is it horribly handled and ruined, it's costumes also tend to be a bit more modern than period) but it is worse in the past. Especially for the leading ladies and romantic interests.

The more modern the film or series, the more accurate they are - they actually can do the research now, I think.

But this is so often my reaction to watching a series.......... Both of their's - Allen's and Weaver's.

WHY do they have to put that stuff in series? It boggles the mind and is generally just infuriating!

It's a dangerous business, watching a show - you start on the Pilot, and there's no knowing where you'll be swept off to!