Bah!

[mitchy]

It's not been a good day for sports watching. First my beloved England lost (LOST!) to Ireland in the Six Nations, being well thumped. *grumbles mightily* And then I turned over just in time to see Chelsea score against Spurs in the Capital One Cup. I probably should have stopped watching at that point but no, I had to persist until Chelsea got their second. THEN I turned off. Some days you should just accept that you're a jinx and back away :)

On the plus side, I feel much better today having got some decent sleep and finally stopped with the shivering. Harrumph.

And The Musketeers on Friday was pretty good. Some plot threads are starting to pay off, with the (ex) Captain Treville FINALLY agreeing to tell Porthos about his father, which is going to be the central point of next week's episode. Not before time, mind, they were in severe danger of stretching this out to the point it got tiresome. I'd like to check the historical accuracy of a doctor knowing to sterilise his instruments before surgery at this point in history, but I likes Lemay. I am wondering if they're setting up a romance between Constance and Lemay, given that Bonacieux pretty much cursed her and D'Artagnan :) And as a side note, reeeally glad they got rid of Bonacieux (which I'm probably mispelling but can't be arsed to look up) because he annoyed me intensely.

Rochefort appears to be galloping towards madness now, he's right on that edge. Marc Warren is playing him pretty well, stopping juuust short of over the top (just!) and keeping him interesting. In other news, if his leather trousers get any tighter, he's going to eligible for hazard pay :P

Looking forward to next week's episode!

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Nah, Rochefort's annoying me (have not seen this week's ep yet but am otherwise up to date). He has no redeeming features at all and is thus unpleasant to watch (IMHO)

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

He's annoying but then he's supposed to be. If it wasn't Marc Warren, I might have detested the character but he's doing just enough to keep me engaged. I agree he has no redeeming features but then neither does Milady :)

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Meh, MW doesn't do a lot for me as eye-candy ;) Milady has done one or two things that weren't immediately self-serving -- to benefit her in the long run, sure, but not immediately. Not seeing that with Rochefort.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

I don't watch him for the eye candy, I like him as an actor :) I prefer the rest of the Musketeers for eye candy. Yum :D

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

;) I don't think I've actually seen him in anything else. (IMDB suggests I probably saw him in a Dr Who episode way back when, but I have no recollection of that.)

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

I'd be surprised if you hadn't seen him in "The Hogfather" adaptation (he played Teatime). Possibly "Wanted" with Angelina Jolie. The Dr Who episode you've seen him in; I bet I can jog your memory. Guy who narrated episode into webcam, girlfriend ended up as a paving stone :P

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

I have Hogfather kicking around somewhere but have never watched it. Not seen Wanted, and I do vaguely recall the Dr Who ep but not enough to have any strong opinion about his acting ability.... (And no, I've still never seen Ashes to Ashes, either)

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Oooh do watch Hogfather, it was a superb adaptation. Didn't make me want to kick things the way TV adaptations of really good books usually do :)