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...the letters "G", "R", "O", "W", "L" :P

And tea, lots of tea!

Just swamped with work today but I got it all done because I am Ninja!Admin! The rest of the evening is being cancelled due to lack of interest. There is going to be food, silly TV and an early night :D

Talking of Silly TV, I was deeply unimpressed with last Friday's episode of "The Musketeers". I think the word I want is "lame". After building up the whole "Who is Portho's father" storyline, it gets dealt with in an episode that is so weak, it makes previous episodes look deep and meaningful. I didn't buy Porthos's relationsihip with his father for one nanosecond. I thought Treville's reasoning was feeble and made no sense and the resolution wasn't even remotely convincing.

I'll give the episode props for the last 5 minutes though - way to up the stakes. But the king's breakdown is... odd and not really being explained, it's just a massive anvilly way of keeping him out of the loop while Rochefort runs amok. I did like Milady's scenes, but then she's been one of the best characters in this series.

Don't get me started with how they wrote Constance this episode. Can I get a "Oh FFS!"? Yeh, thought so.

On the plus side of the Silly TV coin, SHIELD's back! Last week's episode was excellent and is keeping the various plots bubbling along nicely. Missing Agent Carter though :P
Mood:: 'knackered' knackered
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 09:59pm on 01/03/2015 under , , ,
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!
Mood:: 'cynical' cynical
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 11:29pm on 12/02/2015 under , ,
Today got off to a great start when I got a call from my garage around 10am going "Umm, you were supposed to be bringing your car in today..?" Cue headdesking and hasty scampering. Hurrah for an understanding line manager and my garage being over the road from where I work :P

And then work was busy all day. Not completely overwhelmingly so, just often enough and persistent enough that I was never able to take my eye off the ball. And nothing seemed straightforward today, everything seemed to need something checked or created or sorted before being processed. Gagh.

And then tonight it took me two attempts to boil water - someone got sidetracked and forgot she had put a pan of water on to boil until someone started sniffing the air and going "What's that burning smell?!"

On the plus side, I made a great dinner of stuffed peppers with smoked sausage and I have an excellent episode of Mythbusters to watch. Hopefully the day's ending better than it started :D
Mood:: 'amused' amused
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 09:58pm on 02/02/2015 under
I refuse to talk about the Super Bowl result because I'm still sulking :P But as a bonus I had today off to catch up on my sleep so at least I didn't have to pretend to be awake at work or anything :D

In lieu of SuperBowl ravings, let me catch up on TV shows.

Loved the recent episode of Agent Carter: yay for Peggy giving Howard the black eye he richly deserved! And holy smokes, Dottie! Mrs Fry won't approve of the dead body under the bed, very unlady-like! :D Not entirely surprised by the development, as Bridget Regan would not be hired for a bit part, but I wasn't expecting psycho. The trailer for this week's episode is hinting at who Dottie could be working for, can't wait to see if that pans out. Also, Howling Commandos this week! Woo hoo! Be good to see Peggy getting treated with respect :D

Watched the first episode of the BBC's adaptation of "Wolf Hall". Let me say it does a lot right - the costuming is superb, the period detail excellent, it seems to be more or less historically correct. I haven't read the book so I may enjoy the book more but I thought the first episode was a smidge ponderous. I've got the second episode DVR'd so we'll see if it grabs me or not as events develop. Worth a shot though, no-one does a period costume drama quite like the Beeb.
Mood:: 'content' content
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 01:27am on 24/01/2015 under , ,
Was looking forward to settling in to my Friday night treat of good looking men in tight leather (aka The Musketeers) only to discover that it wasn't on. There was pouting and I was about to post a rant when I double checked to see WHY it wasn't on. It had been pre-empted by, wait for it, football.

*facepalms*

Given the lack of sympathy I've had over the years from people complaining about football ruining their schedules, I really am in no position to be throwing stones.

Darn it :)
Mood:: 'amused' amused
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 09:41pm on 20/01/2015 under
..it's very inconsiderate of your President to do the State of a Union on a Tuesday and deprive me of my weekly dose of Agent Carter and NCIS:NO :P

*joneses*

*complains*

On the other hand, it gives me a chance to catch up on NCIS:LA :)
Mood:: 'chipper' chipper
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 11:13pm on 14/01/2015 under , ,
I don't know how I stand it, I really don't.

So today I walked home from work, hopped in the car and spent 20 minutes driving a mile and a half to drop off a prescription. Yeh, the rush hour isn't usually that bad at 5.30pm but it was hideous tonight for some reason. So I decided to drive home a different way which had the happy effect of taking me past the library. And that reminded me I had a reservation on hold to collect, so I circled back around and parked and did a lightning visit. Not only did I get the J D Robb book I'd reserved, but also found 2 Laurie R King Mary Russell books I hadn't read. Hee!

Then it was home to download and squee over Agent Carter. Wow, dramatic happenings this week! I'm loving this show so much it hurts! I keep reading people going "oh we want a full series!" and "more please!" and while I'm all for a season 2, I really hope they don't sacrifice quality for quantity. It's the fact they only have 8 episodes to tell the story that makes it work so well.

Did NOT recognise Bridget Regan in this episode until the end when it dawned on me her name had been in the opening credits and..waaaaitaminute? That was her? Really?! So I'm guessing the character they introduced is going to have a bigger role which will be interesting :)

*eyes clock* Just time to watch NCIS:New Orleans before bed. I'm loving Wednesdays for TV right now :D

(I totally need a TV icon. Maybe of a couch potato :P)
Mood:: 'cheerful' cheerful
location: home
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 07:06pm on 08/01/2015 under
..couple of other new shows I've been really enjoying are "Scorpion" and "NCIS:New Orleans". Scorpion kinda reminds me of Numb3rs, except instead of one genius they have four and cover a full range of abilities, not just maths. It's kinda based on a true story, in the sense of the characters is based on a real life person, but apart from that, it's enjoyable tosh :D Also it stars Robert Patrick who does deadpan with the best of them and is always worth watching. I'm not sure if they can sustain my interest but they've got my attention so far. I am, however, hopelessly behind and need to catch up.

NCIS:N'awlins has a major advantage over over the mother show in that it's filmed on location, which does let us get a look see at a fascinating part of America. However, I feel the location is being criminally underused, because many of the stories so far could be plunked down anywhere. And when it is used, it's clumsy and overdone. BUT the characters are excellent and the cast is great - Scott Bakula is always value for money and I'm loving Lucas Black, whom I've not seen before - so it's currently listed under "guilty pleasures" and we'll see if it has the legs or clout of either the two other shows. Sidebar: I stopped watching NCIS about 3 seasons ago, although I'll dip in now and again if I hear good things (the Christmas episode that aired recently focussing on McGee was beautiful). I adore NCIS:LA unreservedly, entirely because of the cast and the banter.

Talking of Guilty Pleasures, "The Librarians" is a fun way to pass an hour. It's by the same team behind "Leverage" but I don't think it's going to reach the heights of that show. I'd rate it higher but it's acutally really difficult to follow without subtitles so I have to get hold of the script before I watch it and try and read it during advert breaks for anything I've missed. If I was sure it'd be released on DVD, I'd stop watching and wait for the DVD set :)

Of new shows that failed to hold my attention there was "Forever", which I really wanted to like because I like Ioan Gruffodd and adore Judd Hirsch, but I missed it one week and didn't realise for another week that it was on. Not a good sign :P If I don't actually care about what I missed, then I skip it and watch something I do care about. I've also gone lukewarm on "The Flash" which I enjoyed for about three episodes and then got bored. I may try it again, the cross over with "Arrow" was excellent and got me re-watching that show, so it did me a favour. I'm not sure why it's not sticking with me, there's no obvious reason, so maybe 'm just not in the right frame of mind :)
Mood:: 'lazy' lazy
location: home
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 09:22pm on 07/01/2015 under ,
Holy moly I haven't enjoyed a series premier like that since Leverage! Really fantastic job by all concerned, from the cast to the script to the editing to the lighting to the sets to the plot. There's only 8 episodes so they're not dawdling about and cramming a fair amount in but it didn't feel rushed or bloated.

If I have any gripes at all, it's I think her male colleagues need to be made a bit smarter, else it's going to be really hard to buy this as the same agency Peggy worked with during the war and which is going to later mutate into SHIELD. Yes, sexism was rife, it was a different world for women, but I don't think they need to belabour the point and I also think no good agent would ignore someone with Peggy's war record which should still count for something.

My favourite line of dialogue sadly needs a bit of explanation which would kill the joke. So have my second favourite line of dialogue:-

"Hey darlin', what's your name?"
"Agent."

The remaining six episodes are totally going to have my full, undivided attention :D
Mood:: 'excited' excited
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posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 02:05am on 15/11/2012 under
I have finally weaned myself off Hawaii 5-0 (new flavour). The pretty just didn't overcome the irritation any more - the Wo Fat storyline is being beaten into the ground and is, frankly, boring the pants off me. Bringing Steve's mother back from the dead only All Is Not As It Appears *yawns mightily* No, really, didn't see that one coming. Feh. And Scott Caan is STILL being criminally underused. So I watched the first 3 eps and then gave up and haven't missed it even a little bit. Always a sign that stopping watching was a smart move.

I'm still enjoying Covert Affairs, although I occasionally have this overwhelming urge to slap Annie silly. I'm still faintly hoping someone kicks her arse before the end of the season but given next week is the season finale, I'm not holding my breath. Burn Notice is still brilliant and if Sharon Gless doesn't nab an Emmy this time around, 'm going to be Displeased.

Blue Bloods and NCIS:LA are my happy, comfort shows :) And I've resdiscovered CSI:NY, although I suspect that's probably on its last legs. Still watching Criminal Minds but not wild about the new addition to the team, she has almost no chemistry with the rest of the cast at all. The stories have been good so I'm hanging in there. Likewise, still watching Leverage but I think this is going to be the last season and I think that's wise. I tend to save eps up and marathon them now, which usually means 'm falling out of love with a show.

New shows - Arrow. I'm thoroughly enjoying this take on the Green Arrow. It helps that there is a stellar supporting cast and the lead actor is very easy on the eye :D But I like the way they're pacing the mystery of the Arrow's origins and I like the way they're not sugar coating what he's doing. It should get a second season *crosses paws*
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