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hestia8I am so ill. I have a horrendous stomach bug that is making me sadface and preventing me doing anything of much use (I was quite proud of myself for managing to wash up this morning, put it that way).
However, one thing I have managed is watching TV/films, so:
Bourne Legacy - this was good, not great but basically I just wanted to watch Jeremy Renner for a bit and there was some angst in the mix too, so that was good:
Dr. Marta Shearing: Is that your name?
Aaron Cross: James? No! What? You don't know my name?!
[Marta shakes her head]
Aaron Cross: What do you call me? What do you put on my bloodwork?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Five.
Aaron Cross: Five? The number five?
[Marta nods her head]
Aaron Cross: Do you know how many times we've met? Thirteen. Thirteen exams over the last four years, and that's what I get. I'm a number? Number five. Okay, five of what then? How many are we?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Program participants.
Aaron Cross: That's what you call us?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Uh...there were...there were nine, then six.
Aaron Cross: Participants.
...ok yes, alright I will subscribe to your newsletter.
I also watched Safe, which was yet another Jason Statham film (alright, yes, I know *I* am the one who chooses my stuff on Lovefilm but they're on a run of sending me all the Jason Statham stuff one after the other for some reason), in which he plays a guy who was a super cop! But although he was willing to kill dodgy people, he wasn't on board with some of the other corruption! So now he makes his living cage fighting! BUT! He won't throw a fight (actually, not even that, he doesn't throw it *by accident* because his punches are just that good, true story), so a Russian mafia boss who was betting on the fight kills his girlfriend and then tells him that ANYONE he makes friends with ever again is going to get killed, basically.
And that's only the beginning of the story! So there is angst as JS tries to be stoic but eventually thinks about ending it all, BUT! He sees the Russians chasing after a little Chinese girl, and he decides that beating people up is more important.
I am paraphrasing. The upshot is, the girl has an incredible memory for numbers and has been kidnapped to be a human computer for the triads, but she now has some info that the Russians want (and there's a three-way thing between the corrupt cops, the Triad and the Russians for control of NYC). So Statham rescues her because that's what he does, people get shot and beaten up, there's an odd bit where Statham has a barney with someone who he...worked with? Who was the other super cop in NYC? I didn't quite follow that bit. Oh and there's $30 million flying about too.
And then at the end the bad people are dead and the girl's brain gets them out of trouble and Statham's getting her into a school for gifted children. Awesome.
Not the best Statham film, obviously (in case you were wondering, that would be The Transporter) but pretty solid and I liked him having the girl to play off against, it was something a bit different (also, no sex or slashiness - no that *is* a departure).
TV-wise, I watched eps 1-4 of Dancing On The Edge, but I'm going to ramble/complain about that when I've seen ep 5 so I won't start rambling now.
Spoilers in the cut below:
I watched the finale of Utopia, which has been really interesting all the way through, even if I wasn't *wholly* convinced by all of it. Still, mostly it was great and looked amazing. Loved the ending as well. Poor Jessica. Poor everyone, really.
I also watched the finale of Ripper Street, which was excellent. The show has been improving week on week (don't think I posted about ep 7, did I? Well, it was very good) and I did like the story in this week's. Although it turns out that Edmund is the kind of dick who - instead of leaving his daughter at home - took her with him to hunt A POSSIBLE MURDERER. ONTO A BOAT. For fuck's sake, Edmund. Your wife should have fucking left you anyway, you idiot.
In happier news, Jerome Flynn continues to be amazing as Sgt Drake and there was some clever police work/trickery which I enjoyed very much.
Oh, and of course there's Mr Selfridge, which is not going to change anyone's life but continues to be enjoyable fluff, and Call the Midwife, which has covered some properly serious stuff for the 8pm Sunday timeslot. Last week's episode was fairly harrowing (illegal abortion and sexual assault) but the show as a whole is just wonderful. I love the relationships between the midwives (Trixie <3) and the nuns, I love the social history aspect to it, I love the apparently-doomed but ever so tender love story of Sister Bernadette and Doctor Turner (yes, she's a nun, but after it seemed like she was coming to terms with things, SHE'S POSSIBLY GOT TB - thanks, show). I love how it tricks you - it looks like a costume drama, all sweetness and light and then boom, midwifery, in one of the poorest parts of London, in the 1950s.
Lesley actually has Jennifer Worth's diaries (that the show is based on - she approached Miranda Hart about playing Chummy before the show was even confirmed <3), I must borrow them.
I have only watched 2 episodes of Spiral so far, but basically it is still Spiral, which is to say everyone is either a) corrupt, b) mad, c) not to be trusted or d) all of the above. I love it.
Being Human continues to be the best, although episode 2 unsettled me quite a lot (by which I mean I am no longer watching the show when it airs as that is just before I go to bed). I absolutely LOVED episode 3, oh my goodness. I love Hal - partly the writing and Damien Molony, but sometimes it's hard to remember that Hal was, you know, a mass-murdering Old One because he is SUCH a dork - and Tom might be my favourite character called Tom ever (by which I mean I might actually like him more than Tom Quinn*) - and they're just amazing and I love Alex too <3. I have the latest ep to watch when I have finished this entry, hurrah \o/
*basically I imprinted on Tom Quinn a veeeery long time ago so he's sort of the favourite character benchmark, but Tom McNair is just the best
However, one thing I have managed is watching TV/films, so:
Bourne Legacy - this was good, not great but basically I just wanted to watch Jeremy Renner for a bit and there was some angst in the mix too, so that was good:
Dr. Marta Shearing: Is that your name?
Aaron Cross: James? No! What? You don't know my name?!
[Marta shakes her head]
Aaron Cross: What do you call me? What do you put on my bloodwork?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Five.
Aaron Cross: Five? The number five?
[Marta nods her head]
Aaron Cross: Do you know how many times we've met? Thirteen. Thirteen exams over the last four years, and that's what I get. I'm a number? Number five. Okay, five of what then? How many are we?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Program participants.
Aaron Cross: That's what you call us?
Dr. Marta Shearing: Uh...there were...there were nine, then six.
Aaron Cross: Participants.
...ok yes, alright I will subscribe to your newsletter.
I also watched Safe, which was yet another Jason Statham film (alright, yes, I know *I* am the one who chooses my stuff on Lovefilm but they're on a run of sending me all the Jason Statham stuff one after the other for some reason), in which he plays a guy who was a super cop! But although he was willing to kill dodgy people, he wasn't on board with some of the other corruption! So now he makes his living cage fighting! BUT! He won't throw a fight (actually, not even that, he doesn't throw it *by accident* because his punches are just that good, true story), so a Russian mafia boss who was betting on the fight kills his girlfriend and then tells him that ANYONE he makes friends with ever again is going to get killed, basically.
And that's only the beginning of the story! So there is angst as JS tries to be stoic but eventually thinks about ending it all, BUT! He sees the Russians chasing after a little Chinese girl, and he decides that beating people up is more important.
I am paraphrasing. The upshot is, the girl has an incredible memory for numbers and has been kidnapped to be a human computer for the triads, but she now has some info that the Russians want (and there's a three-way thing between the corrupt cops, the Triad and the Russians for control of NYC). So Statham rescues her because that's what he does, people get shot and beaten up, there's an odd bit where Statham has a barney with someone who he...worked with? Who was the other super cop in NYC? I didn't quite follow that bit. Oh and there's $30 million flying about too.
And then at the end the bad people are dead and the girl's brain gets them out of trouble and Statham's getting her into a school for gifted children. Awesome.
Not the best Statham film, obviously (in case you were wondering, that would be The Transporter) but pretty solid and I liked him having the girl to play off against, it was something a bit different (also, no sex or slashiness - no that *is* a departure).
TV-wise, I watched eps 1-4 of Dancing On The Edge, but I'm going to ramble/complain about that when I've seen ep 5 so I won't start rambling now.
Spoilers in the cut below:
I watched the finale of Utopia, which has been really interesting all the way through, even if I wasn't *wholly* convinced by all of it. Still, mostly it was great and looked amazing. Loved the ending as well. Poor Jessica. Poor everyone, really.
I also watched the finale of Ripper Street, which was excellent. The show has been improving week on week (don't think I posted about ep 7, did I? Well, it was very good) and I did like the story in this week's. Although it turns out that Edmund is the kind of dick who - instead of leaving his daughter at home - took her with him to hunt A POSSIBLE MURDERER. ONTO A BOAT. For fuck's sake, Edmund. Your wife should have fucking left you anyway, you idiot.
In happier news, Jerome Flynn continues to be amazing as Sgt Drake and there was some clever police work/trickery which I enjoyed very much.
Oh, and of course there's Mr Selfridge, which is not going to change anyone's life but continues to be enjoyable fluff, and Call the Midwife, which has covered some properly serious stuff for the 8pm Sunday timeslot. Last week's episode was fairly harrowing (illegal abortion and sexual assault) but the show as a whole is just wonderful. I love the relationships between the midwives (Trixie <3) and the nuns, I love the social history aspect to it, I love the apparently-doomed but ever so tender love story of Sister Bernadette and Doctor Turner (yes, she's a nun, but after it seemed like she was coming to terms with things, SHE'S POSSIBLY GOT TB - thanks, show). I love how it tricks you - it looks like a costume drama, all sweetness and light and then boom, midwifery, in one of the poorest parts of London, in the 1950s.
Lesley actually has Jennifer Worth's diaries (that the show is based on - she approached Miranda Hart about playing Chummy before the show was even confirmed <3), I must borrow them.
I have only watched 2 episodes of Spiral so far, but basically it is still Spiral, which is to say everyone is either a) corrupt, b) mad, c) not to be trusted or d) all of the above. I love it.
Being Human continues to be the best, although episode 2 unsettled me quite a lot (by which I mean I am no longer watching the show when it airs as that is just before I go to bed). I absolutely LOVED episode 3, oh my goodness. I love Hal - partly the writing and Damien Molony, but sometimes it's hard to remember that Hal was, you know, a mass-murdering Old One because he is SUCH a dork - and Tom might be my favourite character called Tom ever (by which I mean I might actually like him more than Tom Quinn*) - and they're just amazing and I love Alex too <3. I have the latest ep to watch when I have finished this entry, hurrah \o/
*basically I imprinted on Tom Quinn a veeeery long time ago so he's sort of the favourite character benchmark, but Tom McNair is just the best
