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it's so kicky
Jun. 16th, 2011 10:54 pmIs anybody going to think less of me if I admit that sometimes, when I'm listening to the Doctor Who theme song, I totally do want to do the wave?
anime update!
Apr. 12th, 2008 10:45 pmDropped:
Minami-ke:
I got bored. I have the most ungodly short attention span. With English-language TV, I can do crossword puzzles to ease myself through the dull bits, but that doesn't work with subtitled stuff.
Everything else is on hiatus because I was so hardcore about catching up on the new Doctor Who that I reactivated my Netflix account, and I can't pass my classes and watch more TV than is available with 3 discs at a time, unlimited monthly, even when the Post Office eats Season 3, Disc 3. Twice!
I have been going through my obscenely large pile of manga. I've been reading about two to three volumes a week (and buying two), but the pile started very tall indeed. I read a lot of manga. I read a lot more manga than I ever watch anime, by powers of ten. The reason I don't even try to blog about the manga I read is that I cannot keep track of it. The only thing I try to write down is titles I particularly want to read but haven't yet, and it's an awfully messy list, and very hard to decipher.
When the semester's over, I might try to marathon Ghost Hound, though, because that is more awesome than buttered bread.
Minami-ke:
I got bored. I have the most ungodly short attention span. With English-language TV, I can do crossword puzzles to ease myself through the dull bits, but that doesn't work with subtitled stuff.
Everything else is on hiatus because I was so hardcore about catching up on the new Doctor Who that I reactivated my Netflix account, and I can't pass my classes and watch more TV than is available with 3 discs at a time, unlimited monthly, even when the Post Office eats Season 3, Disc 3. Twice!
I have been going through my obscenely large pile of manga. I've been reading about two to three volumes a week (and buying two), but the pile started very tall indeed. I read a lot of manga. I read a lot more manga than I ever watch anime, by powers of ten. The reason I don't even try to blog about the manga I read is that I cannot keep track of it. The only thing I try to write down is titles I particularly want to read but haven't yet, and it's an awfully messy list, and very hard to decipher.
When the semester's over, I might try to marathon Ghost Hound, though, because that is more awesome than buttered bread.
Not quite as breathtaking as "The Satan Pit," but, on the whole, best of this season so far.
If you're going to insist on doing nothing but human-Earth-time-travel stories, this is not a bad sort of story to do (I am a massive sucker for "what does it mean to be human?" stories). I kind of bled for John Smith in this story--hitting my recently discovered WWI heartbreak soft spot didn't help with that--and though I never imagined they'd come up with a Companion quite as cool as Rose, they've definitely succeeded with that in Martha (and, well, definitely no prizes, but maybe an honorable mention for sort of brushing alongside of race from time to time.).
Oh, poor Martha. Poor, poor rebound Martha. I love her hugely, but I think she is doomed to be heartbroken on this show.
These episodes made me so horribly nostalgic for the English countryside. I wish I was there again.
If you're going to insist on doing nothing but human-Earth-time-travel stories, this is not a bad sort of story to do (I am a massive sucker for "what does it mean to be human?" stories). I kind of bled for John Smith in this story--hitting my recently discovered WWI heartbreak soft spot didn't help with that--and though I never imagined they'd come up with a Companion quite as cool as Rose, they've definitely succeeded with that in Martha (and, well, definitely no prizes, but maybe an honorable mention for sort of brushing alongside of race from time to time.).
Oh, poor Martha. Poor, poor rebound Martha. I love her hugely, but I think she is doomed to be heartbroken on this show.
These episodes made me so horribly nostalgic for the English countryside. I wish I was there again.
Oh my god I cried like a baby. I can't remember the last time I cried so hard at a television show. Jesus, that was heartbreaking.
That was perfect. It was very nearly everything that's been missing from the resurrection of Doctor Who. The adventure, the spirit, the mythology, the grand and far-reaching soul of science fiction as the broad imagining of human potential into the unknown future--oh yes.
Torchwood 1x11: Combat
Feb. 21st, 2008 11:49 pmI was rendered absolutely unable to take Owen's nihilistic rage-angst seriously by, immediately prior to watching this episode, having read a book of cartoons from 1951 themed on the childishness of men who've been rejected by their lovers. ("Mama, mama!") It doesn't help that Owen's a git. I'm sorry, but nobody cares about you and your pixie angst.
On a side note, I've noticed that the 1950s seem to have been a very good decade for cartooning. I've read quite a number of cartoon collections and prose works illustrated with cartoons from that era, and Im awfully fond of the style. Anybody who is actually under the impression that the '50s were staid and repressed should hunt some contemporary cartoon art down for an eye-opener.
On a side note, I've noticed that the 1950s seem to have been a very good decade for cartooning. I've read quite a number of cartoon collections and prose works illustrated with cartoons from that era, and Im awfully fond of the style. Anybody who is actually under the impression that the '50s were staid and repressed should hunt some contemporary cartoon art down for an eye-opener.
