"Count the shadows."

[lonelybrit]

First things first *clears throat*

*~*~*HAPPY BIRTHDAY madders !!!!!*~*~*

I hope you had a fabulous day filled with sunshine and prettiness of all forms and plentiful cake :)

And whilst you're bathing in champagne, I'll recount my weekend. Which started very nicely with a wedding where the mother gave her first (and she hopes last) best man's speech. She did a good job and it was a wonderful day, complete with tears and family reconciliation and a lunch spread that left you physically unable to move for a good half hour. Even the weather obliged us by doing a complete 180 degree turn overnight (three days of forecasted heavy, thundery downpours became three days of hot, sunny intervals).

The weekend ended with a trip to see Indy IV with crystalshard and some pals from work. I went in with zero expectation and came out having enjoyed myself - there were good visuals, some brilliant visual punch lines, and of course the moment where I was insanely glad to have a fellow TW fan sitting next to me who also dissolved into giggles during a 'tense' scene when a certain device was suddenly brandished. Damn you, Torchwood.

Doctor Who? *thumbs up* Thoroughly enjoyable - I want to see next week's ep now so I can be told just what the hell is going on =)

Of course I'm also full of happiness over the sudden splurge of 'Torchwood' related news. Congratulations to Burn on bagging the role of Bill Sykes. (The Ghost Master actor has also been cast - I might have to see this production...) Also congrats to dear Barrowman and David-Lloyd on getting themselves within the top 20 of AfterElton.com's Hot 100 for 2008 list. (I also ♥ their reactions: JB - "I’m thrilled with the results. Who wouldn’t want to come in behind Jake Gyllenhaal?"; GDL - "I understand I'm underneath John Barrowman, which seems to happen quite a lot."). And finally, whilst there's still no official word from the BBC, TVGuide's blog / interview with Julie Gardner (exec producer) does apparently confirm that S3 is a go, and also what format it will take. I miss my show... *pines*

Comments

[madders.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe- I've had a great day thanks! :o*

[anyasbuttmonkey.livejournal.com]

I know, I was a bit wierded out by the whole "five episode mini-arc" setup... does TW really do *that* badly that they have to constantly kick it around like the red-headed stepchild of the DW family?! It's like Angel all over again!

[lonelybrit]

Yay! *hugs* May it last the rest of the week and beyond :)

[lonelybrit]

Word on the street, so to speak, is that the cut-down five-ep arc is more the result of the BBC budget cuts rather than the creators deciding to completely revamp for the hell of it. I suppose the good news is that TW was kept rather than being axed altogether, also I wonder if they're keeping it five eps so they can effectively keep a similar budget per ep as they did for the previous series, rather than going all out for 13 eps but looking poorer.

Also, there's starting to be rumours about plans for series 4. Which frankly I'm amazed by; I thought if we got series 3 that would be great news but also that that would be it. But rumour is that IF they get a series 4, that will be back to the old 13 ep format.

Who knows, maybe one day the BBC will actually make an official announcement...

[flatlanddan.livejournal.com]

*Tries not to pitch a fit at only five episodes*

*fails*

[lonelybrit]

I suppose it could be worse, it could be just a one-hour Christmas special and no word on whether we can even dream about a series 4 *tries to be stoic*

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

Indy 4 was great. I don't know what the critics are complaining about. *grin* Heee! Special-item scene!

[lonelybrit]

Looking back, it does actually make sense. Or at least, little green men have been tied in those lines as much as the bible and holy grails have been tied in with the east. Or something. In any case, yes, it was brilliant fun.

Oh, and that scene - BWHAH! Utterly distracting but wonderful :)