"Don't mess with me I'm an archaeologist!"

[lonelybrit]

So this weekend I got to steal a princess_s all of my very own. There may have been just a bit of wine, a smattering of talk about Hornblower and a tiny bit of The Sarah Jane Adventures. There was definitely a trip to the cinema :)

WALL-E - simple, sweet and lovely. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though it is definitely a chick flick.

Dark Knight - my main reaction was and still is a heartbroken 'HARVEEEEEYY!!!' This could be because I honestly have no idea who Aaron Eckhart is and can't tell him from Adam. In any case, the film was awesome. If rather soul destroying. Though my favourite scene featured none of the main characters; yes, it was that scene with the *cough* and the *whatsit* :)

I also was shown the first ep of Hornblower which then led to a deep profound discussion of sailors, which then detoured into a refound adoration of Paul McGann before crashlanding in us watching the Doctor Who movie purely because it featured McGann sauntering around wearing nothing more than a few blankets.

Today of course was Bonelickers. My main reaction is 'YOU BASTARDS'. Certain subjects guarantee at least a quick lookover, and the one possibly raised at the end of this week's ep means that I will have to tune-in next week if only so I can throw things at the screen.

Again I missed most of the ep, only catching the last half-hour. I saw Burn doing what he could with typically shite material. It helped that he was playing opposite James D'Arcy and their scenes were the strongest of what I saw, I think it was a case of two very capable actors acting well enough that you could almost oversee the fact that what they were saying was still complete twaddle (as happened when Indira Varma stole the show in TKKS). And to be honest, I was just happy to see Burn again *clings*

The best line of what I saw, though, came in the trailer for next week's ep. They owe Mr Bonneville a great deal for eeking some genuine humour out of this first series.

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[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I picked out a wonderful quote for inclusion in my comment to your soon-to-appear post, and you went and used it in your subject line! :P

Dolly was the darling of the ep again, through sheer force of personality.

HA! I knew you wouldn't be able to resist tuning in to the last ep. You know something's going to go up in flames (or down in itty bitty pieces). *g*

[lonelybrit]

It was the best line of the half-hour I saw. Burn Gorman did a fine job considering what he was given, it's a shame he wasn't allowed to crack a joke or two, he would have been awesome opposite Dolly :)

Oh the last ep... Certain subjects I'm afraid I'm not good at taking lightly, so to say this series has just put itself on incredibly thin ice. That said, this whole thing has been so crackpot that their saving grace might (and probably will) be that they just so fail on any level to even vaguely tackle it even remotely believably that I can just sweep it away with the rest of the crack =)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did think of you watching when that little bomblet was dropped. I'm sure they'll handle it the way they've handled everything else - with jawdropping ineptitude. :D

[lonelybrit]

I'm sure they'll handle it the way they've handled everything else - with jawdropping ineptitude

BWHAH! Yep, that's pretty much what I'm hoping for, hard to feel infuriated / outraged when you're too busy dying from pure laughter of disbelief ;)

[rivier.livejournal.com]

WHATEVER they are paying Hugh it can't possibly be enough. And for his sake alone I'm going to have to watch next week - a series so bad that even Heat has admitted defeat, saying it tried to watch but the whole thing was just too preposterous.

On the plus side, Burn looked super-cute with his little frost-rimed lips. I had a dream last night that I caught a teaser trailer on BBC 1 for next season - a sort of making-of for the first ep, and they'd gone to film in some seaside village in Galway (I have no idea if Galway has a coastline, I should add) and I was thinking well at least the Cardiff-based nutcases won't be able to stalk the location shooting out here! And then they cut to the scene being shot, and I realised why they were being so very furtive about it (though not why they were trailing the show months before it'll be on our screens again) - it was John and Burn walking along the seafront! And I got hopelessly squeeful, even though it was looking like Owen had survived the meltdown but decided to go into hiding and might not be coming back immediately, at least. There was also a scene of Ianto being ultra-snarky in a supermarket while flirting with Jack - then I got distracted and when I came back, I couldn'tfind the channel again and was going insane! Then I woke up. Must remember not to have cholcolate last thing at night.

Other pluses for Bonglickers included...



















































Nope, sorry, still stumped!

[lonelybrit]

Burn was a definite plus, and I'm always prepared to give James D'Arcy a chance as I have fond memories of him from Tom Jones. Though I did miss hearing Owen's London accent *sniffle*

Owen...

If chocolate gives you dreams like that, keep eating it. Your imagination goes to happy places if it can fit in both Owen and a flirty Ianto!

I know TW series 1 wasn't the strongest, and it then went on to silence the critics with series 2. So I guess I am vaguely attempting to extend some leniency to Bonelickers in case they somehow turn into the proverbial butterfly later on. It's just... urgh. I don't know. They've got Bonneville which honestly at the moment is their only saving grace. Well him and the prissy boss dude. *shakes head* I doubt they'll get the same calibre of guest stars next series, so the writers really will have to pull their socks up.

[princess-s.livejournal.com]

Ok I'm drawing a complete blank, which scene?

Also do I want to know about Bonelickers or should I be content in the knowledge that I will never ever have to watch it again!

[lonelybrit]

Think orange jumpsuit, 'I'll do what you should have done 10 minutes ago.' :)

And no you don't. Save your brain while you can! If you miss Owen, it's worth watching for Burn, but otherwise I'd be kind to your eyes and mind and give this one a wide berth!