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Yes, it's more Hiddles spam for you, dear FL. Because if I can't be shallow and obsessive on my own LJ then honestly what is the world coming to :)

x. 'How's that "tentative"?' - another charming War Horse interview with Cumberbatch and Hiddleston. This one memorable for a) Tom's Scottish accent (courtesy of his father, though I can't say how 'authentic' it really is), and b) a genuinely lovely bit of family history when he talks about the last Hiddleston who fought in WWI.
x. Because they all had to start somewhere: Hiddleston's impression of a Jurassic Park velociraptor. (Those sitting either side of him would include Richard Curtis since they are supposed to be talking War Horse. Yes Hiddles is a shameless attention seeking/spotlight stealing so-and-so).
x. 'Volare' - guessing that he looks about 12 I'm guessing this is from an early Hiddles film. Short and fun fanvid of what looks like the kind of summer holiday away with pals we all aspire to.

And finally: you may have heard that Hiddles is reading an erotic short story on stage in London this February. (He's one of 3 actors reading, the other tales include Angela Carter's 'Mr Lyon' - I love her fairy tales!) In case you mourning being unable to attend, the theatre have announced that there will be audio podcasts made available. Rejoice!

So American officials have with immediate effect shut down Megaupload.com.

There's a statement over here, looks like the book is being thrown at those involved. I guess MU is not coming back any time soon, if at all.

ETA: Bwhahaha - REVENGE!! Ah hell, it won't change anything, but that did amuse me.

Hehehe... yes I have finally seen the S2 finale of Sherlock. Thumbs up from me, and pleased to hear that S3 had already been green-lit back when they gave S2 the go-ahead.

( SPOILERS for the third and final (for now) ep... )

So I guess that's us done for another year or so then. Au revoir, Sherlock, I look forward to our paths crossing again.

Belated wishes of goodwill and peace to one and all, and of course happy 2012 :)

The LB clan have survived another Christmas. This year we attended the local nativity since our village appears to landed a variation of The Vicar of Dibley. He somehow managed to rope adult locals into playing some of the supporting roles, with the result that the play started in the pub (since the landlord was playing the, er, landlord). Yes, we sat there with our half-pints as the adult Angel Gabriel was upbraided for being too portly by a smaller angel, which set the mood for the rest of the piece as we followed the party from pub to square to church to pub again. Definitely put us in festive spirits :)

Anyway, these vids have made me smile over the past week or so.
x. A pre-Thor Loki in 32 seconds of song and dance - clip from a staged version of Cymbeline wherein one of the villains massacres an attempted serenade of the heroine.
x. George Takei is the broker of Star Peace - Takei is awesome. Watch him attempt to unite warring factions of Star Wars/Trek against a new and terrifying threat to sci-fi...
x. 20 minute firework display goes off in 50 seconds - exactly what it says on the tin. Oops?

I've caught-up with yesterday's ep. My non-spoiler-y reaction mainly comes in 2 parts.

1) Bradley James. Sir. Whatever anyone else says, this series you have most emphatically become my King Arthur. Kudos.

2) The preview for next week? asd;lfjkadsfal;jskfjk;lsdf!!!11!! BRING IT.

( For a slightly more lengthy SPOILER-y reaction to this ep and trailer for next week's... )

Sharing this because I is a sap at heart. T'is the season that vids of a certain type begin appearing all over the TV. This latest offering from the Beeb gets some extra cred due to airing at the end of Frozen Planet when you're likely to be misty-eyed anyway, also because it is Sir David Attenborough telling us (not singing) in his oh so recognisable voice that this can be sometimes a rather wonderful world. And because it's Attenborough, you know he does actually mean it :)

I had no expectations of this ep whatsoever and while bits of it did drag a little, overall I was left a happy happy flailing ball of squee.

Also: "You know how the King loves his training" has become the new euphemism of the week. Excellent!

( SPOILERS for Merlin ep 10... )

So we're starting to get scarily close to the finale *twitch* Yet again I have no idea what is coming next but I'm anxious and excited about finding out :)

No I have not yet seen Merlin - SPOIL ME AND DIE.

I take it you have all seen the cast of the Beeb's 2012 round of Shakespeare films?

Ben Whishaw. Jeremy Irons. Patrick Stewart. TOM HIDDLESTON. Sadly not all in the same film at the same time BUT STILL. Stick a fork in me I think I'm done :)

I am once more back in fair England having seen whales, bears and bald eagles in stunning Canada. Jet-lag is already becoming an issue BUT I have new eps of Merlin to buoy me up for a few more hours.

I have also returned to find myself the owner of a fuzzy, top hatted spider! Thank you literati! :)

YES I HAVE SEEN EPS 1 & 2 MERLIN.

NO I CANNOT YET SUM UP WHAT I THOUGHT OF IT EXCEPT THAT I HAVE FEELINGS SO MANY MANY FEELINGS.

THE LOVE IS UNDENIABLE. AND EPIC. AND FOREVER. ♥♥♥

Oh show, please keep this standard up. Or possibly don't because I'm not sure how I will survive such glorious slash service on a weekly basis :)

Since coherency has gone for the moment with regards that land of myth and magic I pass on other less flail-inducing but still smile inducing SPN links:
x. One of a Kind - old SPN vid celebrating all the various angelic/demonic/human players of 'Team Free Will' back in its glory day. ( Embedding behind here... )
x. SPOILERS for ep 6 of SPN S7 - this just sounds like fun :)

ETA: Possibly Merlin spoilers in the comments for eps aired so far :)