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locker_monsterJust some random thoughts:
- So apparently Martin Freeman has been in Alberta since November filming the new Fargo miniseries. I only learned about this a few days ago. I don't live downtown so I haven't seen anything, but people keep running into Martin at pubs and stuff. As cool as that would be, running into Bilbo at a pub, I think it would be really awkward, too. The man is trying to relax in his free time. Do you disturb him and ask for a photo? Or do you just gasp in awe and admire him from afar?
- I got into watching Orphan Black over my Christmas break and finished the first season a few days ago. I had put off watching it for a long time but then I heard that the lead actress, Tatiana Maslany, got nominated for a Golden Globe. If a Canadian produced science fiction show can get a mainstream award nomination like that then the show has got to be worth watching. And it was! Since it was a BBC co-production I was expecting some British-ness, but it's all based in Toronto and good majority of the actors are Canadian. Sarah and Felix seem to be British only as an afterthought to market the show to Brits. ;-)
The clone storyline was cool and clever, but the police investigation plot just made me roll my eyes. Are Art and the other police detectives really thick? How does he not notice that his police partner is acting strangely? I'm glad they moved the focus away from Sarah trying to pass herself off as Beth. The rest of the show became about the mystery about the clones and who was killing them and why. And it was great when the clones were forced to act like each other. Sarah as Alison at the neighbourhood potluck was hilarious (bizarre episode, that one).
And I can see why Tatiana Maslany got nominated. Her performance is so awesome. She plays four different clones for a majority of the season and they are all so different. I swear, when she's Cosima, it's like they've hired another actress completely. It's not just her look, but her mannerisms. It's there too when she's Rachel Duncan. She looks older than the clones and it's not just the hair and the make-up. I hope she wins the Golden Globe. That would be some awesome publicity for the show.
I'm definitely watching season two when it comes back in April. Got to support local shows.
- The local comic book expo announced R.L. Stine as a guest and it got me nostalgic for my old Goosebumps books. Alas, I didn't keep any of them, but I read so many of them when I was a kid. I used to watch the TV show, too, back in the day on YTV. "Viewer beware, you're in a for a scare." Sigh, good times.
- Sherlock is done on Sunday. :-( I hope Moffat and Gatiss have season four ready to go and they can start filming soon after Doctor Who is done filming season eight. Has anyone else been reading John's blog? I love that they maintain it and update it during a new season. The latest entry is so funny. It does have spoilers for the current season so be mindful.
- So apparently Martin Freeman has been in Alberta since November filming the new Fargo miniseries. I only learned about this a few days ago. I don't live downtown so I haven't seen anything, but people keep running into Martin at pubs and stuff. As cool as that would be, running into Bilbo at a pub, I think it would be really awkward, too. The man is trying to relax in his free time. Do you disturb him and ask for a photo? Or do you just gasp in awe and admire him from afar?
- I got into watching Orphan Black over my Christmas break and finished the first season a few days ago. I had put off watching it for a long time but then I heard that the lead actress, Tatiana Maslany, got nominated for a Golden Globe. If a Canadian produced science fiction show can get a mainstream award nomination like that then the show has got to be worth watching. And it was! Since it was a BBC co-production I was expecting some British-ness, but it's all based in Toronto and good majority of the actors are Canadian. Sarah and Felix seem to be British only as an afterthought to market the show to Brits. ;-)
The clone storyline was cool and clever, but the police investigation plot just made me roll my eyes. Are Art and the other police detectives really thick? How does he not notice that his police partner is acting strangely? I'm glad they moved the focus away from Sarah trying to pass herself off as Beth. The rest of the show became about the mystery about the clones and who was killing them and why. And it was great when the clones were forced to act like each other. Sarah as Alison at the neighbourhood potluck was hilarious (bizarre episode, that one).
And I can see why Tatiana Maslany got nominated. Her performance is so awesome. She plays four different clones for a majority of the season and they are all so different. I swear, when she's Cosima, it's like they've hired another actress completely. It's not just her look, but her mannerisms. It's there too when she's Rachel Duncan. She looks older than the clones and it's not just the hair and the make-up. I hope she wins the Golden Globe. That would be some awesome publicity for the show.
I'm definitely watching season two when it comes back in April. Got to support local shows.
- The local comic book expo announced R.L. Stine as a guest and it got me nostalgic for my old Goosebumps books. Alas, I didn't keep any of them, but I read so many of them when I was a kid. I used to watch the TV show, too, back in the day on YTV. "Viewer beware, you're in a for a scare." Sigh, good times.
- Sherlock is done on Sunday. :-( I hope Moffat and Gatiss have season four ready to go and they can start filming soon after Doctor Who is done filming season eight. Has anyone else been reading John's blog? I love that they maintain it and update it during a new season. The latest entry is so funny. It does have spoilers for the current season so be mindful.
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Date: 2014-01-12 12:44 am (UTC)It hurts my brain to think that after two years of waiting, all three episodes of Sherlock S3 air within a two week period. And then, back to hiatus! I also really enjoy the blog. The latest entry was indeed funny, but the comment section hurt my heart when Sherlock was desperately trying to get someone to be his temporary John-surrogate and ask him how he solved the case.
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Date: 2014-01-12 02:22 am (UTC)I wish seasons of Sherlock were longer, but it's all Moffat can fit in while he's producing Doctor Who, so I guess we should be grateful for what we have. I really do hope that the wait between seasons won't be so long now. A year, max, is all they're allowed.
The latest entry was indeed funny, but the comment section hurt my heart when Sherlock was desperately trying to get someone to be his temporary John-surrogate and ask him how he solved the case.
At least Mrs. Hudson offered to play Cluedo with him. But yeah, it's no fun when no one won't ask how it was done.