Sisyphus? Why I hardly....
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captainsblogRight. I've now marathonned my way through "The Doctor Dances" and should have S.1 all in by early next week....
Just in time to find that Netflix has now added S.3 to the stream.
Plus a smattering of streamings of even older Doctor Whos (Who's? Whose? Whoeux?)- such as this, that and the other thing from the Peter "Five" Davison early eighties era.
And Good Lord- Five played Campion? I always loved that particular Mystery! contribution. Not as annoying as Miss M. or Zee Leetle Belzian deeteckteev, but with plenty of genuine early-20th Veddy Brittishness to go about.
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Among the majorer motion pictures of our recent re-acquaintance, I lucked out and found Terry Gilliam's Brazil at the library last weekend. It was the movie Eleanor and I saw on our first date- a sure sign of compatibility if ever there was one.
The next day, not based on that viewing but on Netflix's algorithimic processing of our liking Whitnail, it sent another recommendation which we'd never seen- and now adore. Stranger Than Fiction shares many elements with Brazil- the disaffected civil servant falling in love with the rebellious but beautiful female lead, all make and manner of stuff blowing up, a major sense of confusion as to what reality is and isn't- and the latter even features a brief scene of the amazingly (and appropriately)understated Will Ferrell watching The Meaning of Life, another of our Terry Gilliam faves.
At least there aren't 15 more episodes of THOSE to catch up on now.
ETAUm, no, but most of the Campions ARE streamable. And it's almost 9:00 Saturday night. All I'm missing is Vincent Price doing the opening narration and Edward Gorey animation over the opening titles.
Sorry, Mel, Cardiff will have to wait till tomorrow to explode:P
Just in time to find that Netflix has now added S.3 to the stream.
Plus a smattering of streamings of even older Doctor Whos (Who's? Whose? Whoeux?)- such as this, that and the other thing from the Peter "Five" Davison early eighties era.
And Good Lord- Five played Campion? I always loved that particular Mystery! contribution. Not as annoying as Miss M. or Zee Leetle Belzian deeteckteev, but with plenty of genuine early-20th Veddy Brittishness to go about.
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Among the majorer motion pictures of our recent re-acquaintance, I lucked out and found Terry Gilliam's Brazil at the library last weekend. It was the movie Eleanor and I saw on our first date- a sure sign of compatibility if ever there was one.
The next day, not based on that viewing but on Netflix's algorithimic processing of our liking Whitnail, it sent another recommendation which we'd never seen- and now adore. Stranger Than Fiction shares many elements with Brazil- the disaffected civil servant falling in love with the rebellious but beautiful female lead, all make and manner of stuff blowing up, a major sense of confusion as to what reality is and isn't- and the latter even features a brief scene of the amazingly (and appropriately)understated Will Ferrell watching The Meaning of Life, another of our Terry Gilliam faves.
At least there aren't 15 more episodes of THOSE to catch up on now.
ETAUm, no, but most of the Campions ARE streamable. And it's almost 9:00 Saturday night. All I'm missing is Vincent Price doing the opening narration and Edward Gorey animation over the opening titles.
Sorry, Mel, Cardiff will have to wait till tomorrow to explode:P
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Date: 2009-03-15 12:43 am (UTC)I've been meaning to pick up Campion. I take it you'd approve?
And they keep blowing up parts of Cardiff in the Whoniverse-- including my neck of the woods in the Torchwood s2 season finale. I actually find it quite disturbing on some levels.
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Date: 2009-03-15 12:52 am (UTC)Eleanor conked out a bit early tonight, so I'm doing the Campion deal onscreen on the new laptop. It seems fine, too.
I can't get their viewer to work with Firefox, so cough-sputter-gag I do it through IE7. Long as it works, I tolerate Bill Gates for 45-90 minutes at a time.