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rosiespark) wrote2009-03-03 08:04 pm
rosiespark) wrote2009-03-03 08:04 pm
Writer's Block: Desert Island Time
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1. Life on the Murder Scene, because, well, MCR! I can't survive without my regular fix. The video diary is what changed me from casual fan to head-over-heels crazy fangirl, and the other disc has the videos and "making of"s, so yes, it's an absolute must.
2. The English Patient. Still my favourite film of all time.
3. Slings & Arrows, all 3 seasons.
4. Doctor Who, series 1. Because I am spellbound by Christopher Eccleston as Nine and because the quality of the whole 13-episode run was just amazing.
5. Master and Commander, for its very fine acting by Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany, and for Peter Weir's compelling and lovingly detailed creation on screen of Aubrey and Maturin's world.
But I'm REALLY not satisfied with this list because it leaves out Due South, and the Lord of the Rings movies, and a host of other stuff that I love. So no desert islands for me, not even magical ones, thank you very much. I'll be perfectly happy sitting right here, marooned in my own living room with not a palm tree in sight.
1. Life on the Murder Scene, because, well, MCR! I can't survive without my regular fix. The video diary is what changed me from casual fan to head-over-heels crazy fangirl, and the other disc has the videos and "making of"s, so yes, it's an absolute must.
2. The English Patient. Still my favourite film of all time.
3. Slings & Arrows, all 3 seasons.
4. Doctor Who, series 1. Because I am spellbound by Christopher Eccleston as Nine and because the quality of the whole 13-episode run was just amazing.
5. Master and Commander, for its very fine acting by Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany, and for Peter Weir's compelling and lovingly detailed creation on screen of Aubrey and Maturin's world.
But I'm REALLY not satisfied with this list because it leaves out Due South, and the Lord of the Rings movies, and a host of other stuff that I love. So no desert islands for me, not even magical ones, thank you very much. I'll be perfectly happy sitting right here, marooned in my own living room with not a palm tree in sight.
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See that's why we need to make sure it's a communal marooning, so we can share stuff. It'd be heaven!
Do you find it harder to connect PMG's Doctor to Nine than any of the other Doctors? I've only watched half the film and thought it was pretty dire, but I still rather liked him as Eight. He's playful and joyful, and I actually like the contrast with Nine. It makes what happened in the Time War, what he had to do and what it did to him, all the more terrible, don't you think?
Hee, the alarm on my new mobile has just gone off - Demolition Lovers. :)
PS Sorry about the duplicate comment - as often happens, the italics got away from me there.
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Yes. I'd like that island.
still rather liked him as Eight. He's playful and joyful, and I actually like the contrast with Nine.
I liked him, but... Not sure about the connection with the others. Not that I've seen the old classic Doctors. I think it was that he seemed gentle. Nine and Ten can be gentle, but only rarely, and they have to put effort into it.
I agree about the effectof the Time War, though: if you think of Eight as pre-trauma and Nine as the man who emerged on the other side.