Things I've Been Thinking About

[tahariel]

...while recovering from the lurgy. I'm mostly better now, just a tiny bit sniffly and with a bit of a cough left over, though that was pretty bad this morning - I think it's calling up the Ghost of Christmas Past, as in the truly awful cough I had last December/January. Hopefully that will continue to calm down and leave now.

So, Things I Have Been Thinking About...

Isn't it cool to know that a thousand years ago or more your ancestors lived in the very land you call your home today? I was thinking about this in the States, too, about how everyone there was an immigrant at some point or other, but both sides of my family are at the very least Norman in origin and without much migration. Neat.

STARGATE ATLANTIS I LOVE YOU. I. LOVE. YOU. Watched eps four and five and they were ACE. Rodney got shot in the ASS! With an ARROW! And then had MORPHINE-INDUCED RAMBLINGS! Words cannot express how much I love this show. Also, Ronon backstory! And a hint of John backstory! Wicked! Anyone who wants these can have copies of the eps at any time.

Numb3rs is a cool show. I bought it in the US and I've already watched ten out of thirteen episodes, all yesterday (though please remember that I am ill and thus had no energy to do anything much else.) I love the brothers (especially Charlie) and it's really interesting seeing how they treat the whole 'amazing mathematician' thing since that's what I'm trying to do with Toby. I may go back to The Mourning Tree and put more maths in it in a subtle sort of way to get that mindset across more. I'll definitely be downloading the second season when it comes out, though. ionaonie, we can squee together about it over the internet every week after each episode airs, yeah? ^-^

It's really interesting to watch TV with a writer's eye and suddenly realise why they do specific things visually. For instance, in Smallville, Clark wears blue and red ALL THE TIME. Those are, of course, Superman' colours. But then, when he's under the influence of red kryptonite, he wears white and black or something else along those lines. It really makes a visual difference. And in Numb3rs, the two guys look alike enough to be brothers but they dress them vey differently and do their hair very differently to show the similarities and differences between them more clearly. It's really interesting.

Notes for people specifically because I'm too lazy to email you:

tarayith, did you watch any of the SGA I lent you? Did you like it?
katsideswide, did you watch The 4400? (You never remember to read this, so I don't know why I bother, so I'll probably end up emailing you ^-^)
pobbit, if you want to come over some time soonish, you can get your SGA Season Two back and also I'll write episode five of the new season onto a disk for you. We can even use the one I already gave you, it's rewritable.

Anyone else, just drop me a line if you want to chat, I'm totally free the rest of the summer :) Will soon be putting out details on zoo trip, also!

Comments

[tarayith.livejournal.com]

Yes (all) and YES!! It's so cool :) I need to get hold of the next season (especially as they left it with John going on a suicide mission!).

I've bought the first four seasons of Smallville but one of the discs in season three is corrupt and I'll miss 3 episodes!! I don't know whether to try and get hold of it somehow else before I watch the rest, or to try and download them or to just read synopses and move on!! Arggh!

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

I'm making copies of Hollie's season two for myself in the next couple of days, if you want me to I could maybe do some for you too, also I have season three up to current date :)

HA HA! I knew I could brainwash you with the amazing spiffiness of SGA. Don't you adore Rodney?

[tarayith.livejournal.com]

Hee! Rodney's great :) But I love John too, and Carson and Zelenka, but Elizabeth and Teyla both annoy me to varying degrees. (I saw the guy who plays Carson in Smallville, playing someone getting a bollicking from Lionel Luthor :D )

Seeing Season 2 would be great, especially if it's where this mysterious (yet apparently very hot, according to fanfiction) guy called Ronon appears!

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

John and Rodney are my favourite characters, and that's without my OTP-ing them :) But Rodney would probably win in my mental knock-down, drag-out fight. He's just so... Rodney.

Ronon is cool, but I didn't really like him until about two episodes ago when we finally got backstory for him. Because he's not very vocal and doesn't emote much I never really felt a connection to him in the same way as I do for most characters.

Teyla and Elizabeth - I like them, but I can't get enthuiastic about them, you know what I mean? I think Rachel Luttrell shows sparks of something better in her sometimes, but the writers don't give her enough space to explore that in her character, she's fairly 2D in my opinion. Elizabeth is more of a voice of reason and measure than a character, too. (Though the episode I just watched was cool.)

I'll make copies for you when I finally do it for me, but you may have to come round to get them (maybe we can watch some together?)

[ionaonie.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you loving Numb3rs. It is a wonderful show. But season 2 is out - Season 3 is starting on the 23rd (I think, it's certainly the 20 something, though). Season 2 is quite fabulous so get downloading :-) Apparently season 2 is coming out on DVD at the end of October. And yes, I'm open to squeeing whenever. I so enjoy it ;-)

I saw an episode of SGA when I was in the US. Really enjoyed it. I have yet to get into SGA in any big way, although I am beginning to see how John and Rodney can be slashed. And what was the John backstory - and Ronon's now I think about it. I'm going to have to either download season 1 and 2 or buy the DVDs really cheap. Woe is me.

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Season one is super-cheap for a boxset if you import from Amazon.com, I got it for about £25 max. But I also have copies of SGA season 2 that I got from a friend which I may be able to copy and send to you... *doo doo doo doo doo, don't be listening scary government types...*

Will have to try to catch up on Numb3rs. Damn, I hate catch up when the DVDs aren't out, it's so much harder TT-TT