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selenayLast night, I actually finished reading a book. Woo!
Have I mentioned how much I'm enjoying Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series?
It was a rest day on the Tour de France so I finally had some time to just sit and read. Much as I love my race, it really cuts into the time I have for other things.
That is why my Fringe watching has become rather stalled. Mum and I watched the second episode last night. Heh. Apparently Dad started watching it and Mum was quite enjoying it, but then he stopped recording and watching it and she has no clue how to operate his complex system of gadgets so she had to stop watching as well. So she's quite happy to join me in the great Fringe watch. I must say, I've enjoyed the first couple of episodes a lot and I'm glad that I've gone from the beginning rather than trying to guess where I left off, because I'd forgotten a lot of things. Mum is also very happy to get reminded of all the things she'd forgotten before we plough into new-to-us episodes. Sometimes, my Mum is the most awesome person in the world :-D
Over the weekend, I also managed to catch up on Holby (another Mum and me obsession), where certain characters (Dan Hamilton, I'm looking at you) have managed to become even more annoying and other characters (Malik, Eddy) are growing on me far more than I ever expected. Just, please, could you stop Sacha being so drippy? I adore him and I love his interactions with Eddy, but he needs to stop with the love-lorn puppy thing over Chrissy. Also, stop making Henrik so love-lorn puppy-ish over Sahira. She's awful and while his actor is doing a fabulous job with the character and story, I'd like to see more of the cold, ruthless brilliance that Henrik was so good for and less of the puppy-dog.
And finally, there was new Torchwood. Woo!
It was rather better than I expected. I'm not quite sure why I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. There was definitely a lot of set-up needed but that was managed pretty neatly most of the time and I'm prepared to like the new characters. The darker tone from Children of Earth has been carried on and I kind of appreciated the slightly-less-cheesy Jack. Don't get me wrong, I love Jack Harkness in all his guises, but this slightly more sober one makes me take everything that little bit more seriously.
Although I also loved the "has anyone tried removing his head" bit because that is very him.
Hopefully as the story moves forward, we'll get some of the flashes of humour that made Torchwood fun. After all, it can deal with some pretty dark stuff and needs a bit of humour in order to not be horribly gross and depressing.
It's possible that I cheered for PC Andy. And loved the fact that Rhys can be cooing silly faces at his baby daughter one minute and arming a shot-gun a moment later. He's a great character.
Over all, I thought it was a solid start with loads of potential to be very good. Let's hope it lives up to that?
Have I mentioned how much I'm enjoying Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series?
It was a rest day on the Tour de France so I finally had some time to just sit and read. Much as I love my race, it really cuts into the time I have for other things.
That is why my Fringe watching has become rather stalled. Mum and I watched the second episode last night. Heh. Apparently Dad started watching it and Mum was quite enjoying it, but then he stopped recording and watching it and she has no clue how to operate his complex system of gadgets so she had to stop watching as well. So she's quite happy to join me in the great Fringe watch. I must say, I've enjoyed the first couple of episodes a lot and I'm glad that I've gone from the beginning rather than trying to guess where I left off, because I'd forgotten a lot of things. Mum is also very happy to get reminded of all the things she'd forgotten before we plough into new-to-us episodes. Sometimes, my Mum is the most awesome person in the world :-D
Over the weekend, I also managed to catch up on Holby (another Mum and me obsession), where certain characters (Dan Hamilton, I'm looking at you) have managed to become even more annoying and other characters (Malik, Eddy) are growing on me far more than I ever expected. Just, please, could you stop Sacha being so drippy? I adore him and I love his interactions with Eddy, but he needs to stop with the love-lorn puppy thing over Chrissy. Also, stop making Henrik so love-lorn puppy-ish over Sahira. She's awful and while his actor is doing a fabulous job with the character and story, I'd like to see more of the cold, ruthless brilliance that Henrik was so good for and less of the puppy-dog.
And finally, there was new Torchwood. Woo!
It was rather better than I expected. I'm not quite sure why I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. There was definitely a lot of set-up needed but that was managed pretty neatly most of the time and I'm prepared to like the new characters. The darker tone from Children of Earth has been carried on and I kind of appreciated the slightly-less-cheesy Jack. Don't get me wrong, I love Jack Harkness in all his guises, but this slightly more sober one makes me take everything that little bit more seriously.
Although I also loved the "has anyone tried removing his head" bit because that is very him.
Hopefully as the story moves forward, we'll get some of the flashes of humour that made Torchwood fun. After all, it can deal with some pretty dark stuff and needs a bit of humour in order to not be horribly gross and depressing.
It's possible that I cheered for PC Andy. And loved the fact that Rhys can be cooing silly faces at his baby daughter one minute and arming a shot-gun a moment later. He's a great character.
Over all, I thought it was a solid start with loads of potential to be very good. Let's hope it lives up to that?
