links o' the day

[aria]

Links o' the day:

i. Doctor Who casting spoiler. (Link url is also spoilery; don't hover if you want to remain spoiler-free.) The casting spoiler before this made me want to keysmash with glee, even though it was mostly speculative; this one looks pretty definite, and makes me want to keysmash for ... other reasons. Say it with me, kids: I'm. tired. of. Rose. I adored her in s1. On a rewatch and with some BSing about the meaning of the canon I could deal with her in s2. The incoherence of her plotline in s4 annoyed me, and I wish there'd been fewer explosions and maybe a little bit of time for her and Martha to say more than a dozen words to each other, but I did not mind her presence, because rather than standing crying on a beach, she got a Doctor of her very own! Her story is done. I admit to some faint interest if she brings human!Ten along, because I am easy for more than one Time Lord on my screen even if they are the same one, but ehh I am done. I am politely avoiding the fandom right now because the ratio of intelligent enthusiasm:wanking was starting to give me a headache, and I doubt this is going to improve matters. Ah well.

ii. Decoding the Subtext; or: With Love, S.H. polarisnorth linked me to it and I am awash with love and joy, because Holmes/Watson is one of my persistent and snuggly old OTPs, and I can become readily enthusiastic about it at the drop of a bowler hat. I've been distracted reading through it for an hour now, and on top of that the sheer volume and enthusiasm of the project is making me feel a lot less insane about spending all my hard-won summer free time writing a whole-series commentary on due South. (Holmes is still the Most Epic Detective. Sorry, Rays.)

Comments

[bakatulip]

Rose's storyline... Spike!Fail taken to another level entirely.

[polarisnorth]

Okay, I just watched Speckled Band and Holmes wakes Watson up not once but twice. And the first time it's clear that he's been standing there smoking for a while before he does so. Boys. ♥

(BTW that same site has reviews of the entire Jeremy Brett series, as viewed with slash goggles. :D )

[polarisnorth]

Also, the trailer is out for the new movie. I am... reserving judgment, although I will say that I was utterly charmed by Jude Law as Watson. I would probably be more forgiving if I hadn't been watching Jeremy Brett as Holmes all afternoon.

[aria]

!!! LINKS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

[polarisnorth]

Ta.

[aria]

...Amazingly I love Robert Downey Jr. and Rachel McAdams and Mark Strong (he's the dude who played Septimus! so I automatically love him forever) and yet Jude Law is the one I'm getting most excited about. He's sort of exuding Watson! I suspect RDJ Holmes will be something of an acquired taste, but he can charm me in about five seconds flat so we are probably good to go.

[polarisnorth]

Like I said, I'm reserving judgment. I'm sure RDJ and Jude Law will be an amazing Holmes/Watson, they just won't be my Holmes/Watson.

Although, I have to say: the line about Holmes stealing Watson's clothes? Beautiful.

[aria]

"ARGH AND YOU KEEP ME UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING." O RLY?

Yeah, I am completely lost as to why it is a brilliant idea to have scruffy action hero Holmes running about with London blowing up around him, but at the very least we will all be vastly entertained.

[polarisnorth]

WHY IS IT COMING OUT AT CHRISTMAS SO WE CAN'T BE IN THE SAME PLACE TO SEE IT TOGETHER. I NEED A FELLOW SLASHER TO SEE THIS MOVIE WITH.

[endofthewest]

SOME TRUFAX FOR YOU:

I do not even watch Doctor Who, unless you count half an episode when I run into it on SciFi whilst channel-surfing. I like what I've seen of it, but I've never bothered to seek it out.

And even I know that Rose is played out already. :|

[carrieann]

. . . *facepalms* No, seriously. Why do they keep bringing her back?? Like you said: her story is -done-. No more. Can't they get that?

[(Anonymous)]

This week it was revealed that veteran actress Claire Bloom will appear in a cameo role as The Doctor's mother.

...WTF?