Squandering makes happy...

[wiseheart]

I've decided not to post any work-related stuff for a while, unless I'm in real need of moral support. I'm dealing with that shit all the time in reality, why should I sacrifice cyberlife to it as well?

So, in a sudden attack of squandering I decided to waste quite some money on DVDs today. To waste, because I don't have the time to watch them - my backlog is already as long as Gandalf's beard, and there's little hope to change that before summer holidays.

Anyway, I've bought four of the Sharpe movies - alas, I'm completely uninterested in that historical era, but they have mucho Beany goodness in them. I hope one day makamu will find the time to visit me, and then we can salivate over the movies together. I always take a look when I buy DVDs, to see if they start off at all, and laughed my head off hearing people say "Leftenent" instead of Lieutenant all the time. I know it's historically sound, it just sounds sooo funny to my foreigner's ears.

Also, I bought 5 DVDs with the first 13 episodes of Torchwood on them. As I know Hungarian entertainment industry, I'll never get the rest of the series - it's their little hobby to offer random parts of series out of connection, which is probably the reason why I can't find more than the first 3 episodes of Andromeda, either.

The rest is behind a tag to spare the feelings of the British, because I'm being a bit mean to Torchwood. So, if you think it would bother you, just don't look, okay? ;o))


Still, I'm glad to have found at least this much Torchwood. Granted, the series is more than a little trashy, but I've come to love it. It's like a train wreck, somehow - I just can't help watching it. The characters grow on you in no time, so that you don't mind the stupid stories that would put the worst of the original Trek to shame. And I generally love to watch stuff in original, with the actors' own voices and stuff.

Besides, British movies are always a lot easier to understand for me from the language than US ones. Despite "Leftenent" and other such charming oddities. The way Owen Harper pronounces "investigation" is a treasure, even though I needed three restarts to realize which word he was actually saying.

Also, I love the fact that the actors lack that artificial prettiness that makes most US stuff so unconvincing. (Labouring woman in a collapsed tunnel with her hairdo and make-up perfect, anyone?) Well, with the exception of John Barrowman, but Botox can do that to a person, I guess. It can also make a man have an uncanny resemblance to a wilting lady, if filmed from the wrong angle. Still, the man is pretty, despite his likeness to Tom Cruise (which isn't his fault), and he's a good actor.


Okay, I've been mean enough. I still like Torchwood. My love for British series isn't obsessive enough to spend money on Primeval DVDs, too, but I find it a good sign that we at last do have a certain offer to chose from in the sci-fi/mystery genre. Hey, they even brought out Angel - alas, I already have bought most of Seasons 1 and 2 on VCR, and the further seasons are of no interest for me. In my eyes, Angel ended before they went to Pylea (the stupid demon dimension Lorne is from).

Heh. Enough of the verbal rubbish. Back to the regularly scheduled RL chaos. If I survive until Easter break, I'll try to catch up with flist's journals, honestly.

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

He seems to be smart, but it's definitely said that he wasn't anything extraordinary at university, so... It annoys me to no end when the screenwriters can't be bothered to keep their own timeline convincing.

[artemis10002000]

Guess not then. And yes, it's very annoying when writers can't be bothered to remember their own timeline.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Torchwood is particularly horrid in that department, unfortunately.

[artemis10002000]

Guess I'll find plenty of reasons to tear out my hair in frustration then *laughs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You have no idea! But you will...
*enter ominous music, while Gwen makes big cow-eyes and whimpers "Oh, Jack...!"

[artemis10002000]

*laughs*