Merlin, Vienna, Torchwood & the likes

[wiseheart]

Okay, looong weekend - hey five days! - has come, I'm back from Vienna (just a one-day-trip, no need to get overly envious, although the city's lovely as always), so it's time to return to cyberlife.

Fannish rambling behind the cut.

Have watched the first 3 eps of Merlin that the_wild_iris gifted upon me. Loving it, so far, although I was having definite Torchwood moments while seeing Eve Myles as evil sorceress. I'd just love if Gwen, too, reflected as an ugly old hag on ever surface, hehehe! It was interesting to see Anthony Head in such a different role - he'll always remain Giles for me, but he was really good as Uther Pendragon. Oh, and I loved the dragon, he's cute!

No luck with finding 2nd season Torchwood DVDs in Vienna, though. I saw a whole season of Dr. Who, the one in which Jack Harkness has several appearances, but I wasn't willing to pay €50 for a show I'm not the slightest interested in, just to see how Jack came into it. Perhaps someone will lend me these few episodes one day, so that I can watch. I was looking for Torchwood books, too, there are a few Ianto-related ones I hear, but no such luck.

Not even the sci-fi magazines had anything TW-related ones. Considering that both German and Austrian RTL2 shows the series, it's a bit odd. It's all about the Wolwerine movie and the new Star Trek one. Ah, well.

I'm in process of typing up some more of the Wishverse Torchwood stuff for otherworlds_lib. I've posted the Cyberwoman story today and the Ghost Machine rewrite the day before yesterday. It's interesting how different the individual parts turn out, both in length and genre. A most satisfying writing experience.

Okay, some more Merlin to watch today.

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I did, believe me. :)

And Merlin is a lovely series - more aimed at quite young people, IMO, but I still enjoy it immensely. I wish the dragon would be a bit larger, but that would ruin the cuteness factor, I guess.

I also like the fact that they don't have an all-white cast, despite the series being set in British legends. It's fairly timeless as it is, despite the semi-medieval settings, so...

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

>>I wish the dragon would be a bit larger, but that would ruin the cuteness factor, I guess.<<

A cute dragon?!? Elsewhere, I saw a discussion about the series and it was mentioned that the dragon didn't growl. But cute... that just seems so wrong for a dragon. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Depends on the dragon, I guess. The one in "Dragonheart" was quite cute, too.