Telly adventures

[wiseheart]

Being sick has the distinct advantage that I spend most of the time in bed, in front of the TV. Which means, I actually can watch a lot of programmes I wouldn't be able because of slave labour and long working hours. Or being clinically dead because thereof.

Unfortunately, not much is on TV for me right now. I watched "The Mists of Avalon" lately, which was... interesting, but not in the way that I'd run off and buy the DVD. They showed "A Tale of a Knight" again, which isn't exactly one of my favourites - I never was such a big Heath Ledger fan, and I found all the scenes with him and his buddies annoyingly silly. But it has Rufus Sewel as the baddie, and honestly, I'd watch him recite the phone book and be in ecstatics. The vulnerability on his face, and those beautiful eyes... mmmm...

Castle is still going on on various channels, which is good. I love Castle. I don't like the Det. Beckett... well, no, that's not entirely true. I like her. I just don't like the fact that she's one of those cops again who could double as supermodels. As Dave, a Canadian friend used to say: If only real life cops were half so pretty! But we've arrived at the topic of American non-people again, bread solely for the purpose to be shown on television.

Watched the German version of The X-factor... repeatedly, in fact. The girls of Big Soul are fantastic, and I like Mati Gavriel a great deal, too. I literally applauded when Pino Severino had to leave last weak - hated that self-absorbed little prick. And now the stupid oaf Marlon is gone, too... only people I actually like are left. That's hard.

Other than that, not much else for this old hag to watch. I'm still watching "The Forgotten", because at least the concept is slightly different from the dozen for a dime cop shows, but that's basically about it. I'm fed up with CSI, all varieties of it, and I've given up "Criminal Minds" because of the increasing brutality in the newer episodes.

Only re-runs in the sci-fi area. And no fantasy of all, save Merlin, but that I rather watch on DVD, with the original voices.

Comments

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you are ill... but pleased you've at least found some medicinal TV to help ease the suffering!

And I am impressed that, even when you are sick, you can make a brilliant pun. I'm still snickering! You see, "bread" is what we eat; "bred" is a past tense of the verb "to breed." BUT, in American English, we have a colloquial expression: "He's so white bread," meaning the person is bland, boring, as unintersting as a slice of mass-produced, pre-sliced bread packed in a plastic bag even though it's filled with enough preservatives to last a week. Soooo, your reference to American TV characters being "non-people...," could be read as saying these people are white bread whose only use is appearing on TV. Because, gods know, you wouldn't want to actually eat that stuff! Thanks for a good laugh!!!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You're welcome... although we both know, of course, that it was an unintentional typo, caused by typing with a sore thumb and by the complete lack of any higher brain functions at the moment. ;)

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Of course we know it was a typo (and I hope the thumb and the rest of your are all better now). But I figured it was a chance to humorously acknowledge your cleverness with words, as well as my continuing amazement at your range and depth of skill in my poor excuse for bastard language.