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autumn
Autumn is well and truly with us now, it seems. It looks and feels a lot like summer, as it goes. A few degrees colder and crisper, but otherwise not that much difference.
My autumn schedule has kicked in now. Sunday School has been back in swing for a few weeks now, and Monday Club started back this week, as well. That's my Monday evenings gone for the next six months. Still, however much I grumble about the demands on my time, about it being cold, dark and wet, running from door to door collecting the kids for club, I can't help being genuinely fond of every single one of them. Even the naughty ones. We've lost a couple over the summer, who've gone up to high school and so move on to the Friday night youth club. But taking their place, there are younger siblings coming through. Eric and Daisy brought their brother Orlando, who is three now, and ditto Shayla's little brother, Pharel. The scary part? I remember those children being born. I've been wrangling Pharel on the doorstep since he learned how to walk, as he has a bad habit of sprinting off down the street, usually naked, as soon as the door opens. And now he's old enough to come to club himself. Time has wings.
Also? I seem to have caught my mother's version of the cold I had last week. Totally different symptoms. At least my brain hasn't shut down this time; I'm just coughing and sneezing all the time.
With hiatus over, there's plenty of choice for what to watch all of a sudden. Although, having said that, half the shows on my list are DVD, rather than on the box.
Grey's Anatomy had its season four premiere this week, which I torrented and watched. My reaction? Hmmmmm. Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. I'm becoming ever more indifferent to this show. It's entertaining enough, for the most part, but I find it increasingly irritating, and that tends to outweigh the entertainment factor. Partly it's the self-conscious cutesiness that does for me - so sugary it'll rot your teeth, even when they are aiming for angst - but it's always had that, and it didn't annoy me as much as it did now. I think the season three disconnect from the characters is the big problem. They stopped acting and reacting according to their characters and started acting and reacting according to the demands of the plot, which just blew my suspension of disbelief out of the water. And suspension of disbelief is critical for any show. You have to be able to really believe in the characters, no matter how bizarre their circumstances. And GA seems to have lost that for me, and I can't seem to get it back. Maybe when the bubble is burst, it's burst, and that's that? I'm not sure. Haven't decided yet whether or not to keep watching.
Supernatural premieres its third season on Thursday night in the US - Friday for me. I can't wait! Haven't looked forward to a new season premiere this much since...SN last season, in fact ;-) I'm sticking rigidly to my spoiler-free status. I do not want to know anything about what's going to happen. I want to be able to watch, enjoy, and analyse without any pre-conceptions getting in the way. The season two finale set up a potentially amazing new season, and I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that it lives up to that potential. Can't wait to see Dean and Sam again!
I'm more than a little miffed, though, that ITV have cancelled their showing of season two halfway through, due to poor viewing figures. Seriously - what did they expect? They buried the show at 11pm on Friday nights with no advertising at all. *sigh* It was one of their top-rated shows on ITV2, airing at 9pm on Sundays with plenty of advertising. It seems they are using the show as part of their drive to build up ITV2 into a stronger channel, but don't particularly care about using the show for ITV. I'm disappointed, though, that people who don't have access to ITV2 won't be able to see the full season, as the second half of season two has some of my all-time favourite episodes.
I watched the premiere of Bionic Woman last night, mostly out of interest to see how Michelle Ryan got on in her new role, and to see how she handled the American accent.
I don't think any pilot episode is ever all that brilliant - writers, cast and production staff are all finding their feet, exploring the concept and working out what works best. I enjoyed the episode, though, and it held my interest most of the way through, with only a few dull moments. Some of the special effects were decidedly ropey, and the logical progression didn't always track. Certainly a lot of plotholes to be nitpicked. But the characters and story were engaging, with various different layers of interaction and intrigue setting up plots and sub-plots for the season to come. Plus the sibling angle I find I enjoy so much at the moment. So I'll probably keep watching, for the time being, at least, and see how the show develops.
I'm still watching Heroes at BBC2 pace, only halfway through season one, and find I'm enjoying the entertainment value of it more and more. I haven't really attached to any of the characters in particular, but found myself hooking into the sibling vibe of Peter and Nathan more in the last few episodes, which could give me the angle I need to really focus me on the show. The ongoing mytharc seems to be picking up pace now, and I'm looking forward to finding out how it all works out - unspoiled, and hope to remain so! Then when the season ends on BBC2, I'll see how I feel about catching up to US pace or waiting for the next season at terrestrial pace...
Also on my viewing schedule at the moment are seasons one of Farscape and Deadwood, both of these on DVD. Farscape I'm already about seven episodes into - I'd forgotten how much fun that show can be! Deadwood I've only seen the first episode of so far, so it's too early to really tell how I'm going to feel about it. The language is as horrific as you'd expect from a HBO show *G* but the characters are engaging, and the concept of the show fascinating.
I started watching The Tudors back in the summer, via torrent rather than waiting for it to air on TV. Only got about three episodes into it, though, and then never got around to watching any more. I'm not sure what that says about the show and my interest in it - or lack thereof. It's entertaining enough, although I found Jonathan Rhys Meyers terribly miscast as Henry VIII. The velvet pantaloons take some getting used to - nowhere near as eye-catching as the manly leather manskirts of Rome. And the historical inaccuracies irritate me a lot more than similar fudging did on Rome. It's about to start airing on BBC2 as of this Friday, but Fridays tend to be a bad night for me to watch TV, so I'm not sure if I'll pick it up again or not. We'll see.
My autumn schedule has kicked in now. Sunday School has been back in swing for a few weeks now, and Monday Club started back this week, as well. That's my Monday evenings gone for the next six months. Still, however much I grumble about the demands on my time, about it being cold, dark and wet, running from door to door collecting the kids for club, I can't help being genuinely fond of every single one of them. Even the naughty ones. We've lost a couple over the summer, who've gone up to high school and so move on to the Friday night youth club. But taking their place, there are younger siblings coming through. Eric and Daisy brought their brother Orlando, who is three now, and ditto Shayla's little brother, Pharel. The scary part? I remember those children being born. I've been wrangling Pharel on the doorstep since he learned how to walk, as he has a bad habit of sprinting off down the street, usually naked, as soon as the door opens. And now he's old enough to come to club himself. Time has wings.
Also? I seem to have caught my mother's version of the cold I had last week. Totally different symptoms. At least my brain hasn't shut down this time; I'm just coughing and sneezing all the time.
With hiatus over, there's plenty of choice for what to watch all of a sudden. Although, having said that, half the shows on my list are DVD, rather than on the box.
Grey's Anatomy had its season four premiere this week, which I torrented and watched. My reaction? Hmmmmm. Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. I'm becoming ever more indifferent to this show. It's entertaining enough, for the most part, but I find it increasingly irritating, and that tends to outweigh the entertainment factor. Partly it's the self-conscious cutesiness that does for me - so sugary it'll rot your teeth, even when they are aiming for angst - but it's always had that, and it didn't annoy me as much as it did now. I think the season three disconnect from the characters is the big problem. They stopped acting and reacting according to their characters and started acting and reacting according to the demands of the plot, which just blew my suspension of disbelief out of the water. And suspension of disbelief is critical for any show. You have to be able to really believe in the characters, no matter how bizarre their circumstances. And GA seems to have lost that for me, and I can't seem to get it back. Maybe when the bubble is burst, it's burst, and that's that? I'm not sure. Haven't decided yet whether or not to keep watching.
Supernatural premieres its third season on Thursday night in the US - Friday for me. I can't wait! Haven't looked forward to a new season premiere this much since...SN last season, in fact ;-) I'm sticking rigidly to my spoiler-free status. I do not want to know anything about what's going to happen. I want to be able to watch, enjoy, and analyse without any pre-conceptions getting in the way. The season two finale set up a potentially amazing new season, and I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that it lives up to that potential. Can't wait to see Dean and Sam again!
I'm more than a little miffed, though, that ITV have cancelled their showing of season two halfway through, due to poor viewing figures. Seriously - what did they expect? They buried the show at 11pm on Friday nights with no advertising at all. *sigh* It was one of their top-rated shows on ITV2, airing at 9pm on Sundays with plenty of advertising. It seems they are using the show as part of their drive to build up ITV2 into a stronger channel, but don't particularly care about using the show for ITV. I'm disappointed, though, that people who don't have access to ITV2 won't be able to see the full season, as the second half of season two has some of my all-time favourite episodes.
I watched the premiere of Bionic Woman last night, mostly out of interest to see how Michelle Ryan got on in her new role, and to see how she handled the American accent.
I don't think any pilot episode is ever all that brilliant - writers, cast and production staff are all finding their feet, exploring the concept and working out what works best. I enjoyed the episode, though, and it held my interest most of the way through, with only a few dull moments. Some of the special effects were decidedly ropey, and the logical progression didn't always track. Certainly a lot of plotholes to be nitpicked. But the characters and story were engaging, with various different layers of interaction and intrigue setting up plots and sub-plots for the season to come. Plus the sibling angle I find I enjoy so much at the moment. So I'll probably keep watching, for the time being, at least, and see how the show develops.
I'm still watching Heroes at BBC2 pace, only halfway through season one, and find I'm enjoying the entertainment value of it more and more. I haven't really attached to any of the characters in particular, but found myself hooking into the sibling vibe of Peter and Nathan more in the last few episodes, which could give me the angle I need to really focus me on the show. The ongoing mytharc seems to be picking up pace now, and I'm looking forward to finding out how it all works out - unspoiled, and hope to remain so! Then when the season ends on BBC2, I'll see how I feel about catching up to US pace or waiting for the next season at terrestrial pace...
Also on my viewing schedule at the moment are seasons one of Farscape and Deadwood, both of these on DVD. Farscape I'm already about seven episodes into - I'd forgotten how much fun that show can be! Deadwood I've only seen the first episode of so far, so it's too early to really tell how I'm going to feel about it. The language is as horrific as you'd expect from a HBO show *G* but the characters are engaging, and the concept of the show fascinating.
I started watching The Tudors back in the summer, via torrent rather than waiting for it to air on TV. Only got about three episodes into it, though, and then never got around to watching any more. I'm not sure what that says about the show and my interest in it - or lack thereof. It's entertaining enough, although I found Jonathan Rhys Meyers terribly miscast as Henry VIII. The velvet pantaloons take some getting used to - nowhere near as eye-catching as the manly leather manskirts of Rome. And the historical inaccuracies irritate me a lot more than similar fudging did on Rome. It's about to start airing on BBC2 as of this Friday, but Fridays tend to be a bad night for me to watch TV, so I'm not sure if I'll pick it up again or not. We'll see.
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Just finding time to watch everything on my list is going to take some schedule juggling, methinks!
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The autumnal-ness seems to have given way to a momentary Indian summer today. What's that all about?!
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