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reflectedeveI've become embroiled in an attempt to stop my landlady from exterminating the beehive which currently resides in our wall. We need to get the bees out--ever since it got cold, they've been making their way inside, which is an unhealthy situation all around--but my roomie and I would like to see them relocated alive. :( Bees are important! None of the keepers I've contacted today picked up the phone, so I've left lots of messages . . . it looks like this is going to be messy no matter what happens, ugh.
Also, how is it mid-February already? DDDD: There's so much I have to get done by the end of the month! Thank goodness it's a three-day weekend, anyway. Gah.
On a more fannish note, I wound up watching the new Sherlock Holmes movie yesterday; I enjoyed it, but I'm a little puzzled. Robert Downey Jr.'s Holmes really didn't jive with the Holmes characterization in my head at all, and I don't know why I'm so surprised by that? I've only read two of the novels and a handful of the earliest short stories (plus seen a couple Baskerville adaptations), so I don't know - maybe I'm missing a link somewhere along these 100+ years of literary/film tradition. I liked him, and I liked his deductive skill and rudeness and definitely his relationship with Watson, but somehow he didn't sound right. (Literary Holmes' speech patterns are deceptively self-effacing and understated, which totally packs a wallop when he's brilliant and also a complete jerk.) Actually, it was a little like Holmes by way of Tony Stark, which could be my problem: I'm having trouble with my actor/character associations. I definitely need to read more, and also watch it again.
That said, I adored Jude Law as Watson, much as expected, and I enjoyed the crazy pulpy black magic (that really isn't, or I would have hated it) plot, even though it was certainly more crazy and action-packed than the other Holmes stuff I've experienced. Irene Adler was pretty awesome, and I really liked what they did with Moriarty (not bad for sequel set-up, either). And the music! Did anyone else completely love it? I'll have to buy the score.
I've totally been avoiding everyone else's thoughts on the movie, so I guess I'll have to go look for them now. :)
White Collar continues to be just like fanfiction, which is entertaining! Also, I am really excited about this news (season 2 casting spoilers!). Leverage remains my favorite thing on TV right now, though - I need to watch this week's tonight. I've just caught up on Being Human, too, and Annie has been particularly awesome lately, although I'm a little irked by Mitchell suddenly devolving into all this "save me" business with Lucy. Bleh.
Hey, has anyone been watching Caprica? Is it worth checking out?
Also, how is it mid-February already? DDDD: There's so much I have to get done by the end of the month! Thank goodness it's a three-day weekend, anyway. Gah.
On a more fannish note, I wound up watching the new Sherlock Holmes movie yesterday; I enjoyed it, but I'm a little puzzled. Robert Downey Jr.'s Holmes really didn't jive with the Holmes characterization in my head at all, and I don't know why I'm so surprised by that? I've only read two of the novels and a handful of the earliest short stories (plus seen a couple Baskerville adaptations), so I don't know - maybe I'm missing a link somewhere along these 100+ years of literary/film tradition. I liked him, and I liked his deductive skill and rudeness and definitely his relationship with Watson, but somehow he didn't sound right. (Literary Holmes' speech patterns are deceptively self-effacing and understated, which totally packs a wallop when he's brilliant and also a complete jerk.) Actually, it was a little like Holmes by way of Tony Stark, which could be my problem: I'm having trouble with my actor/character associations. I definitely need to read more, and also watch it again.
That said, I adored Jude Law as Watson, much as expected, and I enjoyed the crazy pulpy black magic (that really isn't, or I would have hated it) plot, even though it was certainly more crazy and action-packed than the other Holmes stuff I've experienced. Irene Adler was pretty awesome, and I really liked what they did with Moriarty (not bad for sequel set-up, either). And the music! Did anyone else completely love it? I'll have to buy the score.
I've totally been avoiding everyone else's thoughts on the movie, so I guess I'll have to go look for them now. :)
White Collar continues to be just like fanfiction, which is entertaining! Also, I am really excited about this news (season 2 casting spoilers!). Leverage remains my favorite thing on TV right now, though - I need to watch this week's tonight. I've just caught up on Being Human, too, and Annie has been particularly awesome lately, although I'm a little irked by Mitchell suddenly devolving into all this "save me" business with Lucy. Bleh.
Hey, has anyone been watching Caprica? Is it worth checking out?
