#dawnlestaffs

[duckodeathreturns]

dawnlestaffs replied to your photoset:

Mr Curry’s diamond patterned velvet dinner jacket...

Obviously all his money goes on the mortgage, judging by the clothes . The hair pains me. None of this would stop me.

Well, he does say it was his mother's house so I don't wonder if he doesn't own it free and clear. Not that I've thought about this AT ALL.

The hair is a hilarious tragedy. I called it a terrible, terrible, terrible haircut before, but it occurs to me that it's not so much a terrible haircut as a terrible hair do(n't) . I'm picturing some sort of anvil and hammer situation flattening out the lovely springy curls that show up whenever Peter's hair gets beyond a certain length. Again, I want to emphasize I've put no thought into this WHATSOEVER.

[duckodeathreturns]

dawnlestaffs replied to your post: All the long-awaited (at least by me) ...

Oh Elly.Run like the wind to Bogota you fool!

I've seen the other five episodes of series 2 now and not only does Elly not run off to Bogota as anyone in their right mind would, but she immediately -- and I mean immediately -- gets together with a nice middle class doctor in a failing marriage.  Curiously, Elly does talk to him a little bit about her own failed marriage, but never says a peep about Larry. (Guilt?  Anger?  Both?)

Now, Larry doing a moonlight flit doesn't necessarily speak too highly about his maturity (not that Elly seems all that bothered, but then she represses a lot), but I do think it says something about Elly that she doesn't seem to have nearly the same commitment problems with Mark the respectable GP with the right kind of accent that she did with Larry who was definitely much rougher around the edges.  And all the hotter for it, don't get me wrong!

The funniest thing to me about series 2, where the only person carried over from series 1 was Elly, is that there was actual plot devoted to what happened with Larry, and there was an explanation for why Misty the tracer was replaced (she went on an aroma therapy course), but aside from the snapshot of Dee and her family, there was absolutely zero about what happened to them and why Elly needed a new partner. 

[alichay]

dawnlestaffs replied to your post:today was A Good Day I tried not to ogle Stephen...

I didn’t get past Stephen Campbell Moore..

I don't blame you I nearly didn't let him past me

[elliegoestodownton]

The talk with Anna Chancellor was absolutely marvelous. It's already quite late, but I promise I'll write down everything I can remember tomorrow. She's mostly talked about theatre (she's going to be in a Checov trilogy in Chichester next year) and about her family. She's absolutely adorable and funny.

And this time I've managed to talk to her and take a pic with her as well. I probably came across as quite fangirlish. Try to imagine Brando in The Godfather fangirling and you get a picture. Thankfully, I had the moral support of the lovely Dawn!

[elliegoestodownton]

Terribly excited for the Anna Chancellor talk tomorrow. Who's going?

[alichay]

dawnlestaffs replied to your photoset:entirely gratuitous gifset of Malcolm’s moments...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU MARVELLOUS TWAT

I think I might request that "marvellous twat" is my tombstone epitaph

[meddow]

6,7,17 &28

6. Talk about a show you think is underrated

The Almighty Johnsons. I love that show, and it’s not nearly well known enough. The premise alone - that a bunch of people living in modern day New Zealand are the living incarnations of the Norse gods, complete with lame ass powers and an average 21 year old Axl finds out he’s Odin and must embark on an quest to find his true love Frigg hindered by his brothers’ dramas, the fact she could be any woman, he’s in love with his flatmate, and a gang of goddesses and the universe seems to be against him  - makes it worth it. It’s absolutely brilliant show.

7. Talk about a show you think is overrated

Sherlock. I’m not going to start on it because I’ll be here all day other than to say I do watch it. It makes me laugh sometimes. But it’s so overrated. 

17. What’s a show you loved at first but ended up disliking by the end?

Heroes. I think though that it has become the poster child for shows that started off good and then just descended into dreck so bad that nobody can even bring themselves to rewatch the good bits. 

28. What do you think is the worst adaptation of a book?

Watchmen. Yes, visually it often adapted shot for shot with the comic panels - which made it all the more obvious that Zac Snyder just did not get it.