Sherlock, Christmas, meme
Dec. 29th, 2011 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ria_oaksRewatched the first ep of Sherlock tonight via Netflix on my shiny new flatscreen TV (which btw I am somewhat torn about, because on the one hand DVDs and such look great, especially my shiny new Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-Ray set, but regular TV looks worse than I expected it would... I should probably upgrade to getting HD channels, but then I'd have to trade in my poor old beloved TiVo (damn the lack of new TiVo in Canada!) and get a shitty Shaw PVR. So, conflicted. But it's nice and big and shiny at least!).
Anyway. Right, Sherlock - am preparing myself for the upcoming second season premiere on Sunday by rewatching the first season, since it's been almost a year and a half since it first aired (wow!). It's neat watching it again having just seen the new movie, since it's fun to compare the two adaptations. So different in so many ways, but they both work. I mean yeah the movies are pretty silly, but they're fun and the characters are basically recognizable even if they differ from the originals quite a bit. I'm also making it my goal to read more of the originals - I've only ever read the first story collection (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and none of the novels. Dropped by the library last week and they only had Hound of the Baskervilles, which I picked up and finally got around to starting tonight. I forgot how funny the stories actually can be - I can definitely see where both new adaptations got various bits of characterization from, even as they changed the character as well.
Will probably re-watch eps 2 and 3 on Saturday and/or Sunday. Tomorrow night is Doctor Who Christmas special at Fontana's, woo! Already watched it the other day of course (very much enjoyed it!) but it'll be fun to watch with the gang.
Speaking of Christmas, it was great overall. Had my family from Halifax out (aunt, uncle, and 2 cousins), and it was great to see everyone. And of course a certain one of those cousins who is probably lurking and reading this is now staying in Vancouver. ;) Anyway we spent the entire weekend on Bowen and it was nice and relaxed for the most part. Lots of cooking, heh, but my mom was mostly taking care of that. And the aforementioned dreaded Christmas carol singing evening was actually pretty fun.
Christmas haul - lots of Futureshop gift cards that went towards my TV, LotR Extended Edition Blu-Ray set, crochet technique book I asked for, couple of kitchen things, a sweater, this Doctor Who t-shirt and a little wind-up Dalek from my cousins who know me too well (we went into a comic shop and I saw the Dalek and pointed it out, then they made me leave the store and evidently also found and bought the t-shirt. I was wondering why it was taking them so long...). Lesse... oh yeah, Mom randomly picked up this Harry Potter book. ^^
ALSO, for my birthday my awesome Grandma made me this awesome Battlestar Galactica-inspired hat that I asked for since it's knitted and I only know crochet. Love it. :)
Anyway, on a random completely separate note (the actual reason I started this post, then I got side-tracked): meme time! Gacked from a few places.
Tell me a fandom and I will tell you my
Favorite character:
Least Favorite character:
5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):
Character I find most attractive:
Character I would marry:
Character I would be best friends with:
A random thought:
An unpopular opinion:
Canon OTP:
Non-canon OTP:
Most badass character:
Pairing I am not a fan of:
Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):
Favourite friendship:
Character I want to adopt or be adopted by:
Ok, time for bed now...
Anyway. Right, Sherlock - am preparing myself for the upcoming second season premiere on Sunday by rewatching the first season, since it's been almost a year and a half since it first aired (wow!). It's neat watching it again having just seen the new movie, since it's fun to compare the two adaptations. So different in so many ways, but they both work. I mean yeah the movies are pretty silly, but they're fun and the characters are basically recognizable even if they differ from the originals quite a bit. I'm also making it my goal to read more of the originals - I've only ever read the first story collection (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and none of the novels. Dropped by the library last week and they only had Hound of the Baskervilles, which I picked up and finally got around to starting tonight. I forgot how funny the stories actually can be - I can definitely see where both new adaptations got various bits of characterization from, even as they changed the character as well.
Will probably re-watch eps 2 and 3 on Saturday and/or Sunday. Tomorrow night is Doctor Who Christmas special at Fontana's, woo! Already watched it the other day of course (very much enjoyed it!) but it'll be fun to watch with the gang.
Speaking of Christmas, it was great overall. Had my family from Halifax out (aunt, uncle, and 2 cousins), and it was great to see everyone. And of course a certain one of those cousins who is probably lurking and reading this is now staying in Vancouver. ;) Anyway we spent the entire weekend on Bowen and it was nice and relaxed for the most part. Lots of cooking, heh, but my mom was mostly taking care of that. And the aforementioned dreaded Christmas carol singing evening was actually pretty fun.
Christmas haul - lots of Futureshop gift cards that went towards my TV, LotR Extended Edition Blu-Ray set, crochet technique book I asked for, couple of kitchen things, a sweater, this Doctor Who t-shirt and a little wind-up Dalek from my cousins who know me too well (we went into a comic shop and I saw the Dalek and pointed it out, then they made me leave the store and evidently also found and bought the t-shirt. I was wondering why it was taking them so long...). Lesse... oh yeah, Mom randomly picked up this Harry Potter book. ^^
ALSO, for my birthday my awesome Grandma made me this awesome Battlestar Galactica-inspired hat that I asked for since it's knitted and I only know crochet. Love it. :)
Anyway, on a random completely separate note (the actual reason I started this post, then I got side-tracked): meme time! Gacked from a few places.
Tell me a fandom and I will tell you my
Favorite character:
Least Favorite character:
5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):
Character I find most attractive:
Character I would marry:
Character I would be best friends with:
A random thought:
An unpopular opinion:
Canon OTP:
Non-canon OTP:
Most badass character:
Pairing I am not a fan of:
Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):
Favourite friendship:
Character I want to adopt or be adopted by:
Ok, time for bed now...
