Merlin 4x04 and Downton Abbey 2x05
Oct. 24th, 2011 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ariadnes_stringI knew I wouldn't be able to keep up the pace of TV watching I set myself at the beginning of the season :( Here's all I managed to see last week. (+ Psych, which I watch now because my boys love it so much they need me to share the joy. Not that I mind--it always has a good line or two).
Oh, Merlin! Still hitting the sweet spot! Maybe not quite as fabulous as the first three episodes this season, but still a lovely romp in the waters of id (literal waters this time--mmmmn wet!Arthur)
Am I the only one who thinks that since the first three seasons got us used to seeing Arthur's nekkid torso on a regular basis, and this season seems determined to familiarize us with his (damned attractive) hamstring muscles, a view of the areas in between might be in the offing? *lives in hope*
And, yeah, I'm a little sad we don't get more of Lancelot/Merlin or Gwaine/Merlin, but I am sustaining myself on dragon/Merlin. I loved Merlin's quiet determination when he said "I am the last of the dragonlords, don't fuck with me" (or words to that effect). Confident!Merlin FTW! And I am not usually much for cute CGI creatures, but that baby dragon slayed me. It looked like a baby parrot--and you know how I feel about those!
Yes, I am a week behind with Downton now, and only just managed to see the one about Matthew Crawley's penis.
Actually, I quite liked that storyline--Matthew's (possibly literally) impotent rage and Mary being an utter brick. I loved her being so strong and matter-of-fact with Matthew (of course she'd be the one to tell him) and then being so brave withJorah Mormont Richard Carlisle. Edith was awesome too. And Sybil. All the Crawley girls are off my slap list.
The thing that confused me was the Daisy/William storyline. How, exactly, was I supposed to feel about this? Did they really expect me to think it was romantic? Because what I mostly felt was what Daisy kept telling people she felt, not that anyone listened: ashamed. Yuck. Dying seemed to have made William even more witless and ham-fisted than he was to being with. If either of the characters had been portrayed as having a thought in their heads, I could have gotten behind the marriage as a way for Daisy to have some money later (but doesn't William's father need the money even more? They are always going on about how poor he is). But mostly, for me, it played as just another example of well, women can talk all they want but no one pays them the least attention (cf. Sybil and Branson). Historically accurate, yes: romantic, no.
And okay, while I'm being less than charitable, can I just say that Matthew, William and Thomas, between them, are the most fell-fed, smooth-faced bunch of war veterans I've ever seen? Meals must be good at the front.
Alright--hoping to see Homeland and H50 in the next few days! And DA 2x06.
Oh, Merlin! Still hitting the sweet spot! Maybe not quite as fabulous as the first three episodes this season, but still a lovely romp in the waters of id (literal waters this time--mmmmn wet!Arthur)
Am I the only one who thinks that since the first three seasons got us used to seeing Arthur's nekkid torso on a regular basis, and this season seems determined to familiarize us with his (damned attractive) hamstring muscles, a view of the areas in between might be in the offing? *lives in hope*
And, yeah, I'm a little sad we don't get more of Lancelot/Merlin or Gwaine/Merlin, but I am sustaining myself on dragon/Merlin. I loved Merlin's quiet determination when he said "I am the last of the dragonlords, don't fuck with me" (or words to that effect). Confident!Merlin FTW! And I am not usually much for cute CGI creatures, but that baby dragon slayed me. It looked like a baby parrot--and you know how I feel about those!
Yes, I am a week behind with Downton now, and only just managed to see the one about Matthew Crawley's penis.
Actually, I quite liked that storyline--Matthew's (possibly literally) impotent rage and Mary being an utter brick. I loved her being so strong and matter-of-fact with Matthew (of course she'd be the one to tell him) and then being so brave with
The thing that confused me was the Daisy/William storyline. How, exactly, was I supposed to feel about this? Did they really expect me to think it was romantic? Because what I mostly felt was what Daisy kept telling people she felt, not that anyone listened: ashamed. Yuck. Dying seemed to have made William even more witless and ham-fisted than he was to being with. If either of the characters had been portrayed as having a thought in their heads, I could have gotten behind the marriage as a way for Daisy to have some money later (but doesn't William's father need the money even more? They are always going on about how poor he is). But mostly, for me, it played as just another example of well, women can talk all they want but no one pays them the least attention (cf. Sybil and Branson). Historically accurate, yes: romantic, no.
And okay, while I'm being less than charitable, can I just say that Matthew, William and Thomas, between them, are the most fell-fed, smooth-faced bunch of war veterans I've ever seen? Meals must be good at the front.
Alright--hoping to see Homeland and H50 in the next few days! And DA 2x06.
