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Went to The Prestige this afternoon - it just opened in Japan. The bro had highly recommended it, and with that cast and Christopher Nolan at the helm, how could it go wrong? It didn't disappoint. (Also, hee, it begins with a note from the director, "Please do not tell the ending of this film to anyone." Adorable! We live in the age of spoilers...)

Then we came back, showed a friend some SPN, then watched the latest Dr. Who. (Yup, we're all caught up with - the new, not the twenty-whatever seasons before - DW.) And "Utopia" - was that awesome or was it just me?

JAAAACK! JACK JACK JACK ^___^

Okay, now that I got that out of my system - no, wait, not quite out. JAAAACK! Oh, he was awesome. Back and on top of his game, an-y-thing that moves. But the Doctor, the Doctor is something special to him. Over a century later (ah-hah! I was thinking Jack had lived through a good chunk of time on Earth, glad to get confirmation of that) and Captain Jack is rightfully angry at being abandoned, bitter and pissy and...so thrilled to be back. He loves the Doctor so incredibly much.

And the Doctor loves him - not going to try to define the nature of that love, but he loves Jack. The hug, that Rose is alive!! (Oh Em Gee. Oh Tee Three.) And the conversation when Jack is in the reactor (erm, whatever it was?)...oh. Just, oh. "Do you want to die?" And he leans his head against the window, and the "Ja~ck." (I...I can't even squee over how much I love the way he says it, enunciates it. Just. The way he says it.) And Jack - Jack who in Torchwood so desperately needed that special kind of Doctor, the man who perhaps could finally end his tiresome existence - "I thought I did...I don't know." David Tennant and John Barrowman have amazing chemistry and I'm already depressed that we only get two more eps of it.

But anyway! The Doctor! Is back! Okay, the thing is, the last three eps before this - don't get me wrong, they were great. "Human Factor"/"Family of Blood" were just gorgeous and intense and heartbreaking. And "Blink" was so flippin' cool (okay, the weeping angels? totally freaked me out, like, spooked me worse than all of SPN last season, and that's not dissing SPN. And the "quantum lock" was not only the most wicked concept but to call it that, gave me a technobabble hard-on right there).

But the eps were all sadly lacking in the Doctor! HF/FoB had lots of David Tennant being delectably adorable, but John Smith was not the Doctor. And I may be...a little...teeny...weensy...bit madly hopelessly completely in love with the Doctor, and was suffering withdrawal pains. But we have him back now in such fine form. "Hermits United. We meet up every ten years, talk about caves...good fun!" (my gracious, the show is kind enough to name its OT3s for you! How convenient. Not that this is OT3 yet but it could be...)

Martha can actually be really, really funny. Her freak-out about the hand? Hee. And she's very willing to do what needs to be done, even if it's just hitting a button repeatedly (I think this makes sense; as a medical student she's got experience doing boring or gross tasks that are still absolutely necessary. And she's used to deferring to people who know more than her, while not losing confidence in her own abilities or intelligence; she just needs experience, and knows it.) I quite like Martha - I don't love her like Rose yet, but it took me a while to warm to Rose, and Martha hasn't had much chance to shine; I'm looking forward to seeing her get that chance.

Sir Derek Jacobi! as The Master! Eeeeep! I'd heard spoilers that the Master would be coming (err, not that I have much idea who he is beyond the name. But the name, like the Doctor and the Daleks, spreads beyond the bounds of Who-dom to leach into most SF fandom. Unless there's another evil Master wandering about fandom? Wouldn't be surprised.) Anyway, I knew the Master was coming and so when he mentioned the drums in his head I started to suspect what was happening. And that just makes it more tense. Then, when he finally emerges - whee! (Though I felt so sorry for his poor sweetly devoted lab assistant.) Now that is a supervillain! I think I'm in love already. The previews look (forgive me) fantastic.

Incidentally, I desire the soundtrack for season 3 bad - Murray Gold has been kicking all kinds of ass this season. Yes, I am such a sucker for overly bombastic action themes.

Do we really haveta wait a whole week for the next ep? Siiiigh!

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Kinda need to be in bed, but I had to stop by with another random thought (fan-spamming neechan is so much fun! ♥): the Doctor's annoyance with Jack flirting. Why? Did he react like that because it was how he used to react, back when they were the three of them, and he's finding himself slipping into their old patterns? Or is there some kind of - too tired to think of the right word, so I'll just go with "jealousy"? I mean, if he really doesn't care about Jack one way or the other, why should he care that Jack's flirting with everything pretty in sight? (I love Jack's definition of "pretty", too!)

...also, why am I totally hung up on the fact that Jack stepped forward to take the Doctor's coat without the Doctor even giving him a look, much less a word of thanks? (Something Martha noticed, and looked quite amused by!)

And, OH, the way the Doctor says his name. Yes. It's. I. Wow. Wow.

Not to mention how he says the Master's name. Because. Uh. Yeah. When will there be fic for that? XD

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<333 to your icon! ^____^ Oh Jack! <333

(...I want to watch the ep again. And we've watched the conversation in the reactor 3 times already...)

The Doctor's annoyance, yessss...did seem rather jealous. There's also his grin when Jack calls him 'cheeky'. Our take is that the Doctor gets annoyed/distressed by anyone who could potentially distract one of his Companions off the TARDIS (witness how irritable he was with Jack going after Rose - and then once Jack was on the TARDIS as well he wasn't annoyed at all!) But then he was annoyed with Jack flirting with Martha (eeeeee I love how Jack can wake up after riding a time vortex on the wrong side to the END OF THE UNIVERSE and still touch the lady's chin...!)
I don't know if the Doctor really minds the flirting, or if he's doing it just to get Jack's goat. Ten is...cheeky, like he says XDDD

I'm also veeeerry curious to see the Doctor with the Master. Because the Master hasn't yet faced this Doctor. Ten can be...ruthless, in a way I don't think all the Doctors are. He's not as overtly angsty and messed-up as Nine, but if you cross him...you go down. Hard. "I don't give second chances...I'm that kind of man." (only he does, of course, but only if you're really sincere about it...)

The way Jack took the Doctor's coat had me squeeing for like hours. Well, a good minute, anyway XDDD

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I've watched most of it again already. I stayed up until waaaay too late for me, really, just to be able to do it while vargen was sleeping. We're at episode 4 of season 3 now, so I'll be able to watch it with him soon, but it's not soon enough!! It had so much awesome, I haven't really had the time to digest it all. ("...and you're - blogging!" Oh, hon. I don't think that word means quite what you think it does...! ♥)

Hee! Yes, the reaction to "cheeky" was lovely. And it is a good point that he doesn't like it when there are shiny things he has no control over to tempt his companions away. (He loves showing off, but if they wander off to find things on their own...) And also a good point that he seems to enjoy teasing Jack, quite a bit. His line about having the sports car of time travel... hee. Boys will be boys? Last time it was a "who has the biggest tool" competition - this time it's about the rides, because the Doctor KNOWS he can win that one!

And this is JACK! Of course his first reaction at reviving at the end of the universe after clinging to the TARDIS through a couple of trillion years worth of Vortex-travel is to charm the socks of the pretty girl. XD

Seems the Master has been doing his homework on the new and improved Doctor, though. So he might not be all that surprised by what he finds... Though the Doctor's ruthlessness seems to surprise even himself, sometimes. ("I used to have so much mercy." Oh, Doctor.)

The coat!! You noticed it too! ♥ It's so... domestic, and comfortable, and at the same time it's Jack doing everything to be allowed to stay, and the Doctor not really wanting to think too hard about that...

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apropos of nothing - have you seen the David Tennant Casanova? If so, where'd you get it? I've been looking for a torrent but have had no luck finding one that's seeded...

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Sent you a mail with a little more info, but just in case: here on Demonoid. Demonoid isn't open for registration very often, but I sent you an invite code. ♥

It's a good story - I didn't really know anything about the historical Casanova, so it was fun to get "educated" like this. Entertaining! There's a lot about it I like, actually, even though it's not fanning-stuff. David Tennant being absolutely brilliant in it is just a bonus. ♥

still more fangirling!!

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--er yes, spamming you with lj replies (one advantage of email I suppose, we keep our conversations more neatly contained...!)

From what I read, you still don't know much about the historical Casanova, if all you're going on is the BBC version! ^^ But yes, we just watched Casanova and very much enjoyed it. Even if the last part is terribly sad, and it started out such a delightful costume comedy, too! Rocco dying, awww (even if lovely bit of h/c-ness there...) RTD is such a great writer! I think I'm in love with him, too (he'll go on the list with JMS and Neil Gaiman of figures to worship at the feet of, should I ever meet them.)
And David Tennant really is quite an impressive actor, with his facility with both comedy and drama and how seamlessly he can flip between them. Not to mention being cute as a button and dead sexy at the same time, which is not easy to pull off!

Re: still more fangirling!!

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I'm at work with the woman who won't talk with me and it's the day before Midsummer's holidays start. It's dead. I'm bored, and even if I wasn't, I'd still be thrilled at being LJ spammed. As it is, it's totally saving my life. ♥

Ahah! But that's what you've got Wiki, and other sources of information for! The BBC series made me curious, and when I'm curious, I like to find out more. ^_^ So maybe I should say that I now know things about Casanova that I didn't before in spite of the BBC drama? XD

I know! So sad! But a really good story. And - oh Rocco. I love that he was a major part of the "don't burn the books" flashback. And the sick-scene was lovely. The one with Casanova, where there wasn't any death to spoil it.

RTD is totally up there with JMS and Joss Whedon for me. It's a pantheon of good TV gods! ^____^ (The two sad things about it is that 1 - so few of them! and 2 - no women, why no women?.)

David Tennant is AWESOME, and I need to go home and watch more Blackpool. Really. The final scene of the first episode is... so special. And acting under those circumstances (singing and dancing!!), now that takes talent! But of course, he pulls it off brilliantly. They all do! Such an impressive cast. ♥

Re: still more fangirling!!

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I gotta say, from the totally and completely shallow fangirl perspective, David Tennant does sick/hurt/floppy/dying very, very well ^^;;;

There aren't enough women writing for TV! especially not creating shows. But that is changing, slowly, I think (I mean, Sera and Raelle are practically writing SPN, after all ;) hopefully someday we'll be fanning on a female creator! (hey, Minekura's a woman, anyway!)

So what is Blackpool exactly, now? ...never mind, I don't want to know. I really don't...waargh don't need more to watch you evil thing! :P

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*happy sigh* I love the fangirl perspective! ^____^ He really is brilliant at suffering very nicely on screen.

I know, I know - Sera and Raelle are a good start! But it's still Kripke's baby. And Scrubs is Bill Lawrence's (he's brilliant too), and - I really can't think of a single woman producing awesome shows. Though the co-producer (whatever her title is) of Doctor Who is a woman! As was one of the original producer-type people (Verity, like "John Smith's" mom in Human Nature). So that's a good thing, even if it's not quite enough of it.

Blackpool is a British series in 6 parts. It's kind of - kind of a drama, kind of a mystery, kind of a mini-soap. Kind of dark, but funny, and lots of weird. It's about a (kind of sleezy) guy in Blackpool who wants to open a huge casino, and turn the little town into a British Vegas. Then there is a murder, and a police is called in from outside to help with the investigation (that would be David Tennant!) because the Blackpool police are understaffed. And the police starts digging into the casino guy's life - and finds his lovely wife. And I've only seen two eps, but - it was good. Weird, but good.

Did I mention that they also sing and dance? To modern tunes? And not karaoke - it's singing and dancing to pop and oldies. Opens with "Viva Las Vegas", and takes it from there, in sequences that are kind of - acting out thoughts and impressions and things that would never actually be said or done out loud are experienced by the main characters. Hence David and his rival/suspect having a hell of an interesting dance to "These Boots Are Made For Walking".

It's... um. I wanted to say that it makes more sense if you see it for yourselves, but that's a bit of a lie. But you have to see it for yourself to understand that it works, and works brilliantly! (RTD's reaction on seeing the first episode - "You bastards! Why didn't I think of this first?" So he loved it.)