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girlofpreyI have been at my parents and EVEN WORSE AT LJ THAN USUAL. Hello. Mostly television won at being itself, and my family weren't as horrendous as it all could have been. Quite good actually. Ten games of Lunar Jim are alright, really. And there was Yule Log, which always improves things, really.
Anyway. Telly. OMG. First there was Sold. I feel that I should explain about Sold. Essentially, it was an ITV comedy drama about a group of estate agents and no it wasn't anything particularly new, a lot of the characters were pretty by-the-book really, but it was enjoyable enough and Bryan Dick was in it. He was Blythe from Blackpool, and more importantly Rafe from Blood and Chocolate. I quite love him. Anyway, the basic story is that all the characters are heartless-style estate agents, and then Danny (Bryan Dick) joins them, who has a heart of gold, and really wants to find his clients their 'perfect home'. It's hinted at the start of the series that he had a rough, mysterious childhood. By episode three we find out that his parents used to fight all the time about how much money Danny's mother was spending, and Danny's father - who was lovely and kept talking about the boat he was going to restore for Danny when he was older - hung himself in their house when Danny was 9, and Danny was the one who found him. Possibly after this Danny's mother put him into care - I'm not sure, I still haven't actually watched a whole episode yet. But bad stuff went down, anyway.
ANYWAY. The real owner of the estate agents' is Anthony Stewart Head, who lives in Spain and appears at the beginning and end of every episode to talk to his employees via webcam. But in episode 6, he turned up at their actual office, essentially to offer Danny a job running the new branch opening in Spain. The manager of the estate agents', Matt, thinks he's getting the job, but they don't tell him. Anthony Stewart Head - Colubrine - says he wants to mentor Danny, and "be like the father [he] never really had", and tells him to "Relax. I'm going to make all your dreams come true". That bit was quite win. But Danny tells him that he doesn't like him like he liked the father he never really had, and generally just rejects everything, and Colubrine decides that actually he's going to fire him. He doesn't say it, but Danny can tell. Meanwhile Matt, who just hates Danny, has slept with Danny's mum, and caught her on cameraphone talking about how Danny has been "the pain in [her] backside ever since he was born", and was "the drunken fumble [she] always regretted", and he sends this to Danny.
SO. Danny's mum went around to his flat when he wouldn't answer her calls, and he shouted a bit about finding his dad dead and all, and she said it wasn't her fault, she just didn't love him. He said she shouldn't blame him for her getting pregnant, he wasn't there remember. And then, at the MOST DRAMATIC POSSIBLE MOMENT, she said "Neither was Peter" (his dad)! And Danny was all "WHAT?". She said she was already pregnant when she met his dad, and married him for Danny's sake. His real dad was a "nice bailiff" who'd come to repossess her stuff the first time she maxed out her credit cards. Who'd told her to "Relax. I'm going to make all your dreams come true". And OH MY GOD. So Danny goes to the bar where the employees and Colubrine talk via webcam at the end of each week/show, and Matt's there talking about how he shagged Danny's mum, so Danny punches him in the face. And then just stands on the stage, looking up at the screen. Colubrine mocks him, and uses the woman Danny's being having a series-long 'thing' with to try to get at him, and hints that he's fired. The woman (Mel) has actually got the job in Spain now, and Matt hears it and cries "No!" and Colubrine says "Don't worry Matt, you may be a fucked-up mistake but you're my fucked-up mistake". And OH MY GOD. And Danny looks at him, and says "I've got some news for you too. Dad." And OH MY GOD. And that was where the series ended, and I have been A BIT OBSESSED WITH IT EVER SINCE, OH MY GOD. DANNY. OH I LOVE DANNY. This is Bryan Dick. This is a bit of him as Danny. I recognise that he's not conventionally handsome, but I sort of want to own him a bit. Oh. Of all the daddy issues to dump on a person, these are my favourite kind. And his mum's great too.
And then there was Emmerdale. Oh my God, Emmerdale. They got the King brothers in trouble with the law again for Christmas. Matthew was in prison, and he didn't have Carl with him, so he had NOTHING TO TRADE. They kept showing him with bruises on his face and a slightly split lip. He kept talking to his brothers about how they had to get him out of that place, but he mostly he was talking to Carl. And telling him "you owe me", for keeping him out of prison for all those murders he did commit. So Carl went round to Perdy's house to get her help, even though he was mostly UNIMPRESSED with who his brother had now fallen in love with, and they kept having secret conversation and teaming-up scenes together, and they were TOGETHER. I love Carl and Perdy together, in a non-'shippy way. I always thought that if zombies ever attacked Emmerdale, probably they would the ones running around together rescuing people. Possibly on horseback. Using the Kings' shooting rifles to defend themselves. And Carl was a bit mean to her, but it was still beautiful. On Christmas Day the whole 'setting Matthew up' plot was revealed, and Carl tackled Perdy's husband to stop him getting away. It was great. And then Perdy punched her husband in the face when he suggested she shouldn't leave him, and shook her hand with the pain of it. And then Matthew invited Perdy to move in! It was all quite good. Although now it's all a bit sad because it turns out Rosemary, Perdy's husband's mother, really is dead, and there will be no more slashiness with her. Although Perdy had "a very good mentor in her" apparently. I'm not going to be entirely convinced unless we see a body, though, dudes. But Perdy and Carl! Living in the same house! Carl getting Perdy to help Matthew! Eee!
And then there was other stuff. Last Sunday there was randomly a Big Fat Quiz on about Channel 4, with Jack Dee and Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell, which was lovely. On Christmas Eve there was a Comedy Connections about Red Dwarf, and then the first ever episode, and Christmas At The Riviera, which featured Reece Shearsmith running around with beautiful glasses on. Then there was the Hudsucker Proxy, which I'd never seen all the way through before, and about which there seems to be no slash. They put the Lemony Snicket movie on as a Christmas movie, and Dustin Hoffman turned up in it. Then on Boxing Day there was The Old Curiousity Shop, and Bryan Dick randomly appeared in that too. Derek Jacobi tried to tell him that he was a wastrel and a scoundrel, and he was all "Excuse me, I think you'll find I have a hat and a cane". He wasn't in it very much, he was mostly just there to get Swiveller into the plot, and the I wasn't too taken with the rest of it, but it was lovely all the same. And yes. It was all quite good and beautiful.
The Hudsucker Proxy was mostly useful for putting off opening my presents, as mum had for some reason decided to work on Christmas Day. But it was fine anyway. My nephew Jack really enjoyed a lot of it, as you would expect, and we had a lot of fun. And now I am back at home in possession of Heroes Season 1, the first four series of Red Dwarf, a graphic novel of the Looking Glass Wars Volume 1: M. Hatter, the Hoosiers album, and a book about Angels. And some chocolate. I have to work tomorrow, which seems wrong, but then there's the rather lovely part that comes after Christmas, of trying to decide what to spend your Christmas money on. And checking Yuletide. And trying to catch up with your flist. Rah. I do have to go to bed for work though. Anyway, I hope you all had merry Christmasses, even if I didn't keep up with them. And I love you all. Merry Christmas.
Anyway. Telly. OMG. First there was Sold. I feel that I should explain about Sold. Essentially, it was an ITV comedy drama about a group of estate agents and no it wasn't anything particularly new, a lot of the characters were pretty by-the-book really, but it was enjoyable enough and Bryan Dick was in it. He was Blythe from Blackpool, and more importantly Rafe from Blood and Chocolate. I quite love him. Anyway, the basic story is that all the characters are heartless-style estate agents, and then Danny (Bryan Dick) joins them, who has a heart of gold, and really wants to find his clients their 'perfect home'. It's hinted at the start of the series that he had a rough, mysterious childhood. By episode three we find out that his parents used to fight all the time about how much money Danny's mother was spending, and Danny's father - who was lovely and kept talking about the boat he was going to restore for Danny when he was older - hung himself in their house when Danny was 9, and Danny was the one who found him. Possibly after this Danny's mother put him into care - I'm not sure, I still haven't actually watched a whole episode yet. But bad stuff went down, anyway.
ANYWAY. The real owner of the estate agents' is Anthony Stewart Head, who lives in Spain and appears at the beginning and end of every episode to talk to his employees via webcam. But in episode 6, he turned up at their actual office, essentially to offer Danny a job running the new branch opening in Spain. The manager of the estate agents', Matt, thinks he's getting the job, but they don't tell him. Anthony Stewart Head - Colubrine - says he wants to mentor Danny, and "be like the father [he] never really had", and tells him to "Relax. I'm going to make all your dreams come true". That bit was quite win. But Danny tells him that he doesn't like him like he liked the father he never really had, and generally just rejects everything, and Colubrine decides that actually he's going to fire him. He doesn't say it, but Danny can tell. Meanwhile Matt, who just hates Danny, has slept with Danny's mum, and caught her on cameraphone talking about how Danny has been "the pain in [her] backside ever since he was born", and was "the drunken fumble [she] always regretted", and he sends this to Danny.
SO. Danny's mum went around to his flat when he wouldn't answer her calls, and he shouted a bit about finding his dad dead and all, and she said it wasn't her fault, she just didn't love him. He said she shouldn't blame him for her getting pregnant, he wasn't there remember. And then, at the MOST DRAMATIC POSSIBLE MOMENT, she said "Neither was Peter" (his dad)! And Danny was all "WHAT?". She said she was already pregnant when she met his dad, and married him for Danny's sake. His real dad was a "nice bailiff" who'd come to repossess her stuff the first time she maxed out her credit cards. Who'd told her to "Relax. I'm going to make all your dreams come true". And OH MY GOD. So Danny goes to the bar where the employees and Colubrine talk via webcam at the end of each week/show, and Matt's there talking about how he shagged Danny's mum, so Danny punches him in the face. And then just stands on the stage, looking up at the screen. Colubrine mocks him, and uses the woman Danny's being having a series-long 'thing' with to try to get at him, and hints that he's fired. The woman (Mel) has actually got the job in Spain now, and Matt hears it and cries "No!" and Colubrine says "Don't worry Matt, you may be a fucked-up mistake but you're my fucked-up mistake". And OH MY GOD. And Danny looks at him, and says "I've got some news for you too. Dad." And OH MY GOD. And that was where the series ended, and I have been A BIT OBSESSED WITH IT EVER SINCE, OH MY GOD. DANNY. OH I LOVE DANNY. This is Bryan Dick. This is a bit of him as Danny. I recognise that he's not conventionally handsome, but I sort of want to own him a bit. Oh. Of all the daddy issues to dump on a person, these are my favourite kind. And his mum's great too.
And then there was Emmerdale. Oh my God, Emmerdale. They got the King brothers in trouble with the law again for Christmas. Matthew was in prison, and he didn't have Carl with him, so he had NOTHING TO TRADE. They kept showing him with bruises on his face and a slightly split lip. He kept talking to his brothers about how they had to get him out of that place, but he mostly he was talking to Carl. And telling him "you owe me", for keeping him out of prison for all those murders he did commit. So Carl went round to Perdy's house to get her help, even though he was mostly UNIMPRESSED with who his brother had now fallen in love with, and they kept having secret conversation and teaming-up scenes together, and they were TOGETHER. I love Carl and Perdy together, in a non-'shippy way. I always thought that if zombies ever attacked Emmerdale, probably they would the ones running around together rescuing people. Possibly on horseback. Using the Kings' shooting rifles to defend themselves. And Carl was a bit mean to her, but it was still beautiful. On Christmas Day the whole 'setting Matthew up' plot was revealed, and Carl tackled Perdy's husband to stop him getting away. It was great. And then Perdy punched her husband in the face when he suggested she shouldn't leave him, and shook her hand with the pain of it. And then Matthew invited Perdy to move in! It was all quite good. Although now it's all a bit sad because it turns out Rosemary, Perdy's husband's mother, really is dead, and there will be no more slashiness with her. Although Perdy had "a very good mentor in her" apparently. I'm not going to be entirely convinced unless we see a body, though, dudes. But Perdy and Carl! Living in the same house! Carl getting Perdy to help Matthew! Eee!
And then there was other stuff. Last Sunday there was randomly a Big Fat Quiz on about Channel 4, with Jack Dee and Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell, which was lovely. On Christmas Eve there was a Comedy Connections about Red Dwarf, and then the first ever episode, and Christmas At The Riviera, which featured Reece Shearsmith running around with beautiful glasses on. Then there was the Hudsucker Proxy, which I'd never seen all the way through before, and about which there seems to be no slash. They put the Lemony Snicket movie on as a Christmas movie, and Dustin Hoffman turned up in it. Then on Boxing Day there was The Old Curiousity Shop, and Bryan Dick randomly appeared in that too. Derek Jacobi tried to tell him that he was a wastrel and a scoundrel, and he was all "Excuse me, I think you'll find I have a hat and a cane". He wasn't in it very much, he was mostly just there to get Swiveller into the plot, and the I wasn't too taken with the rest of it, but it was lovely all the same. And yes. It was all quite good and beautiful.
The Hudsucker Proxy was mostly useful for putting off opening my presents, as mum had for some reason decided to work on Christmas Day. But it was fine anyway. My nephew Jack really enjoyed a lot of it, as you would expect, and we had a lot of fun. And now I am back at home in possession of Heroes Season 1, the first four series of Red Dwarf, a graphic novel of the Looking Glass Wars Volume 1: M. Hatter, the Hoosiers album, and a book about Angels. And some chocolate. I have to work tomorrow, which seems wrong, but then there's the rather lovely part that comes after Christmas, of trying to decide what to spend your Christmas money on. And checking Yuletide. And trying to catch up with your flist. Rah. I do have to go to bed for work though. Anyway, I hope you all had merry Christmasses, even if I didn't keep up with them. And I love you all. Merry Christmas.
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Date: 2007-12-29 04:31 pm (UTC)I watched the Mighty Boosh! I never watched them before. You watch them, don't you? Aren't they LOVELY? They make me happy in my insides. OH. Is there a whole series where they just make love? I'd watch that. Oh.
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Date: 2007-12-29 11:06 pm (UTC)I LOVE THE MIGHTY BOOSH. OH I LOVE THEM. What bit have you seen? If it's series 3, then I'd recommend you try series 1 or 2. I'm basing this entirely on the 15 minutes of series 3 I have seen. Series 1 and 2 are great anyway. Except Call of the Yeti. I would steer clear of that one. Except for the song. BUT OH. Mostly I slash Howard with people who aren't very nice to him, like Dixon Bainbridge, or with Old Gregg, but Howard/Vince is quite lovely too. I saw them live once. It was GREAT. There isn't a series where they just make love, but quite often there are songvids (http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXVqBhL_s3E&feature=related), which is always good.