Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Watched 'Glee' last night; there were some amazing performances and a scene that made me cry. Also had a conversation with Michael, and a long talk / chat with Jamie Atkinson. It was mostly a fun night. Read some more 'Threshold' as well. I didn't sleep long (about 3 hours) and woke up with a HORRIBLE headache. I took some midrin but it's not kicked in yet.

The title for Doctor Who 5x08 (which we knew was being changed from "The Ground Beneath Their Feet") has been revealed as "The Hungy Earth"; I like the new title a lot more. Episode 8 is Part I of II and the 2nd part's title has been confirmed as "Cold Blood". Titles 1-9 have now been confirmed; titles for 10-13 have not been confirmed but the confirmed / working titles are as follows:

Confirmed:
5x01 The Eleventh Hour
5x02 The Beast Below
5x03 Victory of the Daleks
5x04 The Time of Angels [Part I]
5x05 Flesh and Stone [Part II]
5x06 The Vampires of Venice
5x07 Amy's Choice
5x08 The Hungry Earth [Part I]
5x09 Cold Blood [Part II]

Unconfirmed:
5x10 Vincent & the Doctor
5x11 The Lodger
5x12 The Pandorica Opens
5x13 The Big Bang

Whoa. Midrin just kicked in. It usually doesn't hit this hard when I haven't eaten. Very glad it's working.

Again. I loved 'The Eleventh Hour'. I wanted to like 'The Beast Below' but the more I see it the more the plot lines annoy me and what should have been a 3 or 4 star episode is really a 2 star episode in retrospect. 'Victory of the Daleks' had NOTHING to recommend it except that it wasn't a 2-parter; my least favorite installment of Who in ages. "The Time of Angels" is a HUGE improvement, but it's not clear if it's a classic or not as Part II will decide that, plus it's cliffhanger ending is kind of lame. I like the 11th Doctor but I don't love him, and could easily hate him, but I keep reminding myself that while I remember loving the 10th Doctor, I didn't really warm to him for 1.5 seasons and it's only in retrospect that I love him completely - so I'm giving 11 at least that long. I'm less sold on his companion, Amy. She had a great first showing, but those 2nd & 3rd episodes really dragged her down (though she came through in Episode 2 a bit); I'm getting the impression that she won't be around after this season though, which would be fine with me...but even if she sticks around, perhaps I'll grow to love her? It's just hard when a season of Who is so short (they tend to be 13-15 episodes long) and 2 of the episodes have already mostly sucked; makes me nervous for the rest of the season. This is kind of the reverse of the 9th Doctor, who's first installment didn't thrill me the first time around, but I loved his 2nd & 3rd and wasn't sure about his 4th (which was also a 2 parter). Hmmmm.

It also appears that 11 appears in episodes 5&6 of Sarah Jane Season 4, which could cause quite a bit of havoc for me...but I'm sure I'll find some sort of order that works. lol I've also heard that the mechanical men in black from Doctor Who's 'Dreamland' will be appearing in SJA 4x03-4x04! Awesome if true! :-0)

Going back to bed.

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