Fannish Update

[dmarley]

I am almost finished watching the second season of Man from UNCLE. I wince when I consider all the wasted years of my life when I was *not watching this show.*

On a mildly related note, I have just finished watching the entirety of NCIS. All of it. From start to finish. I only meant to watch a couple of episodes, just to see if David McCallum was still sexy (he is), and fell to my arch-nemesis the Police Drama. It was like having a bag of Doritos. I had to watch just...one...more...

I have also watched the entirety of Life on Mars (the UK one). It was, possibly, a mistake to watch this before NCIS, because about 75% of time I was watching NCIS and wondering when the plot was going to twist next and then it never did. (This isn't necessarily a criticism of NCIS--Life on Mars had 5-7 extra minutes for their story, and a lot more leeway when it came to what they could say and do on screen. It's apples and oranges where I had to remind myself every now and then I *was* eating an orange and not an apple). Life on Mars was amazing and awesome and I'm now more than a little in love with John Simm.

Also, Doctor Who is making me nervous. I keep thinking "Okay, there's no way they can top *that,*" and then they do. It's like watching someone juggle plates and wondering how long they can keep it up, and also wondering if the answer is "forever, baby!" :)

Comments

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

There's something sort of irresistible about NCIS, isn't there? Even when the plot has serious problems, the characters make it all worthwhile.

Life on Mars was fantastic. I weep that someone felt the need to make a US version. I also hesitate to watch it because well, the weeping. And also the lack of Philip Glenister and John Simm. I mean, without Sam and Gene, what's the point? I was leery of Ashes to Ashes because of the lack of John Simm and the Sam & Gene (or Sam/Gene, if one prefers) relationship, but it turned out to be really good. Of course, it probably also helped that I remember 1981 a lot better than 1973. *g*

[dmarley.livejournal.com]

The NCIS characters are awesome. On the one hand they're very real people, who get angry and frustrated and make up and really care about each other, and on the other hand they're all just plain freakin' nuts. :)

I haven't yet watched Ashes to Ashes, but I've heard really good things about it, despite the lack of Sam. One of my old friends from high school told me she found Ashes to Ashes slightly more painful to watch, because whereas the fashions from Life on Mars were ones she wore that her parents picked out and bought, the fashions from Ashes to Ashes were things she had worn *on purpose.* :)

I am so afraid of the US version. Despite the fact that Colm Meany will most likely not suck as Gene, I have no plans to watch it.