don't be dull, be fannish

Having seen STID for the second time last weekend, for some reason I started craving Marple: Murder Is Easy again. You know, the episode where Benedict Cumberbatch's playing Luke Fitzwilliam, the guy who helps Miss Marple catch the culprit who has offed half the village already. Gosh, he's so gorgeous in this episode *_* There's something really stunning about him here. And he looks so young, considering the episode is only 5 years old! Gosh... I just love that Luke makes Miss Marple, that he figures out she's lying about who she is and then they strike a friendship and start sleuthing together!

If you haven't seen this episode and you're a fan of Agatha Christie or Benedict, do get your hands on it and watch it ASAP!

What a sad, sad story. I hated the whole family, what a bunch of wankers, seriously. And the way they treated poor Gwenda! Especially the father was a doormat, letting everybody do whatever they wanted. When he asked Gwenda to leave, I wanted her to just slap him and go!

The best character was the nervous professor, Dr. Calgary, played by Julian Rhind Tutt (Edwin in Merlin). I loved the scene where he talked about the foxes and that one slide of his female colleague kept popping up, much to his chagrin. I thought he was the only normal person there.

And I LOL'd when Miss Marple tipped the inspector off where to look for clues and then scurried off in her typical hunched, mischievous way and we went all "Okay, will do. ... O_o Who was that?!"

Aaaaaaaaaand I'm done with Geraldine McEwan's Marple. What a shame. I really loved her in this role.

I didn't actually watch Towards Zero because I've seen it a few weeks ago on TV already. It's the one with Julian Sands and Saffron Burrows. It's a good movie, not Marple's best but good, but it's a bit... weird to watch a mystery when you actually remember who the murderer is.

I did watch Nemesis though, Miss Marple and her nephew Raymond - played by Richard E. Gant! - solving an old murder - and two new ones. And there was a lesbian again :P It's the third lesbian theme in this series, three movies out of ten - so far - had a lesbian sub-plot in them...

I loved this quip of Raymond's:

Aren't coach parties meant to be sedate affairs? This is more like Tosca!

LOL! And it really was, dead bodies everywhere, hysterics and fisticuffs on hourly basis. Funny :)

Only two movies to go and I'm done with Geraldine McEwan's Marple. What a shame :(

That? Was seriously creepy! Little villages in the woods, old ladies dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, inbreeding... Sheesh!

Though there were funny parts, too. Like Miss Marple's inability to read a map. Or Tuppence driving skills or...

Caretaker: Mrs. Beresford, never a day goes by without some pearl of paranoia from the dear ladies that live here. Only last year, Mrs. Eaburn left a note in her will claiming to be Coppenhagen - the Duke of Wellington's favorite horse.

*snorts*

Though I found most of the characters quite annoying - that blond brat deserved to be strangled! - and I didn't like this episode as much as the previous once, even though Miss Marple and Tuppence's sleuthing was funny.

Famous actors? Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi. But also Michelle Ryan (Nimueh in Merlin).

Wonderful! This felt more like a romance with a mystery twist. And Miss Marple, dear Miss Marple with her white curls and funny faces, was as fantastic as ever. Seriously, there should be more heroines like Geraldine McEwan's Marple!

Inspector: Mr. Erskine was telling the truth. First wife alive and kicking. With second husband and six kids.
Marple: Six children?
Inspector: And fifty sheep.

*snorts* Hilarious! Miss Marple's face... O_o Perfect, perfect!

( Spoilers! )

So many famous actors in this one! Sophie Myles (Beth in Moonlight), Geraldine Chaplin, Anna-Louise Plowman (Osiris in SG-1), Philip Davis (the cab driver in Sherlock 101), Una Stubbs (Mrs. Hudson in Sherlock)... I'm loving it!

What a twisty tale! I so didn't expect THAT person to be the murderer! O_o

( Spoilers! )

In this episode, the most known actors were - for me, that is - Cherie Lunghi (loved her in Covington Cross) and Catherine Tate.

Geraldine McEwan is my goddess! She's the best Miss Marple I've ever seen. Her humor, the faces she keeps pulling, the mischief in her eyes! Her quips!

Like: Oh dear, I'm afraid I must put a cat amongst the inspector's pigeons.

Or: How clever... How wicked!

( Spoilers for The Murder at the Vicarage )

So many famous stars in this ep: Jason Flemyng, Julie Cox, Mark Gatiss, Herbert Lom, Marc Warren... Awesome!

I ordered S2 of Scarecrow and Mrs. King on DVD because Amazon US is having it for $13.49 only right now and with the VAT now enforced by the EU, I have to wait and buy stuff from the US as cheap as possible, so...

I was thinking of getting Haven S1 on DVD too, Cinemaspy mentioned in its DVD review that 12 out of the 13 episodes have audio commentaries and that they are quite interesting - unfortunately, Amazon, for some reason, is telling me that it can't ship the item to my address *sigh* Oh well...

I wanted to continue watching Warehouse 13 last night but I spent half the afternoon sanding the banisters outside - and I'm only 1/3 done *head/desk* - and I was so tired that I mostly just stared blankly at my computer screen. I have no idea what I spent the 3 hours last night doing...

Next week, it's the summer finale of White Collar. I'll then download the eps and marathon them. The plot this season is just not clicking for me *sigh*

You know what I actually feel like watching right now? The British series Marple with Geraldine McEwan. She's my favorite Miss Marple, so mischievous, funny and smart!

Mom's watching the Colombian telenovela Mas sabe el diablo and as much as telenovelas aren't my thing, this one's really cool. Not only is the main heroine, Manuela, a good few years older than the main hero, Angel, but there's a really great gay storyline too between the closeted Christian and the out-and-proud Horacio, it's so, so sweet. It also doesn't hurt that it's all murder and mayhem, heh.

It looks like I'll be translating "Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" soon. I love Leonardo Da Vinci in these books, but the main hero? I want to kick his butt, seriously. Sometimes, he's so dumb it hurts.

Off to work. I'm translating "The Iron Elves" by Chris Evans right now. A good book - but if I never have to describe the various parts of a musket in Czech, I'll be as happy as a clam, grr...