unfeathered: (Buffy huh)
2025-05-08 11:27 pm

West Side Story 2021 and a (very) belated OMWF revelation

OMG, "Walk Through the Fire" is "Tonight" (the ensemble version) from West Side Story.

This revelation brought to you by me finally catching up with the 'new' (4 year old) movie of WSS tonight, and sitting there going "this feels really familiar, with everyone singing in counterpart and walking purposefully towards the camera - oh wow it's OMWF!

I mean, I probably made the connection way back when I originally saw OMWF but that was, what, 24 years ago (bloody hell) and I've obviously forgotten again in the intervening almost quarter century.

Other things about the new movie: Cut for length )
unfeathered: (Christmas TARDIS)
2024-12-25 10:51 pm

Joy to the World ((Doctor Who - Disney S2.0)

Fairly enjoyable. I went in not expecting much except to enjoy Fifteen, and that was about what I got. Cut for spoilers )
unfeathered: (Fangirls @ 2 o'clock)
2024-12-17 08:44 pm

Still awesome after all these years

Just rewatched Utopia for the 50 millionth time (I watched the 3 Master episodes a LOT when I was writing Master Plan!) on our latest voyage through Nu Who and it is still completely awesome. The pacing, the character interactions (Doctor/Master, Doctor/Jack, Martha/everyone), Derek Jacobi, the music, the feel... still one of the very best episodes ever, for me.
unfeathered: (Jack Lick Here)
2024-06-09 09:24 am

Rogue (Doctor Who - Disney S1.6)

I had trouble with this one and a large part of that was probably that Cut for spoilers )

Anyway. Here's to a rewatch, when I have time! And at some point I'll make some notes about 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble, both of which I very much enjoyed too…
unfeathered: (Aziraphale squee)
2024-05-16 10:44 pm

Michael Sheen and Nye (National Theatre Live)

Just watched this from the comfort of our local Everyman Cinema and wow, that was amazing.

Cut for spoilers )
unfeathered: (Fifteen grin TARDIS)
2024-05-12 10:13 pm

Initial thoughts on Space Babies and The Devil's Chord (Doctor Who)

Very brief thoughts tonight as I have only just seen these first two episodes due to a big Eurovision party last night and an all day rehearsal today, and I'm knackered and need my bed!

OMG I love Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson! He is just so very completely the Doctor and she is an incredible actress for her age, and their chemistry is just delightful. Both these episodes were completely bonkers, but I loved them, especially the space babies. A few niggles (such as how much blooming exposition can you stuff into the first episode – you'd get drunk really quickly if you were playing exposition bingo!) and I wasn't that keen on some of the second episode, but generally a great big sigh of relief. The Doctor Who I fell in love with in 2005 is back!
unfeathered: (Christmas TARDIS)
2024-04-11 09:38 pm

The Christmas Invasion (Doctor Who 2:1 rewatch)

My original review (on second viewing in 2007) here: https://unfeathered.dreamwidth.org/44258.html

OMG, Baby Tennant! Wasn't he adorable? And yet so unformed. <3

Except... Cut for length and personal stuff )
unfeathered: (Nine & Jack)
2024-03-28 09:24 pm

More Doctor Who S1 rewatch: 1.11 Boom Town

I've been thoroughly enjoying my foray through Nine's single season for the first time in what must be several years. I hoped to post more, but found I didn't actually have much to say, except how much I'm enjoying it. For the record, though, if anyone's interested, my original S1 reviews can be found here.

But Boom Town, tonight, made me really want to squee a little on how amazing it is, even after all this time.

Cut for length )
unfeathered: (Nine Serious)
2024-01-23 08:56 pm

Back to the beginning: Rose and The End of the World (Doctor Who 1.1 and 1.2) rewatch

After my son and I caught up with season 13 in time to watch the S14 specials in the right order, we decided to go right back to the beginning of New Who, because it's AGES since we did that. I don't actually know how long but at least several years, enough that we were really looking forward to it.

We've now watched the first two episodes and were not disappointed.

Cut for length )
unfeathered: (Fourteen Wilf goodbye)
2023-12-29 12:06 pm

Rewatch: Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle (DW 14.2 & 14.3)

A few more notes from my respective rewatches of these two episodes.

Wild Blue Yonder rewatch )


The Giggle rewatch )

As for The Church on Ruby Road, I absolutely loved it and the new Doctor and companion! Review to come when I've had a chance to sit and watch it again properly.

P.S. I need some Fifteen icons!!
unfeathered: (Donna time to f up some sht)
2023-12-08 06:15 pm

Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who 14.2)

Quick review because I didn't write much down and really need to rewatch to get my thoughts in order, but havn't had a chance yet!

Cut for minor spoilers )
unfeathered: (Fourteen Donna heres trouble)
2023-12-01 04:22 pm

The Star Beast (Doctor Who 14.1)

I really enjoyed this. I wasn’t blown away, but I was happily satisfied, and mainly because Cut for length and spoilers )
unfeathered: (Thirteen 13)
2023-11-23 09:35 pm

Doctor Who S13 rewatch (Flux + specials)

Forgive me, a lot of this is very stream-of consciousness, but it’s all I’ve managed to put together while my son and I have rewatched the end of Thirteen’s run in an effort to actually remember what happened before we transition into the new series on Saturday!

Cut for length )
unfeathered: (Angels shut up and love me)
2023-09-12 09:26 pm

Good Omens S2

Just finished watching this (yes I know it's taken ages - I've been watching with my son and we've been trying to fit it in between lots of Marvel series and Doctor Who rewatch and lots of am dram rehearsals) and OMG that was AMAZING! Every episode just carried me along, the cast and the characters and the story and everything so engaging, and perhaps it's just because the last few seasons of DW have been so dire but god I enjoyed that!

Just hope the new mini season of DW coming in November can match it...
unfeathered: (Three Bessie)
2023-05-21 09:11 pm

Intoabar, She-Hulk, and Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Been feeling very 'meh' lately so haven't got round to posting, but here's some stuff!

1. For my Intoabar assignment, to meet Giles I was given Najia Khan (Doctor Who). My first reaction was 'Who???'. After a few moments, I realised I'd literally just rewatched Arachnids in the UK and that this was Yaz's mum. Wish I'd been paying more attention while I was watching! Will have to go back and watch it again. But an okay character. She's brave and up for an adventure, at least. At the moment, I'm picturing Giles rocking up to the hotel after the episode, having heard about the mutant spiders, or something. I did think briefly about some flashbacks to them having met in his Ripper days, but I think Najia's a bit young for that. Will see if anything comes to me!

2. She-Hulk. Jackster and I just finished watching this series and, whilst Tatiana Maslany has been very good in it, it's mostly bored me and all the fourth wall breaking annoyed me. Until the last pair of episodes, when the introduction of Matt Murdock and some actual chemistry finally had me sitting up, and then the mega-fourth-wall-breaking had me giggling like a schoolgirl (is that the right phrase?) and really loving it for going there.

3. Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs. Got this on DVD for Christmas and finally got round to watching it. Really, really enjoyed it. Strong script, good story, amazing cast of actors, and even the dinosaurs didn't look as dodgy as I'd been led to expect. It was 1973 for goodness sake! I thought they were pretty amazing for the time, and the story more than made up for any failings in the special effects anyway. I'm not a huge Sarah Jane fan but thought she really shone in this, her second story, and I've decided that Jon Pertwee is quite possibly my favourite Doctor after Peter Capaldi. So suave and cool and funny. The UNIT guys had a lot of good stuff in this one too, including the surprise of Mike Yates turning traitor. A really interesting story, which I enjoyed re-watching with the commentary and informative captions.
unfeathered: (Amelia believe)
2022-05-08 10:32 pm

Fourteenth Doctor announcement

Well, I wasn't expecting that to come right out of nowhere with no buildup or fanfare! But, when I think about it, all the buildup and fanfare for the last two Doctors has been a bit of a miss with me anyway, considering that (as I realised over in the comments of [personal profile] astrogirl's post) I didn't know who Whittaker was either, and only knew Capaldi through his previous Who/Torchwood appearances! ...In fact, I'd never seen David Tennant in anything either, nor Matt Smith. I had a vauge idea who Eccleston was, but he was the only one!

Interesting thought that came out of the above: I watched Jodie Whittaker in Broadchurch when it was shown again during 2020 lockdown, and while she was amazing in that I would not have ever thought from that performance of casting her as the Doctor. I just flashed back to a comment someone (possibly [personal profile] elisi???) made a while back about Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, that she is a very serious, non-comedic actress which doesn't always strike the right note with Who which tends to have its tongue in its cheek a lot of the time, and thinking about it, I think that's possibly my main problem with Jodie. As well as the script-writing, of course, but that's a given at this point.

Anyway. Spoilers )

I don't think I have a lot else to say, but I'm including here for reference the posts of other people in my flist which I've commented on or at least read:
elisi's post
ruuger's post (where I think I got the humour thought from [personal profile] elisi)
trobadora's post
astrogirl's post