bias alert: back in love with ‘Doctor Who’ and the Doctor, psyched for Indiana Jones
| YES! | |
| current obsession: doctor who |
| current boyfriend: david tennant as the doctor |
| i'm psyched: indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull |
| NO! | |
| current enemy: tina fey -- why, tina, why? |
| i'm dreading: kung fu panda |
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With every new episode of Doctor Who, I have to laugh in geeky delight: I still cannot believe this show is back on the air, and as so damned good as it is. Truly, we live in miraculous times.
Also: Is there anything other than the return of Indiana Jones to be psyched for in May? I think not.
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posted by PaulW (Fri Apr 25 08, 8:25AM)
Anything to get psyched for in May? Well, there *is* my birthday... (glances aboot) Um guys? Guys? No one brought cake...? :(
posted by Clayj (Fri Apr 25 08, 8:48AM)
What about Iron Man (5/2) and Speed Racer (5/9)? (I do not count the new Indiana Jones movie because as good as it might be, I am of the opinion it should not have been made. I am not psyched for it and I probably will not go see it.)
posted by Dave (Fri Apr 25 08, 9:15AM)
Can't believe Doctor Who's back? Well, now there's talk of reviving the late 70s BBC space opera 'Blake's 7'. And why not? It may have been cheap and camp, but it was also lots of fun.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7364663.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/04/25/do2502.xml
posted by Clayj (Fri Apr 25 08, 10:35AM)
If it's done right, I'd love to see a remake of Blake's 7. I lived in England during part of the time when the show was originally airing... the later parts, after Blake left and Avon was basically in charge. I also got to see first-run Tom Baker and Peter Davison Doctor Who, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
If they do this, they should find a way to get some of the old cast to participate. Perhaps they could get Paul Darrow to be the voice of Orac or of Zen? Or even better, they could pull a Richard Hatch and get Darrow to play a male Servalan.
posted by Patrick R (Fri Apr 25 08, 10:55AM)
RE: "If it's done right, I'd love to see a remake of Blake's 7."
Well Clayj, it is being done- don't know if it is being done right...
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36517
posted by Dave (Fri Apr 25 08, 7:04PM)
I was working on a magazine in London today when the picture editor showed me an embargoed RSC publicity shot of David Tennant as Hamlet. He's standing on a heath, wearing a long blue jacket similar to Captain Jack's and staring moodily into the distance. Pretty soon all the women in the office were standing around the Mac, cooing: "Oooh, he's so lovely."
posted by Clayj (Fri Apr 25 08, 8:37PM)
This is the part where MaryAnn kicks your ass for telling her of such a picture, and then failing to provide it to her for her to fawn over.
Ignorance, as they say, is bliss. Better to have never heard of the picture at all than to be teased by its possible existence. ;-)
posted by angel (Fri Apr 25 08, 11:18PM)
Speaking of remakes and rumors - I thought I heard that a remake of The Prisoner was in the works. Whatever happened to that idea, I wonder? I even heard Chris Eccleston was being considered for the lead.
Which would make me a very very very happy fangirl.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Apr 26 08, 11:01AM)
Nah, I'm good. Cuz I've already got tix to see Tennant in Hamlet this fall (and also him in Love's Labour's Lost, which will be in rep at the same time.
I've heard about the new B7, though I'll reserve judgment till we see what they do with it.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Apr 26 08, 11:45AM)
I'm not psyched for those. They may end up being great, but I'm not particularly excited by the prospect of either of them.
posted by Poly in London (Sat Apr 26 08, 12:44PM)
Don't you love british theatre? Big names doing Shakepseare in rep. I am not sure what the publicity for Hamlet is for, since the run has been sold out for months and a pair of tickets at ebay are going for £600 ($1190) a pair.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Apr 26 08, 7:17PM)
Oh, I bet they discover some extra tix -- or extend the run to open up new tix. Or even if they don't, there's still no way there isn't going to be massive publicity for Tennant's shows. He's too huge at the moment for there not to be enormous interest. He'll sell newspapers and magazines to people who wouldn't go to the theater anyway. As long as there's money to be made...
Though I am *dreading* the clueless hoards of dorks who will certainly be descending upon Stratford for these shows, people who wouldn't know Hamlet from Green Eggs and Ham but just love Tennant. It was like that seeing Patrick Stewart do Scrooge on Broadway, and Ralph Fiennes doing Hamlet. It's great that big names get new people interested in the stage -- if that, indeed, is what actually happens, and they don't just all go back to their DVDs when it's over -- but so many of them don't behave themselves in this new environment they've discovered.
posted by Dave (Sun Apr 27 08, 5:12AM)
Tennant will also have to contend with a stalker in the audience.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a84402/tennant-stalker-writes-sci-fi-hamlet.html
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Apr 28 08, 4:42PM)
Man, stalkers are *so* sad... Like, do they really think they're going to win over a total stranger like that? Can they really be that unhinged from reality?
posted by amanohyo (Mon Apr 28 08, 5:30PM)
One of my college roommates used to stalk Sara Michelle Gellar; he actually left campus and flew across the country to Denver to try and meet her in the middle of the semester. His parents called me and then contacted the police because they didn't know where he had gone. Veeery awkward and Holden Caulfieldy.
One of my good friends from high school got dangerously close to stalking Kristen Kreuk, but I think he's better now. He doesn't spend thousands of dollars on airline tickets anymore at least. Both of these guys started out pretty "normal", but they gradually started to lead extremely isolated lives.
Neither of them had a very close relationship with their parents either. When you're isolated, it's pretty easy to fixate on someone out of your league and imagine that a relationship with them will magically solve all your problems. After a while, you've imagined the relationship so often, it seems like it already exists.
It's kinda like going from living in your own place, to sharing a room, to crashing in a living room, to living in your car... and before you know it, you're homeless. (This sequence happened to a friend of mine from college too) Looking at someone who has a mental illness, it's easy to think "How could this happen? I'm glad I'm not like that." But if you get cut off from society and you don't seek support when you need it, it can happen to almost anyone.
This woman clearly has deteriorated a lot farther than most though. Hopefully, someone will take the time to slowly bring her back to reality.
posted by Josh (Tue Apr 29 08, 2:05AM)
I am also excited for Indy even though Lucas has stated it is a complete departure from the style and tone of the first three films. He describes Skull as more SciFi than adventure, claiming they used 50's films like The Blob and Black Lagoon as models.
posted by Dave (Wed Apr 30 08, 9:25AM)
angel: Funny you should say that...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1904353/Christopher-Eccleston-tipped-for-lead-in-new-Prisoner.html
posted by Dave (Mon May 05 08, 1:05PM)
That Tennant/Hamlet pic has been published now.
http://davidtennant.albumpost.com/album749/aaa
posted by Kerry (Thu May 08 08, 12:20PM)
this photo of Tennant as Hamlet is sort of Capt Jack reminiscent, for sure, but is nonetheless sending me slowly into a seizure of delight. he's too beautiful... lungs not functioning... brain...melting...
okay, i've recovered long enough to say that I too will be going to Stratford to witness Tennant in all his Shakespearean glory. i may need to invest in smelling salts to get me thru each performance.
posted by MaryAnn (Thu May 08 08, 12:44PM)
We're talking about that photo and Hamlet over here...
posted by Neima (Sun May 25 08, 2:08AM)
Hi maryann, I'm a Doctor Who enthusiast as well! It is absolutely wonderful!!!!! I created my own Doctor Who theme song cellphone ringtone. When it is on, I am overcome with excitement!
All the best,
Neima
posted by Poly in London (Sun Aug 17 08, 11:00AM)
MaryAnn wrote: "Though I am *dreading* the clueless hoards of dorks who will certainly be descending upon Stratford for these shows..."
For what is worth, the audience I saw the play with was absolutely brilliant. I was as apprehensive as you are, many plays I have seen have been ruined by the audience, but this theatre experience was one of the best, and the audience was part of it. Wonderfully diverse (RSC veterans, hardcore theatregoers, young people, couples, families and children), everyone was at their best behaviour, very responsive to the play and there was no indication that anyone was there for any other reason than to see a production of Hamlet. Obviously, the cast has attrached many people, but inside the auditorium everyone was completely caught up in the play.
The production deserves much of the credit, transporting and thrilling. The other explnation is the Courtyard theatre itself. It's a theatre that envelops the performers, creating a very intimate atmosphere, an intimacy enhanced by the fact that the theatre seats more than 1000 people. That many people feeling very close to the theatre action creates a powerful atmosphere and the audience feels responsible for the action as much as the actors.
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Aug 17 08, 12:24PM)
All good to hear, Poly -- thanks!