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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
Age 23, living in sin in Twickenham with Cheesy
Likes
Movies
Books
Writing
Theatre
Hugs
Kittens
Chess
Scrabble (mostly beating Cheesy's butt)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dislikes
Vegetables
Arguments
Cleaning
Trashy TV
Pretensions
Public Transport
Pets
Rabbits-Bambi, Fern, Sooty, Pippa-all deceased
Dog-Sammy-deceased :(
Fish-CatFlap-recently (and finally!) deceased
Cat-Tiggy-still scratching
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Technically Rachel
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The BBC's The Taming of the Shrew was brilliant by the way - for those of you foolish enough to miss it. Plasticine Face (as shown in previous post) was predictably awful and pretty much ruined the character for me - but all of that was made up for by the rest of it. Shirley Henderson and Rufus Sewell were amazing in this thing - they really shined, and I think the script also shone most on this particular adaptation. I'd been really impressed with how much these "retellings" had stuck to the plot and character relationships of Shakespeare's stories - you get films like "Ten Things I Hate About You", which takes the basic premise and cleverly builds a new plot around it. All good and fun but not quite as impressive as adapting it from beginning to end. That was why I found the version of A Midsummer Night's Dream so bitterly disappointing.
I played Helena in this play way back when, but I still know the play backwards, so perhaps I might have felt the differences harder than others, but some things were SO different. The dynamic of the Courtiers shifted majorly - their knowledge of eachothers feelings/actions wiped out and instead replaced by "discoveries" about eachother. Plus the glorious fighting that takes place towards the end of the play was severly shaved - quite a feat considering the things was an hour and a half. Not to mention the cast being utterly dull (but this may be blamed on the script rather than the actors). The Fairies were also pretty much given an entirely new plot to play with - their motivations completely askew from the original. And don't get me bleedin started on the entirely new plot they gave to the Theseus/Hippolyta relationship. Of course it had its good points - the Workman stuff transferred quite nicely, and Johnny Vegas was great as Bottom, as were Titania and Oberon. And the sequence where Titania falls in love with Bottom was all done very nicely. The stuff between Theseus and Hippolyta was really nice at times but I couldn't stop getting annoyed that none of it was even close to what happens in the original. The script writer needs a proper slap for basically undoing what the rest had achieved in terms of adaptation. It's a shame it finished on a lower note for me - otherwise, I've been really enjoying them.
8:06 pm
Sunday, November 20, 2005
*climbing up from within whatever blog pit I hath fallen down*
Phew! That was some climb.
Ahem.
Alas, the production I'm working on has been in Wrap of late, which has meant busy busy me, and a distinct desire not to spend longer on a computer than absolutely necessary. Data entry plays a large role in my employment, you see.
So... predictably there's way too much to go into, but work is... well, it has its good and its bad at the moment. The job itself is still really good, as are most of the people - I'm making, I think, some lasting friendships out of this job. Which is always nice. I also have a new job lined up for the New Year, which is brilliant as it means I can actually relax over Christmas and not have to worry about job hunting once its over. Plus a co-worker, whom I shall name Cheeky Irish (sorry, Greg - you'll have to give that up a while), is coming with me, AND I know the production co-ordinator through a friend, so I feel confident I'm going into a nice working atmosphere. However, the current working atmosphere has been tainted by the green-eyed monster in the form of the eeeeeeevil girl in our office (you know, the bitch I've mentioned before). It's a shame cause I've actually been getting on with her and it's been all right - but since news broke that me and Cheeky Irish had been put forward for this job (and thus, not her), she's barely said more than two words to us, and has been stropping around the office ever since. Her being sick this week caused problems also, as I had to do all the work the she (lazy dump that she is) hadn't. So, my Friday was fun. She's the kind of person who wouldn't even apologise though - and no doubt will find someway of blaming her lack of work on someone else. Uck. Still, not much longer to deal with her - and everyone else is getting on great, so should be fine.
Am really enjoying these Shakespeare Retold dramas on the BBC (though as Sianodel points out - since Shakespeare himself was retelling most the stories anyway, it's a bit of a daft title). They do follow the plots and character dynamics very closely, and the acting has been top notch so far too. Macbeth's plot stretched a bit, but the actors made up for it. However, I think the BBC may have made their first casting blunder with tomorrow's Taming of the Shew - casting that plastic woman from Hustle (you know, the one who's supposed to be gorgeous, but basically looks like a shop mannequin with less facial expression) - and as Bianca - the cute younger sister who I guess I normally see as small and blonde, and well, considerably younger than Kate.
I mean, look at her - she looks about 40. Tut. Suppose they had to use her somewhere, but I fear she will annoy me - and Taming of the Shrew is one of my favourite dagnamit!
Anyway, watch it - I reckon it'll be good despite it.
Ooh, and went to see the new Harry Potter movie. Short review = 50% brilliant and 50% rubbish. But when it's brilliant, it's really brilliant, so definitely worth a watch. Even if it's just for Snape's scene. Ah, Alan Rickman. *drooooooool*
12:42 pm
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