So the busyness of my weeks continues, basically a colleague of mine quit the other week, gave 10 days notice (should have been a month) and only worked 2 of those days (saying that he had back pain for the rest). This has kinda screwed over both me and my beloved supervisor, Delicious Tommie (that's what his mother calls him, anyway). I'm stuck working double my normal hours and Tommie had to cancel his week off since we're now short staffed. I mean, James was an okay guy and I hope he does well at his new golf-club making job, but it was kind of a harsh drop on us.
So I was going to talk about films and tv shows and stuff. I'll split it up into the next one as well (so that I know I definitely still have something to write about). First up, what I've been watching on the iPlayer lately:
Josh.
So it's the completely middle of the road sitcom from Josh Widdicombe, but it's got a decent basis for how to actually craft a sitcom script. Basically they just need to amp up the quality of the humour, because they've got a decent set of foundations and I like Beattie Edmondson subtle panache. It's kinda bland overall, but it's an easy watch.
Trump's Unlikely Superfans.
So I just stumbled across this tonight and it scared the shit out of me. I know that it's just scratching the surface really, but it's really terrifying that Americans are actually seriously considering voting for a sexually-molesting-bankruptcy-declaring-Orangutan instead of a politician. More thoughts on the impending American Election sometime soon (there you go, two reasons).
Class.
So yeah, the new Dr. Who spin-off. I'll be honest... Dr. Who stopped being something I watched sometime in the last season and I can't quite remember where. Not even Peter Capaldi's excellent skills could make Moffat's writing bearable anymore and I'll wait until Chris Chibnall takes over before I get back to it. So here I am watching the first couple episodes of Class and thinking... well...
I can see the potential. The characters look kinda fun but run the risk of growing really boring, really quickly. The concept is a bit tired but it's a classic one so I won't complain about it too quickly. The first episode (directorally speaking) was pretty shit, but I know that non-feature-length first episodes suffer from having to introduce everything and find an actual story. This one hit all the basics but was so poorly paced that I almost gave up on it. The second and third episodes, however, managed to strike that balance an lot better, so I'll stick with it for the rest of the season and let you know what I think of it's ending.
Ripper Street.
So it's not on there anymore, but is still on Amazon Prime. The fourth season (haven't seen the fifth yet) just aired on the BBC and I was honestly surprised that they managed to resurrect it from the totally convincing cathartic ending that season three had. I mean, it was fully done, there was an end, a cracking good end. Why did they want to add more? Well, I would've suggested that they not do it, but to be honest the story built up well enough over the seven episodes that by the heart-breaking conclusion I am well and truly sold that we needed more of this show. It's gruff, it's Landan, it's surprisingly posh and it's brutal. I'm gonna miss it when it's finally done.
Also, LET ME IN is currently on there, I haven't watched it this time round but I've seen it before and I (shamefully) much prefer it to the Swedish original LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.
Next time, either American Politics or Dr. Strange.
