miscellany, and Loups-Garoux
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Bit of icy rainy hail this evening. Welcome, fall. And as usual I have been doing some driving and listening to Doctor Who Audios. Been on a Five kick lately, and have recently re-listened to the Turlough episodes Phantasmagoria and Loups-Garoux.
I don't have much to say about Phantasmagoria-- it's an early episode and it shows. I've listened to the episode twice (and part 4 three times, officially, but I fell asleep the first time-- after my car was parked in the parking lot, not while I was driving), and I'm quite sure nothing actually happens. You can see potential in the story, but it doesn't really gel. It does remind me a little bit of "The Unquiet Dead", but only in theme and tone; the 2005 New Who episode was much more entertaining.
Now, Loups-Garoux on the other hand... how did I not recognize the coolness of this story the first time I listened to it? Maybe it was the overt fantastical take on things that turned me off the first time, or the howling and growling; I was a BF novice when I heard it at first, and wasn't sure what to expect. But the second time around-- it's a great story, old werewolves in Rio, trains and futuristic cars and ancient legends and the Doctor getting all flustered about women (ha!). As opposed to the abyssmal accents in Minuet in Hell, the actress who played Rosa actually gave a really good performance-- nuanced with a cool Native American (south american anyway) cadence, and she played a fully rounded character too. I loved her description of the forest in her head. I also thought Illyana de Santos was a good character too. And I love how they characterize the werewolf pack-- partly driven by human desires, but also with a lot of canine characteristics. I particularly liked the bit about using violence as play.
And yeah, slashy. Just a bit. heh. Poor Doctor. Peter Stuber read him right; he wouldn't put down roots for Illyana. Still, the end of part 3 was amusing, and I have a feeling that the scene where the Doctor hovers in Turlough's room, rather too polite to try and ask him about women, is enough to make even the non-slashers sigh just a bit saccharinely.
You know, I'm already a huge fan of Singularity, and with Loups-Garoux in my win pile again that's two out of three for Turlough. I wasn't much of a fan of him in the series, but I find myself wondering if there are plans to bring him back :)
In other news, the cats went crazy over by the patio door, and upon further inspection there was a rather large mouse (well, large for a mouse) that they were hounding and chasing. We caught it in a plastic container and threw it back outside.
< lj user="eve11"> < a href="http://eve11.livejournal.com/387860.html">Reviews the BF audios Phantasmagoria and Loups-Garoux </a>
Bit of icy rainy hail this evening. Welcome, fall. And as usual I have been doing some driving and listening to Doctor Who Audios. Been on a Five kick lately, and have recently re-listened to the Turlough episodes Phantasmagoria and Loups-Garoux.
I don't have much to say about Phantasmagoria-- it's an early episode and it shows. I've listened to the episode twice (and part 4 three times, officially, but I fell asleep the first time-- after my car was parked in the parking lot, not while I was driving), and I'm quite sure nothing actually happens. You can see potential in the story, but it doesn't really gel. It does remind me a little bit of "The Unquiet Dead", but only in theme and tone; the 2005 New Who episode was much more entertaining.
Now, Loups-Garoux on the other hand... how did I not recognize the coolness of this story the first time I listened to it? Maybe it was the overt fantastical take on things that turned me off the first time, or the howling and growling; I was a BF novice when I heard it at first, and wasn't sure what to expect. But the second time around-- it's a great story, old werewolves in Rio, trains and futuristic cars and ancient legends and the Doctor getting all flustered about women (ha!). As opposed to the abyssmal accents in Minuet in Hell, the actress who played Rosa actually gave a really good performance-- nuanced with a cool Native American (south american anyway) cadence, and she played a fully rounded character too. I loved her description of the forest in her head. I also thought Illyana de Santos was a good character too. And I love how they characterize the werewolf pack-- partly driven by human desires, but also with a lot of canine characteristics. I particularly liked the bit about using violence as play.
And yeah, slashy. Just a bit. heh. Poor Doctor. Peter Stuber read him right; he wouldn't put down roots for Illyana. Still, the end of part 3 was amusing, and I have a feeling that the scene where the Doctor hovers in Turlough's room, rather too polite to try and ask him about women, is enough to make even the non-slashers sigh just a bit saccharinely.
You know, I'm already a huge fan of Singularity, and with Loups-Garoux in my win pile again that's two out of three for Turlough. I wasn't much of a fan of him in the series, but I find myself wondering if there are plans to bring him back :)
In other news, the cats went crazy over by the patio door, and upon further inspection there was a rather large mouse (well, large for a mouse) that they were hounding and chasing. We caught it in a plastic container and threw it back outside.
