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What I have been watching
Spoilers ahead.
Penny Dreadful is back and I loved the first episode, though my subconscious had clearly read the script. I predicted that Dr Jekyll would be a new character, and he was. A very good-looking Indian doctor. We also have a new character who is Native American, so yay for more ethnic diversity. We haven’t met Mr Hyde yet, but Jekyll had a very nice chemistry with Victor Frankenstein. They are, of course, pals from their medical studies.
Eva Green shone,, of course- Vanessa hasn't fared well by being left alone, but luckily Ferdinand Lyle showed up with a recommendation to a psychiatrist. I really loved the scene between him and Vanessa. His love and concern for her was very touching and I think he is a much better father figure for her than Sir Malcolm. And Vanessa’s new doctor? Dr Seward, of course! I loved that they acknowledged that it’s the same actor who played the Cut-Wife by making them relatives. And I pegged her secretary as Renfield at once- who else could he be? And, finally, we are getting Dracula! I always felt season 1’s finale was a bit of a let-down as they presumed master-vampire was quite easy to kill off. So I have wondered if not Dracula would be a character eventually, and evidently I was right.
Poor Ethan is on his unwilling way to his father, but luckily the Native American character and Sir Malcolm are on their way to the rescue. Though I wonder if not Hecate will rescue him before them. I’m so pleased she is back and I wonder if she will turn out nicer now when her mother is out of the picture. The Creature, I’m sure, is returning to find the family he has previously not remembered and Dorian and Lily are yet to be seen. I look forward to the next episode! (But I’m miffed that Sembene seems to be dead for real.)
Lucifer ended with a pretty satisfactory finale. Maize and Chloe worked together and I think the show-runners should have given them more screentime together earlier. They were just great together! And Lucifer and Amenadiel has a really nice chemistry too. I was glad to hear there will be a second season, because in a way this season has a feeling of a prologue. It took it’s good time to set up the character and I didn’t really start to like it until halfway through the season. But. Lucifer’s Mum? It looks like a nice nod toward the female deity that has been pretty much edited out from the Bible, but it also feels a bit too much like Supernatural which is currently featuring Lucifer’s aunt as the Big Bad.
Speaking of Supernatural- I enjoy this season a lot more than I did the previous two or three. Husband was ready to stop watching altogether, but has changed his mind.
I’m still biting my nails over Blacklist<. Red seems very unhappy and I hope this doesn’t mean Liz is dead, after all. My theory is that she is in a coma, which could explain why Red seems so cut up about it- he doesn't know if she will wake up, or not. I hope I’m right.
Having seen Ciaran Hinds being burned alive in Game of Thrones I felt inspired to see him die horribly again and went on to Ivanhoe. Well, not really to see him die, more to see him look smouldering hot. I love this mini-series! If you are Swedish you have seen the silly 80’s version too many time because there is a rather peculiar tradition of showing it on New Year. Don’t ask me why. It’s very cheesy and good fun, but the mini-series from (1997) is really good as in good. Happily I don’t know too much about Medieval fashion so I don’t nit-pick the costumes and they look like real clothes to me- not gaily coloured costumes. The casting is stellar. Victoria is great as Lady Rowena, a character who usually is sickly sweet and bland, here she has character and her own agenda. And Susan Lynch is perhaps not a stunning beauty as Rebecca, but I think she has an interesting face and intelligence too. And for the baddies- Ralph Brown (the evil mind-bending Russian professor in Agent Carter) and Ronald Pickup are great as Prince John and his Chancellor. And then we have Christopher Lee as the bigoted leader of the Templar Knights. His little speech to Rebecca about confessing is truly creepy, filled with repressed lust. Really, I like the whole cast except, regrettably, Stephen Waddington’s Ivanhoe who is rather bland and it’s kind of difficult to understand how two women can be head over heels in love with him. Especially as Rebecca could have chosen Ciaran Hinds… Who is really the best, IMO, as a knight who has abandoned all his ideals and rather unwillingly find his way toward redemption when he falls in love with Rebecca.
It follows the book rather closely apart from being a lot bloodier. At least three characters die in the series that doesn’t do so in the book. The series also balance up the books gushing over Richard Lionheart with adding scenes were Eleanor of Aquitaine (Sian Phillips) tells both of her son’s what she thinks of them. The book, being written in the early 19th century, is also pretty anti-semitic, despite having a Jewish heroine. That is thankfully toned down in the show, which perhaps makes it less historically accurate, but a lot more palatable to watch. And did you know Ivanhoe had fanfic written for it as early as in the the 19th century= Thackeray wrote a sequel called Rebecca and Rowena. You can find it online, but I don’t recommend it, it’s pretty bad. The main plot is that Rowena turns out to be a real nag and Ivanhoe manages to annul the marriage and goes off to find Rebecca. ANd rebecca wakes up one morning to find that she is actually a Christian! How fortunate, now she can marry Ivanhoe and live happily ever after. (But reading it made me think I would love to have something of a fandom for Ivanhoe.)
Penny Dreadful is back and I loved the first episode, though my subconscious had clearly read the script. I predicted that Dr Jekyll would be a new character, and he was. A very good-looking Indian doctor. We also have a new character who is Native American, so yay for more ethnic diversity. We haven’t met Mr Hyde yet, but Jekyll had a very nice chemistry with Victor Frankenstein. They are, of course, pals from their medical studies.
Eva Green shone,, of course- Vanessa hasn't fared well by being left alone, but luckily Ferdinand Lyle showed up with a recommendation to a psychiatrist. I really loved the scene between him and Vanessa. His love and concern for her was very touching and I think he is a much better father figure for her than Sir Malcolm. And Vanessa’s new doctor? Dr Seward, of course! I loved that they acknowledged that it’s the same actor who played the Cut-Wife by making them relatives. And I pegged her secretary as Renfield at once- who else could he be? And, finally, we are getting Dracula! I always felt season 1’s finale was a bit of a let-down as they presumed master-vampire was quite easy to kill off. So I have wondered if not Dracula would be a character eventually, and evidently I was right.
Poor Ethan is on his unwilling way to his father, but luckily the Native American character and Sir Malcolm are on their way to the rescue. Though I wonder if not Hecate will rescue him before them. I’m so pleased she is back and I wonder if she will turn out nicer now when her mother is out of the picture. The Creature, I’m sure, is returning to find the family he has previously not remembered and Dorian and Lily are yet to be seen. I look forward to the next episode! (But I’m miffed that Sembene seems to be dead for real.)
Lucifer ended with a pretty satisfactory finale. Maize and Chloe worked together and I think the show-runners should have given them more screentime together earlier. They were just great together! And Lucifer and Amenadiel has a really nice chemistry too. I was glad to hear there will be a second season, because in a way this season has a feeling of a prologue. It took it’s good time to set up the character and I didn’t really start to like it until halfway through the season. But. Lucifer’s Mum? It looks like a nice nod toward the female deity that has been pretty much edited out from the Bible, but it also feels a bit too much like Supernatural which is currently featuring Lucifer’s aunt as the Big Bad.
Speaking of Supernatural- I enjoy this season a lot more than I did the previous two or three. Husband was ready to stop watching altogether, but has changed his mind.
I’m still biting my nails over Blacklist<. Red seems very unhappy and I hope this doesn’t mean Liz is dead, after all. My theory is that she is in a coma, which could explain why Red seems so cut up about it- he doesn't know if she will wake up, or not. I hope I’m right.
Having seen Ciaran Hinds being burned alive in Game of Thrones I felt inspired to see him die horribly again and went on to Ivanhoe. Well, not really to see him die, more to see him look smouldering hot. I love this mini-series! If you are Swedish you have seen the silly 80’s version too many time because there is a rather peculiar tradition of showing it on New Year. Don’t ask me why. It’s very cheesy and good fun, but the mini-series from (1997) is really good as in good. Happily I don’t know too much about Medieval fashion so I don’t nit-pick the costumes and they look like real clothes to me- not gaily coloured costumes. The casting is stellar. Victoria is great as Lady Rowena, a character who usually is sickly sweet and bland, here she has character and her own agenda. And Susan Lynch is perhaps not a stunning beauty as Rebecca, but I think she has an interesting face and intelligence too. And for the baddies- Ralph Brown (the evil mind-bending Russian professor in Agent Carter) and Ronald Pickup are great as Prince John and his Chancellor. And then we have Christopher Lee as the bigoted leader of the Templar Knights. His little speech to Rebecca about confessing is truly creepy, filled with repressed lust. Really, I like the whole cast except, regrettably, Stephen Waddington’s Ivanhoe who is rather bland and it’s kind of difficult to understand how two women can be head over heels in love with him. Especially as Rebecca could have chosen Ciaran Hinds… Who is really the best, IMO, as a knight who has abandoned all his ideals and rather unwillingly find his way toward redemption when he falls in love with Rebecca.
It follows the book rather closely apart from being a lot bloodier. At least three characters die in the series that doesn’t do so in the book. The series also balance up the books gushing over Richard Lionheart with adding scenes were Eleanor of Aquitaine (Sian Phillips) tells both of her son’s what she thinks of them. The book, being written in the early 19th century, is also pretty anti-semitic, despite having a Jewish heroine. That is thankfully toned down in the show, which perhaps makes it less historically accurate, but a lot more palatable to watch. And did you know Ivanhoe had fanfic written for it as early as in the the 19th century= Thackeray wrote a sequel called Rebecca and Rowena. You can find it online, but I don’t recommend it, it’s pretty bad. The main plot is that Rowena turns out to be a real nag and Ivanhoe manages to annul the marriage and goes off to find Rebecca. ANd rebecca wakes up one morning to find that she is actually a Christian! How fortunate, now she can marry Ivanhoe and live happily ever after. (But reading it made me think I would love to have something of a fandom for Ivanhoe.)