TV, movies, games

[thistlechaser]

What a night last night was. Four TV shows on at the same time that I wanted to see! Yay for Tivo and downloading.

Walking Dead: Watched real time.
Game of Thrones: Downloaded, will watch tonight.
Celebrity Apprentice: Recorded.
Big Brother Canada: Downloaded.



I liked it. At 10 minutes to the end (which turned out to be 15 minutes until the end, since it ended at 10:05), I worried that it was going to end on a cliffhanger. That would have pissed me off. But instead they got to a nice ending point, so yay.

I'm really, really glad they're staying in the prison. Really, what safer place to be? And that they brought all the kids and old folks in from Woodbury was nice. Nice of them and nice because it will be a bigger pool of people to interact with.

I had no great love for Andrea, but I knew when she was bitten that most of the fanbase on the net would be cheering, so I was happy for them.

I had hoped the Governor would be killed off by the end of the ep, but that didn't happen. At least he killed his own army off, so he's less of an issue now? I really, really do not like the character, he's just way too over the top. (Though at least we didn't have to see the torture room in action...)



Before all the shows started, I watched Lion King. I've been avoiding watching it again. It's probably been 10+ years since I last saw it. I loved it so much that I didn't want to watch it again and maybe ruin my memory of it. But I was watching Mulan and Lion King started next, and before I could change the channel the first song caught me, and there was no escape.

Watching it again, I found that the movie stayed the same, but I had changed. I had backed Scar so intensely, I had thought he was the wronged one, that he was justified in everything he had done. Now I'm wondering what younger me had been smoking. Scar could have had a place. Second place yeah, but that's better than nothing. He could have been a good uncle and helped raise Simba to be a good king, but instead he tried to kill him and Mufasa.

I still very much disliked all the Timon and Pumbaa parts. The "humor" (which didn't amuse me one bit), felt out of place. (Though, kids movie, so I know why they did it.)

Oddly, though it's been so many years since I last saw it, I was able to mouth all the dialogue and songs nearly word for word. I knew when characters would raise their head, look that way, all the details.

Games! My first attempt to get into a beta succeeded! I'm in the Final Fantasy XIV beta. :D FFXI has been on my mind so much lately, I'm hoping I'll really enjoy XIV. I'm going to download it tonight after work. :D

Edit: Wow, and today's Awkward Stock Photo:



So much for after Easter discount candy sales?

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[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Mine were The Good Wife, Vikings, Selfridge and Call the Midwife, all last night.

But -- due to our friend smashing her kneecap, we went up to Queens and fixed her dinner, etc., and we watched -- Disney's 1953 Peter Pan! None of us had seen it ever.

Love, C.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I still have to try Vikings. One of my friends likes it a lot, so I hope it works for me as well.

When I was a kid, I saw 1953's Peter Pan in the theater. Not the original showing, but one of those re-releasing that Disney sometimes does. I can't remember a thing about it though...