@janetteb and to you! Yes, we’re doing well. It’s hot here but we’ve had no rain & compared with the flood peaks expected today in Victoria (??), I believe, we’re very grateful. I know flood warnings came 7 days ago with expected river peaks effectively at midnight last night. Not good at all. It either never rains, and there’s fires, or it floods…[Read more]

@nerys you have restored my memory! Yes, it was Roadkill.

McRory was wonderful. I remember her in Northsquare. Back in ‘98, I think.

@nerys you have restored my memory! Yes, it was Roadkill.

McRory was wonderful. I remember her in Northsquare. Back in ‘98, I think.

@nerys and @thane16 I just watched the trailer for The Amazing Maurice which I am looking forward to having enjoyed the book by Pratchett. Maurice is voiced by Hugh Laurie. David Tennant also voices a character. (one of the rats) so this post isn’t entirely off topic.  🙂

Cheers

Janette

@nerys absolutely 👍 for Hugh. His voice -whether as the bloviating House or in an English role is worth a watch. I did see him in a British political thriller 2-3 years ago which was a disappointment, imho, but more to do with the occluded story line than anything Hugh-wise. 😀

@winston @nerys Blenkinsopthebrave

ooh, I’m intrigued by Avenue 5? It sounds like something that’s worth a watch. Should I plunge in?

d’ol Puro ❤️

@blenkinsopthebrave   @nerys   and @janetteb    I  liked both seasons of Picard but then I am a Trekkie from way back and I rarely dislike any of it with a few exceptions of course. Just like Who there is always something I like in every episode. I am pretty easy to please. Give me Captain Picard and Q , throw in some Vulcans and the Borg and I a…[Read more]

@nerys, @janetteb

I, too, loved the first  season of Picard, but gave up on the 2nd season after a couple of episodes. I thought it was a travesty. Having seen the trailer for season 3, my expectations are low. A real pity.

@nerys and @winston I watched series 1 of Avenue 5 and found it to be hit and miss, but I still enjoyed it and look forward to watching series 2 (which has just come out, I don’t know on what platform) I have not heard of the Australian series either. (much to my shame.) Will look for it.

We have yet to watch series 2 of Picard. A couple of…[Read more]

@nerys     We watched Avenue 5 and liked it. I only watched the 1st series and I don’t know if there is any more. Will have to Google it. I have not heard about the other series and will have to Google it too.

We watched the 2nd series of Picard which we both liked and I watched all of the Umbrella Academy. For fun I saw the latest series of Tas…[Read more]

@nerys @devilishrobby Of course the Daleks are *the* canonical Doctor Who villains, instantly recognisable. But for me, the scariest aliens are definitely the Weeping Angels, closely followed by the Silents.
Asylum of the Daleks is one of my favourite episodes, simply because it’s so inventive. The Dalek parliament saying “Save us,…[Read more]

@nerys I have to agree to a large extent about your comment about the overuse of what has been called legacy villains like the daleks  especially in the last few years I kept thinking especially for the Xmas/new year specials I think almost all were Dalek stories we had at least 3 specials on the trot that were Dalek centred. In part I think this…[Read more]

@Nerys Well I’d agree with you that it’s Chibs best episode (so far – haven’t seen Sea Devils or Power yet). Your description of the Flux was pretty much my impression too. Too much going on. The best Flux episode IMO was the Angels one, which happened to be the most focussed one with the least complicated storyline.

@nerys It is do-able. Rewvian for example is working his way through old episodes. It may be a personal thing, depending how well you can tolerate being behind everybody else without getting too frustrated.

I find I can mostly ignore spoilers – one stray mention of a future circumstance doesn’t mean much to me because I don’t have any…[Read more]

@nerys With respect, you don’t have to walk away from Doctor Who just because Disney have captured him. There’s always DVD’s (which is how I’ve followed Who for the last decade). Admittedly that may put you a year behind everyone else. I shop around on Trademe (our local NZ ‘ebay’), Ebay.com, ebay.com.au, ebay.co.uk and even Amazon to see…[Read more]

@nerys my initial response when I heard about the BBC’s deal with Disney+ to distribute Who world wide outside of the uk and Ireland was horror, in part because this felt like Disney trying to buy up a successful “franchise” to add to its portfolio.  However on reflection and having watched several u-tube who  commentators  channels and the over…[Read more]

I got Disney Plus primarily for the Marvel content, but it has a lot more. It looks like at some point they decided they needed movies and series for parents to watch when the kids have gone to bed. So they’ve got a lot of movies, plus box sets like The Walking Dead, Grey’s Anatomy, Buffy, Angel, How I Met Your Mother. It might be worth che…[Read more]

To @nerys – I agree with your comments.

Plot exposition: it has to go somewhere!” Viewers don’t want to get left behind.

Daleks & Cybermen: epic finale, or a case of diminishing returns?

Reasons to stay tuned: Sacha Dhawan:  so-so-so charismatic. Gender-fluid fashion works for me every time, btw. David in costume: Space-time Regeneration…[Read more]

@nerys. Glad to hear that you are ok and were well out of harms way. These devastating storms are becoming more frequent and it is people who are suffering, not those who are responsible and have the power to change things.

cheers

Janette

@nerys  It is good to see that you were not too damaged by Fiona.We have family in PEI that had some bad damage and others in New Brunswick who got heavy rain and some flooding. Since there are so many family members there, they will all help each other till things are cleaned up.

I will tell the mister about Westworld, he likes it. It creeps me…[Read more]