Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Merry Clicks

T'is the season to be merry... and to make a list of things that I 'recently' discovered and that cheered me up tremendously.
This is when I'm quite happy that my odd habit to hop from link to link and to follow the works of artists I like turns into a very good thing.

When you start learning to fly and you look for... well, everything about planes, you wonder why there are so many things on YouTube about 'cabin pressure'. You click a link, and you start listening to an awesome radio show. Created by John Finnemore, Cabin Pressure is funny, witty, moving, and I love it... even if I do have to keep in mind that "M" is Mike, not - I repeat NOT - Molokai. ;)
Mr Finnemore is very funny, and he sounds quite nice - and he's got many other talents (I'll admit that I'm quite fond of his brain, and the man can draw, too. What's not to like? Seriously... I'd give a lot to be half as funny as he is!). [Note to self: you're good with another style. Deal with it.]

The day I was looking for info about Mark Gatiss (more films or series to watch), I discovered that he's written several novels, and I must say that I often read again his three novels featuring Lucifer Box. I highly recommend The Vesuvius Club (first in the series, and with quite a few - absolutely delicious - twists), but do read them all.

I'm definitely looking forward to some more Sherlock next year.
I did 'click' twice on that one: first, when I opened a friend's e-mail where she very strongly suggested that I watch it, and when I ordered the DVDs of Series 1 (same thing happened for Series 2, minus the e-mail: I now pre-order the DVDs).
Sherlock is so good that it rid me of depression for a few months (before another Real Life explosion made me go back to my plant pills). Just for that, I'd love it, but it's so incredibly good (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes's novels and short stories - in two huge volumes - were among the very first books I read, and they're in my brain forever) and it's made with so much love that it's become very dear to me.
Sherlock is having Holmes and Watson beamed over to our century and updated by a team of fans and devoted people who make it look astoundingly good.

Then, there's CBBC.
Completely by chance, I discovered two series that are very good. The titles caught my eyes, and it turns out that both are quite nice to watch.
Not taking things in order, the second that caught my eye is Leonardo. The plot is completely improbable, but who cares? It's entertaining and good (seriously, I wish the series had been this good when I was a teen... a few aeons ago).
And then, there's my current new addiction. The best surprise (for me) of the end of 2012 was Young Dracula.
I caught Series 4 on the telly, just because I wondered what that was about, and I thought 'Hey, why not give it a try?' (I was hooked before the end of the first episode I saw), and thanks to a cousin who'd saved her old iPlayer files, I was able to catch up on Series 1 to 3 (bless her!).
I discovered this series right after Auntie Beeb decided to release Young Dracula's Series 1 DVDs. I wasn't done watching Series 1 at my cousin's that I was already ordering the DVDs.
Now, our lovely "auntie" needs to wake up in marketing and get the other series on DVD, too; there seems to be a devoted audience - teens and older viewers (*cough* I'm not the only older viewer who finds it really good), and producers need to learn to feed the fans properly - and before the next millennium!
[Note to readers: if you've got an e-mail address to contact Auntie Beeb, share it with me. My hunt on the net was fruitless between CBBC and BBC Worldwide (which was indicated as the site to contact in order to know what DVDs are going to be released)]
So... if you like witty vampires and a stellar cast --> Young Dracula. You're welcome. Enjoy!


2 comments:

sheldonlovespenny said...

wrote you a happy new year post awhile ago. looks like the 'puter ate it? sorry! hope you had a joyeaux noel and bonne nouvelle annee (hope I did that right- i suck at french.)

hope everything is going well!
~Shannon

Lanor said...

Thank you, Sweetie!
I hope the end of the year was quiet and joyous on your side. My stay at NPD was not too bad, but my computer time was severely limited.

I'm trying to catch up now that I'm home, but with the end of the semester approaching fast, it's very odd.

I'm *still* working on my next short story, and I haven't had time to look at some other chapters of my ooold MA.
When I do have a bit more time, and I can dust things off, would you be in the mood to have a look at my tragedy? It's dark, but there are darker things in newspapers right now... but if it's too much, I understand (I scared one reader with just the plot summary).

What news on your side?

Oh, and you just have one extra "a" in "joyeux". Bonne année to you,too!! ;)