You know, I’ve GOT to admit, last night was rather …
Busy …
Yeah, busy seems to be the exact phrase … !
After all, fitting in Movie Night — complete with me, Movie Night Adrian, Squeaky, Big Josh and Kevin D but minus Tootles Sarah — with an episode of Merlin … ?
Hmmm …
Remind me to organise my calendar a bit better … !!
But, either way, it meant — after Movie Night — I think I managed to get to bed long enough after 1 in the morning to make posting this afternoon a sensible idea.
Well …
Sensibleish …
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First things first, though, shall we … ?
Yes, that makes sense, doesn’t it.
First off, though, I’ve got to admit, I’m enjoying the fact that Film4 are doing an entire weekend devoted to the first ten Star Trek movies. I know I’ve an old friend — Sue, over on Facebook — who’s complaining about the amount of cuts made to accommodate the adverts.
Personally, though … ?
I’m not complaining too much.
Not actually owning copies, I’m happy to see they’re on.
And happy to explain, yesterday, to Squeaky, the back-story to Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan: generally considered the best of the films, to date, although I’d make a case for Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country — you can’t wrong with that many Klingons — or Star Trek: First Contact. You can’t be going wrong with that many Borg, either!
Ahem … !!
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Ooh, but I’ve been meaning to get that out of me system since, oh …
About 7 o’clock, yesterday, just after Wrath of Khan* …
Let’s get cracking on, shall we … ?
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Yes, lets …
And move on to Merlin …
Now, I’ve got to admit, I’m glad I didn’t post up about episode 6 of Merlin — The Changeling — last night. After all, I was a touch rushed.
Last night’s episode centre’s on the arranged marriage of Prince Arthur and and Princess Elena, the daughter of one of King Uther’s neighbours.
The twist, of course, is that Princess Elena has issues …
As you’ve probably guessed from the title …
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Now, I’ve got to admit, The Changeling was another one of the lighter episodes in Series Three. And one that struck me as a possible rerun of series two two-parter, Beauty and the Beast. Although granted, it has enough differences to make it a very different take on the idea of a hijacked wedding. Including the fact that the chief villains in this episode … ?
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Now, I’ll admit, I’m not the biggest fan of the lighter episodes of Series 3Merlin. However, this episode, as ever, did throw a darker bone for those of us looking for it. One that saw Katy McGrath’s Morgana realising a thing or two about exactly how Angel Coulby as Guinevere feels about Arthur: one that — to my mind, at least — gets Morgana to thinking …
The other … ?
Is on that sees both Guinevere and Arthur having something of a big discussion …
Both of which I felt added to the on-going story-arc.
Personally, though … ?
I’m waiting for next week’s episode …
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The other thing I managed to catch, last night … ?
Or at least, me and the rest of the movie night gang … ?
Was the DVD director’s cut of Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s version of Robin Hood: something I know that I, my ex, Allison, managed to see with Squeaky, back in May.
Now, I’ve got to admit, I was comfortable seeing it the first time around.
Second time around, though, and with the 16 extra minutes the director’s cut included?
I’ve got to admit, I had a case of the serious fidget’s, although I Movie Night Adrian, Kevin D and Squeaky thorough enjoyed it.
What I will say … ?
Is that Robin Hood is probably worth seeing if you’ve not caught before, even with Russell Crowe’s still wandering accent. It did manage to generate quite some discussion about what a Robin Hood movie should be about.
Meself … ?
I just wish I’d managed to talk everyone into catching something else … !!
* The obvious gag to get out of the way, here … ? What do you call the ghost of one of the stars of The Godfather … ? The Wraith Of Caan … Sorry, sorry
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