vivdunstan: A picture of a cinema projector (movies)
Making a list mainly for my own needs, but it may be of interest/inspire others.

These are mainly streaming things we need to get to sometime. We also have a huge backlog of TV recordings (TV episodes/series and films) on our Sky Q box.

This list will be incomplete!

TV series underway:
  • CSI Vegas season 2 (vast majority still to watch), before can get to season 3 which we have recorded and waiting (and taking up Sky Q box space!)
  • Babylon 5 - nearing end of season 2 (our umpteenth umpteenth rewatch)
TV series still to start:
  • Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power season 2
  • Sandman season 2
  • House of Cards (1990s BBC version) - bought digitally after I heard Miles Richardson say a certain phrase in a Bernice Summerfield audio tonight!
  • The Owl Service (rewatch for me) - managed to nab a disc copy of this, before they were totally unavailable
  • Alias (rewatch for me; partial rewatch/fresh watch for Martin)
  • Kidnapped - 1978 TV version, starring David McCallum
  • (soon) Wednesday season 2
Films:
  • Flow (Oscar-winning animated cat film)
  • Wicked
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • D&D Honour Among Thieves
  • Night of the Demon (rewatch)
  • The Flight of Dragons - 1982 Rankin/Bass children's animated film I saw as a youngster, and have wanted to rewatch for years
  • Lord of the Rings 1978 Bakshi animated film (an incomplete version of LOTR) - have it waiting bought on Apple TV/iTunes
  • Hundreds of Beavers - bonkers slapstick comedy film
  • Timestalker - comedy/romance/timey wimey recent film
  • John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (I saw it decades ago and it was *memorable*!)
  • Wonka (the Timothée Chalamet version)
  • Perfect Friday - 1970 crime caper with David Warner and Ursula Andress
  • The Woman in Black - 1989 ITV telemovie (rewatch for me, first watch for Martin)
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • Paddington in Peru
vivdunstan: Test card (tv)
Been too sleepy to watch any more movies. And still haven't got to Rings of Power season 2. Our Babylon 5 rewatch is also currently on hold while we try to catch up with a mass of too much recorded telly in our Sky Q box.

I have been binge watching a lot of the early episodes of Glee. Which though cliched and corny is remarkably watchable. As a musical theatre fan I'm also happily there for all the songs shoehorned in. Martin hasn't strictly been watching it, mainly commenting as he potters around that "That sounds very weird!" But he did say tonight that having sat in for a bit more he can see how the format works, and is starting to appreciate it.

I'm also watching a lot of recorded panels/talks from the recent Cymera 2025 festival in Edinburgh of science fiction, fantasy and horror writing. Have already enjoyed panels including authors John Gwynne and Cymera regular T.L. Huchu. With many more to watch in the next 3 weeks or so while I still have access to them using my purchased digital festival pass.
vivdunstan: Test card (tv)
Thought I'd do a quick recap on the main things I've been/am watching recently. These are in addition to things we record on the Sky Q box and watch together. Watching anything at all is tricky for me given how heavily asleep I am for most of the time, including often at night between dinner and supper, assuming I can resurface for supper. But here are some of the main things I'm squeezing in.
  • Finishing Wednesday season 1, ready for watching season 2 later this year. I binge watched the last few episodes, which is extremely unusual for me.
  • Rewatching Daredevil from the very start, ready (though I may be lagging a bit behind!) for what looks like pretty much a continuation coming later this year on Disney+.
  • Watching plays on National Theatre at Home. So far I've got through London Tide (a version of Our Mutual Friend), Prima Facie (the Jodie Comer version), and am now onto Noel Coward's Present Laughter starring Andrew Scott. I have *so* many more on my watch list to hopefully get through with my year's subscription. It takes me a lot of watches to get through a single play.
  • Watching recorded talk videos from Treadwells occult bookshop in London. So far I've learned about subjects such as Greek folk tales about goblins at Christmas, and an overview of the history of grimoires. Lots more lined up to watch soon.
  • Enjoying some of my favourite YouTube channels, such as writer Christy Anne Jones and a Swiss family of Norwegian Forest cats.
vivdunstan: Part of own photo taken in local university botanic gardens. Tree trunks rise atmospherically, throwing shadows from the sun on the ground. (Default)
Can't get over how slow the BBC Scotland coverage is at keeping up with results. They announced one very early result almost 10 minutes late. I am flitting between tabs on websites while occasionally dropping in to watch BBC Scotland or Sky News. Mainly keeping the Sky News tab open for an accurate election count so far (they're quickest at noting the changes) and BBC Scotland's live results text feed for reports from ongoing counts etc. I am especially keen to see what happens in my constituency, Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (new this year), Dundee Central and North East Fife.

Later I'll switch to the UK wide BBC News coverage as hopefully lots of Tory high heid yins lose their seats! I am sporadically eating Doritos (chilli heatwave flavour) and drinking creamy strawberry milkshake (Shaken Udder). May also have a cup of tea and a couple of Maryland chocolate chip cookies.

P.S. Though George Galloway out. Fab!

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