I haven't blogged for ages! Hmm.

Tony Amendola (Bra'tac in Stargate) was in Alias on Wednesday. He's a nice guy. He did seem to have a tendency to try and run acting classes when he was at the Stargate convention I went to, but still. (Yes, a Stargate convention, how sad am I?!) Alias doesn't seem to be quite as exciting as it was. There are only so many "she's going to die" cliffhangers that you can have without it getting silly. *sigh*

Still, even if it's not as exciting as it was, it's better than a lot of TV that's around at the moment.

And Tony Head (Giles in Buffy) was in Spooks on Tuesday. He was an MI5 agent that seemed to have divided loyalties. He met a nasty end, too. I'm always confused about his accent. He was born in Camden, which means he should have had a sort of cockey accent, in theory. But whenever he has a role where he's supposed to have a sort of cockney accent, he doesn't sound... right. Whether that's because I'm used to him sounding posh, or whether it's because he's lost the ability to do a decent common person accent, I don't know. Hmm.

TV, isn't it great?

You know what else I watched this week? The Postman. I'd thought it was going to be awful, especially after watching that other Kevin Costner post-apocalyptic epic. Heh. But it was surprisingly good!

I liked the excellent Shakespearean actor, Bill the Mule. His swordfighting was excellent! I liked it when the people complained that they wanted to watch The Sound of Music instead of Universal Soldier. I liked lots of bits, really. But it was overly long, and they could have expanded some bits more and left out a lot. It's easy to say that, I know. Without being specific about what should be done, I mean. But I liked it. I sort of wish I'd taped it. It would probably be silly to buy the DVD!

But I've ordered the book. So I'll probably be talking about this in the future. *grin*

So, what else happened this week? The main thing was probably the England vs. Argentina football match, which I didn't watch because I was at work. It was probably more exciting experiencing it the way I did - via the people above us in the pool club. They were really noisy when England scored, with cheering and chanting and stamping. It scared a lot of the customers, who don't realise what's on the next floor. Heh.

After the match they played England World Cup songs really loudly. And then we could hear people singing. Indeed, I could see the singing people when I left work at 5.30pm. There were many people wandering the High Street draped in the flag of St. George. And to think that before now I've never heard out of tune (probably slightly tipsy) young men singing "I'm H A P P Y" very loudly.

I'll probably remember it forever.

Bizarre...

posted by Fiery Fred @ 9:56 PM