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Feeling much better, stayed home from church, slept in, took my anti-biotic, and watched TV, making a huge dent in the DVR queue which was getting out of control. It was almost 80% full and very close to deleting tv shows at random.
Just finished watching a rather good episode of Doctor Who this morning - it's the second episode of this season, The Beast Below. And I loved it. I'm admittedly still getting used to Matt Smith as the new Who, he's not as pretty as David Tennant, nor as worldly. He's different. And much like Tennant taking from Eccleston, it will take time for me to warm to Smith. This is generally the case for me in regards to re-casts. That said? I rather love Karen Gillian's Amy Pound. She's refreshing. Reminds me a little of much younger version of Donna Noble. It could be the red hair. At any rate, methinks I'm going to adore Stephen Moffat's Doctor Who. Or like it much much better than RTD's.
What hits me about Doctor Who and Merlin - is the subtle cultural differences between the UK and the US, and there are several, but they are subtle and difficult to express in words. Yet do, I think, make it at times difficult for us to understand each other. I realized a major difference between the US and Europe - when the news stated that France and the Netherlands were prohibiting Muslim women from covering themselves head to toe. Yet, had no problems with nude beaches or scant attire. This is what ABC NEWS reported, not sure how true it is and it is the American media's interpretation. At any rate, the American response was generally - wait that's religious intolerance. Also in the US? We'd prohibit the nude beaches or make sure they were clearly marked. And the scant attire. We'd do the exact opposite of the French. Which is sort of amusing. Personally? I think people should be permitted to wear whatever they want within reason - ie, as long as they aren't hurting someone else or themselves by doing so. Of course the difficulty is it depends on how you look at it.
Let's face it, half of our problems stem from the fact that we just don't understand one another. At times I look at the world and what I see is this huge family tree with all these bickering siblings, some who aren't speaking to one another, some that have declared all out war, some who have decided to do an intervention and take over their sibling's life because let's face it the kid is screwed up, some who are just insane and all the others talk about in hushed whispers, others who are speaking but sort of have declared a truce - ie, you stay out of my business, I'll stay out yours, you help me, I help you, and we remember to send gifts and write notes on birthdays, plus do the whole family reunion thing whenever there's a birth, death, wedding or funeral.
Okay this post sort of got off topic. I wanted to talk about Doctor Who. ( spoilers for the second episode of Doctor Who. And no, I haven't seen anything but the second of this year's episodes to date, BBC America is three episodes behind the UK, so if you spoil me for upcoming episodes, I will kick you! )
Just finished watching a rather good episode of Doctor Who this morning - it's the second episode of this season, The Beast Below. And I loved it. I'm admittedly still getting used to Matt Smith as the new Who, he's not as pretty as David Tennant, nor as worldly. He's different. And much like Tennant taking from Eccleston, it will take time for me to warm to Smith. This is generally the case for me in regards to re-casts. That said? I rather love Karen Gillian's Amy Pound. She's refreshing. Reminds me a little of much younger version of Donna Noble. It could be the red hair. At any rate, methinks I'm going to adore Stephen Moffat's Doctor Who. Or like it much much better than RTD's.
What hits me about Doctor Who and Merlin - is the subtle cultural differences between the UK and the US, and there are several, but they are subtle and difficult to express in words. Yet do, I think, make it at times difficult for us to understand each other. I realized a major difference between the US and Europe - when the news stated that France and the Netherlands were prohibiting Muslim women from covering themselves head to toe. Yet, had no problems with nude beaches or scant attire. This is what ABC NEWS reported, not sure how true it is and it is the American media's interpretation. At any rate, the American response was generally - wait that's religious intolerance. Also in the US? We'd prohibit the nude beaches or make sure they were clearly marked. And the scant attire. We'd do the exact opposite of the French. Which is sort of amusing. Personally? I think people should be permitted to wear whatever they want within reason - ie, as long as they aren't hurting someone else or themselves by doing so. Of course the difficulty is it depends on how you look at it.
Let's face it, half of our problems stem from the fact that we just don't understand one another. At times I look at the world and what I see is this huge family tree with all these bickering siblings, some who aren't speaking to one another, some that have declared all out war, some who have decided to do an intervention and take over their sibling's life because let's face it the kid is screwed up, some who are just insane and all the others talk about in hushed whispers, others who are speaking but sort of have declared a truce - ie, you stay out of my business, I'll stay out yours, you help me, I help you, and we remember to send gifts and write notes on birthdays, plus do the whole family reunion thing whenever there's a birth, death, wedding or funeral.
Okay this post sort of got off topic. I wanted to talk about Doctor Who. ( spoilers for the second episode of Doctor Who. And no, I haven't seen anything but the second of this year's episodes to date, BBC America is three episodes behind the UK, so if you spoil me for upcoming episodes, I will kick you! )