Things & old spooky vidlet
Oct. 31st, 2014 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisbluespirit1. LJ, whatever that stupid bar thing is at the bottom of my page, make it go away now, or I'll be off myself. Aargh. (It's the small things, sorry. I don't want it; it annoys me, and I've got my browser lower so that at the moment it's hidden behind the desktop toolbar thingy, but I'd rather make it go away.) The good thing about LJ is that someone's bound to come up with a way to do that pretty quickly, at least. *sigh* LJ, you'd been doing so well lately, too.) ETA: Yay, someone knows a way to turn it off. (Go to Profile: Settings: Extensions & untick the LJ Times box. Hurrah! Thanks, a_phoenixdragaon!)
2. Yuletide assignments are out, and the period of secrecy begins. I'm pleased with my assignment, but also very amused, for reasons. I hope everyone else is okay with theirs, too? Good luck! See you at reveals...
3. I went to the doctor's this morning, so was a bit weird but happily (unhappily?), I was at the last ep of SotT and therefore could come home, watch it, and cry in the good way. Very helpful. Thanks, 1970s BBC. (I can always rely on them to make me cry these days.)
(I also yesterday finally watched the extra on the DVD - a 50 min drama from 1969 called "The Tower: The Innocent", from which SotT was eventually extended. It has different actors - except for James Maxwell. Which is weird. He's Henry VII, but not the SotT Henry VII, just, well, a rather stern king. I was writing a whole post making comparisons and then realised that nobody else has seen either of them except maybe Liadt and I should either not or at least wait till I had pictures.)
4. Talking of which, have a vidlet I made two years ago for a Hallowe'en![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fan_flashworks challenge, since it's Hallowe'en and I've just been appropriately rewatching this very episode. (Death masks, people! Death masks. Creepy. *nods*) (It's even more appropriate when you factor in the James Maxwell ghost story. ;-p Though, it's possible I was just being shippy and gloomy at the time, but what the hell.)
(I don't really do Hallowe'en, but I like some spooky things. ♥)
2. Yuletide assignments are out, and the period of secrecy begins. I'm pleased with my assignment, but also very amused, for reasons. I hope everyone else is okay with theirs, too? Good luck! See you at reveals...
3. I went to the doctor's this morning, so was a bit weird but happily (unhappily?), I was at the last ep of SotT and therefore could come home, watch it, and cry in the good way. Very helpful. Thanks, 1970s BBC. (I can always rely on them to make me cry these days.)
(I also yesterday finally watched the extra on the DVD - a 50 min drama from 1969 called "The Tower: The Innocent", from which SotT was eventually extended. It has different actors - except for James Maxwell. Which is weird. He's Henry VII, but not the SotT Henry VII, just, well, a rather stern king. I was writing a whole post making comparisons and then realised that nobody else has seen either of them except maybe Liadt and I should either not or at least wait till I had pictures.)
4. Talking of which, have a vidlet I made two years ago for a Hallowe'en
fan_flashworks challenge, since it's Hallowe'en and I've just been appropriately rewatching this very episode. (Death masks, people! Death masks. Creepy. *nods*) (It's even more appropriate when you factor in the James Maxwell ghost story. ;-p Though, it's possible I was just being shippy and gloomy at the time, but what the hell.)(I don't really do Hallowe'en, but I like some spooky things. ♥)
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Date: 2014-10-31 12:53 pm (UTC)I hate going to the doctor's office. I assume everything is okay, love?
*SQUISHES YOU*
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Date: 2014-10-31 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-31 12:56 pm (UTC)Everything is okay; it's my regular three month visit for my Chronic Fatigue. Something else has come up, so I've got some tests coming up, but it shouldn't be anything serious. :-)
(I took away my "Your shininess is noted" Silver icon a while back, but imagine I'm using it in gratitude now!)
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Date: 2014-10-31 12:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-31 12:59 pm (UTC)Crossing my fingers, honey. A thousand blessings to you.
*Smiles* Thank you - imagination is being utilized at this moment (awesome icon, by the by.)
♥
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Date: 2014-10-31 01:00 pm (UTC)I also looked at the "Livejournal on maps" screen -- which has a language setting, but LJ Times does not. (It's marked Beta, but at this rate, the non-Russian camp is all going to bail on it before it gets out of beta.)
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Date: 2014-10-31 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-31 01:45 pm (UTC)I totally credit
*HUGS*
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Date: 2014-10-31 01:47 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:07 pm (UTC)I watched the extras nearly a year ago, so I can't remember much about the b/w one. I think H7 was different as you said, but that's about it:S
Scarey vid yes - esp with the music!
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:38 pm (UTC)*bigsquishy(nonspooky)Pershugs*
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:42 pm (UTC)At least this "feature" is relatively unobtrusive.
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:48 pm (UTC)Wow, I'm kind of impressed you watched the extras! It's taken me this long to get round to it (though, to be fair, my Mum had the DVDs for a year). And, yes, although it was random, Henry's council suddenly having different characters - Oxford had turned evil because he was being played by Bernard Archard, and Morton had become much saintlier. Both the Warwicks were good, though. And since it was directed by Jonathan Alwyn, it looks as if he's the one James Maxwell should blame for getting him known as the actor who looks most like Henry VII! (I might still do a post. With pictures. It depends how I feel.)
Thank you. ♥
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:49 pm (UTC)*hugs back tightly*
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Date: 2014-10-31 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-31 05:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-31 05:29 pm (UTC)A TV-induced cry is the best kind of cry ♥ *hugs you*
I really loved the vidlet! ♥ The looks and touching were very subtle, so emotional, and the choice of music + the voice at the end… ♥
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Date: 2014-11-01 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-11-01 01:14 am (UTC)Hurray! Yuletide! I am... discontented by one of my recipients likes, but am happy about the fandom we matched on, so I'm fairly confident I can make them something nice. Though maybe not exactly what they wanted, which is sad.
And hurray again for old tv episodes and fun extras. :D
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Date: 2014-11-01 08:32 am (UTC)Sometimes you need it. *nods*
And, aw, thanks! I'm glad you liked it. It's rather slow & odd, but it was an experimental little thing & I still think it's not too bad. :-)
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Date: 2014-11-01 08:33 am (UTC)Until reveals, we shall both wander around being cryptic. *nods* Good luck with yours! ♥
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Date: 2014-11-01 08:39 am (UTC)Aw, well, good luck with it! Yuletide does make you realise how differently we can like the same things. There have been quite a few times when I've read round the letters & had to run back to either take a fandom or character out of my offers because somebody has such a different view of it. But I'm sure you'll give them something lovely anyway. *hugs* Maybe you'll even have time to treat somebody else, too. (It can be a carrot to get you through a difficult assignment sometimes.) Whatever, I do hope you enjoy your first Yuletide. ♥
It was certainly interesting. It had a remarkably saintly young Corin Redgrave in it. (I continue to sulk about the lack of extras on nearly every other old TV DVD release, though. It's very ungrateful of me, but I wish so much the BBC Shakespeare had commentaries just for starters. I have so many questions about them, and also if they'd got David Collings and Richard Pasco to do Julius Caesar, it would have been the most entertaining commentary ever, I'm firmly convinced.) *cougH* I mean, yes, sorry! :lol:
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Date: 2014-11-01 09:59 am (UTC)A proper cry is sooooooooo relaxing. Hope you weren't too stressed by the doc.
Ai, spooky vid! You know, you can tell from the first glimpse of her face that this isn't going to be a happy love story. That faint suggestion that if she was axe-murdered in her bed, she wouldn't be at all surprised.
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Date: 2014-11-01 02:14 pm (UTC)Well, the rhythm seemed to fit the atmosphere/emotion. I really liked it. Well done :)
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Date: 2014-11-01 04:31 pm (UTC)I watch all the extras - I'm getting my moneys worth! Except for films randomly enough. Yes, it's all Alwyn's fault because he loves Maxwell;p
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Date: 2014-11-01 04:45 pm (UTC)Thanks! ♥
And, ha, glad you liked it! She's not getting axe-murdered, though! Henry loves her! When she dies he goes all funny and locks himself in her room and kisses her shoes!
Er... :lol:
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Date: 2014-11-01 04:54 pm (UTC)Jonathan Alwyn/James Maxwell, epic RPF OTP? :lol: ♥ (Jonathan Alwyn cast him in EatD, too, though he didn't get him in Public Eye, sadly.)
I like extras, but I only watch them when I want to. Film extras do tend to be not as good as TV extras, so that sounds sensible! Also UK DVDs usually have better extras than US TV series, too.
(ETA: And he was producer for the 1968 Dracula and the series of Bergerac that James Maxwell was in. You're right. It must be love! ;-p)
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Date: 2014-11-02 03:13 pm (UTC)I know it's love because I've got an Avengers commentary where Jonathan Alwyn waffles on about James Maxwell and 'Tales of M&I'!
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Date: 2014-11-02 04:48 pm (UTC)