Friday rambles
Aug. 21st, 2010 12:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerNow that I've figured out the html code for posting a picture on LJ, I have to see if I can manage to get the lovely illustration that tempestas_inu drew for me of a scene from "Miles from Aberdeen" onto the fic itself at Teaspoon. Wish me luck!
Changing the subject completely, but has anyone seen Casanova with David Tennant? I just started watching some of it, and it's a bit of a trippy experience -- like watching the Tenth Doctor pretending to be a Venetian womanizer. I've seen David in other roles and never before been reminded of the Doctor, but there are so many scenes in Casanova where he sounds exactly the same, it just keeps hitting me in the face. I suppose it's not too surprising considering that Casanova was written by RTD, and David used the same accent for both roles (or close enough to my ignorant American ears), but the result is a very surreal experience.
And that's it for the rambling. I'd love to give an update on my writing, but it's currently dead in the water again. I'm busy tomorrow, but I'm going to sit down on Sunday and see how much of a marathon session I can pull off.
tempestas_inu drew for me of a scene from "Miles from Aberdeen" onto the fic itself at Teaspoon. Wish me luck!Changing the subject completely, but has anyone seen Casanova with David Tennant? I just started watching some of it, and it's a bit of a trippy experience -- like watching the Tenth Doctor pretending to be a Venetian womanizer. I've seen David in other roles and never before been reminded of the Doctor, but there are so many scenes in Casanova where he sounds exactly the same, it just keeps hitting me in the face. I suppose it's not too surprising considering that Casanova was written by RTD, and David used the same accent for both roles (or close enough to my ignorant American ears), but the result is a very surreal experience.
And that's it for the rambling. I'd love to give an update on my writing, but it's currently dead in the water again. I'm busy tomorrow, but I'm going to sit down on Sunday and see how much of a marathon session I can pull off.
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Date: 2010-08-21 07:49 am (UTC)I consider it sheer laziness on the part of RTD to write both Casanova and Ten with the same accent. I still don't know why Ten couldn't have had David's natural Scottish accent - it's not like the Doctor hadn't been Scottish before!
Sympathies on the writing thing - I'm still trying to finish writing chapter 6 of my original fic - but am also writing chunks of chapter 7 - blessed plot bunny! (Herman's a wicked one!)
Inserting images to Teaspoon isn't as easy as offering a link (to, eg, Photobucket) so good luck...
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Date: 2010-08-21 08:08 am (UTC)Oh, rats, I was afraid of that. Well, maybe I'll just stick in a link to the picture instead.
I consider it sheer laziness on the part of RTD to write both Casanova and Ten with the same accent.
I don't think it was laziness, was it? My understanding is that RTD really thought that it was preferable for the Tenth Doctor to not have a Scottish accent. Something to do with following on from Eccleston's Northern accent, and not wanting to "do a tour of the regions" (not that I understand why that would be a problem, though). It's too bad, because I adore David's real accent, and I really wish he would get to use it more often in his acting! I especially wish he'd been able to use it for "Rex is Not Your Laywer" -- did you see the clip from the pilot that got posted around not long ago? I love David's acting, but his American accent was truly horrendous. Where's Nicola Bryant when you need her?
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Date: 2010-08-21 09:43 am (UTC)Oh, my goodness, it must have been bad! :lol:
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Date: 2010-08-24 12:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-21 01:54 pm (UTC)Sorry!
I don't think it was laziness, was it? My understanding is that RTD really thought that it was preferable for the Tenth Doctor to not have a Scottish accent. Something to do with following on from Eccleston's Northern accent, and not wanting to "do a tour of the regions" (not that I understand why that would be a problem, though).
Which is why I consider it laziness - he knew David could do that godsawful mockney accent so he didn't bother letting David either use his real accent or do a different one. And no, I don't understand why Ten being Scottish after Nine's northern should be any kind of issue. Sometimes I worry about the way in which Rusty's brain works (or rather, doesn't seem to work!)
It's too bad, because I adore David's real accent, and I really wish he would get to use it more often in his acting! I especially wish he'd been able to use it for "Rex is Not Your Laywer" -- did you see the clip from the pilot that got posted around not long ago? I love David's acting, but his American accent was truly horrendous. Where's Nicola Bryant when you need her?
It is appalling - even to a non-American! I don't why he couldn't have used the accent he used in 'Of Mice and Men' - most people who've heard it have said that he did a much better American accent in that than in anything else. (And yes, I wish he could've been Scottish - they could've explained it as his parents being ex-pats - plenty of ex-pats retain their accents in other countries.)
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Date: 2010-08-24 12:46 am (UTC)Yep, or he could've been an ex-pat himself. We have plenty of people here from the UK.
I haven't heard his Of Mice and Men accent, but he could hardly have been worse. ; )
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Date: 2010-08-24 05:03 am (UTC)Oh! I recommend his 'Of Mice and Men' if you can track it down - it was beautiful and moving...
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Date: 2010-08-21 08:47 am (UTC)And man, I really should go and find some of Tennant's other stuff. Trippy experience aside (from what you've said, I can imagine it) I'm interested in both his portrayal of Casanova as well as his Hamlet.
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:00 am (UTC)I really enjoyed both Casanova and Hamlet. You can watch Hamlet legally, for free, at PBS' website here:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1473795626/
I highly recommend it!
Casanova I found on youtube -- search for "Tennant Casanova" and you'll find it. Be warned that the show includes sex scenes -- nothing super explicit, but it'd probably get an R rating here.
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Date: 2010-08-27 06:56 am (UTC)I feel like a whiny record! Hope it's not coming across that way. No it's not, it's totally fine, sometimes its good to vent, and I really don't mind.
Thanks for the links! I'll check 'em out. Funny, I got a Hamlet book for school the other day. I'm no longer taking the class the book was supposed to be for but I kept it for reading on my free time.
As for Casanova... I'll heed the warning, though its not like I haven't seen rated R stuff before :P.
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Date: 2010-08-27 08:33 pm (UTC)LOL . . truthfully, the sex scenes are a very small part of the show, and they're mostly played for humor anyway, but I like to give people fair warning of what they're in for, especially as this is an unlocked journal and you never know who might be reading.
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Date: 2010-08-28 04:13 am (UTC)Unrelated to Casanova, but because I had also mentioned Hamlet and have no one else to say this to I'm just dumping it here. Like, literally moments after I received your reply, I ran into an old English teacher of mine and we chatted, and Hamlet came up because, like I said, I was originally supposed to take a class that went over that book. I just discovered my english teacher LOVED David's version of Hamlet XD. I mean, I guess its not too surprising that she saw it considering she *is* an english teacher, but it seemed kinda weird/neat to me.
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Date: 2010-08-28 05:18 am (UTC)Speaking of non sequiturs, I should let you know that I have managed to successfully add your wonderful picture to the last chapter of "Miles from Aberdeen" on Teaspoon. Hopefully you like the way I credited you, but let me know if you want me to change anything. The picture still makes me smile every time I see it.
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Date: 2010-08-21 09:44 am (UTC)It is a shame about not using David's real accent, though.
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:29 am (UTC)It is a shame about not using David's real accent, though.
It is! I love his real accent. Okay, I love the Scottish accent in general. I sometimes watch the Craig Ferguson show just to listen to Craig's accent.
(Not sure if you know Craig Ferguson over there -- he's a Scottish expat actor who hosts a late-night TV show here.)
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Date: 2010-08-24 07:44 pm (UTC)The name sounds sort of familiar, but not so much that I actually know who he is! :-)
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Date: 2010-08-24 08:48 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOOtTeerLNo
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Date: 2010-09-08 05:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-09 04:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-21 11:15 am (UTC)Good luck with writing!
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:31 am (UTC)LOL, that's it! That completely sums up the experience of watching Casanova. :D
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Date: 2010-08-21 01:58 pm (UTC)If you've ever manually added a picture on an LJ entry, it's the same way as it's done at Teaspoon. Type < img src="URL">
After you insert your image URL between the quotes, you have to remove the space after the <, but leave the space between img and src. Then your picture will show up.
ETA: And if for some reason you still do have a problem, PM me and I can add the picture to the story for you.
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-23 03:47 am (UTC)I ordered it cheap off Amazon after laughing myself silly at the confessional scene on Youtube. Then I watched it with my room mates and we all found it hilarious and now have far too many in jokes based on it. Chief among them being the fact that:
NAPLES DOES NOT EXIST.
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Date: 2010-08-24 01:39 am (UTC)The confessional scene is indeed awesome.
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Date: 2010-08-24 02:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
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