update of updateness

[ladymercury_10]

Via elisi: it appears the recent LJ modifications may not be as disastrous as they first appeared?  As summarized here, there will be some customizability, including the ability to switch off infinite scroll (thank goodness).  Also, paid accounts aren't really going away--if you have one, you'll still have one, it looks like, and if you don't have one yet, you'll be able to just buy the features you want, instead of a bundle.  If you have a paid account when that happens, it looks like you may also get some special privileges?

So that's good.  I think?  I hope.

In other news: I am very excited to get my Yuletide assignment, I don't understand permutation groups so I expect that at least one of the proofs I wrote up for my homework makes no sense (oh well), and I have once again gotten overly ambitious with the borrowing of library books and comics. (Batgirl!  Batman!  The Great Gatsby!  Wait, what?  Who thought it was a good idea to give me library cards?) 

Oh!  And I started poking at the nearly-infinite Doctor Who backlog.  I started watching in 2010, so I've seen all of Moffat Who, somewhere between half and two thirds of RTD Who, and two Fourth Doctor serials.  But I read Classic and Multi-era fanfic sometimes, and I was on an Ace/Hex fanfic binge the other day, and I thought, hmm, maybe I should, you know, actually watch some Seven-era.  So I watched Ghost Light, and I didn't understand a lick of the plot, but it was fun and spooky and Seven was great.  He is much calmer than the Doctors I am used to, and also very scary when he wants to be.  And Ace!  She was actually less big and tough, somehow, than I expected her to be, but she seems like a good companion.  Although--were the TV acting guidelines different in the 80s?  It seemed a bit melodramatic to me.  But the school library had Remembrance of the Daleks, so that's on my desk, waiting and hoping for my legendarily poor TV attention span to return to it. :P

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'm well-versed in Who, and I've seen "Ghost Light" probably half a dozen times, and I still don't entirely understand the plot. Mainly, I think, because some of the more random elements are holdovers from an earlier version of the story... which was really an entirely different story. But it's still very cool. And I adore Seven and Ace. But, really, when Seven is calm, that's when you have to worry... :)

"Remembrance of the Daleks" is something of a personal favorite of mine. It's also full of a million awesome continuity references you probably won't get if you're not familiar with the early years of the show, but hopefully that will not prove an impediment to your enjoyment.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

From what I hear, it just doesn't really make sense. But compounded with that the combination of bad 80s sound quality + British accents with no subtitles meant that I missed most of the subtleties beyond "This is a creepy house from Ace's childhood and there are several possibly interlocking evil plots going down inside. Also, bugs."

Hmm, maybe I should look Remembrance of the Daleks up on Wikipedia or something first and see it has one of those handy little "Continuity notes" sections? If I get spoilered in the process, well, maybe I will actually understand the plot the first time around, haha, although I might have subtitles as an option this time since it's a DVD and not an Amazon stream. :P

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

It sounds to me like you got most of the gist of "Ghost Light." Throw in a lot of stuff about evolution and Ace wearing a tux, and I think you've got everything important there. :)

If there is a continuity guide to "Remembrance," it's probably very long. If not, and things about it confuse you, you can always ask your flist. :)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Yep, evolution, random guy partially devolving into a chimp, people turning into bug-husks randomly. And Ace in a tuxedo. :P

Haha, is it one of those, "And now we celebrate the long and glorious history of Doctor Who, name-drop, name-drop, oh look a thing!" kind of episodes?

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

It is exactly that kind of episode. well, it was their 25th anniversary year. It's actually set in the same place as the very first episode of the show, just a little while after he originally left. :)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Awww, that sounds really fun!