Long time no see!

     Holy shit! I just realized that I haven't written in this blog for two years! Talk about procrastination! Since then, with the help of an old FWB, I have become a Whovian - a fan of Dr. Who. I absolutely love it. In fact, I'm watching the 8th season of the revised series on Netflix while writing this. It's the first season with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, and I think they picked a good one to play the role. I think he is the second Scottish actor to play him.
    There are a lot of talks among science fiction geeks regarding who should play the first black or female Doctor. I put out the idea that Marina Sirtis, the actress who played Counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation, should play a female Doctor. Many others said that she's too well-established in the world of science fiction, that her pre-existing celebrity would offset the role. The celebrity factor was also mentioned when I thought of Idris Elba as the first black Doctor.
     I spent a few days watching the entire series of The IT Crowd. I was impressed with the character Maurice Moss' off-beat and weird geekiness. I think that the actor who played him, Richard Ayoade, should play the first black Doctor. Granted, he is biracial - being the son of a Nigerian and Norwegian parent each, but he'd still be a good choice in breaking that barrier.
     So, anyone who's reading this, what do you think? Most who would be reading this probably got the link from my Facebook feed, so inbox or tag me. If there's anyone who randomly found my TV/movie blog from another source, Tweet me @Toastercookies

Random fond memory.

     I was watching a make-up commercial that featured Kate Hudson. It make me think of one of my fondest memories of watching a movie with my mom. She always was a fan of Goldie Hawn, and she would claim that people told her that she looked like Goldie when she was a young adult.
     When "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days" came out on DVD, we watched it, and she had to take a break to go to the kitchen, so I paused it. She came back, and I thought I'd play a guessing game with her. I said "Look at this girl's face. Whose daughter is she?" It took her a while, and I ended up having to tell her. Her jaw dropped, and it took her a minute to study Kate's face.
     So, it's a random thought, but I just thought I'd say that I always think of that when I see Kate Hudson in a movie or commercial.

"Chernobyl Diaries"

     I just watched this movie last night. It was pretty decent. Although, it wasn't so much of a "found footage" movie, like I thought it was going to be. I was thinking it was going to be in the realm of "Cloverfield," with radioactive mutants that were nothing like what we've seen before. It ended up being more like a zombie movie.
     I remember when the Chernobyl disaster happened back in 1986, when an explosion leaked radioactive particles in the air. And while watching this movie, I kept thinking about this joke by Jimmy Carr: "It's been 25 years since Chernobyl; does it bother anyone that there are no superheroes yet?" Another quirky thing that I wondered about was that the tourists, when they got out of the van, looked around. At least one building had a striking, intact, mural of Vladimir Lenin, and then there was an abandoned amusment park. I couldn't figure out why they clammered to get a picture taken in front of the broken down ferris wheel, and not the big mural.
     But, all in all, if you want startling scares, it's an good one. My problem is that they didn't show much of the enemies. Maybe a brief glimpse. They left too much to the imagination. If I wanted that I'd read a novel of it. The reason we watch movies is to see the director's imagination. It's like "Let me see what crawled out of the dark side of your mind. Don't hint at it!" That's kind of my problem with a lot of modern horror movies. They're supposed to get in your face with the scary things, not drop clues and give us glimpses that more often confuse us than scare us.