I have netflix! I’ve had the subscription for a while, a year or so, and I’ve never run out of things to watch. There’s always something on netflix that I’m watching, or could watch but your mileage may vary.
If I was you I would check out this site – New On Netflix UK – and browse the catalog. See how much netflix offers that you are interested in watching. I would also think about how often you might watch netflix and then balance that against the monthly sub.
Personally, I follow several shows on netflix that get new episodes weekly (when they are airing). Plus there’s all the stuff in the netflix archive, or they add new seasons of shows I like in bulk on occasion etc. so I probably watch several times a week. Also especially because netflix are increasingly getting into original content, I think it’s worth it because netflix offers stuff that I can’t get anywhere else.
Ok I know I’ve made a couple of posts about this already while I was watching it. This wasn’t a movie, this was a mini-series, so it was over five hours long. You know how I said yesterday I was going to have a battle between reason (aka going to bed at a decent hour) and self-control? Well my lack of self-control won out and I watched the remaining two episodes last night.
Under the cut for the length because I really liked it, and the more I like something, the more I have tendency to go on about it.
I watched To End All Wars earlier. I’m not really sure what to say about it, except unless biopics are a genre you like, then I wouldn’t recommend it at all.
Anyway, to cheer myself up I watched another two episodes of The Last Enemy. I’m debating whether to watch another before bed, but then I would only have one episode left, so really I need to watch both but that would make it close to midnight. The battle is on – reason vs self-control.
Honestly 10/10 would recommend this. I think this is probably my third favorite Robert Carlyle project that I’ve seen so far. Stargate Universe is #1 and Once Upon a Time is obviously #2. I love Lachlan a lot, but California Solo was a slice of life film. It was one of the better ones I’ve seen but it’s really not my thing. The Last Enemy is very much my genre, and I’m really liking it. I have two episodes left so if the conclusion sucks, then I might change my mind but so far so good.
I would prepare yourselves though, because I’m fairly certain the second I get time (haha, excuse me while I laugh at myself) I’m going to wind up writing some anyelle for this. David Russell, thus far at least, is my kind of character. He is a super spy – intelligent, dangerous, he has people everywhere. I’m fairly certain he’s lying about his motives (I love it when he’s cryptic and sneaky). There’s also his whole aesthetic, very inspiring.
Oh and in case anyone was worried. Yeah he does get lines in episode two 🙂
Question for discussion– in this scene from 6×10, Rumple used hairs from both himself and Belle in an attempt to find Gideon. But in 2×12, he used the same magical object to track Bae, using only his own blood. I’m wondering why he used a different method for Gideon.
My speculation is that he already tried using just his blood and it didn’t work. Using the hairs from both of them (and bearing in mind hairs were the ingredient for bottling true love) would presumably be a more powerful way of doing it. When that failed as well, that is when he said to Belle “He’s gone. I used strands of our hair, our essence, to track him. He’s not here. He’s nowhere.” – I think that’s when he started to panic.
1) We really do have the most talented writers in this fandom don’t we? I know that’s more of a statement than a question, but I’ve read a fair bit of Macelle fic. It’s not my preferred anyelle but it seems to be quite popular. Father MacAvoy wasn’t exactly fleshed out very much as a character, so if The Tournament is all the source material there is then, just wow, I’m impressed.
2) Has anybody actually done an anyelle with The Tournament as a basis? When I was watching I was thinking replace Lai Lai Zhen with Belle (I know Belle as an assassin is a huge stretch). It’s just the interaction between MacAvoy and Lai Lai made me think that would work quite well. They sort of were protecting one another, fighting together, technically MacAvoy killed for her. Now, I know to quote Speed “relationships formed under intense circumstances rarely work out” but at the end rather than going back to his regular miserable life, MacAvoy could head off into the sunset with Belle who would get all patched up and job done.
Anyway I thought the premise was interesting. It’s like a grown-up Hunger Games. I’m quite sure people’s heads don’t actually explode like that but it was a spectacle. I think half of their budget must have gone on fake blood practically, it was kinda unnecessary. Also I really want to know, who got the 10 million dollar prize money? Technically Lai Lai was the surviving assassin but with Joshua doing that fake out, and then the manager guy dying, would they have still paid out?
Now I am actually a fan of action movies. This one is pretty mindless, and pretty stupid in places, but it wasn’t bad. The Anton character that cheated, which is how MacAvoy got drawn into the game, he did some fairly awesome acrobatics. Actually full props to the stunt team, they did know how to fake fight very well. I’m almost sorry that guy died. He was the only one clever enough, or daring enough to take out the tracker. Good for him!
So in terms of being an actual movie, then yeah not bad. I have to be honest it’s something I might have watched anyway, and not just for Robert Carlyle. As much as I love Lachlan, I can’t say the same about something like California Solo. In terms of watching just for Robert Carlyle? It was alright but like I said I really didn’t connect with MacAvoy. I am beyond impressed with all the incredible Macelle writers. To be honest I might be tempted to recommend just sticking with reading the Macelle and don’t bother with the movie. The writers really bring a depth to MacAvoy which the movie just doesn’t.
I can just imagine his wait… wut? face when he realizes she’s dead serious. It’s got all the things we need: marriage of inconvenience, possible bed sharing shenanigans, Dork One, and of course panty melting smut.
WANT
I really need this
Why would Belle ask for such a random and yet specific quality? Either she’s targeting Rumple (seems unlikely as his skill wasn’t well known, Avonlea offered him gold for his help), or she doesn’t think it’s possible and therefore she won’t have to marry anyone. That also seems unlikely because Cora was only the previous generation and I highly doubt she was allowed to stop spinning when she got married. I’m sure King Xavier’s kingdom did very well for itself thanks to all that gold. It makes you wonder why King George’s kingdom was so bankrupt, perhaps because King Xavier’s kingdom had driven up the prices for everything?
But back to the prompt. Why would Belle specify spinning for gold? Maybe someone like Regina put the idea in her head? Either Regina thought it would amuse Rumple to play with the nobles (as the prompt suggests) and never imagined Belle would insist on going through with it, or Regina thought it would be amusing for some reason. Perhaps Avonlea was a key trade point and she thought it would weaken them for a takeover, perhaps she thought that Belle might offer Snow sanctuary and acted preemptively. There’s lots of possibilities and I find Enchanted Forest politics fascinating oops.
This would be quite interesting of course after Rumple finds himself falling in love with Belle, and then discovers Regina’s part in how it all got started …
I’ve been watching the anti-Belle comments add up on this transcript post ever since the night the episode aired, and didn’t respond till now b/c I considered those transcripts to be something I put out there for the fandom to use as they want, and people are allowed to have their opinions even if I disagree with them.
(That said, if I do the transcripts for 6B, I’ll be adding a request to each one that if people want to make anti comments about either character, not to do it on the transcript post. People are allowed to have their opinions, but I don’t want hateful opinions associated with my blog.)
But I’m finally speaking up on that particular scene, b/c I just don’t get it. What, exactly, did Belle say that was so awful?
She told him that she wouldn’t allow him to tamper with their son’s fate, like any mother defending their child would do. She reiterated that she believes him to be capable of love, and capable of being a good man. She asked him to be that good man and good father who earns his son’s love, rather than taking it by magical force.
She accused him of being afraid of failing, of being weak. That seems to be the point which really provoked many fans’ wrath. I saw that as her challenging him. She’s always challenged him, right from the beginning. She still thinks he can be a good, decent man…not a perfect one, just a good one. How is challenging him to be good, such an awful thing?
I just don’t understand where all the hate is coming from, based on that one short scene.
You said I could respond, so here’s my response 🙂 Obviously I can only speak for me. I come from the perspective that I support both Rumple and Belle, I don’t side with one over the other, I try and see both sides. That being said I had a real problem with this scene. Why is that?
Under the cut for length. Also in case this doesn’t get copied in the tags, warning for discussion of mental illness.
raise your hand if you’ve ever started watching a show solely because of a ship you saw on tumblr.
Did somebody say Farscape?
Seriously I’d even actually tried this show once and decided I didn’t like it. Then tumblr started with all the pretty gifsets and the next thing I knew I’d got the complete series on DVD for Christmas. Thank you tumblr 🙂
I know that’s Sergei and he doesn’t get a Belle because he’s Evil with a capital E, but just take his look and not his background. That’s Gold, a slick talent agent and Belle French, a rising star at her first Venice film festival. It could be set in the past before the festival was shutdown, or in the present after it was brought back.
Venice film festivity! I like it!
(Ack! Yes, I too know that Sergei is on the Blacklisted Bobbies, but goddammit his face is too pretty not to like! Good thing he is talent agent!Gold though! :3)
I know! He looks so good as Sergei, it’s just unfair. So I definitely approve of re-purposing the pictures for inspiration 🙂 I have a few Sergei gifsets in my queue. I thought looking at a couple of them that he looked like a spy.
So secret agent!Gold is meeting a contact in Venice – Gaston. Now Gaston’s cover is that he is travelling with his girlfriend the fashion model Belle French. When Gaston is killed, Gold has to protect Belle from bad people who also want her dead because they believe she knows something/has a flash drive/I don’t know something like that.
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS I WOULD PAY ACTUAL CURRENCY TO READ THAT WTF YES PLEASE CAN THIS BECOME A THING PLEASE? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST THE PREMISE SOUNDS AMAZING, I CAN’T EVEN FATHOM HOW AMAZING THIS WOULD BE WHEN ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO A STORY WHAT EVEN *DIES* *IS DEAD*
The Secret Agent AU yeah? I … might be persuaded to hook you up. I mean my work in progress list is scary long and I can’t promise when I’ll finish anything, but it could be a thing at some point. Oh who am I kidding? I actually started typing (I have no self-control) and this is how I thought it could start …
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“The names Legume, Gaston Legume,” Gaston introduced himself with a wink and a tip of his martini glass.
“Bloody wonderful,” Gold muttered.
It wasn’t bad enough that they’d dragged him out of retirement; his supposed contact was a James Bond wannabe. Still it was just a simple retrieval mission, what could possibly go wrong?
Update – just because I find this utterly hilarious.
You know how I was laughing earlier because Robert Carlyle had been on screen 3x and not said a word? Well I’ve watched the whole extended first episode of The Last Enemy now. He was on screen 9-10x and did not have a single line.
I mean mastery of acting doing silent scenes, and this is a good look for him, but seriously what a waste of his accent. I hope he has lines in episode two! Plus watching him skulk around is fun, but I want to know more about his character and have be involved in the plot. A couple of other characters talked about him, so we got his name and a tiny bit of info but it sounded so interesting, I want more.
Damn you Robert Carlyle. *goes to find out what the heck this is so I can watch too*
There’s an extended version?!?!?! AHHH MUST FIND!
Well on the DVD episode one was listed as ‘extended’ at 85 minutes. All the other episodes are 60 minutes. I’ve never seen it anywhere but the DVD so I have no idea if it’s always that length or not.
I hate watching thrillers. I had this urge to stay up all night binge watching the whole thing just to find out how it ended. I restrained myself but I put this on to watch first because there was more of it so I’m supposed to space it out. Yeah I don’t think that’s going to happen. Although I really don’t like the main character which might help with my patience. On the other hand I made it through 5 seasons of Alias with a loathing of Sydney and Vaughn so perhaps not.
