RETAIL EXTRAVAGANZA

[gogmagog]

Holy crap Amazon is having a gigantic sale on DVD box sets, mostly TV-related. But most interestingly to me is that the sale includes a LOT of normally somewhat expensive British TV sets (Doctor Who, Blackadder, Elizabeth R, Cadfael, Coupling, Jeeves and Wooster, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the original Forsyte Saga, etc.)

Anyway I added all the must-have things from it to my shopping cart, and now I'm faced with reducing my "must-haves" - which total $366.92 - so that they are more in line with my "can-spends" (especially since I do plan on buying some presents for other people too this holiday season, even if most of the ones I've bought have been for me).

Also why did I not know that this existed...does anyone know whether it was any good or not?

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[braaaiiins.livejournal.com]

I actually managed to stop myself, but only because I knew I still had to get my parents presents (I already bought my brother and sister presents, ALTHOUGH MAYBE I'LL JUST GIVE MY BROTHER'S TO MY SISTER.). Plus, I still need money for my 15-20 dollar a week comic habit. I am also saving up for a PS3, for reasons I've forgotten.

I've seen Coupling before. It's cute, but I can only tolerate the fake-bisexual one (I forget her name... I forget all of their names). Everyone else is so annoying (including that Welshman and ESPECIALLY the blonde woman).

I adore that icon.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I basically need to make sure I don't eat out too often for the rest of the month so that I can buy presents for people. XD

I do admit, Coupling works better for me in small, season-long doses, and I think it definitely has its problems (which I think have a large part to do with the creator, Steven Moffat's, own explicitly expressed views on gender relations), but the writing is witty and frequently uncomfortably true enough that I manage to love it anyway.

(Haha, and my favorite character actually happens to be the blonde woman, Susan, mostly because she's the only one of the core gang of six who actually has something resembling a clue most of the time, not to mention any modicum of common sense...and yet she still manages to be hilariously deadpan bitchy a lot of the time. I like Jane, too - the fake bisexual - but she goes over the line from amusingly loopy to stupidly batshit a little too often for my tastes.)

And this icon is awesome, and it's also PERSONAL CANON, because the Second Doctor and Jamie were totes gay-married in space. (See Exhibit A (http://au.geocities.com/barbaras_chest/pervert_boys3.html), Exhibit B (http://au.geocities.com/barbaras_chest/pervert_boys4.html), and Exhibit C (http://www.crackerboxpalace.com/2pie.jpg).)

[braaaiiins.livejournal.com]

You know, I sort of hated Susan BECAUSE she was supposed to come across as so sensible and yet MORALLY INFALLIBLE, but also delightfully bitchy! If you're be an asshole, be an asshole! I think that's why I liked Jane? I dunno; it's been years since I've since I've seen that show.

Yes, the show's take on gender was pretty weird, IIRC. I remember this episode which was mostly split screen and had the girls start out at a beauty parlor or something and the boys at a strip club. The jokes were all about stereotypical gender roles being hilariously accurate. It was lazy, stupid, and mildly offensive. Can't wait to see how Moffat treats the lady-companions once he takes over Doctor Who! Although I did like "Blink" l(ike everyone else, I guess...).