Tv shows!

On the entertainment front, I have a couple new TV shows that I am obsessed with. I've become a big fan of the Mentalist, with Simon Baker. It's basically your typical crime drama, but it's entertaining. I am ABSOLUTELY in love with BBC's Robin Hood. Good GOD what a great show. You can watch the episodes on Megastic.com- they have all of them. Jonas Armstrong, who plays Robin, is a great actor, not to mention complete mancandy. Besides appealing to my hormones, the show is incredibly well written, despite messing up their timeline occasionally, and the characters are fantastic.

I've also caught on to the show Coupling, a couple years late. One of its stars is Jack Davenport (you'll remember him as Commodore Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean) and it’s written by Steven Moffat, one of the writers and producers from Doctor Who. It's absolutely hysterical, and I'm hooked.

Following my BBC trend, I've been watching Merlin (while waiting on the new episodes of Robin Hood). Merlin is interesting. They completely screwed up the story of Merlin- Chretien de Troyes would be rolling in his grave. Morgana is now Uther's ward, Arthur is the crown prince of Camelot, and knows that Uther is his father, and starts the series as quite the prat, honestly. Mordred is a young Druid boy, not the son of Morgana and Arthur, Gwenivere is the maid-servant of Morgana (And seems to have the hots for Merlin).... I could go on. But you know what? I really enjoy it. Despite the fact that the writers took MAJOR artistic license, it's really good. It's sort of like the Mummy movies. The history is ALL jacked up, but I love the movies, they're great. Merlin doesn't exactly have the same captivating characters that Robin Hood does, but it is equally well written. I'm looking forward to see how the story continues to develop.

Now! Lets talk Doctor Who! I finally got around to watching the Christmas Special, “The Next Doctor”, and it didn’t disappoint. Same cheesy Doctor antics. It was great to see Tennant work with David Morrissey again, after they worked together in the excellent Blackpool. I bet the off screen antics were a sight to behold.

I have to admit, I’m not a huge fan of Russell T. Davies writing style- he usually has a flair for the melodrama, and has a tendency to over extend the sap, but this episode, written by him, is not his typical. I look forward (with great excitement and immense depression) to Tennant’s last couple specials before the new Doctor, Matt Smith, takes over. I’m not completely impressed with the new guy, but I’m not going to shoot him down before I’ve even seen him do his thing. All I gotta say- You never forget your first Doctor. I’ll always be a Ten girl.

For now, though, I’m down to my last two episodes of Merlin, and I’m still waiting for the new episodes of Robin Hood, and I’m twiddling my thumbs impatiently for Doctor Who’s next special, “Planet of the Dead”. In the meantime, I have Top Gear to fall back on and nurse me out of my illness with a good case of the funnies.