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nightdog_barksSunny and warm, but it feels like the humidity has dropped considerably. We got some unexpected rain yesterday afternoon -- a downpour that lasted for about five minutes and some rumbly thunder.
Watched the other bonus feature on the Season 8 DVD -- the "Everybody Dies: Postmortem," and actually liked it much better than the "behind the scenes" business for "The C-Word," maybe because it brought back the immediacy of that last episode, and there was more commentary about what was going on with the characters in the episode. RSL spoke, and said something I've not seen posted anywhere. He was talking about Wilson's diagnosis and subsequent emotional turmoil, and he said, "I'm just -- (and he paused for a really long time) -- standing, on a windswept plain, and all I want is my teddy bear and a glass of (warm?) milk. And I don't want to have to jump through hoops." I actually thought he was going to say he was waiting for Godot, but instead he came out with that windswept plain line and I was just very surprised.
ETA that icanlivewithoutkyle on Tumblr has posted an animated GIF of RSL's warm milk scene. :D
I do wish there had been more. It's the last DVD of the last season, and only three special features? One of which has already been on broadcast TV? I mean, we know there were at least unused still scenes -- whether they were actually filmed or not is another question. Why couldn't there have been a small feature on those, with commentary from someone (anyone, really) about the decision process to not use them? And I'm still cranky about there not being a blooper or a gag reel. BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT ME AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE, AND IT'S NOT KATIE JACOBS. Who has an extended scene on the "behind the scenes" feature and I'm sorry, I just wanted her to go away. Which is bad of me, I know, because thinking about it now it kind of stands out that she's really the only female exec with exec superpowers involved with the show, but IDK, she just ... grates on me.
Huh. And now I'm wondering if in eight seasons they ever had a woman director.
And ... IMDB says yes. Three of them, including Katie Jacobs, (the other two are Lesli Linka Glatter and Martha Mitchell) for ten episodes. Ten out of 176 episodes. Interesting. I have no idea if this is a typical figure for a Hollywood series or an aberration, so I'm just going to leave it there.
Anyway. Started reading Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry last night, and so far it is quite good. Must do some more housely things today. :D
Watched the other bonus feature on the Season 8 DVD -- the "Everybody Dies: Postmortem," and actually liked it much better than the "behind the scenes" business for "The C-Word," maybe because it brought back the immediacy of that last episode, and there was more commentary about what was going on with the characters in the episode. RSL spoke, and said something I've not seen posted anywhere. He was talking about Wilson's diagnosis and subsequent emotional turmoil, and he said, "I'm just -- (and he paused for a really long time) -- standing, on a windswept plain, and all I want is my teddy bear and a glass of (warm?) milk. And I don't want to have to jump through hoops." I actually thought he was going to say he was waiting for Godot, but instead he came out with that windswept plain line and I was just very surprised.
ETA that icanlivewithoutkyle on Tumblr has posted an animated GIF of RSL's warm milk scene. :D
I do wish there had been more. It's the last DVD of the last season, and only three special features? One of which has already been on broadcast TV? I mean, we know there were at least unused still scenes -- whether they were actually filmed or not is another question. Why couldn't there have been a small feature on those, with commentary from someone (anyone, really) about the decision process to not use them? And I'm still cranky about there not being a blooper or a gag reel. BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT ME AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE, AND IT'S NOT KATIE JACOBS. Who has an extended scene on the "behind the scenes" feature and I'm sorry, I just wanted her to go away. Which is bad of me, I know, because thinking about it now it kind of stands out that she's really the only female exec with exec superpowers involved with the show, but IDK, she just ... grates on me.
Huh. And now I'm wondering if in eight seasons they ever had a woman director.
And ... IMDB says yes. Three of them, including Katie Jacobs, (the other two are Lesli Linka Glatter and Martha Mitchell) for ten episodes. Ten out of 176 episodes. Interesting. I have no idea if this is a typical figure for a Hollywood series or an aberration, so I'm just going to leave it there.
Anyway. Started reading Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry last night, and so far it is quite good. Must do some more housely things today. :D