Happy Halloween, everyone in the time zones where it's October 31st. It was another lean Halloween for me. It's a good thing I spend the whole month watching horror movies. This past week, though, my internet speed has been shit so streaming services were frequently interrupted by the old spinning loading dot with its little comet trail. I wonder if I added up all the minutes I've spent watching that, how many years it would be.
So I've been watching my DVDs and blu-rays. Coppola's 1992 Dracula, of course. Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow which, despite having a screenplay I really don't like, which deviates from the original story severely, still has beautiful cinematography, costumes, and score. And a great cast. I also watched The Vampire Lovers again, another one with a great cast.
I've found myself really craving 12th Doctor era Doctor Who and I've been watching that. Peter Capaldi is so damned good. I suppose I should try watching that new Amazon series he's on, The Devil's Hour I think it's called. Except, of all the streaming services, my internet hates Amazon the most. Certain sites seem to have a particular brew of cookies that my provider, Softbank, likes to throttle. Amazon and Google are at the top of the list. Whenever I load g-mail, it knocks my internet out for ten minutes half the time. I've taken to only checking e-mail on my phone, which uses the same service provider but always works fine. I guess that goes to show where Softbank's priorities are.
Anyway, last night I watched "The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived". I love how most of Twelve's second season are two part episodes. I enjoyed this one a lot more than I did the first time. In particular, the Doctor's interpreting the baby, which I usually found cloying, is ominous and sweet. There's no clips of that on YouTube but here's a nice deleted scene:
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