Black shows

I watched all of Orange is the New Black. It is good, but--I feel--somewhat over-hyped. It's interesting, but when each episode was over it was like, "Oh, okay. Well, when I feel like watching something interesting again I'll watch it." It didn't have that compulsively-watchable feeling (like...I have to stay up all night to finish this).

Then I started watching Orphan Black. That is a different story. Because that is really freakin' watchable. I intended to watch one episode and go to bed but ended up making it a three-episode mini-marathon. So far it's super-duper good.

I feel like I'm on a theme. Perhaps Black Adder is next.

Doctor New

So this is Doctor New-Who.


Apparently there has been freakout because reasons. He's old, or something. I don't know. I don't understand it.
Would it be nice to have a non-white Doctor? Or a female Doctor? Sure. But I like this guy (Peter Capaldi) just fine. He's kinda badass.

I'm just glad that he doesn't look like he's 12 anymore. I ended up liking Matt Smith in bits and pieces and thinking he did an overall-good job, but he never quite grabbed me the way Tennant or Eccleston did (or even some of the older-Who Doctors). Then again, the most recent seasons of Doctor Who had a lot of waiting-around-feeling episodes. Or episodes that were only setup for other, bigger episodes, but didn't have enough to them on their own. So maybe it was a writer/direction problem instead of an actor problem.

I would just be really glad to have the whole companion-swoons-over-Doctor thing end. That's why Donna was one of the better Nu Who companions. It's why Martha was great AT FIRST.

Though Peter Capaldi IS pretty sexy, I have to say.