Things that made me feel old...

[vervet_monkey]

Yesterday was conspiring to make me feel old:

 Me: So how old do you think is too old to go to University?
Student 1: Really old
Me: OK, can anyone take a guess at a number?
Student 2: 21
Me: ?!

 

Student: My Mum brought me all the Harry Potter books.

Me: That was nice of her, we had to wait for JK Rowling to finish writing in between reading them.

Student: That was AGES ago!

Me: ?!

 

Reading a journal online:

"So I thought I'd give watching Buffy a go, then all of a sudden Seeley Booth pops up on screen"

Me: Angel! Definitely Angel first!

 

I did then rectify the situation by watching 'The Eleventh Hour' and 'The Beast Below', followed by Castle. Speaking of, is it worth persisting with? The first ep was OK, but not brilliant, and opinions?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stolendreams_/]

hahaha
(21 is not too old dear student. You are silly)

Try telling them you didn't always have the internet and watch those reactions. Hilarious.

Castle is totally worth continuing. It's mostly good fun, eventually you get more of a story arc going in the background as well as the fairly easy viewing case-of-the-week style thing. And Nathan Fillion manages to slip in a few Firefly references which is always worth it.

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

LOL, how did we live without internet? How did anyone ever write a paper without internet?

Will probably continue, seems innocent enough and Nathan Fillion is generally worth watching. Firefly references also make me happy!

[shinydinosaur.livejournal.com]

Castle is BRILLIANT.
I started watching for Fillion and kept watching because it's got some of the most believable characters on TV - but that's not just acting, that's incredible writing as well. Give it about.. 3-4, I'd say. It paid off so well. His daughter is probably the most realistic non-stereotyped teenager on network TV, and her relationship with her dad and grandmother is just omg love.

And once you get used to the way the show format runs, I'm sure you'll adore it! I know I do.

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

Think I most likely will continue, it is the kind of thing I would watch casually anyway. Fillion definitely helps too! Also, it's actually on TV rather than online, and it would be good to have something to watch weekly rather than just devour far to quickly!

But then, you know, I began watching Bones for David Boreanaz (I love that I can still spell that, yet definitely stumps me every time...), now I still watch it, but ummm, not the best show for well, plot, or characterisation, or actually concluding ANYTHING.

[xbringbacklovex.livejournal.com]

Haha I still remember when we had to wait for the next Harry Potter book to come out and I'm not even quite 18 yet. I went to more than one midnight book premiere. (Is premiere the right word? I dunno)

And I'm not even all the way through Buffy/Angel yet, but if I ever start watching Bones, that is gonna be my thought too.

Castle is on my list of shows I want to watch. So yeah, not really helpful here.

[shinydinosaur.livejournal.com]

Nah, Bones is like nothing compared to Castle. It was alright. Castle's only getting better and better and it was great to begin with.

Pretty sure at least one Firefly/Whedonverse writer was on staff for s1 so that helped.

[chloris67.livejournal.com]

When I want to impress upon Chicklet that something was long ago I tell her it was Before She Was Born. That's impossibly long ago. *g*

Castle is my warm hug of a show (though it does get serious sometimes) and has only gotten better over the past three seasons so I'd say stick with it! I started watching for Castle and Alexis -- I love the father&daughter dynamic -- but now it's expanded to all the other characters, especially Ryan and Esposito.

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

LOL, it does amuse me their concept of time, I did have one group where we had gone through the whole, you have to be over 18 to go to University but there is no top limit, who were then trying to guess my age, starting at 16... Apparently any older then them is all the same.

Seems everyone likes Castle, will try to remember to persist with it!

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks!

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, these guys were 10, so they would only have been 6 when the last book came out.

How far through are you now? That was my first fandom and I'm still completely in love with it (although, noticing they were not so good with scene continuity or keeping their cameras/booms out of shot this watch through). Bones is not really worth watching other than for a bit of fluff. Which is required sometimes!

[xbringbacklovex.livejournal.com]

Haha wow. I kind of can't even imagine not waiting for them to come out. Crazy.

I'm on the 6th season of Buffy, 3rd season of Angel, a little more than halfway through both. I love them, definitely Buffy more than Angel, but I love that too. It's just so good. Definitely get why everyone loves it so much. I love talking about it, so I posted my thoughts about all the episodes from season 1, and was gonna do the same for the other seasons, but I'm too lazy. Maybe after I finish it all. Tara is definitely my favorite, although I love almost everyone, just because I relate to her in ways I never thought I would relate to a fictional character, and Seeing Red is going to destroy me.

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

Buffy is better than Angel, but Angel has some amazing episodes too!

Seeing Red kills me every time. In fact everything Joss writes on relationships tends to kill me. I've just watched 'Into the Woods' and every time I do I just want Buffy to run that little bit faster, even if I shipped Buffy/Angel before I really knew fandom existed, I still loved her with Riley too.

[xbringbacklovex.livejournal.com]

Angel I love cause of the characters. Well, all of them except for Angel ironically, who usually doesn't do a whole lot for me. Although I am not too happy about this love triangle business that is going on now, especially how it is going to break up the Gunn/Wesley bromance of epicness.

Ugh yes. All of this. Although I don't know if I really ship Buffy/Angel. I don't know what I ship. I just want her to be happy. That Angel episode where he became human and they could be together? That broke my heart.

[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

*clamps mouth shut on love triangle* You know what I was saying about Joss and relationships...

I'm not sure I'd ship Buffy/Angel if I were getting into it now, but its kind of ingrained into my head permanently. The more grown up part of my head kinda ships Buffy/Riley, because he's strong and dependable and loves her completely. But since when has fandom required a sensible grown up head?

[xbringbacklovex.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understand you. Part of it's also like I said, Angel's character never did a whole lot for me. I think I could ship Buffy/Spike if it was written as a more healthy relationship, because I think that they could actually be really good for each other, but I hate how destructive it is for Buffy.