alexandral: (Pink Panther - I am made of awesome)
Life in the UK test (aka citezenship test) I passed! I passed! I passed! Now I know that the House of Commons has 646 members! And I know so many other useful things! I am so happy! I can apply for British citizenship now! And I found an information that UK citizens can travel visa-less to USA through the "Visa waiver Program"!!!

Dresden Files season finale
On even happier note, I have grown very fond of "Dresden files". They had some shaky episodes and cardboard monsters at the beginning of this season, but it all picked up visually and content-wise by the end. But the main thing, Harry Dresden and Murphy and Bob were excellent from start to finish.

My favourite episodes were:

"The other Dick", with fabulous Caludia Back, so excellently quirky and sharp.

"What about Bob", in which I fell in love with the dead ghost of the old Wizard Bob. Hmm! Ghosts of dead wizards can be attractive too, especially when they are so full of snark and personality!

Things that go Bump, an interesting take on Whodunit.

And of course:
Second city: So wonderfully, deliciously shippy!

Harry and Murphy on a trail. Harry is wearing Murphy's shades and looks strangely good in them, may be because of irresistible smirk:



Spoilery pictures galore )

PS And tonight I am doing to indulde in Japanese drama watching: "Proposal Diasakusen", "Romeo and Juliet" and "Liar Game"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alexandral: (Dresden files - MAgic man)
"Dresden files" had a strange start for me. I am still struggling with the cinematography and the colour scheme of the series. I know not all of the TV series about supernatural matters should be filmed in a way "Supernatural" is filmed, but I seem to enjoy things so much more when they are filmed beautifully. Muted colours of "Dresden files", it’s cheap-TV-series filming and it’s poorly done monsters don’t do much for me. BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Even with all my misgivings about the cinematography, I find myself loving it more and more over these past few weeks. The series are so very good on many levels that I try to immerse into it’s visual way..

Great things about the series:

- Good story about things supernatural is always a winner with me. Especially when it is a well-thought-through story with so many things in the past to discover and so many things in the future to be developed, with strong and coherent world-building.

- Especially when it has a main hero who is a wizard, and also is original, quirky, attractive in SPADES and has his way with words on a snarky side. On top of that he CARES and wants to protect everyone and does not think of himself. And to add more, he has a haunted and dark past and a disregard for authorities. I am already done for!

- Strong heroine who is in the life-long OTP with the main hero. And their relationship is doomed from the very beginning as heroine knows nothing about supernatural world and she must never discover this world underneath her own world because this will put her in terrible danger. (And this is where "Dresden files" are much better then "Supernatural" for me. I need a heroine to bond with!!!!!!!!)

- Hero’s sidekick is already dead but cheerful, witty and has a great choice of ties

Dresden files: pictures behind the cut )

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