Thanks, btw

[thebitterguy]

Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions RE: lab coats. I was hoping that Guelphs VV would have some, what with the university, but that didn't work. We ended up ditching the Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker costume idea and just went as Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. I was Ford.

We had some people in for a little Halloween Do. Watched Blink and Ghostwatch, and Slither.

Ghostwatch didn't work too well with the crowd. I suppose watching it with a group of people is different than the first time, just me and the wife in the dark house hiding under the covers.

All in all, though, it was fun. Dinner included some delicious stuff from cinn48.

Comments

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Ghostwatch didn't work too well with the crowd. I suppose watching it with a group of people is different than the first time, just me and the wife in the dark house hiding under the covers.

Well I liked it! I mean it had it's share of flaws and there were certainly some unintentionally funny bits but, einh, what doesn't? And I thought it was a quite neat idea, and quite nicely done.

[thebitterguy]

But it really failed to project its vibe. I blame Brad & Colleen.

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - can't reply to that properly without spoilers, but basically I didn't find having a little distance from it a problem. I mean there was lots of very effective stuff there - even if I didn't get the complete experience.

I think if I was having the complete experience I'd have been too scared anyway ;)

[thebitterguy]

I don't think we have to worry about spoilers fora 15 year old movie that's hard to see here in the comments.

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Alright - I'll take you at your word and just spoil that sucker right up the wazoo!

The thing is, when you suspect you're getting conned, there is a part of you that's trying to sort of protect yourself from being taken for a ride - that's looking for flaws in the whole. I'm pretty sure the doctor never suspended my disbelief (not that she was a bad actress, she was quite good, but she just... that's not what TV experts are like - ironically, the guy we recognized as an actor did a _much_ better job of being a Scientist-On-TV).

But once I got over the feeling that I was being conned, I could really get into the clever piece of theatre I was watching - and the use of the different cameras (the 'spy cameras', the enforced passivity in the way we had to watch it, the phone calls, etc), the editing, the characterization, the creeping sense of the story disintegrating, etc. It was just a bunch of very clever inputs put together very well. There were holes in the script and poor performances sure, but you know - I watched Star Trek for years ;)

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

The other thing, of course, is that it was a good gaming scenario on a few levels! Hmmmm *gears turning *

[thebitterguy]

I think trying to obfuscate the show's origins backfired. Plus having a Vulcan in the audience.

Speaking of parapsychologists

[thebitterguy]

I guess I've never seen enough shows with actual parapsychologists, because I had no problem buying her as that.

She did have a hairstyle I tend to strongly associate with '80s porn stars, though.

Re: Speaking of parapsychologists

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong, I had no trouble believing her as a parapsychologist, just not a parapsychologist on TV. It's hard to describe - she was just... a little too comfortable, a little too intimate in the way she spoke. Compare her to the guy who was in Dr. Who who played the American Scientist - that's what a Scientist On TV is like - that kind of rigid, self-conscious "while I take no pleasure in seeing parapsychologists being debunked..." but still trying to be jovial...

It's not a huge complaint really, it's more just that... well you and Cindy had kind of projected that Things Were Not As They Seemed and so I was kind of waiting for the gimmick and her performance just kept telling me "this is not really live TV".

Anyway, not a big complaint, just an observation.

[willow-kat.livejournal.com]

*applauds H2G2 costuming*

[thebitterguy]

Well, she went to the trouble of putting on pajamas and a bathrobe. All I did was wear a towl around my neck that said "Don't Panic!".

[willow-kat.livejournal.com]

See, now I'm just jealous that you actually have a towel that says "Don't Panic!" All I have are non-H2G2-related towels. *sniff*

[thebitterguy]

A friend bought it for me from an SF bookstore in Sweden.