Christopher Eccleston goodness

[neadods]

A couple of YouTube links that were posted on Time & Chips for the Eccleston fans. Neither one worksafe. Both wonderful.

Music vid to "Damn, Wish I Were Your Lover"

Jude the Obscure in About Five Minutes (warning - put all drinkables FAR from the screen!)

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[lagilman]

Jude the Obscure in About Five Minutes (warning - put all drinkables FAR from the screen!)

*dies*

[neadods.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Whoops.

[scott-lynch.livejournal.com]

Thinking that it was the actual video for the song in question, a sort of 'before they were famous' thing, I clicked the first link...

*Rinses brain.*

;)

Re: Whoops.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Ooops! Er, no it isn't...

Do I want to know where your icon came from?

Re: Whoops.

[scott-lynch.livejournal.com]

What? It's nothing but a perfectly ordinary guy who's doused himself in gasoline, set himself on fire, and, er, run away at high speed...

...you see it all the time...

...right?

[ocin.livejournal.com]

My goodness, ain't he the hot piece! I THOUGHT he looked familiar and the clip from Elizabeth clinched it - I never forget a man's ass!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've been rather avoiding Elizabeth, since I can't stand that they jazzed up what was already exciting history... but I might watch it now just to oogle him.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

*Elizabeth* had me livid with rage. Even when I tried to make it into alternate history, I kept thinking that the fantasy Elizabeth was Too Dumb To Live. Seriously. She was stupider than the historical Mary, Queen of Scots, which is saying something. In the real Tudor England? Dead by age 13.

On the other hand, yes, I certainly did remember Eccleston as Norfolk.

[se-parsons.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth was on after we watched the Season finale of 10 the other night and I think I irritated kirbyfest with my snarking about it, because I JUST CAN'T STOP MYSELF.

Stabbity. Stabbity. The screenwriter must die. Stabbity.

Eccleston had his snob on really well in it, though. It was amusing in contrast to the totally wet Fiennes.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

The director must die, stabbity stabbity, as well. He saw the costumer sitting down with her reference books and told them to put them away, as he didn't want her to be handicapped by what people actually wore.

The costumes, as it happens, are swoonily beautiful, but what kind of idiot makes a historical movie and insists that history Are Bad? Well... the kind of idiot who conflates Marie of Guise and her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots, for one.

Somebody needs to make a *Norfolk* movie just for me, and Eccleston can stalk around and look evil and dangerous. and possibly shag

[se-parsons.livejournal.com]

Was it just me or was his interaction with Lady "Duke of Norfolk's Fuck-toy" totally non-hot, though? He seemed to dislike her.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Did he like *anybody* in that movie? I have blocked out the lady in question, but I can easily believe that the whole thing was rather wooden.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

He saw the costumer sitting down with her reference books and told them to put them away, as he didn't want her to be handicapped by what people actually wore

The FUCK? Parts of my brain just exploded. The parts that got me the History degree and were part of the competition costuming crowd for 15 years, I think.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

We've just started watching the Nine DVD, and now I miss Eccleston terribly. I have an essay percolating about Why Nine Works Better Than Ten.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I can say why Nine is my favorite over Ten - Nine has depth of character (and angst) and a general believability about being centuries old that Ten fails to show unless the director really smacks him around. (Tennant can do it - I utterly believed him on "It! Is! DEFENDED!" but usually when he does angst I want to pat him on the head and give him a cookie.)

I can say why Nine worked with Rose far better than Ten; Nine really loved her and needed her desperately as his talisman against his own PTSD and survivor's guilt. Once he got over that (thanks to her taking the burden off him), he was back to being bouncy and feckless, but he indulged her in ways that were bad for both of them.

Works better as the Doctor, though? I'm holding off until I see him on his own at Christmas and then with Martha. Rose was Nine's baggage; I want to see him step up to a clean plate and see what he makes of the role. I think he can be the Doctor, but he's been given a double sisyphean burden of scripts and a companion that doesn't match his new personality.