More dvds

[alias_sqbr]

Latest set of movies from Quickflix, most of which were pretty good.

• Psych 4/5: First disk only has the pilot which is pretty pathetic but it was a lot of fun. It's about a guy with super observation skills (like House or Sherlock Holmes, but younger and more cheerful. Just as arrogant and snarky though :)) He wants to get paid for solving crimes but the police think it's suspicious he "knows so much" so he sets himself up as a psychic.
  
• Bailey, Bill-Live at the Apollo: Part Troll 5/5: This was great
  
• Doctor Who-In the Beginning - Disc 1 3/5: So Slow And Dated. But kind of fun in a historical-reference sort of way, much more educational about the 60s than the caveman era :)
  
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 3/5: This was like a not-quite-as-funny but more socially satirical version of "Dude Where's my Car". I quite enjoyed it, but did have to ignore the dooodgy attitudes towards women. Watch the trailer for bizarre cgi covering of nude scenes from the movie including a topless guy (oh noes man nipples!)
  
• Queer as Folk UK)-Series 1 Part 1 4/5: A lot more real feeling than the US version, but still pretty gratuitous with the gay sex and nudity(*). The whole underage sex thing squicks me a bit (there's a fairly clear "29 yr olds who sleep with 15 year olds are prats" message, but less of a "If you're 15 it's a bad idea to sleep with 29 year olds" message(**)) but it's a fairly engaging drama. I think people who like slash might like it?
  
• Tsubasa Chronicles - Reservoir Chronicle-Vol. 1 3/5: Pretty but completely ridiculous cross-over fanfiction of various Clamp anime by CLAMP. Not happy they fridged Sakura >:( (not a spoiler: this is the premise)
  
• Mushishi-Vol. 1 4/5: Veeeeery slow and understated anime set in an alternate Medieval Japan. Main character wanders from place to place helping people with nature spirity things.
  
• The Jane Austen Collection - Mansfield Park 3/5: Watchable, but not spectacular. Billy Piper's hair is implausibly peroxided looking but she acts ok :)
  
• Doctor Who-City of Death 4/5: This was pretty good, if a bit dated. I wrote some spoilery thoughts here
  
• Om Shanti Om 4/5: fun Bollywood movie about Bollywood
  

(*)it's not that I find them offensive, but they don't make up for a lack of plot etc
(**)I know, I know, I'm such a "Won't somebody think of the impressionable gay children" wowser :)

Comments

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

What's the age of consent for male gay sex in the UK?

[alias_sqbr]

*checks* 16

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

hrrmm... that moves things into Dodgeyville.

[alias_sqbr]

To be honest the legality is not my first concern: it would still be skeevy if the age of consent was 15 (and still fairly skeevy if he was 16), while I was much less skeeved by the "illegal" relationships between 20 year old guys I knew before the age was lowered over here. Relative cultural norms are important of course, but the law doesn't always reflect them very well.