Aurora's Sundry Notes

I'm not overly equipped with brain tonight, but I want to be online-sociable and I also have a few things in the real of watching stuff that I've been wanting to update about. So I'm just going to do a post with a bunch of those things, with what little brain I have now. These aren't in any reasonable order. There be spoilers under the cuts. (Though it varies how much these things really need spoiler cuts. Anyway. Also if people comment on this post, there might be spoilers for any of these, so if you're trying to avoid spoilers for something, maybe don't look at other people's comments. If there are such.)

- A few days ago, my friend who's been getting into French musical spectacles lately introduced me to her DVD of Mozart l'Opéra Rock. I've been aware of it earlier and heard some of the songs, but I guess it wasn't the right time for me back then - however, it turned out to be very much the right time now. OMG, it's so gorgeous and crazy and great. I'm sure Mozart would approve. Basically it's a rock opera about Mozart and Salieri and the people around them and Mozart's music and stuff, with a really catchy pop/rock score (honestly many of the songs are pure pop, but it has more rock in it than these French things usually do), lots of background dancers and singers, and humongous, stupendous, psychedelic costumes. Mozart is a glam rock boy, and Salieri's headspace gets filled with dancers of both sexes dressed in scanty PVC S/M-ish costumes when he hears Mozart's music, and the aesthetics is 18th century meets Gothic meets glam. There's a lot of glitter, the colour scheme is either psychedelic/18th century on acid or monochrome.

( Also on the story and the characters and costumes and the slash potential and girls and such )

Is anyone else into this, or at least aware of this?

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Anyway! Onto a better known property. I have watched the Good Omens miniseries that has recently taken over fandom, even if I was a little later into it than most other people (I think I finished a bit over a week ago? less than two weeks, at least). It's lovely and I adore it.

( Here be gushing and maybe some spoilers, though I'm not really discussing major plot points )

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Also, in my Classic Doctor Who watching, I've continued with the Fourth Doctor and Leela, whom I love lots. Especially Leela. She continues to be fabulous. I finished watching The Horror of Fang Rock, which I really enjoyed. ( Some more comments )

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I've now started watching The Image of the Fendahl and am two episodes in. I'm running out of brain now, so not really saying anything much. ( No real spoilers )