This Week in Geek (1-7/06/09)

Buys

I'm not a big fan of the sexy vampire genre, but I AM a fan of Alan Ball's Six Feet Under, so I'm giving True Blood a go. I've also gotten a cheap-ass copy of Hamlet 2000 because I've got a Hamlet-related project brewing. And then there's Battlestar Galactica. I saw the mini-series that reinvented it all, and enjoyed it, but then the show didn't air on any channel I had access to. Now that it's all over, and I found the boxed sets reasonably priced, I've gotten it all. Four seasons, Razor, Caprica, the whole schmear. Looks like an interesting month of July.

Seeing as I've almost read all the New Who novels I currently own, I bought the next few: The Pirate Loop, Peacemaker, Martha in the Mirror and Snowglobe 7. Oh, and the Quick Read, Revenge of the Judoon. Speaking of Doctor Who, I'm still building that toy collection:
As you can see, I got the whole Series 1-3 potpourri wave, each figure including a build-it-yourself Gelth inaction figure. So that's Poofy Sleeves Master, Trenchcoat Captain Jack, Astrid Peth, Jabe, Wizened Doctor, Gollum Doctor, Bananafatafalaka (or whatever) and a Clockwork Man.

"Accomplishments"

DVDs: I only flipped Hamlet 2000 this week, which isn't saying much since it's a bare-bones release, without so much as its own trailer. Plus, I have it on tape. So yeah. I'd originally found this modern adaptation to be clever at the expense of the language, as I do all such adaptations, though Bill Murray does a very interesting Polonius. This time, I was also struck by Sam Sheppard's Ghost, which is perhaps the best I've seen in all the Hamlet movies. And like every time I read or watch the play, I found something new in it. Which goes without saying, and yet might be surprising after reading/seeing it however many dozens of times I have.

New Unauthorized Doctor Who CCG cards: Only 4, as a quick taste of what I'm doing with Doctor Who and the Silurians.

Someone Else's Post of the Week
Caleb offers a makeshift comic strip with prehistoric fish that managed to amuse and move me. Check it out at Every Day Is Like Wednesday.