On Bruce and Craig

[danieldwilliam]

Strictly is looking a little like a pantomime this year. More so than usual.

I think Bruce is looking at his last season of Strictly. His timing is poor. I’m genuinely not sure he knows what he’s doing all of the time. His health and ability to compere the show are becoming a bit of story in their own right. An unwelcome distraction. He was in his time an excellent light entertainment host. Even a few years ago he was very good.  I think his time has passed. The man has worked long and hard at his career and I would rather see it end this year whilst he can, just about, still deliver,  rather than see him soldier on a season or so longer and his career end when he pisses himself on live television.

Tess looked more relaxed than I’ve seen her look in a while.

I’m disappoined with Revel-Horward. In the past I’ve respected his opinions and the bluntness with which he delivered them. Usually his critisism is well founded and constructive. If you listened to it and did something about it you improved and he would often notice this and comment on it.

This weekend he seemed viscous and drowned the contestents in a slew of, what appeared to me to be quite technical points. I’m not saying he was wrong, just that he put the boot in and seemed to enjoy doing so. Whilst it is inevitable that on a judging panel one of the judges will be strict and blunt I don’t want the show to revolve around Revel-Horward being nasty to people.

So far, I see a risk that this year the main focus will be whether someone hits Craig before Bruce falls over.

Comments

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Indeed! She's gorgeous, isn't she?

(The fact that she looks a little like Ivanova never hurts either, or maybe it's just me that sees a resemblance there.)

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I never got into Babylon Five. Strangely.

I think there is a bit of a resemblance there.

Having spent the last hour comparing photographs of the two of them I’m pretty confident that I can no longer tell the difference.

Seriously, I think there are similarities. Strong chin and cheeks bones, broad high forhead, long dark hair, usually worn in a tight, professional style, almond eyes, full sensual lips. I wouldn’t mistake them for sisters but I think descriptions of them would read nearly identically.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Having spent the last hour comparing photographs of the two of them
Slow Monday, is it? ;)

I love Babylon 5 but you do have to persevere through chunks of the 1st season which are pretty pants but important to the story.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Very slow Monday. So slow it's on the verge of becoming Sunday again.

I'll keep an eye out for B5 on Netflix.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Sunday. A day I actually got sleep. I remember sleep...

(The Boy is on early shifts at the hospital this week, which involve him getting up at 5.30 am. I'm now missing the noisy Bristol hotel because it was still quieter than my husband getting ready in the morning in our high ceiling-ed small flat with no carpets.)

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Sleep, how I'm missing you and wishing you were here.

[andrewducker]

I had to push Julie through the first 2/3 of season one. And then took over and dragged me through the rest of it at high speed, demanding more all the way.