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- This is my favourite bullshit rumour ever. SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I can't conceive of anything greater than Lady Gaga as a Doctor Who villain. Fuck, I'd settle for fic.

- Speaking of Who: this week's was awesome. I totally cried at the end. So sad that there are only three episodes left this series! Is there any word as to whether Karen Gillan is sticking around for the next series? She'd better be, but Martha and Donna only got one series each...

- I haven't watched the latest episode of Glee yet, on account of everyone saying it's the worst thing ever. Is there anything at all that makes it worth watching? Usually Glee is made of so much fail that unless there are some awesome musical numbers or Brittany and Santana being adorable and gay, I can't be dealing with it.

- Am writing something weird. Actually writing it, in a way I feel good about, instead of just coming up with ideas or scratching out a few awkward sentences, which has been the extent of my "writing" lately. I thought it was going to be something short, but it might turn into something longer. Possibly it'll turn into nothing! We'll see.

- Is it bad that I'm currently kind of more excited about the US Skins than the British Skins movie? I feel like the US Skins is a blank slate - NOW WITH ADDED LESBIANS - whereas the Skins movie has so much horrible baggage attached (read: series four) that it has to work extra hard to make me like it. And, what with gen 1 characters being involved, I bet the film is going to suffer from the exact same 'so many characters, so little time' problem that series four did. SORRY.

- Ugh, Monday tomorrow. Work. Last week I found out that I fucked up something kind of big but not irreversible, so now I have a ton of extra work to do. Also, my super-religious ex-monk colleague needs to stop talking to me about religion. I don't honestly care if he believes that the shootings in Cumbria were "the devil reminding us that he's there" but talking about religion with someone who has wildly opposing views to you = GUARANTEED AWKWARD. Ugh.

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LOLLL LADY GAGA ON DW. MAKE IT WORK, DW. MAKE IT WORK.

Oh my god, I am SO happy to hear that you are excited for US!Skins! I was sort of 'ehhh' about the whole thing, but now that they're changing up the characters (YAY LESBIANS) and thus changing the storyline (YAY NO CARBON COPIES), I'm terribly excited for it. I'm kind of 'meh' on the movie though, for the exact reasons you stated.

I don't think there was anything I liked about this week's Glee. All the musical numbers were meh. At one point Brittany wears her cheerleading uniform backwards and that was probably my favorite thing.

I wouldn't say I'm excited about US Skins but I'm more optimistic than I was at first. I still think capturing the edgy vibe of the show will be tough to do on MTV.

Dude, are you saying US Skins is NOT going to be a total copy of UK Skins? Well, now I'm more likely to give it a chance. THANK GOD.

Meanwhile, here's my general feeling about Who, having just watched this series' episodes: lots of heart, monsters are ridiculous/easily dispatched. Is that how it's always been?

YES YES GAGA ON WHO. I'VE ONLY WATCHED ONE EPISODE AND THERE WERE MANNEQUINS AND I GOT SCARED, BUT YES YES. PERFECTION.

OMG GAGA ON DW WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN THE HISTORY OF EVER. NO EXCEPTIONS. Also Karen Gillan should definitely have another season.

And I'm actually quite looking forward to Skins!US, but I can't see how it will be that similar to our Skins - there's no way they'll be able to be anything like as dirty lol. Although added lesbians do help. With the movie I'm still excited to see the cast back together and with all the interviews we'll get. They were awesome.

I'm 99% certain I've seen it confirmed that both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are back next year, if that helps?

I love Lady Gaga. Out of ignorance, i resisted for a long time. I think I heard "Poker Face" and legitimately thought it was about playing poker and paid her no heed. Then people started saying she was awesome and I was like "meh." Then I was at the gym one day and one of her clips came on and I couldn't hear it or anything but I saw her in all these awesome wigs and pretending to hump a plastic orca whale, and I was like, well blow me down, SHE IS AWESOME. The love has grown exponentially and since that Telephone clip I am officially her minion. Or bitch. WHATEVER SHE WANTS. IDEK. I love her.

I missed the last who. My laptop is in laptop heaven and my uni internet allowance isn't big enough to download the newest ep. Last episode I watched solidified my Rory love. He was a bit pathetic but he was brave and smart and WHY COULDN'T AMY GOTTEN SHOT INSTEAD? I know in terms of the narrative it would be all wrong, but whatever. At present my Amy apathy is becoming my Amy dislike. I don't know if it's the script or Karen Gillan. And like, as you can probs guess I LOVE red heads (unf) but she's not doing it for me either. Sad sad.

I could hug Matt Smith forever though. He's awesome and my favorite thing about the show.

I've always hated Glee. Sorry, universe.

We'll see about the movie. I'm currently really pumped for it. Mostly because I have an inkling the ramifications of season four won't be dwelled on (except for Cook and Effy and Tony). Like, obviously it will be there, but it won't ALL be about Freddie's death. If they're smart they'll set it a couple of years in the future with Cook just out of prison so this inane Cook the felon wank shite can be put to rest. I know, I know, season four was terrible. However, according to JT, it'll mostly be gen 2 with gen 1 making appearances (probably at party scenes) with gen 3 MAYBE being in one scene. When the cast list is released I'll either be disappointed for excited. Mostly because I could definitely see them bringing in the Fitch family and perhaps even Gina, particularly if they set the movie around some kind of family event in Bristol. Plus, I mean, I love Tony and Effy almost as much as Emily and Katie, so I really hope Nick is on board. I also just love most of these characters so much and am excited about seeing them against and hopefully most of them will get proper closure this time. Yeah, I'm probably setting myself up for a fall, and god knows I won't be watching gen 3, but if there's someone I trust, it's Jack mutherflipping Thorne. And frankly this show works best as an ensemble so the movie format will probably fit it well. PLUS I still ship Naomily. The love won't die. I can't help it.

I'm still meh on the US skins. Unlike gen 3 I'll give it a watch though. I'm glad it won't be a carbon copy but I'm still dubious. It'll be interesting to see if they can capture the authenticity UK skins at its best had.

I hope the lesbian cheerleader gets to make out with another girl. WHILE wearing her cheerleading outfit/pervy.

Oh, and J? POST MORE OFTEN. I'm in the middle of exams but I still find time for lj and I'm so chuffed when you post. I'm just used to it, you know? Plus we better be doing another Ashes party because the last one was hilarious/awesome <3

If Gaga was in DW as a villian and had some sapphic subtext going on with Amy then it would literally be be TV heaven for me. Well, with or without the subtext it would still be the best thing ever.

I have absolute faith in Jack Thorne with writing the Skins movie. That guy has never let me down so far!