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enjoyed it well enough. It was fine. I didn’t love it as much as a lot of people did though
. I think maybe that’s because I’m not really *feeling* NCIS nowadays. I think The Ziva Years wore out my love and I’m just left feeling very blah about the show now. I can enjoy it – but I’m not loving it.I am so glad you two are going to get together there! I love that you made contact via my forum *g*. PLEASE please report back when you’ve seen it!!!!
I’m dying to know everything!Sheldon and Amy, bless their hearts, would have a desperately hard time trying to hold hands! But at least they have that quirky friendship. Sheldon is capable of forming friendships, even tho he has almost crippling personality disorders.
His friendship with Penny was the breakthrough I think. Penny is the linchpin to the show; she leads the boys to the outside world. They can reach out to explore thru her.
XOXOXOXO
Great point about Penny! I love her – she’s so great!Do we want nice girls for Tony and Gibbs? *g*. Don’t they have each other?!
I agree about Ducky – he’s lovely and I can’t believe he wouldn’t have been snapped up by a gorgeous woman before now.Yikes – I’ve just realised I’m far more knowledgable on this subject than I ever suspected! LOL! I always assumed I didn’t know much about musicals and just had a few favourites but I seem to have all these *opinions* all of a sudden. It’s great talking about the subject.
When I was laid up with my broken leg over the summer, I bought a few box sets of classic musicals and really loved Calamity Jane but gave up half way through Annie Get Your Gun. I still haven’t watched some real classis like Singing in the Rain though which is why I don’t rate my knowledge of musicals much.
But, now I’m remembering ones I’ve forgotten to mention before – Grease is fantastic and Le Cage Aux Folles is brilliant.
But on the “don’t like” list – I never could get into Little Shop of Horrors or Sweeney Todd.I need to visit my wee bro in London more often so I get to the theatre!
It is fun to be able to talk about this! My rl friends are not really into them although they will humour me by going to the cinema or theatre with me – for the first viewing – I’m on my own for repeats!
JSS is definitely worth renting. I prefer the 1970s version – it sums up the hippy spirit of the musical perfectly, but there is a later version that is very interesting and a bit more 90s as I recall.I haven’t really seen that many musicals live
but I’ve really enjoyed the ones I’ve seen 
Not sure I can narrow down to a favourite :-
Joseph was the first musical I actually saw in a theatre. I went on a school trip and I loved it. I go to see it everytime it comes to the city I live in now. I love the movie of Oliver! and I saw a performance in London last year with Griff Rhys Jones as Fagin. These two are all mixed up with happy childhood memories for me and I have special fondness for them.
I love The Sound of Music to the point of torturing my family. I used to sing it so often round the house when I was little that my older brother cracked and bought me some musicals on tape in hopes I turn my attention to something else! That started my Phantom of the Opera obsession. I listened to that tape (original London cast) over and over… I could never understand how Christine could choose Raoul over Phantom *sigh*
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is fun – that child catcher gave me nightmares! And I really really wanted a musical box with moving people who would sing for me.
I have watched the Buffy musical episode countless times. I was iffy before they did it and then I watched it and it was just awesome.
I also love (takes deep breath…) Hairspray, Mamma Mia, West Side Story *sob*, Fiddler on the Roof…
And my guilty pleasure is Sweeney Todd. I love the songs, the score and yes, the melodramatic bloodshed!
I’ve never seen Les Mis but I’m thinking I probably should try to soon.
OMG how can I forget Fiddler, Hairspray and Mamma Mia?! LOVE them all. The movie version of Mamma Mia is another one of my favourite movies of all time – it’s impossible to watch that movie and stay sad *g*. And Fiddler on the Roof has some utter CLASSICS in it – it was one of my all time faves growing up and still is. And Hairspray is so gorgeous and inspiring.
I was never a great fan of West Side Story for some reason – no idea why. I adore Joseph though – I went through a phase as a kid of listening to it non stop for hours – I love it.
Oh and that brings me onto Jesus Christ, Superstar, which is also a truly great musical. Another one I listened to over and over again as a kid – such an amazing piece of work.
Ooh, I’m loving this topic! Thanks to the OP for starting it
1,3And oops! LOL! To answer the question…
Les Mis is my all time favourite musical but I also love Phantom of the Opera (undoubtedly Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece!), The Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (actually that’s pretty much my favourite movie of all time! It has one of THE best movie villains of all time in it in the Child-catcher), and, particularly, Oliver!. Oliver! was the first musical I ever saw – I think I was 4 years old, and I adored it so much my parents had to keep taking me back to see it *g*. I think maybe it explains my psyche a little – poor lost boy falls in with bad boys, suffers horrible angst and eventually is saved! LOL! I was totally in love with Mark Lester for awhile .
And the musical episode of Buffy is fantastic too. The songs rock and make total sense of the plot. Really terrific.I love The Music Man, Cats, and Les Mis. I kind of like Sound of Music. West Side Storey is pretty good.
I adore The Sound of Music – people never think it’s cool to admit it but I think it’s one of the very best musicals of all time with some fantastic songs in it and a very lovely story, even if it’s entirely bonkers. I love its campness! Nuns! Nazis! Children wearing curtains! What’s not to love? *g*. I think musicals SHOULD be allowed to go to those kinds of bonkers places.
Take Phantom of the Opera – OMG! Baroque gothicness of the most insane kind! And yet utterly gorgeous – I love seeing something that melodramatic played out. Melodrama is generally frowned upon by the modern penchant for “cool” – and that’s such a damn shame because melodrama, done well, is fantastic. Done badly it’s laughable, but I’d rather people went for it and failed than be stuck in a cool world where nobody made the effort for fear of looking silly *g*.
I should love Cats (owing to my adoration for all things feline) but somehow the musical never engaged me. I know why – I really love strong narratives and of course Cats is based around poems. It’s a thing of great beauty but it never quite taps into my psyche. I do LOVE Memories though. Wicked is another one of those – I know people who adore it but I never felt it. Perhaps because I never really feel the Wizard of Oz, although I can certainly enjoy it well enough.
Chess has some good songs but a weak plot – I love the anthem from Chess.
Has anyone seen Ghost or Shrek? They’re playing at the West End at the moment and I keep meaning to go and see them but I’m not sure what the word is about them – they’re both still on so they can’t be too bad! LOL!I noticed that about Gibbs! Since when has he EVER had problems looking at bits of bodies before?! He usually seems to quite enjoy it in an educational kind of way!
Abby had hers back in Bloodbath *g*. Ziva hasn’t had one yet but that’s because she’s Princess Ziva and her tragedies, although manifold, don’t incorporate a psycho boyfriend because she’s too gorgeous and perfect to ever attract such a horrible person.
I KNOW! So many possibilities! I had the idea for the 24/7 crossover a week or two ago and have been squeeing about it in my head ever since. I think Harvey will like hanging out with some other doms – he has a lot to learn too although yes, Gibbs might give him a steely glare or two before they find some common ground. Mike will be petrified of Gibbs, like all good puppies are of such an Alpha Dog, but Walter will probably go out of his way too soothe his nerves. And oh gawd yes! The naughty possibilities when Fox gets his hands on him! Of COURSE Mike has read Fox’s books – he’ll be all too impressionable I fear! And Tony will pretend to be all “I’ve been a full time sub for ages and know everything” and boasting and showing off like crazy – until Gibbs slaps the back of his head and Mike gets to see that he’s not quite as confident as he makes out!
actually liked this episode as well. I was a little weary when everyone said that the writers of this one like to ship Tiva but, I figured I would give it a shot. It had some really great moments that made me laugh out loud! The whole team Bibbs kinda felt like a nodd to us shippers out here in wonderland, letting us know they haven’t forgotten about us. Tony talking about his “dates” with Gibbs. I think that Tony is the only one who can really appreciate the cowboy steak and the headslps. Noone else gets Gibbs like he does. Ha! Tony being told to bend over was priceless, I was just waiting for Gibbs to pop up but instead it was Vance. I has tears in my eyes from laughing so much at that….hopefully Vance didn’t tell Gibbs.
HEH! I loved that Tony finds headslaps romantic and steak dinners charming. I love the idea of him and Gibbs watching movies on that black and white TV! And I loved that there was really zero Tiva in this episode and that the Ziva focus was on the case and not on her usual tragic victim shit.
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