The Week in Entertainment

DVD: Prince Caspian ... interesting that they decided to make the Telmarines Spanish instead of Arabic/Moorish. And this time no one saddled and bridled a Talking Horse... On the other hand, I hate the way they twist the words. "We can never know what would have happened" is not at all the same as "To know what would have happened, child? No. Nobody is ever told that." And I'd much have rather seen the river god smash the stone bridge than the new wooden one. "... down to the Ford of Beruna." "Beruna's Bridge, we call it." "There was no bridge in our time..." And the Susan-Caspian subplot was uncalled for, though it does rather foreshadow "the problem of Susan", if with a somewhat positive spin.

TV: House. Wow. I never thought Cameron's leaving would make so much sense and ring so powerfully. But why oh why is Hadley back? And poor Mrs Taub... The Mentalist. Well. I'm extremely glad they didn't kill off any of the regulars. It was a very good episode, and Jane really took a gut-blow at the end, didn't he? The Nova Becoming Human series was, I think, quite well done. Modern Family again made me laugh out loud a lot.

Read: Finished Jade Lady Burning, and also by the same man (Martin Limón) Hungry Ghost and The Door to Bitterness. The setting of these is well drawn, and the look at Anglo-vs-Korean culture is fascinating