The Official Nonsense Thread

[Caspin]

To be honest I'm really useless at knowing actors' names or remembering which programmes or plays they were in. Christopher Lee was an exception. I probably encounter the same people in different things all the time, but I don't see the actor, just the character they're playing at the time, so then I can't identify them when they appear elsewhere or see them in real life. I'd be hopeless at seeing through disguises! The benefit is that I can get completely absorbed in another world (my friends are afraid to let me try Oculus Rift in case I'm lost in there forever) but a side effect is that I never have a clue who anybody is.

I really need to get the latest GoT and get it watched. I can see that Wanda and Minty have been discussing it, but cannot venture into the thread due to risk of spoilers. It's miraculous that I've managed to get this far without hearing what has happened. The only things I know are that the series was generally thought to be less good than the last, but that the final episodes are exciting, and that it ends with a shock outcome.

In the meantime I've been watching the TV adaptation of Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I enjoyed the book so I was nervous of watching it in case they ruined the version inside my head, but I think they've done a great job and it was brilliantly cast.