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Sep. 22nd, 2007 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seldneiSo, my opinion of Derek freaking Jacobi on Doctor Who ... he should have gotten to be evil for more of the episode, but otherwise I was quite pleased.
I did always wonder what exactly happened to Captain Jack at the end of season 1.
My love of Derek Jacobi stems from the very first version of Hamlet I saw, back in my senior year of high school. It was a video, of course, and not very recent (the Mel Gibson version came out that year--we got extra credit if we went to see it--and am I dating myself or what?), and I developed quite the crush on the guy playing Hamlet. And, sure, obviously he was a little older than 17-year-old me, but I was also crushing on Kevin Costner that year (shut up), so age didn't bug me.
Of course, then my good friend Shannon found an article on Derek Jacobi that listed his age as 50 (he was 53, actually).** Which, now? Doesn't seem so bad. Back then, it was like I had a thing for my grandfather. I say it was an antidote to my dating a junior that year.
Anyway, I retain my crush on the guy, because dude's talented ... and really, doing something extremely well has always been more attractive to me than just about anything else (sense of humor and a distinctive laugh are the most important qualities).
**Looking up Derek Jacobi's age, I'm finding it much more disturbing that he's my dad's age than I am that he's 69 in general.
I did always wonder what exactly happened to Captain Jack at the end of season 1.
My love of Derek Jacobi stems from the very first version of Hamlet I saw, back in my senior year of high school. It was a video, of course, and not very recent (the Mel Gibson version came out that year--we got extra credit if we went to see it--and am I dating myself or what?), and I developed quite the crush on the guy playing Hamlet. And, sure, obviously he was a little older than 17-year-old me, but I was also crushing on Kevin Costner that year (shut up), so age didn't bug me.
Of course, then my good friend Shannon found an article on Derek Jacobi that listed his age as 50 (he was 53, actually).** Which, now? Doesn't seem so bad. Back then, it was like I had a thing for my grandfather. I say it was an antidote to my dating a junior that year.
Anyway, I retain my crush on the guy, because dude's talented ... and really, doing something extremely well has always been more attractive to me than just about anything else (sense of humor and a distinctive laugh are the most important qualities).
**Looking up Derek Jacobi's age, I'm finding it much more disturbing that he's my dad's age than I am that he's 69 in general.
