writing update and Farscape meta
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minxyFirst: teh porn. Lip Service now has upwards of 4400 words, but I think it might be crap. We shall see how it fares in Beta World. Might just post the first 1300 words as that was not so bad. Which is to say, tension was maintained. This may or may not be related to the list I wrote the extended flashfic for demanding a sequel. Pretties. They might not might if the tension isn't maintained throughout. I think they like resolution for some reason. *shrugs*
Now, to teh Farscape (and you thought SGA was on crack. Well, the fandom totally is. Farscape? the whole show is on crack.)
Bone to be Wild:
The title is punny. *groan*. Someone tell me how a dark asteroid field is going to provide enough light for a diverse array of plant life to photosynthesize like a mad tropical paradise? Also, where is all the mist and atmosphere and RAIN coming from?
Kick ASS, Zhaan is a plant, yeeee! Though why she's blue is a bit beyond me. Green would be good. I do like John's wtf? yet kewl. response. Wierd stuff is still wierd even when it's fascinating. The knee-jerk Whoa! bit is good. Nice, Ben!
Also, I'm listening to Anthony Simcoe wax poetic about Claudia Black and I'm starting to think these guys are their own biggest fans. So cute, but I do hope they're all using protection.
So the Not Nice Muppets were initially an obstacle for me dealing with Farscape but I do love how they allow the guest Aliens to have blinking lights on their heads and be giant walking pizza and it's totally fine. Also, I love the closeups on Pilot's eyes as Claudia communes with the red baby ship. Very expressive. Also, it's nice to know what the name Talyn refers to finally.
And Anthony loves Ben too. Awwww. What a softie. And he loves his guest stars, and his director, and Wayne Pygram (whose name I may have just misspelled) and Gigi Edgley.... I do recognize Bernie's voice. Probably from Stargate but I don't remember exactly what episode. CRAP! He was NEM in the wet!Daniel episode! Dayum. Knew I recognized his voice. I don't understand why falling through the pizza's-expando-laser is going to slice him in half, though. I mean, shouldn't it kill Zhaan and *hand flails* wouldn't it be a PROBLEM if the data stream of expando-Zhaan was interrupted? Like, she'd be missing a kidney at the very least?
Do they point guns in every episodes? Hmmmm.
The boneiferous chick is a really cool character: dangerous but sympathetic. Alien and yet shooting spikes out of her shoulders. Plus the blinky light show coming out of her ears is new and different. Is her name Emily or Em-Lee? Huh. I've always thought those dark contact lenses were a cool effect. From Betazoids to ... whatever Em-Lee is, it's just enough off center to make a critter feel subtley alien. Plus, I have a serious thing for dark eyes, so I think it's sexy as all get out.
Right, next? Family Ties.
Claudia and Ben doing commentaries are so. entertaining. I love how invested they are in their characters and motivations and Aeryn had this line about testosterone that got a huge laugh and everyone loved it and Claudia apparently fought it because even though it was popular she thought it was too much of an Earth-based reference. *loves Claudia* This sort of makes me adore Vala that much more too, oddly.
Rygel Rygel Rygel. I still have trouble suspending disbelief with Rygel. Maybe if the lip synch on his words were a little better, but you know? I prefer muppet!Yoda to CGI!Yoda, even though CGI!Yoda fights.
Crace is sorta pretty. *pets Crace* *smooths his hair back* There's really a lot of crying in this episode. Must be annoying to have to serve two masters with season enders that might be series finales as well. Hmm. I don't have any really deep thoughts on this except that I wouldn't trust that space suit to protect me from the lack of elements out in space. And I really, really don't get how D'Argo is just going to be fine for 15 minutes and then pass out. *handwavy dance of letting it go*
Wait, is that a supersoaker that they're using to add catalyst to their extremely potent explosive? A supersoaker??? God, this series is on crack. I love it. Bring on season 2!
It's kind of nice as a fan to watch things on DVD and not have to wait to find out if there will be a next season or even just wait for next week for a new episode.
Now, to teh Farscape (and you thought SGA was on crack. Well, the fandom totally is. Farscape? the whole show is on crack.)
Bone to be Wild:
The title is punny. *groan*. Someone tell me how a dark asteroid field is going to provide enough light for a diverse array of plant life to photosynthesize like a mad tropical paradise? Also, where is all the mist and atmosphere and RAIN coming from?
Kick ASS, Zhaan is a plant, yeeee! Though why she's blue is a bit beyond me. Green would be good. I do like John's wtf? yet kewl. response. Wierd stuff is still wierd even when it's fascinating. The knee-jerk Whoa! bit is good. Nice, Ben!
Also, I'm listening to Anthony Simcoe wax poetic about Claudia Black and I'm starting to think these guys are their own biggest fans. So cute, but I do hope they're all using protection.
So the Not Nice Muppets were initially an obstacle for me dealing with Farscape but I do love how they allow the guest Aliens to have blinking lights on their heads and be giant walking pizza and it's totally fine. Also, I love the closeups on Pilot's eyes as Claudia communes with the red baby ship. Very expressive. Also, it's nice to know what the name Talyn refers to finally.
And Anthony loves Ben too. Awwww. What a softie. And he loves his guest stars, and his director, and Wayne Pygram (whose name I may have just misspelled) and Gigi Edgley.... I do recognize Bernie's voice. Probably from Stargate but I don't remember exactly what episode. CRAP! He was NEM in the wet!Daniel episode! Dayum. Knew I recognized his voice. I don't understand why falling through the pizza's-expando-laser is going to slice him in half, though. I mean, shouldn't it kill Zhaan and *hand flails* wouldn't it be a PROBLEM if the data stream of expando-Zhaan was interrupted? Like, she'd be missing a kidney at the very least?
Do they point guns in every episodes? Hmmmm.
The boneiferous chick is a really cool character: dangerous but sympathetic. Alien and yet shooting spikes out of her shoulders. Plus the blinky light show coming out of her ears is new and different. Is her name Emily or Em-Lee? Huh. I've always thought those dark contact lenses were a cool effect. From Betazoids to ... whatever Em-Lee is, it's just enough off center to make a critter feel subtley alien. Plus, I have a serious thing for dark eyes, so I think it's sexy as all get out.
Right, next? Family Ties.
Claudia and Ben doing commentaries are so. entertaining. I love how invested they are in their characters and motivations and Aeryn had this line about testosterone that got a huge laugh and everyone loved it and Claudia apparently fought it because even though it was popular she thought it was too much of an Earth-based reference. *loves Claudia* This sort of makes me adore Vala that much more too, oddly.
Rygel Rygel Rygel. I still have trouble suspending disbelief with Rygel. Maybe if the lip synch on his words were a little better, but you know? I prefer muppet!Yoda to CGI!Yoda, even though CGI!Yoda fights.
Crace is sorta pretty. *pets Crace* *smooths his hair back* There's really a lot of crying in this episode. Must be annoying to have to serve two masters with season enders that might be series finales as well. Hmm. I don't have any really deep thoughts on this except that I wouldn't trust that space suit to protect me from the lack of elements out in space. And I really, really don't get how D'Argo is just going to be fine for 15 minutes and then pass out. *handwavy dance of letting it go*
Wait, is that a supersoaker that they're using to add catalyst to their extremely potent explosive? A supersoaker??? God, this series is on crack. I love it. Bring on season 2!
It's kind of nice as a fan to watch things on DVD and not have to wait to find out if there will be a next season or even just wait for next week for a new episode.
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Date: 2006-02-12 07:58 pm (UTC)Yup, that's where I think I have a layer of insulation. Because ultimately I'm pretty mono-fannish, and so Stargate isn't My Show in the way that Farscape was, and that means there's a certain amount of pain I miss out on because I'm just not invested to the same degree. I'm here for the fanfic, really *g*.
But I do absolutely get what you're saying, and yeah, I do not envy you guys.
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Date: 2006-02-12 08:19 pm (UTC)We manage. Sometimes we get really, really annoyed, but we cope.
I'm here for the fanfic, really *g*.
And that is exactly how I cope. Don't know if I can speak for everyone else. *g*
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Date: 2006-02-12 08:26 pm (UTC)Sorry if I sounded patronizing, btw - absolutely not intended that way. I'm just sort of fascinated and impressed.
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Date: 2006-02-12 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-12 08:39 pm (UTC)I've been through this sort of thing before. My first big fandom was for Highlander, and I hated what they did near the end. Fortunately it was only a half-season of crap after I left. I also got into Andromeda for a while, but after Kevin Sorbo decided the show was "too complicated" and turned it into Herc in Space, I gave up on that one too. It's very difficult to give up on a show you've followed for a while, and not just for the show and your favorite characters, but for the fandom friends you make along the way. But oddly enough, quite a few of them have migrated to other fandoms I'm in.
I'm here for the fanfic, really *g*.
I'm having a difficult time reading SG-1 fic, and have for the last season or so. It's hard to watch the fanfic writers write the characters so well, when they're not written so well onscreen. For SGA, I'm in it for fanfic, as well as to lust over David Hewlett. He's not "classically handsome" but he's an adorkable geek. ;)
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Date: 2006-02-12 10:53 pm (UTC)And SGA I watch episodes just so I understand the fanfic. And Joe Flanigan's hair, because really, it is amazing. And McKay, whether due to the different writers they have over there (the guy who did the Storm and the Eye and Siege I was really very good, and not on SG-1's writing staff) or David Hewlett himself, is one of the best characters I've seen in the Stargate 'Verse, complete with strengths and weaknesses and an unmistakable character voice.
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Date: 2006-02-13 01:09 am (UTC)And his elfin ears too. ;) I've seen Joe in other roles, so I know his hair can be tamed, so I can't quite figure out why they decided to go with the wild hair on a USAF pilot. That's one of the reasons I can't really take him seriously as a "real" military character and view SGA as for science fantasy than I do (or at least did) SG-1.
I think it may be one of the rules that TPTB were "rebelling" against after dealing with it for years over on SG-1. That show has USAF approval, but I'm pretty sure Atlantis doesn't. The military advisor had them cut Sam's hair at least once, but I guess they have not control over them using a brush on it. I've heard that Joe was offered a ride with a USAF flight team, with a half-joking "only if you cut your hair." Joe was OK with it, but TPTB were not.
Probably more than you wanted to know regarding Joe's hair, but I found it kind of interesting. ;)
And McKay, whether due to the different writers they have over there (the guy who did the Storm and the Eye and Siege I was really very good, and not on SG-1's writing staff) or David Hewlett himself, is one of the best characters I've seen in the Stargate 'Verse, complete with strengths and weaknesses and an unmistakable character voice.
In interviews, David completely credits the writers, because they're the ones coming up with the lines. But to me, coming up with the lines is only part of it. You have to have to have an actor who can sell the lines. If they'd hired anyone besides David (and the original intent was to have a black Canadian as the lead scientist), it wouldn't have worked.
Have you watched much of David's non-Stargate work? If not, I can set you up. ;)
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Date: 2006-02-13 05:14 am (UTC)You are marvelous. I haven't seen anything else, though I've seen this one still where he's in the shower with this little teapot strategically placed and it's so adorkable. Do you have a list of stuff (I could look it up on IMDb, I suppose)? I could see what I can just rent from Netflix.
I think sending McKay to Atlantis was accidentally brilliant. Even more than Wier, he was the one I followed with my eyes every time he was in the shot. I know I was supposed to be watching from Sheppard's POV, but it was really all about teh Hewlett.
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:53 pm (UTC)Century Hotel (which for some reason Netflix has only as "save" title) - Will do your slashy heart very good
Nothing - Wacky geeky weird film, totally loved it. Also has David in his boxers. ;)
Get Down (aka Treed Murray) - the premise is weird, but the acting is stellar. I swear I see hints of McKay in Murray, and the timing would have been right for this award winning film to have brought him to the attention of Stargate's PTB
Cube - gory in places, but still a good thriller. And you get to see David in his boxers again.
Where the Heart Is - "I'm a little teapot..." ;)
I've got quite a few things that aren't at Netflix, from movies to guest starring appearances too. I'm not obsessed. Nope. Nuh-uh, no way. ;)
I think sending McKay to Atlantis was accidentally brilliant. Even more than Wier, he was the one I followed with my eyes every time he was in the shot. I know I was supposed to be watching from Sheppard's POV, but it was really all about teh Hewlett.
I felt the same way. I know Sheppard's supposed to be The Hero, but especially early on I could barely watch him unless he was in a scene with Rodney, and that's not just the slasher in me saying that. I just don't care for the "Slacker Action Hero" we're seeing so much of these days. I don't think I would have watched beyond the pilot with Jack and Daniel in it if it wasn't for Teh Hewlett.