Some Random Stuff

[newnumber6]

I did a Sci-Fi friending meme a while back, and got some new friends out of it. So, welcome! Maybe I'll try to do one of those intro memes going around in the next little while. One thing you should probably know is I occasionally do big random post full of whatever comes to mind, with few segues.

Done another writing cycle... still working on the same longer story I was doing so last time, and still doing well with it, know generally where I'm going, so that's a relief. It's still pretty rough, of course, but I'm having fun with it.

I hate when ads answer questions I never asked. On the way to work I pass a place where there's a big sign in the window saying, "Yes, we have lemon tarts!" That's a little presumptuous of them, don't you think? How do they know what question I'm asking? Maybe it's "Do you have anything that I can break into your store and steal without you getting mad or pressing charges?"

Speaking of ads, whenever I see a dating website commercial that shows a couple happily in love, I always try to find myself imagining which of them will snap and attempt to kill the other first. Have I become too cynical?

In TV, what's been new? BSG and Doctor Who! (Hey, that's a poem and I didn't know 'em!)
BSG was somewhat disappointing, all in all, both all this year and, to a lesser extent, the finale. It wasn't bad, just, kinda meh. We'll have to see where it goes. I'm still thinking they jumped the shark with the Final Four. I get the impression they got too enamored with OMG COOL NEW IDEAs at some point that they dropped the ball on their previous ongoing plots and won't be able to tie everything up in a fundamentally satisfying way.

Doctor Who, though, wow, that actually turned in a good episode by RTD. Surprising, because his are the episodes that I usually dislike quite a bit, even if I like elements of them. This one, although it had a few rough spots, was overall very well done. (My main problem is that I thought the reactions turned a bit too extreme _too_ fast, at least without invoking alien paranoia-rays), and I don't think I have any reservations in calling it one of RTD's best. And, for that matter, possibly one of the best of the season.

I saw a trailer for the US version of Life on Mars. I didn't really plan on watching it, but was just curious. Now, one of the big rumors is that they're going to redo the whole pilot and recast everybody except the star. Based on the trailer? Wow, I'm hoping the rumor is the exact opposite. Because I can see everything else working in a kitschy sort of way, but the star is _so_ flat. And you do not mess with Colm Meany. You recast something to _get_ Colm Meany, not to get rid of him. Anyway, I probably still won't watch it, regardless of recasting, unless nothing else is on when it premieres, but it's the principle of the thing.

You know you're a comics geek when anytime someone starts talking about 'green living', you instantly suspect them of being Skrulls (or Green Martian, I suppose, for DC fans).

Comments

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Wow, the US version of Life on Mars looks like crap. They didn't even bother to try to come up with a different pilot it seems. The first episode has the exact same plot elements as the UK Life on Mars. Heck, they even have the same shots, like after Sam gets hit by the car. The actor is lying in the same position as John Simm did. I'm not sure this promo does a very good job of advertising the show. It can't decide whether the show is a cop drama or a comedy. But I agree, you do not recast Colm Meany. I find it funny that the lead and Colm are both from the UK but they both have to put on American accents. If you're going to hire UK actors, you might as well set the show in the UK. ;-) I hope they don't recast the supporting cast. The actress playing Annie is Canadian I think. And was ABC not able to buy the rights to the song "Life on Mars"? You'd think they would have it in the promo. Sigh.

I'm hopeful the second half of BSG will suck less. Ron Moore and the writers had all that time during the strike to think things over.

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Ok that THIS post is why I keep you on my flist. :P

I LOVE your question to the answer about the lemon tarts. Only you would be that creative to think that! :P

And, now I'll never be able to watch the Eharmony commercials with happiness for the couples...sigh....

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

You mean you weren't going to before this post?! ;)

(And psst. I totally think that Lee guy on the Eharmony ads could snap at any moment!)

[jetfx.livejournal.com]

So you write science fiction? What kind? I also write science fiction, usually near future science fiction.

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Mostly short stories, and yeah, mostly nearish future too, although now and then I'll do something that goes a bit farther.