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WHY DOES THE SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND FANDOM NOT EXIST? (Or at least fic that isn't the adventures of OCs that I don't care about?)
Um, yeah, I've spent the last of 2011 and now the beginning of 2012 watching one hit wonders (or not quite "hits" since they were all canceled after a season) mainly from the 90s and have some random thoughts:
The Flash: The visual style was almost like watching a live action version of Batman: The Animated Series with some 90's flair thrown in. They even had Mark Hamill playing Flash's version of the Joker! Sadly the actual quality wasn't the same and at times the writers seemed to forget that the character was THE FLASH, not Superman.
Space: Above and Beyond: I had forgotten how much I miss this show! Shane is still all sorts of awesome, Cooper/Shane is still adorable and the ending still breaks my heart. On the plus side, I seemed to have forgotten how grating Nathan and Nathan/Kylen are at the beginning.
Moonlight: I remember thinking it was a pity this show didn't come out a bit later to capitalize on the Twilight craze. I also remember not watching this show because of the Twilight craze despite the fact that it had Sophia Myles in it. To combat my post-S:AAB depression, I thought I'd give it a whirl because Sophia is so charming on twitter and Sophia and Alex are hilarious in this interview.
I kind of loved it; it was totally my type of cheesy fun! Though, fandom, where is the Doctor Who/Moonlight crossover in which Beth is Reinette, Mick and Ten meet and proceed to try to out-emo/angst each other over how everyone they love is going to age and die while they live on and while those two compete over who is the saddest panda in the world, Eleven sneaks off with Beth/Reinette because he's fun that way?
And in not 90's TV (but still TV-related because "couch potato" seems to be the theme I'm going with this year) news, I sort of love my mailman this week. I spent NYE hopped up on cold medicine and (apparently) eBaying. Since I often have the most mundane dreams, I thought I dreamt buying Rose's Tooth & Claw shirt. It wasn't a dream.
Also in the mail this week, Series 6 of Doctor Who, new and sealed for $19 shipped! It's not my all time favorite season, but "Closing Time" and it's associated confidential (which hopefully doesn't cut the Matt Smith and James Corden show) are worth it.
Now off to continue the shows that died on Fridays on FOX 90's marathon with The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Strange Luck, M.A.N.T.I.S., and VR5. I also have Profit and Earth 2 waiting and will probably try to track down SeaQuest DSV before it turned into 2032 and season one of Sliders. I will most likely still be in the 90's by the time 2013 rolls around.
Um, yeah, I've spent the last of 2011 and now the beginning of 2012 watching one hit wonders (or not quite "hits" since they were all canceled after a season) mainly from the 90s and have some random thoughts:
The Flash: The visual style was almost like watching a live action version of Batman: The Animated Series with some 90's flair thrown in. They even had Mark Hamill playing Flash's version of the Joker! Sadly the actual quality wasn't the same and at times the writers seemed to forget that the character was THE FLASH, not Superman.
Space: Above and Beyond: I had forgotten how much I miss this show! Shane is still all sorts of awesome, Cooper/Shane is still adorable and the ending still breaks my heart. On the plus side, I seemed to have forgotten how grating Nathan and Nathan/Kylen are at the beginning.
Moonlight: I remember thinking it was a pity this show didn't come out a bit later to capitalize on the Twilight craze. I also remember not watching this show because of the Twilight craze despite the fact that it had Sophia Myles in it. To combat my post-S:AAB depression, I thought I'd give it a whirl because Sophia is so charming on twitter and Sophia and Alex are hilarious in this interview.
I kind of loved it; it was totally my type of cheesy fun! Though, fandom, where is the Doctor Who/Moonlight crossover in which Beth is Reinette, Mick and Ten meet and proceed to try to out-emo/angst each other over how everyone they love is going to age and die while they live on and while those two compete over who is the saddest panda in the world, Eleven sneaks off with Beth/Reinette because he's fun that way?
And in not 90's TV (but still TV-related because "couch potato" seems to be the theme I'm going with this year) news, I sort of love my mailman this week. I spent NYE hopped up on cold medicine and (apparently) eBaying. Since I often have the most mundane dreams, I thought I dreamt buying Rose's Tooth & Claw shirt. It wasn't a dream.
Also in the mail this week, Series 6 of Doctor Who, new and sealed for $19 shipped! It's not my all time favorite season, but "Closing Time" and it's associated confidential (which hopefully doesn't cut the Matt Smith and James Corden show) are worth it.
Now off to continue the shows that died on Fridays on FOX 90's marathon with The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Strange Luck, M.A.N.T.I.S., and VR5. I also have Profit and Earth 2 waiting and will probably try to track down SeaQuest DSV before it turned into 2032 and season one of Sliders. I will most likely still be in the 90's by the time 2013 rolls around.