Dear TV writers:

Are consistency and accuracy really so much to ask for? Esp. in this day of DVRs and OnDemand and DVDs, if you establish that a character goes to school at Mt. Holyoke, don't have her talk about a guy she goes to school with. Or act like there are fraternities. I know that Mt. Holyoke is part of a consortium with UMass Amherst ( Read more... )

-lots and lots of yarn. I knew about most of it, but packing it is no good ( Read more... )

that somewhere on the Internet, someone has written a well-reasoned examination of the racism inherent in the Stargate universe's canon that the gods of Norse Mythology are the Asgard, who are relatively benevolent, whereas all the other ancient gods they encounter are Go'uald, who are evil and use humans as slaves ( Read more... )

I love so much when it's canon that characters are dorks. Teal'c having seen Star Wars 9 times cracked me up

Apparently my garden grows with silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row, because I have been feeling quite contrary lately. So two things in the past couple of days with which I beg to differ:

Item the first: "I hear it's [sex] never good for girls their first time, even if they love the guy." (source, Episode 4 of Make It ( Read more... )

Much less with the squeeing and more with the WTFing.

I just... yeah. Excellent storytelling though.

(there are lots of academic and fannish things I could say, but it's 3 AM and so I'm not going to bother doing it here when I'm busy saying it over at copperbadge.

and I am now full of squee.

Oh, Torchwood. Never leave me.

I want to watch the new Torchwood without having to deal with torrents or waiting for it to air on BBCAmerica and having to muck about with the SlingBox. Please to be of assistance, my lovelies.

So, someone linked to an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation on my flist (alleging that it carries antisemitic undertones, which I haven't seen yet ( Read more... )

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