Vonnie & Laura & all the other Sarah Connor Chronicles fans might like to hear that Josh Friedman has a new show lined up.

... it's a new Wizard of Oz series.

Err, yay? I think?

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In other news, hmm. I finally saw Catching Fire and it made a lot more sense than the book did. And there's a good chance I will have seen more than 50% of the ( Read more... )

It's Ursula LeGuin's 80th birthday! Happy birthday to the woman who has, for forty years, been the writer people point to when they argue that science fiction has literary merit--and who still cheerfully reads, writes, and reviews science fiction. Book View Cafe has a nice appreciation of her. As does James Nicoll, in his own inimitable way. ( Read more... )

Some of this is scavenged from comments in various places, if it looks like I'm repeating myself.

( beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard )

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OMG SHOW.

Oh, I pray to the gods of television, I will sacrifice a GOAT to you, just bring this show back next season!

::flails in heart-broken enthusiasm::

ETA to add link to lyrics of Adam Raised a Cain, by Bruce Springsteen. Which, if that's the specific reference, works very well indeed, I think.

You know what astonishes me about this post? The number of people who think it's entirely appropriate to bitch publicly about the presence of the star's girlfriend at a public function. The number of people who, in fact, call the GF a cock-blocker and a beard. And the number of people who think it's perfectly fine to ask security to remove the GF ( Read more... )

Yes, am alive. Not sick, just a bit busy and for some reason disinclined to do my usual link-dumping.

I will say that the absolute best way to watch the SciFi Saturday night bad-movie lineup is with a good bottle of zinfandel and another snarky fan. Heh.

Also, with regards to SCC last night: ( nowhere is safe )

You know what?

Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles is FUCKING AWESOME.

I suspect someone's been watching Farscape because there are twists and then twists again. I'm not as fannish as I could be about this, but man, it keeps me on my toes watching it.

( spoilers for 'Complications' )

There are media reports that The Sarah Connor Chronicles is tanking in the ratings and Fox is considering cancelling. Joy ( Read more... )

Dude. Say it ain't so, Barry. That's just... no. Don't do it! These are people who refuse to sign a marriage license that says "party A" and "party B" instead of "bride" and "groom"! They were never gonna vote for you anyway!

The finalists in the Texas State Fair food competition. My arteries are hardening just reading that list.

Via cleolinda: L. ( Read more... )