I finally got round to watching Frozen last night - The plot twists on the usual Snow Queen story were quite fun. One thing I did notice was some interesting parallels between the ice palace sequence and a somewhat similar scene in Watchmen. And when I checked, I was not exactly the first person to notice ( Read more... )

A while ago I linked to this vid by bironic:

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jetpack-monkey on Dreamwidth has remade it in a monochrome remix using footage exclusively from film and TV prior to 1969, so lots of Space Patrol, Fireball XL5, Forbidden Planet etc., with the shots as close as possible to the first vid.

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list of sources here ( Read more... )

I was walking through the park this afternoon and it occurred to me that the Captain Scarlet theme song would work very well for Captain Jack Harkness, with some obvious changes. So needless to say there are already Captain Harkness vids on those lines - the actual wording of the song hasn't been changed, which would be the obvious next step, but ( Read more... )

Wednesday's charity shop bargain was the complete series of Mr. Benn, a British children's animated series beloved by viewers of a certain age, for £1 ( Read more... )

md_kiryu has posted an absolutely brilliant end title video for a Dr. Who spinoff based on one of the series most beloved married couples, Madame Vastra and Jenny.

http://lizardladylove.livejournal.com/23600.html

Now if the BBC would just make the show...

Another Xmas story in themiddleblog - this time it's a Trek crossover!

THE PARADOXICALLY FESTIVE MORTALITY

I recced this on calufrax a few days ago and thought I'd rec it here too - an absolutely perfect crossover between Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories and Doctor Who, pitch-perfect for both fandoms and for the eras in which it is set. Strongly recommended ( Read more... )

The Middleblog is back for the first time in a VERY long time, with a long Dr Who / Middleman crossover story. Great fun, now if the BBC would only let them make it as an episode...

http://themiddleblog.livejournal.com/46586.html

Spotted in today's Crossover_news

Captain America's Art Crawl Adventure by musesfool, Captain America (movieverse)/Middleman, gen
http://musesfool.livejournal.com/2075445.html

A fun little story, liked it a lot.

Seen too many places to count - but never mind, it's fun anyway... The ultimate crossover...

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