So I've been coming across a fair bit of discussion about fandom history today, and this should be something that I eat up like pie, but instead it's just making me tired and cranky and I think I'm going to back away now. Why ( Read more... )

If you were going to introduce someone to The Man From U.N.C.L.E., or maybe remind someone who hasn't seen it in ages how much fun old-school spies can be, what one episode would you pick?

This entry was originally posted at http://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/114070.html because LiveJournal has broken posting on my browser. Comments accepted here, but ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to say something about the Hugo-host kerfuffle, but haven't been able to come up with something that encapsulates it without frothing at the mouth. To my surprise, my housemate nailed it. I'd told her about the kerfuffle, and she was pretty upset by it, not least because an author she really liked and respected displayed extreme ( Read more... )

Note: Although this was inspired by the recent AO3 fallout, it's really an open comment on fandom in general, past, present, and future. I'm not a member of the OTW, I only use AO3 if that's where a story I want to read happens to be, and I don't know any of the people involved. But I've seen this kind of crap many times in many places, and I've ( Read more... )

Nobody told me that the cranky old lady in Cabin Pressure is played by Stephanie Cole!

I mean, yes, Benedict Cumberbatch, that's nice and all, but Stephanie Cole!!! That is the kind of thing to overcome my aversion to the audio-only format.

In the last few days, journal-based-fandom (or at least the parts of it I read) seems filled with people deriding Inception, castigating Naomi Novik, and slamming Bujold.

I am not such a delicate flower that I can't cope with people not liking the things I like, but I gotta say, f-lists, lately you are not bringing the squee.

Edward Woodward passed away yesterday at age 79.

I'll confess, I kind of wondered when we'd be hearing this news. Still sad, though. The man had an impressive and versatile body of work, including some of my favorite series ever.

Oddly enough, I was just watching Callan on DVD (a belated birthday present) this afternoon. With clear copies, it' ( Read more... )

Seriously, people, get over here and vote for Fiona. 1:3 against Veronica Mars? What is wrong with the universe?!?

Teyla and Carter could use some love, too, from the looks of it.

I've been mulling over making a post about friendship, and how our society in general and modern-day internet-based fandom in particular devalue friendship in favor of romance/sex.

But thanks to links from links, I don't have to write said post, because minisinoo basically already has. It's an old post, but I just now came across it, and it's absolutely ( Read more... )

( ...that I can't believe anybody hasn't heard about by now, but just in case.... )