CAUTION: I've put in links to sources for quotes, but consider them potentially chock full of spoilers.
I've been involved in fandom a long time, and back in my early days of reading slash, you wouldn't have been able to convince me that Hollywood would ever show a same-sex relationships. The best we'd get was some wink, wink, nudge, nudge stuff ( Read more... )

BBC America: Elisabeth Sladen, Sarah Jane from ‘Doctor Who,’ Has Died at 63Pretty much my favorite companion from the old series or new, and she managed to not only be in both, but star in her own spin-off. I adored the character and the actress that brought her to life, and I'm going to miss seeing her on my TV screen. I feel the need to marathon ( Read more... )

You Tube: Four Days at DragonCon Preview
No Dragon*Con for me this year, but a little taste doesn't hurt (well, OK, it hurts a little bit). This is the opening of a documentary done by the Atlanta PBS station and will be offered for distribution to other PBS stations too. Who knows when or if that will happen, but the Dallas PBS station has a ( Read more... )

BBCA is showing a marathon of Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End.

I really like Turn Left, despite the critter f/x being so awful looking, and the other two are mostly silly fun (except for the fate of one character!), but I can't help but roll my eyes over every scene with Badass!Rose, Marbles!in!Mouth!Rose, or Pining!Rose. So, ( Read more... )

The time for catching up on TV missed while my poor lamented computer was out of commission, since I didn't have to travel or go out to shop. The new one has a 20" widescreen, so sometimes I just watch on it instead of burning a disc to watch on the regular TV. My first real experience with true widescreen, even though it's not a huge screen ( Read more... )

Spoiler TV: ( NCIS spoilers )

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: District 9 (Part One): Can a Bench Be a Transmedia Extension?

It's interesting to me to read about the "viral marketing" approach taken with District 9 and how it "snuck into theaters" according to some reviewers because they weren't targeted by regular marketing as they normally would be. The reason it's so interesting ( Read more... )

TARDIS Index File: Via SJA News, I found this wiki article that's collecting info about the who, what and when for series 3. It's supposed to air this fall in the UK, but still no word on when (or where) series 2 will air in the US or be released on DVD. There are casting spoilers, villain spoilers, etc., but IMO, they don't go into plot details, ( Read more... )

Now that I have this:

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I saved up all 12 episode to watch in quick succession. Guess how I've spent my days off? *g*

Can I just say that Elisabeth Sladen looks damn fine for a woman of 60? She gives what could be a totally cheesy kid's show a nice sense of gravitas and looks cool while doing it. I wish I looked that good now and I've not even hit 40 ( Read more... )