Multifandom geekout

[selenak]

The Very Quick Day Trip to London went well, save for the weather, which was abysmal, and I wouldn't have minded except that I had to spend considerable time outside. Otoh, I made a lot of British bookstores and DVD sellers richer as well. Among other things, I finally was able to aquire the second season of West Wing, which I have started to watch

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[selenak]

Yes, exactly. And the whole Indian/American-British divide worked whereas you couldn't have done a purely English update while keeping the differences of status and background for Elizabeth and Darcy.

[selenak]

I haven't gotten it yet, but hope I will soon.

I used the new icon space for more Laura from Kathy, too.*g*

[kathyh]

save for the weather, which was abysmal, and I wouldn't have minded except that I had to spend considerable time outside.

Abysmal is the word. I thought of you as we sailed (very nearly literally) down the M11. Ironically Thursday was a beautiful day.

Art-wise, there is a gender divide - the drawings of the men look like them, but alas the women look more like generic pretty women than Zoe, Kaylee, Inara and River respectively.

Hm...how annoying. Good to hear that the first issue is around over here though as I looked for it and couldn't find it a couple of weeks ago. Another trip to the comic shop is in order I think. Will also watch out for Bride and Prejudice.

I think I need to make some more Laura icons *g*.

[selenak]

Clearly.*g* Also, please, more Servalan while you're at it.*g*

[kangeiko]

Woo, Fables, woo!!

I'm not sure if you read the Animal Farm story in there, but there's a nice chat between Rose Red and Snow White that explores the different strengths of each of the fableverse characters. Red's very angry because everyone loves Snow White, which funnels a lot of power Snow's way. I reckon that it works with any character - the amount of thought on and attention to any particular character allows them to build a power base. In some cases a name becomes synonymous with something (and in Pinnochio's case, I think that Disney has a lot to ansewr for, as they were the ones that made him a household name), or in others you have a general 'bad guy' that gather up all the power that accrue to generic bad guys. A recent storyline tackles this via Jack; you should check it out.

[selenak]

No, I only got my hands on collection 1 and 3, no bookstore or comicstore had 2, and I guess that's the animal story.

So then it works like with the Gods in both the Sandmanverse and American Gods?

[kangeiko]

Yeah, I think so. Although, interestingly, I'm not sure that the characters themselves are certain of that. Certainly some have their doubts. And there are ways to permanently kill even the most popular of characters.

1602 new world

[kangeiko]

i forgot to say -

i was very disappointed with this. where was the actual dialogue in it? writing credit, my arse, it was batman-style *kerplow!* *splat!* etc.

Re: 1602 new world

[selenak]

Where did you get your icon from? Since we got 100 pics, I've been looking for 1602 icons?

Re: New World: I was amused by Jonah Jameson showing up, and figured the action was because mundanes complained that we never got to see the Hulk and Spiderman in the original. But at least nobody was ooc, so I wasn't as incensed as by what Willingham did to Thessaly in his two Thessaly storylines. (He made her cute. And having your avarage comic female great figure and tight clothes. And gave her an annoying ghostly sidekick. My darling heartless no-nonsense millennia old witch. May he never go anywhere near Sandman characters again.) But yes, totally apparent that whoever writes this isn't anywhere near N.G.'s format.

Re: 1602 new world

[kangeiko]

Where did you get your icon from? Since we got 100 pics, I've been looking for 1602 icons?

la_fono made it for me after i complained about a lack of them online. *g* You can ask her for permission as she made it, but I'm happy for you to use it. It's beautiful. *loves*

But at least nobody was ooc, so I wasn't as incensed as by what Willingham did to Thessaly in his two Thessaly storylines. (He made her cute. And having your avarage comic female great figure and tight clothes. And gave her an annoying ghostly sidekick. My darling heartless no-nonsense millennia old witch. May he never go anywhere near Sandman characters again.)

Ah. Still haven't read Sandman. Only real exposure I've had to Willingham has been through Fables, and he quite stole my heart with Bigby Wolf.

I am curious, actually, to read Sandman now and see whether it lives up to my expectations. I've read so much stuff associated with it, and I've been readinf Lucifer as well, it'll be interesting to go back to the source material.

Re: 1602 new world

[selenak]

Oh, you must read it. I'm love various other series or standalones as well, but Sandman I adore beyond reason.

[likeadeuce]

Like Clueless (updated version of Emma) and Ten Things I Hate About You (aka Taming of the Shrew), it transported the plot of the original into a different setting. So instead of inwardly ranting "they got that wrong, and this isn't how I imagine X", one sits there and thinks "wow, that's a clever equivalent" and otherwise just basks in the fun.

You know, this kind of nails the reason that I normally like updates more than I like adaptations. I am going to see P&P for Matthew McFadyen (Tom Quinn fangirl + I'm the weirdo who loves Colin Firth in every role BUT Darcy,) but I don't anticipate being thrilled with Keira Knightley as Elizabeth (Jennifer Ehle inhabited the role so nicely for me that I really never need to see another Elizabeth). Plus there's Judi Dench as Lady Catherine, and how can that go wrong?

I just got issues 6-9 of Sandman, and I intended to reward myself for a morning spent moving houses by reading these, and watching the 3rd disc of Alias (finally getting to eps I've never seen before -- expect meta on why