Leaving out shows where the journey is the premise - like most Star Treks, and Doctor Who - as unfair, here are five of many that come to mind.

1) Thelma and Louise. I love well done road movies in general - this is, after all, the genre that matches inward with outward journeys - , but if pressed, this one is my absolute favourite. I love Susan ( Read more... )

Ah, fannish memes. Who can resist them? Not me. Here's my pick. Some spoilers for the fandoms in question, inevitably.

1) Battlestar Galactica: Caprica Six, aka the original Six from the miniseries, wakes up after downloading... and finds out she has a Baltar in her head. Best BSG mindfuck moment ever, still.

2) Das Leben der Anderen (which I ( Read more... )

Somewhat belatedly and on DVD, I was able to watch Transamerica. Which turned out to be every bit as fantastic as its reputation. It's at once that arch-American genre, a road movie, and a twist on another arch-American thing: I've sometimes made remarks about the absolute dominance of father-son relationships as subjects in tv and movies and the ( Read more... )