Looooooooong comment ahoy!rainbowstevieAugust 12 2008, 17:02:40 UTC
YAY SONG FICLETS. THESE DELIGHT ME. Now all you need are longer songs, for I am greedy. Wait, ooh, "part 1"?
1. Well, now I'm just not going to be satisfied until I someone invents the full chorus to "The Glory of Accomplishment." :P (also: *tackles song file* I LOVE THAT ONE, and yet do not have it)
2. and somewhere beneath the rags it all still glitters, still tempts. Guh. On pretty word art, I have not read the likes of you in a VERY long time.
3. Love the last paragraph. Kind of a sad but accurate commentary on her shifted perspective of the world.
4. So, when I finally kick my butt to a computer withuot internet and force myself to type my Utopia review, I'm going to have to ask you to explain who the Master is, because I'm feeling like there's a great faction of knowledge that other people have and I lack . That being said, the line about the half-smiles gave me a good little chill.
6. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
7. Yeah, I giggled (inappropriately?) at "a public striptease is not going to solve anything."
8. Whoa, scary. For a moment there I believed that Mike didn't have a block of wood for a brain*. Nice work. (*wow, I did not know my animosity well for him was that deep. Sorry. I really do love this description of Connie)
12. AHAHA! THIS IS SO FANTASTIC, you writing for a fandom I know with a song I actually have! In a semi-related note, Greg is hilarious. Thank you.
13. I can so picture this scene. It fills me with joy.
Lastly: If you can tell me a precise reason why Middleman is awesome, I maaaaaay reconsider it. Provided the reason is not "cheesy fun." Because so far not even 3 trustworthy flist members telling me to watch it is overriding my feelings of "meh" that the previews bring.
Long comment gets long response!stunt_muppetAugust 12 2008, 20:18:23 UTC
I LOVE WRITING SONG FICLETS. They are bite-sized and manageable and come with a prompt of sorts all ready to go. That said, there are song-ficlet-memes that don't come with a time limit, which I may have to try. I'm in a meming mood. :D
(And yes, Part 1. I wrote a whole bunch over vacation, though none of it was actually finished, so there'll probably be more posts like this coming up. Eventually.)
1. I listen to that song all year round. It's too fun to restrict to Christmas.
Also, I just remembered that there's a bit in the old series where the Doctor sings a 'Venusian lullaby' that also has the exact same tune as "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". I don't know why I didn't remember that. Popular tune, that is. :P
2. I'm glad you liked that one - I wasn't sure about putting it up (or any of the originals, actually), and I was worried that it'd be overdone.
4. Yeah, that was the one thing about Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords that gets tricky - it doesn't make a whole lot of sense without knowing at least something about old-series Master. Which is how I ended up exploring Old-School in the first place, and is actually kind of neat in a geeky way, but...still.
Basic facts: The Master is another Time Lord who was a close friend of the Doctor's while they were both at the Academy on Gallifrey. For no onscreen-specified reason, the Master became either evil or insane, depending on which interpretation you use, and when he shows up in the series it's as an enemy - but one that the Doctor is rather fond of. After the Third Doctor era (which is when he first appeared), the Master was a recurring villain, showing up in every Doctor's era. However, when we last saw him, he had used up his regenerations and was living in a stolen body, which is why it's such a shock for the Doctor that he's still alive.
Also, the old-series Master was at once a similar and very different character than the one you're about to see. Just a note.
6. :D There can never be enough conspiracy-theorist Munch.
7. Inappropriate nothing. T'was there for a giggle. XD
8. *gigglesnort* Really? I had almost no opinion of him until that episode, whereupon I promptly started to ship him and Connie provided that Connie wears the pants in the relationship.
12. Yay Sarah Brightman! I had no idea what I was going to do with that song, since it's such a self-contained story on its own, so...I just thought about how it'd sound outside of a song context.
Er. Well, "cheesy fun" and "the lead male character is pretty" is a big part of it, to be honest. But one of the advertising blurbs described it as "a happy X-Files" and, while it hasn't got The X-Files' scope by a mile, it does have kind of that feel. Mostly, I love it because it's intensely geeky (in a real, honest geeky way, not a "we know what a computer does so we MUST be geeks" way), endlessly self-referential in regards to the conventions of the superhero genre, and...lots and lots of fun. Also there was an episode with flying zombie fish. And the lead character uses "ri-gosh-darn-diculous" and "Flowers for Algernon!" and "mother of pearl!" and such in lieu of expletives without a hint of irony.
Ooh, that's very helpful and concise background on the Master, thank you. About all I'd gathered was that Classic fans had a serious edge over New-only ones. Wasn't sure whether I'd get a suitable explanation over the next two eps, but thought I'd approach them better if I was armed with the same type of knowledge. What you've described sounds rather fascinating. ----- whereupon I promptly started to ship him and Connie provided that Connie wears the pants in the relationship. *snert* I think we can all agree on that. ------ I had no idea what I was going to do with that song, since it's such a self-contained story on its own, Me: ...it's what now? Seems I never actually looked up the lyrics to Hijo de la Luna. Usually I try to at least get a basic idea of what my foreign-language songs are about, but I guess I just assumed this one meant something like "Dance of the Moon" (my Spanish skillz, they are non-existent! And it sounds like you could dance to it!) and never bothered to explore it further. Wow. Now having done so, my mind's kind of blown. ------- I may actually give last night's episode of Middleman a shot, if I can find it, as TV Squad just reminded me that Kevin Sorbo was in it. And if anything's going to get me to look past the ludicrousness, it's going to be Kevin Sorbo, who excels at making ludicrous things seem...if not less so, than at least more acceptable.
No trouble! Always glad to be of service. And they do some explaining over the next two episodes, but the explanation they give doesn't, I find, really give you a sense of the depth and scale of their connection to one another. Their actions do, but if you didn't know just how far back they went that might seem to come out of nowhere.
I thought the translated lyrics to Hijo de la Luna were in the CD booklet, though? Anyway, yeah. The actual meaning of the words is a little bizarre, considering how sweetly Sarah sings those opening stanzas.
And yes, Kevin Sorbo was in the most recent episode of Middleman. And he's a lot of fun in anything, so I definitely enjoyed him in that. I'd check the Wiki or something before you watch it, though, as there's already some background to the show by that point.
1. Well, now I'm just not going to be satisfied until I someone invents the full chorus to "The Glory of Accomplishment." :P (also: *tackles song file* I LOVE THAT ONE, and yet do not have it)
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and somewhere beneath the rags it all still glitters, still tempts.
Guh. On pretty word art, I have not read the likes of you in a VERY long time.
3. Love the last paragraph. Kind of a sad but accurate commentary on her shifted perspective of the world.
4. So, when I finally kick my butt to a computer withuot internet and force myself to type my Utopia review, I'm going to have to ask you to explain who the Master is, because I'm feeling like there's a great faction of knowledge that other people have and I lack . That being said, the line about the half-smiles gave me a good little chill.
6. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
7. Yeah, I giggled (inappropriately?) at "a public striptease is not going to solve anything."
8. Whoa, scary. For a moment there I believed that Mike didn't have a block of wood for a brain*. Nice work. (*wow, I did not know my animosity well for him was that deep. Sorry. I really do love this description of Connie)
12. AHAHA! THIS IS SO FANTASTIC, you writing for a fandom I know with a song I actually have! In a semi-related note, Greg is hilarious. Thank you.
13. I can so picture this scene. It fills me with joy.
Lastly: If you can tell me a precise reason why Middleman is awesome, I maaaaaay reconsider it. Provided the reason is not "cheesy fun." Because so far not even 3 trustworthy flist members telling me to watch it is overriding my feelings of "meh" that the previews bring.
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(And yes, Part 1. I wrote a whole bunch over vacation, though none of it was actually finished, so there'll probably be more posts like this coming up. Eventually.)
1. I listen to that song all year round. It's too fun to restrict to Christmas.
Also, I just remembered that there's a bit in the old series where the Doctor sings a 'Venusian lullaby' that also has the exact same tune as "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". I don't know why I didn't remember that. Popular tune, that is. :P
2. I'm glad you liked that one - I wasn't sure about putting it up (or any of the originals, actually), and I was worried that it'd be overdone.
4. Yeah, that was the one thing about Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords that gets tricky - it doesn't make a whole lot of sense without knowing at least something about old-series Master. Which is how I ended up exploring Old-School in the first place, and is actually kind of neat in a geeky way, but...still.
Basic facts: The Master is another Time Lord who was a close friend of the Doctor's while they were both at the Academy on Gallifrey. For no onscreen-specified reason, the Master became either evil or insane, depending on which interpretation you use, and when he shows up in the series it's as an enemy - but one that the Doctor is rather fond of. After the Third Doctor era (which is when he first appeared), the Master was a recurring villain, showing up in every Doctor's era. However, when we last saw him, he had used up his regenerations and was living in a stolen body, which is why it's such a shock for the Doctor that he's still alive.
Also, the old-series Master was at once a similar and very different character than the one you're about to see. Just a note.
6. :D There can never be enough conspiracy-theorist Munch.
7. Inappropriate nothing. T'was there for a giggle. XD
8. *gigglesnort* Really? I had almost no opinion of him until that episode, whereupon I promptly started to ship him and Connie provided that Connie wears the pants in the relationship.
12. Yay Sarah Brightman! I had no idea what I was going to do with that song, since it's such a self-contained story on its own, so...I just thought about how it'd sound outside of a song context.
Er. Well, "cheesy fun" and "the lead male character is pretty" is a big part of it, to be honest. But one of the advertising blurbs described it as "a happy X-Files" and, while it hasn't got The X-Files' scope by a mile, it does have kind of that feel. Mostly, I love it because it's intensely geeky (in a real, honest geeky way, not a "we know what a computer does so we MUST be geeks" way), endlessly self-referential in regards to the conventions of the superhero genre, and...lots and lots of fun. Also there was an episode with flying zombie fish. And the lead character uses "ri-gosh-darn-diculous" and "Flowers for Algernon!" and "mother of pearl!" and such in lieu of expletives without a hint of irony.
But your mileage may vary.
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whereupon I promptly started to ship him and Connie provided that Connie wears the pants in the relationship.
*snert* I think we can all agree on that.
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I had no idea what I was going to do with that song, since it's such a self-contained story on its own,
Me: ...it's what now?
Seems I never actually looked up the lyrics to Hijo de la Luna. Usually I try to at least get a basic idea of what my foreign-language songs are about, but I guess I just assumed this one meant something like "Dance of the Moon" (my Spanish skillz, they are non-existent! And it sounds like you could dance to it!) and never bothered to explore it further. Wow. Now having done so, my mind's kind of blown.
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I may actually give last night's episode of Middleman a shot, if I can find it, as TV Squad just reminded me that Kevin Sorbo was in it. And if anything's going to get me to look past the ludicrousness, it's going to be Kevin Sorbo, who excels at making ludicrous things seem...if not less so, than at least more acceptable.
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I thought the translated lyrics to Hijo de la Luna were in the CD booklet, though? Anyway, yeah. The actual meaning of the words is a little bizarre, considering how sweetly Sarah sings those opening stanzas.
And yes, Kevin Sorbo was in the most recent episode of Middleman. And he's a lot of fun in anything, so I definitely enjoyed him in that. I'd check the Wiki or something before you watch it, though, as there's already some background to the show by that point.
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