Flail post

[dieastra]

I feel it is time for another flail post. So much going on this year that a fan can look forward to. Where to begin?

Star Trek:

- I have preordered and paid the new 1:6 scale QMX Kirk and Spock. Now I just need to wait for them to arrive in July. The story behind those is wonderful. In 50 years of Star Trek no company ever made 1:6 scale high

Comments

[kanarek13]

Yay for all wonderful things coming our way. Days like these just make me soooooooooooooooooooooo happy to be a fangirl, LOL :D

[dieastra]

Yay indeed! Although I wouldn't mind a time machine getting things faster - the wait is so awful! Especially for Monty, that seems to take like forever :(

[niviene]

Wow the QMX Kirk & Spock look so realistic. Amazing really!! I too am looking forward to the new Star Trek move. It looks like a fun thrill ride especially as it's being directed by former Fast & Furious director Justin Lin. I hope he does as good a job on the third installment as JJ Abrams did with the first re-boot. Who uninvited Captain Kirk? Srsly? That's so weird. William Shatner & Patrick Stewart were at Fan Expo here in TO a couple of years ago and I didn't attend their panel mostly because it cost extra to go and it was on a Sunday evening after the con closed. Plus I'd been at the con for 3 days and was tired but I'm still kicking myself for not going as I don't know when I'll see them together again, if ever

[dieastra]

Fedcon hasn’t yet uninvited William Shatner and I hope they don’t! As I only bought my ticket when he was announced in November. Most of the other guests are from other Star Trek series which I haven’t seen yet so I don’t know them

[niviene]

A 100 Euros for one picture!?1? That's crazy expensive. I've never seen that kind of fee here unless it's multiple celebrities from a very popular show appearing together in the same photo op

[dieastra]

It all depends on the celibrity, really. Some take even more, much more. I don't remember what the price was for Sylvester Stallone a friend told me, but I remember thinking that it was way over the top. Definitely more than 100 Dollars. More than 200 even probably, but I don't want to say something wrong

[alumfelga]

In May my Big Chief Studios tenth Doctor’s TARDIS will arrive. The eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS is shipping to fans right now, and their enjoyment is palpable. That thing is huge! 11 kilogram they say.
That's big!

It looks like you've got so many fan stuff to wait for!

What am I waiting for? The audios with the Tenth Doctor, of course. They also start filming Sherlock any day now. I love it when the photos from the set arrive and everyone is trying to figure out what is going to happen :) Filming Broadchurch starts on May and I'm curious if they keep the secret about everything this time.

I'm looking forward to the panel with David and Matt Smith on something-con in the USA, if David doesn't cancel. I'd just like to see them together talking about Doctor Who. I hope someone will post it on the Internet.

[dieastra]

Not sure if you can see this as it is a closed group but just to show you how huge that box is: https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/535266_1208903095786832_4310072524147569676_n.jpg?oh=63dd6c2e7ceaf5790b49e5055686c64e&oe=5797D142... )

[alumfelga]

I can see the photo, that box is huge!

And I don't even know whether David Tennant still is in the third Broadchurch season?
No one has officially said he is, and I can't remember David saying anything about season 3 (the fimling dates come from Olivia Colman) but everyone, including me, assumes he is there. He's one of the two main characters! I can't imagine Broadchurch without him. And I don't feel like his story has ended - the taxi driver has asked him where did he want to go, and he didn't answer. We know he can be a policeman again after the surgery, we know he's "done his penance" but what he's going to do? Where does he belong? When this story ends, I want to know he's going to be fine.

I guess it will take till last year till be see anything of these filmings though?
Yes, which is very frustrating :) No Doctor Who this year, except a Christmas episode, no more Sherlock this year, no Broadchurch this year. What am I supposed to be doing until then?

Not all conventions allow filming though, so I hope we will be lucky.I know

[dieastra]

Glad I didn't miss the David Tennant Broadchurch announcement as apparently there wasn't any - that means I am not totally out of the loop yet LOL

[dancingdragon3]

Oh, wow, thanks for the update! I may have to give Reign another chance...

I was flailing over the new Venture Bros season, but it just ended. So now I'm excited about Agents of Shield and Once Upon a Time. And the Uncanny Inhumans comic a friend just gave me.

Cheers!

[dieastra]

You're welcome! Admittedly it was a bit heavy on figures ;) I never tire talking about them. I probably should add all the things from alumfelga's comment, as she found more things to flail about which I had forgotten.

What we know about Reign so far is that John may even dance in there - he tweeted a picture of himself and the main actress, doing dance rehearsals. I've never watched the show before, I hope I'll understand the episode without having seen the rest?

I have no idea what Venture Bros is / are, but your other selections are good choices as well! Sometimes I wonder what ordinary people do - those who are not in any fandoms? Life must be so boring for them ;)

[dancingdragon3]

It is boring. That's why they're so interested in the lives of people who are famous for being famous. Agatha Christie asks herself the same thing in her autobiography, saying that she's never bored. She was talking about imagination, not fandom, but I think it's along the same lines.

John dancing?! OMFG! How is he not a huge star by now? I just can't even...

The Venture Bros is a brilliant parody animation of boy adventurers like Johnny Quest, comics, super hero/villains, super scientists, star wars, etc. It's a very smart show. With a lot of smart music and history references. I could go on about it forever, lol!

[dieastra]

people who are famous for being famous

I just recently said exactly the same somewhere else. Each day when I log into my e-mail at GMX I am greeted by "news" about people I don't even know and don't care about. Who never have achieved anything, other than apparently always being where a camera is. It's a pretty shallow life.

John dancing?! OMFG! How is he not a huge star by now? I just can't even...One really wonders... I mean, of course it is a bit different in the UK, 17 years on West End (and also Broadway) musical stages and moderating countless BBC TV shows should count for something, but still... he wrote on Twitter that he had auditioned for "Galavant" but apparently was not right for the show. That would have been THE chance to show America the multitalent he is. We'll have to wait for another opportunity. I had hoped it would be when he moderated the ABC show "Sing your face off" but he did not sing in that himself sadly

[x_erikah_x]

John Barrowman and his sister wrote a Merlyn comic book? How come I'm only hearing about this now?! Now I have to take a peek. Or probably buy the book when it comes out!

[dieastra]

They did and I have a post somewhere with the interviews they gave at the time. Here it is: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/178886.html

I find though that reading the comic clashes with my idea of Malcolm Merlyn as I knew him so far in the show. In the show, I got the impression that he was an ordinary guy before he went all bad because of the death of his wife. But in the comic, he has a past, with a different name (Arthur King) and already did fighting etc.

It's the comic character backstory, you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlyn_%28DC_Comics%29

I don't know, I just expected something different when they said they would show us Malcolm's past! It's still a great comic of course, just not what I had expected.