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kattahj

Not my fandom thing and random ramble

Sep 05, 2003 20:02

I have to travel to Stockholm at six thirty tomorrow to take a class I don't want to take in the first place. To make things even more perfect, I've been sick as a dog all afternoon and puking my guts out. I could tell you a thing or two about Big Macs, but that's a bit too TMI for anyone to take ( Read more... )

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contrariwise September 5 2003, 13:58:16 UTC

Wow--there's a couple on there I didn't even know people wrote fic for (Futurama? Really?).

The second Matrix is... notverygood in my opinion.

DS9--v. good description! I always called it "Melrose Place in Space." (It was my favorite Trek, so I can do that. ha.)

X-Files lost steam after the show moved from filming in Canada to filming in LA, IMO. It went on for a few years too long, which made me sad since it was the first show I really went kooky over. High, high slashing possibilities, as well as the yumminess that is Mulder 'n Scully. I'm pretty sure this fandom is where the term "shipper" originated. On the old alt.tv.x-files Usenet group. "Noromo" didn't seem to catch on (for "no romance" between the two main characters ( ... )

love2loveher September 5 2003, 19:09:18 UTC

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Anne Rice stopped the fic... not sure. Not that much was left up to the imagination, as if you actually get to book 4, or 5, it is nothing but slash... young boy/old man slash, and lots of that variety.

One of them was made into that boring film with Kirsten Dunst as the only redeeming feature despite the muchness of hunkitude

actually 2 were made into movies. movie 1 (the only one I have seen, Interview with a Vampire) has muchness of hunkitude... I watch it every couple of years just in amazement that all those hunks were in the same movie, yet never all in the same scene. I think that actually happens somewhere around book # 4 or 5. hm.....

kattahj September 5 2003, 21:06:25 UTC

*Two* films. Darn. Two films. I think I heard something about that, yeah. But the second film didn't get all that much attention, did it?

love2loveher September 6 2003, 07:33:07 UTC

Yeah, Queen of The Damned was the second movie, with them skipping the second book (The Vampire Lestat)
It flopped majorly. I will watch it one day, because I enjoyed the book (I believe it was after that one that they just started going downhill super-fast)

It had some actress in it, who died before the movie came out... can't remember her name...
hope you are having fun in Stockholm.

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roseveare September 5 2003, 15:32:42 UTC

X-Files - You would probably like Krychek. They maimed him. :)

C. S. Forester - You've not read or seen Hornblower??? (The TV movies are pretty much tripe apart from the, well, pretty... but the books are excellent.)

Farscape - Distinguishes itself by having an absolute raving nutcase as the lead, which is at least a departure from the usual genre hero cardboard cutouts. Pretty sure you'd like that, too because, well, it's wacky and has Weird Alien Sex and systematically drove its main character insane. It's like anti-Trek. (On a side note, there's also the show LEXX, which I don't know if you've ever seen, which is even more so.)

kattahj September 5 2003, 21:08:31 UTC

1. Did they now? Hm.... *grin*
2. Nope. Never. Knew they existed, but only due to my like of the African Queen movie.
3. Sounds interesting. I don't think it ever aired on any channel I've got. And no, I've never seen LEXX either.

roseveare September 6 2003, 07:30:36 UTC

1. You know, I think they cut off his arm... ;) I am not much of an X-Files fan, btw, it was all too deeply paranoid and angsty for me - but it could be very, very good at its best, and when it was taking the piss out of itself, which it did quite well in, I think, season 6 in particular.

2. Can you get the books easily over there? Although I admit that for me the pull is how understated the action and character work is, and the detail of the naval background and the intensity of the battle scenes, which is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. The TV movies on the other hand were about Ioan Grufford and a handful of other hot blokes wearing uniforms and swashing buckles. Most of the fandom is about dribbling over the TV movies ( ... )

kattahj September 8 2003, 23:16:43 UTC

I think I could get Hornblower books fairly easily - I've just never been very interested. :-)

And Blake's 7 does sound kind of interesting, although maybe too dark for me.

mudskipper September 5 2003, 16:02:11 UTC

Ok, just felt I had to ( ... )

mudskipper September 5 2003, 16:03:44 UTC

It seems LJ ate my spell-checked comment. Sorry... it's late and my brain has left the building.

kattahj September 5 2003, 21:11:09 UTC

Did I say I don't like anime? *checks* I did not say I don't like anime. I haven't seen enough anime to like or dislike. (Have I seen any? Probably on TV.)

And I always meant to see Spirited Away, because that guy is the one who's making Howl's Moving Castle. Judging from the pics I've seen he has a truly *weird* view of the castle, but weird is good.

That meme on fandoms I don't participate in. blktauna September 5 2003, 21:48:56 UTC

Soounds fun. And pretty much covers me entirely when I look in on other's LJs...

Smallville - I know of it only because I have a friend who's insanely into John Glover. I fell asleep.

X-Files - I like Skully but eventuall she turned into a snivelling drone. And I don't think Mulder is in any way cute. Krychek is kinda cute but the whole teenaged angst thing is too much for me.

Boy Bands - Can I just go ewwwwwwwww?

Firefly - ditto

Fastlane - more ditto

Highlander - Only watched when Roger Daltry was on, so I feel I've probably avoided the worst.

Enterprise - I was very sad that Star Trek had come to this. Horrific show.

Stargate - Well... It's ok as SF, I guess. I like the older ones better but I see zero slash potential here. Not much more than simple comradeship and sometimes not even that.

Blake's 7 - I watched it years ago but it never moved me to fiction. Too much angst and drama, if you know what I mean.

I am woefully out of touch as most of my shows of interest started before 1980...

Re: That meme on fandoms I don't participate in. kattahj September 8 2003, 23:18:55 UTC

I am woefully out of touch as most of my shows of interest started before 1980...

I'm woefully out of touch and don't have that excuse since I didn't start until 1980.

Of course, I can always go with the "I don't think it ever aired here" routine.

iroshi September 6 2003, 10:32:28 UTC

Stargate - First there was a movie. Then there was MacGyver and some guy with glasses. There might be yet another version, I'm not sure. It's scifi and deserts, if I remember what I saw of the movie correctly.No, there's only the two versions. It's got six or seven seasons by now...the movie had lots of deserts, but that was because the only planet they went to was Abydos, and the area of the planet that the Stargate was located was in a desert. They were very much going with the Egypt-theme in the movie ( ... )

kattahj September 8 2003, 23:20:46 UTC

Thank you for bringing me new knowledge!