Post prompted largely by Paul Cornell’s post here, in which intelligent TV apparently didn’t exist before the current popular shows, and the only reason anyone wouldn’t like Dollhouse is if they couldn’t handle things not always being perfectly black and white ( Read more... )

This has been going around the f-list a bit in various forms.  My fictional likes/crushes tend to remain relatively constant, as I'm really stubborn and generally end up comparing other characters to these, all of whom have been here for a year or longer(ok, technically, Bourne came back when the new movie came out...but he was there earlier)

In no ( Read more... )

Incidentally, I've gone back to Laura as my default avatar(though it may not stay this Laura)  Haven't had her as my default in about a year, I don't think.

Anyway, I've been thinking(and have since I first saw Veronica Mars) that really, Nancy Drew is NOT the female detective people should compare Veronica to.  Sure, there's the "blonde teen ( Read more... )

25 x Remington Steele
15 x Return of the Conder Heroes(2006)

Teasers:


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How many RS vid posts can I make?  Well, there's 5 seasons(or 4 seasons and 3 tv movies, whichever way you prefer) of romance, angst, hijinks and making out and quite the fanbase...

This post is mostly scenes and clips, instead of MVs.

But before clips, we'll start with a vid:

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First, scenes from an episode in season 2 where Laura's house is blown up ( Read more... )

So, earlier,  ( Read more... )

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No, seriously.  Over half the fics at fanfiction.net are...things that were actual episodes.  Sometimes a couple episodes mushed together.  And a few movies.  But mostly stuff we saw plenty of in the series.  Upside was no slash, mispairings, or obvious Mary Sues.

*Insert disclaimers from other entries*

Because we didn't get it at least once a season ( Read more... )

Lotsa stuff... I think about 3+ weeks worth...comics, novels, trades, dvds, etc.

Novels:

"Suspense and Sensibility" by Carrie Bebris(historical mystery)  While this book is more accessible to non-Jane Austen afficionados, I think it was an even better example of why the writer should have just made up "inspired by" characters, instead of using ( Read more... )