Comments | selenak: With a little help from my friends

selenak

With a little help from my friends

Jun 05, 2012 12:47

I blame

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moffat, joss whedon, ron moore, rtd, beatles

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night_train_fm June 5 2012, 11:46:34 UTC

*Golf-claps*

selenak June 5 2012, 13:19:42 UTC

*bows*

nevacaruso June 5 2012, 12:33:33 UTC

I can't speak for #4 since I haven't seen anything Ron Moore's written, but the other three are spot on. Well played.

selenak June 5 2012, 13:19:14 UTC

You haven't watched either Star Trek: The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine then? He was one of the key scriptwriters for both as a young 'un. Though what I was spoofing was the new Battlestar Galactica where he was the showrunner.

haha a_g_doren June 5 2012, 12:58:54 UTC

I usually take any opportunity I can to bash RTD but I'll just refrain and laugh at all of these. Well done.

Re: haha selenak June 5 2012, 13:20:19 UTC

I thank you for your restraint, being fond of the Welsh One with all his flaws.

ffutures June 5 2012, 13:08:25 UTC

"The Blue Meanies are there. And they have a plan."

Applause!

The Joss Whedon version of Yellow Submarine would also be kinda interesting, I think, although in some ways that's pretty much the plot of Serenity. I'm not sure which of them would be River Tam though...

selenak June 5 2012, 13:21:32 UTC

Pfff. River Tam is Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, of course.

kalypso_v June 5 2012, 13:22:20 UTC

River might produce some interesting conceptual art.

itsnotmymind June 5 2012, 17:45:17 UTC

It's amazing how real life so neatly fits into the much-criticized tropes of beloved showrunners.

selenak June 5 2012, 18:02:15 UTC

Isn't it just? Originally I wanted to do JMS as well, but his much critizised tropes don't work so well with the Beatles saga. Though I would have started the JMS version with "It was the dawning of the age of acquarius..."

itsnotmymind June 5 2012, 20:07:12 UTC

I have not seen more than an episode and a half Babylon 5, so that reference goes over my head (unless you're referring to JMS' Spider-Man comics in which case--it STILL goes over my head, but it shouldn't!), but I'm sure it was very witty.

selenak June 6 2012, 05:58:09 UTC

The opening of the B5 pilot starts with "it was the dawn of the third age of mankind". Incidentally, I would not advise you to start the show with the pilot, should you get around to watch it some day, but considering the season 1 dvds don't actually include the pilot this should not be a problem.