Okay, so I gots me a CD of scores by Robert Kral today. I always loved his work with the score to Angel (The Birth of Angelus - tres lovely), but I've never listened to his stuff on it's own before. It's epic, and so very beautiful.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Mar 16, 2007 12:07:59 pm PDT #4701 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
aurelia - Mar 16, 2007 1:14:31 pm PDT #4702 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Jane adoration is strong in Prisonor of Trebekistan (as it should be). She even gets her own chapter. You should all read it while you're waiting for Vampire People to be released.
Una - Mar 16, 2007 2:03:49 pm PDT #4703 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I second aurelia's recommendation of Prisoner or Trebekistan. I didn't know any of that backstory, and I was so touched by how much he digs Jane. And he's friends with Danny Strong! Plus, it's a hilarious book.
Zenkitty - Mar 16, 2007 2:20:02 pm PDT #4704 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thirding the rec of Prisoner of Trebekistan. Loved that book.
Tamara - Mar 17, 2007 8:37:04 pm PDT #4705 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Just read something odd on whedonesque and rather than piss people off over there I came here to ask a question.
There were people who didn't like Illyria? Really?
I thought it was the most impressive Acker has ever been. I was blown away (both by Amy and by the poster at whedonesque).
Allyson - Mar 17, 2007 8:47:22 pm PDT #4706 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I recall disliking the story. My disbelief couldn't suspend. But by that point, there was the whole St. Cordelia thing with the you're a champion, Angel, and the schtuping Connor and the ascending and the champion and the Angel/Cordy and the champion and then I was cooked.
Tamara - Mar 17, 2007 9:33:57 pm PDT #4707 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
See, I can completely understand having issues with the whole Cordelia thing and/or Connor. I can't comprehend someone not liking the character of Illyria. Amy rocked that part. I guess I just don't get someone feeling betrayed over Fred's death (or whatever), but then I will never in a million years understand the vagaries of Buffyverse fandom.
The Firelfy folks, I get. Not that I always agree, but I get them. The Buffy fandom, baffles me.
Strega - Mar 17, 2007 9:45:32 pm PDT #4708 of 10001
I didn't miss Fred at all, lord knows. The only thing funnier than Fred dying was Wesley dying. And Amy Acker was very good in the role.
But Illyria, the character, was still a boring, cliched waste of time. I mean, honestly. What was the point of all that?
Tamara - Mar 17, 2007 9:48:07 pm PDT #4709 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Strega, I bawled when Wesley was killed and I loved Illyria. My suspension of disbelief is alive and well, I guess.
libkitty - Mar 17, 2007 9:49:56 pm PDT #4710 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
In retrospect, I like Illyria, but I didn't at the time. I'm not sure why, although I think it was probably something along the same line as Allyson, with the whole suspension of disbelief being overworked. Part of it may also be that I connect Illyria and cancellation in my mind. Or, as I think about it, perhaps it's just that I didn't like Wesley with Illyria. In any case, I agree that Amy's acting was outstanding, and it wasn't that I felt bad about losing Fred (well, yes, I cried during the eps because of the skillful tugging at heartstrings, but still), as I never was much into Fred, and kind of gave up on her when she and Gunn broke up.