The whole "keeper of ____ " crap

I don't even know what this is. Of course, I limit my fannish online time to here.

Actually, I think I have another puke-worthy fannish trend I hate more than the portmanteaux. The whole "keeper of ____ " crap, like "keeper of Jack Carter's boots" or "keeper of Daniel's new glasses" or "Sheppard's hair" or whatever-the-fuck.

OMG, is that still around? Puke is right.

Life on Mars

Seems like it would fit in okay here, but I hesitate to say, given the current Lightbulbs discussion.

LoM has been brought up here before. I wish I were caught up watching it -- I think I have 2 eps sitting on the Tivo right now.

OMG, is that still around? Puke is right.

I suspect it will never die, although LJ might be helping it along. It was really tedious when fannish discussion was largely on message boards and mailing lists, and you had to see "Keeper of Blair's curly hair!!! Keeper of Jim's elliptical machine!!!" in someone's sig every single time they posted.

I've never seen this "keeper of" thing and have no idea what it means.

It's when some 12-year-old girl thinks, for example, Jensen Ackles from Supernatural is totally hot, (a sentiment I have no issues with) then disclares that she "claims" a part of his anatomy or the character paraphernalia, like Dean's boots or his left pinky or his ingrown toenail or whatever. Then whenever the said person posts on a message board, there is a 10 line sig/tag underneath each post listing all the crap she has claimed. I thought this died out, but the other day, I've run into this on a message board that's actually populated by alleged grown-ups. One weeps for humanity.

Seems like it would fit in okay here, but I hesitate to say, given the current Lightbulbs discussion.

I think it fits well with the spirit of the Box Set (buddy cop setting, slashy, some fantastic elements, etc) but I don't know if anyone else is watching/wanting to discuss the show, so I thought I'd ask.

Buddy cop/slashy = Due South - yes?

ION, the folks who brought us Finding Serenity are now bringing us So Say We All - a collection of BSG essays.

Yep! And Jacob (TWoP recapper) has an essay in it!

There is a very Due South-like element in Life on Mars. First of all, it's a fish out of water story. The protagonist is a present-day cop in search of a serial killer, who gets into an accident and wakes up in 1973 Manchester and finds that he's part of the police force of the city for some cracked reason. That's the Sci-Fi element. It's unclear whether he's hallucinating, if it's a dream, or if it involves actual time-travel at the beginning, but as the series evolves, it looks like Sam Tyler (the main guy) is physically still in 2006 in a coma, and the 1973 setting is either a constructed reality in his head/or a part of him actually did body-jump to the past, and a part of the ongoing arc is Sam trying to go home.

The buddy-cop part of the story is about the rapport that gradually develops between Sam and his immediate superior, DCI Gene Hunt, who's very much a product of that particular social milieu, who doesn't bat an eye about beating up a suspect to get a confession, planting evidence, who accepts bribes and drinks on the job and thinks nothing of making revolting sexist remarks, yet in the heart of hearts, is a good cop. There is all kind of clashing about different police technique, amusing meta commentaries about how reliant the contemporary police work is on the ultra-tech aspect of the forensics, runimations about the line between the truth and justice, etc.

Plus, it's brilliantly shot and scored with some of the most awesome '70's music ever recorded. I haven't seen a show this stylistically sharp in a long time.

Uhm. OK, I didn't mean to turn it into a pimping post, but I think Buffistas would grok it.

I've been meaning to check it out. It's on my list, along with The Office and Slings and Arrows.

The "special glass" line was frelling awesome.

Plus, it's brilliantly shot and scored with some of the most awesome '70's music ever recorded.

OMG the music! I have NO IDEA how they were able to afford worldwide distribution on any of it, but I'm really glad they did.