I caught a show on PBS this morning called MythQuest. I don't recall ever noticing it on the Dallas PBS stations (I'm in NY right now). Has anyone else ever seen it? I was really impressed by the quality. The stories revolve around a brother and sister who become part of mythical stories through a cyber gateway of some kind. It is definitely for children but it's the kind of thing a kid who loves Madeleine L'engle or the Chronicles of Narnia would latch on to. In other words, if I had seen it when I was 9 or 10 I would have been completely hooked. I gather from what little I have found on the internet that it is Canadian and there was only one season made in 2001. But I can't figure out if it is gone forever or in limbo because of funding.

I'd guess it's gone forever, as these things go.

I can always hope for DVD's.

Gyaah. I am so tired of saying that.

I have thoughts about Batman, and second the rec of Year One, and to a lesser extent Killing Joke. I didn't like DKR at all, because it took the subtext thing and subtracted the sub-. Also, tiny tiny bit over the top.

I don't know as how this is the thread to discuss it, but would someone care to convince me why Batman has sidekicks? I never really got it, and I still don't get it, and I wonder if anyone could go into detail on the matter. My concept of Batman is more along the "I walk alone" lines, than "I walk alone with my young hanger-on ____".

Maybe I just have a psychological problem with sidekicks.

I don't know as how this is the thread to discuss it, but would someone care to convince me why Batman has sidekicks? I never really got it, and I still don't get it, and I wonder if anyone could go into detail on the matter. My concept of Batman is more along the "I walk alone" lines, than "I walk alone with my young hanger-on ____".

Read the intro essay in Batman: Dark Victory. It does a good job of making it make sense. I think, though, Amych would be the person who could answer that question. For me, I'm finding I prefer the stories of the rest of the Batfamily the more I get into the Batfamily, because while I adore Bats himself, he's very rigid by design, and without the extended network of people he cares about despite himself, it would get hella boring real quick. They keep him on the edge of humanity. Without them, he'd have crossed over a long time ago.

Sounds like Angel.

Sounds like Angel.

Yeah, pretty much.

I'm having an easier and easier time mapping Wes to Dick (Robin I/Nightwing), but I think that could be a sign of obsessions transfering and mixing in the transfer.

(Still stuck on Stargate silliness)

Oh! English-speaking aliens!

WTF is up with that, anyway? I mean, every frelling planet they go to, everyone speaks English! But they write in ancient Phoenician, or Welsh, or something. HUH?

What's the deal?

without the extended network of people he cares about despite himself, it would get hella boring real quick. They keep him on the edge of humanity. Without them, he'd have crossed over a long time ago.

This may inform why I am so fond of origin stories for the guy. Then again, also the noir-y ones, because noir is all about crossing over that edge.

As for Stargate. Which would you rather: Vancouver actors say "aboot" on every planet, or Vancouver actors say "plxtmagrablke" or similar? Then to show that the Really Are From Far Away, we give them hieroglyphs. Champollion would be so proud.

Vancouver actors say "aboot" on every planet, or Vancouver actors say "plxtmagrablke" or similar? Then to show that the Really Are From Far Away, we give them hieroglyphs. Champollion would be so proud.

Um. So... not even a handwave? At least we got handwaves in Farscape and Star Trek...

::sigh::