I don't care what you dress Kristin Kreuk in -- she's going to ... god, she sounded awful.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 7:59:59 pm PST #8791 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Katie M - Dec 07, 2004 8:10:11 pm PST #8792 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I never really loved Earthsea, so I don't have the kind of gut-level picture of it that I do of Tolkien, but I remember the Tombs of Atuan and man, I never pictured it as even vaguely faux-medieval. More... I dunno. Greek, if anything.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 8:12:41 pm PST #8793 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do remember envisioning it as bare -- robes, not dresses, you know?
Consuela - Dec 07, 2004 8:34:16 pm PST #8794 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yup. Barefoot, desert, black robes, spare, ascetic. Withered trees and dust, and little oil lamps and wrinkled apples. Gruel and bread with grit in it.
Not veils and prissy dresses and candalabras. Bleah.
Nutty - Dec 08, 2004 4:30:48 am PST #8795 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The funny part is, the source texts are basically a "How to Confound Hollywood" manual, you know? Hero is black, as are almost all the supporting characters. (The only white people are barbarian invaders, and one guy in the third novel.) Major actions -- Ged becoming a dragonlord, e.g. -- happen between one novel and the next, and are never flashed back to. The climax of the first book is the hero's surrender. Ged goes on a quest and meets a pretty girl, and takes her home with him, and she ends up... becoming an obscure farm-wife to somebody not named Ged.
I'm secure in the knowledge that even the faithfullest filmmaker would have huge difficulty making a good film out of the novels, so knowing that unfaithful filmmakers are making a bad film out of it -- I don't feel the need to care.
Consuela - Dec 08, 2004 7:21:53 am PST #8796 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm secure in the knowledge that even the faithfullest filmmaker would have huge difficulty making a good film out of the novels, so knowing that unfaithful filmmakers are making a bad film out of it -- I don't feel the need to care.
Which is a very healthy attitude about it all.
I still think I'll have to stock up on single-malt to survive this.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 08, 2004 7:51:07 am PST #8797 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'll have to go looking for leftover Krell machinery so my antipathy for Kristin Kreuk can take on lethal physical form after I see the adaptation.
JenP - Dec 08, 2004 12:08:25 pm PST #8798 of 10000
Well, you've heard of LeGuin, I assume, yeah?
Heard of? Yes. Real familiarity with her work? Not so much. So, I'm saying... surprised. You know, I go through life, I think I know a lot of shit, yet I learn, time and again, not really. Fortunately, I'm OK with that.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2004 12:40:17 pm PST #8799 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been reading danvers' recaps of post-hiatus Atlantis, and ... she doesn't hate Teyla. She sees Sheppard/Weir.
She's also really excited about Sheppard/McKay, so she's not nuts or anything -- she gets pretty funny.
But it's so weird (and an odd sort of betrayal from SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW) to be bopping along totally in the groove, and lo! She doesn't hate on Teyla when it's the only right thinking thing to do.
JenP - Dec 08, 2004 12:52:27 pm PST #8800 of 10000
She sees Sheppard/Weir.
I am not alone, then. Excellent. Going to read her recaps. Not understanding the liking Teyla. Except, of course, I've only seen ep 11, as I've just whined about.