Fandom schmandom
Jun. 11th, 2007 02:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
summer_skinI went on a mini-friending spree tonight. People who I've thought about friending before who I saw around earlier and had a burst of "why the hell not?" tonight.
I meant to post the first mini-challenge type thing over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spn_fanmix today but I got distracted with capping 1x16 and dinner and then reading ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dontwaitup's fic Exact Change. It's the first BigBang fic that I've had a chance to read so far, even though I have a couple others open in tabs. Good thing there's still a few months of summer, eh?
So, last night's Doctor Who,
Loved it. Loved it, loved it, loved it. It was funny, scary, sad and I LOVED Sally. Does anyone else kind of hope that maybe she'll pop up in the series at a later time like Gwen (1x... something- the one about the lamps and gas and stuff? I'm terrible at remembering the episode names for this show) and Martha (from 2x12 Army of Ghosts)? I think she would have made an awesome companion, although she seems a bit TOO independant to work out well with the Doctor. I dunno. I liked the actress and I liked the character. It would have been nice to see her stick around.
I still like Martha and all, she's perfectly fine with the Doctor, but ... I dunno. I miss Rose, I guess? I watched 2x12 and 2x13 again last night and yeah... missing Rose. I wish, wish, wish Billie Piper would come back for a guest spot or something.
But next week. OH NEXT WEEK. We get Captain Jack back. *rolls in John Barrowman* Jesus Christ I love that man. I'm so excited to see him come back, see him figure out what the hell he is and what's been done to him- FIND OUT THAT ROSE WAS THE ONE TO BRING HIM BACK. Maybe this would open up a chance for her to guest on Torchwood? That would kick all kinds of ass, too.
I also watched the pilot for Hidden Palms a couple nights ago.
I hate the girl. I don't like her character and I don't think she's anything special. I hate the nerdy girl who's trying to change herself to impress the boy. Bobby or Tobey or Matty or whatever the hell he's called. I don't think any of the characters are particularly memorable.
Is the asshole supposed to be gay? The one who was best friends with the kid who died?
I didn't mind the the lead kid, actually. I liked him best when he wasn't around all the "cool" kids and trying to be introductory guy for everyone else. And everyone else? SUCKED. Good GOD. I don't know if I'll keep watching. I mean, this week is the third episode, right? I don't even know what day it airs on and I just... I think I might hate it a little.
I guess it doesn't matter that I'm behind then, eh?
I'm almost done my re-watch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think I'm on "Tough Love" right now. The distance from the last time I watched the show (back four years ago when it was first run) and separation from fandom has done me good and I can approach the show more objectively now. There are a lot of things I think about it now that if I dared breathe such things four years ago I would probably have sent more than a few fangirls into a tizzy, including myself. But that's neither here nor there because I haven't finished watching yet. I don't know if I'll continue on to watch season 6 and 7 again online because the show ends in season 5 for me. Even though I enjoy select episodes from those two seasons I don't know if I want to put myself through all that again.
On another old fandom-related note- Canadian Queer as Folk fans? All... like- five of you on my flist? HMV is selling all the seasons right now for 35.99$ each which is AMAZING. Those sets never go on sale. I've already stuck our season 5 copy in the staff holds box because it's been 100$ for the past... oh, eight months or so and I was sure I was never going to be able to own it. So I can get it for 30$+ tax with my discount. Then I'll finally have the whole series and maybe that'll be my next series re-watch. I don't know if I've distanced myself from the show and fandom enough yet, so we'll see after I finish Buffy in a few days. I still have s2 of Dead Like Me to watch, as well.
Myspn_heraea fic is coming along when I actually work on it but I'm having trouble forcusing on it. When I actually sit down to tackle it I'll probably draw a blank. Lame.
I meant to post the first mini-challenge type thing over at
spn_fanmix today but I got distracted with capping 1x16 and dinner and then reading dontwaitup's fic Exact Change. It's the first BigBang fic that I've had a chance to read so far, even though I have a couple others open in tabs. Good thing there's still a few months of summer, eh?So, last night's Doctor Who,
Loved it. Loved it, loved it, loved it. It was funny, scary, sad and I LOVED Sally. Does anyone else kind of hope that maybe she'll pop up in the series at a later time like Gwen (1x... something- the one about the lamps and gas and stuff? I'm terrible at remembering the episode names for this show) and Martha (from 2x12 Army of Ghosts)? I think she would have made an awesome companion, although she seems a bit TOO independant to work out well with the Doctor. I dunno. I liked the actress and I liked the character. It would have been nice to see her stick around.
I still like Martha and all, she's perfectly fine with the Doctor, but ... I dunno. I miss Rose, I guess? I watched 2x12 and 2x13 again last night and yeah... missing Rose. I wish, wish, wish Billie Piper would come back for a guest spot or something.
But next week. OH NEXT WEEK. We get Captain Jack back. *rolls in John Barrowman* Jesus Christ I love that man. I'm so excited to see him come back, see him figure out what the hell he is and what's been done to him- FIND OUT THAT ROSE WAS THE ONE TO BRING HIM BACK. Maybe this would open up a chance for her to guest on Torchwood? That would kick all kinds of ass, too.
I also watched the pilot for Hidden Palms a couple nights ago.
I hate the girl. I don't like her character and I don't think she's anything special. I hate the nerdy girl who's trying to change herself to impress the boy. Bobby or Tobey or Matty or whatever the hell he's called. I don't think any of the characters are particularly memorable.
Is the asshole supposed to be gay? The one who was best friends with the kid who died?
I didn't mind the the lead kid, actually. I liked him best when he wasn't around all the "cool" kids and trying to be introductory guy for everyone else. And everyone else? SUCKED. Good GOD. I don't know if I'll keep watching. I mean, this week is the third episode, right? I don't even know what day it airs on and I just... I think I might hate it a little.
I guess it doesn't matter that I'm behind then, eh?
I'm almost done my re-watch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think I'm on "Tough Love" right now. The distance from the last time I watched the show (back four years ago when it was first run) and separation from fandom has done me good and I can approach the show more objectively now. There are a lot of things I think about it now that if I dared breathe such things four years ago I would probably have sent more than a few fangirls into a tizzy, including myself. But that's neither here nor there because I haven't finished watching yet. I don't know if I'll continue on to watch season 6 and 7 again online because the show ends in season 5 for me. Even though I enjoy select episodes from those two seasons I don't know if I want to put myself through all that again.
On another old fandom-related note- Canadian Queer as Folk fans? All... like- five of you on my flist? HMV is selling all the seasons right now for 35.99$ each which is AMAZING. Those sets never go on sale. I've already stuck our season 5 copy in the staff holds box because it's been 100$ for the past... oh, eight months or so and I was sure I was never going to be able to own it. So I can get it for 30$+ tax with my discount. Then I'll finally have the whole series and maybe that'll be my next series re-watch. I don't know if I've distanced myself from the show and fandom enough yet, so we'll see after I finish Buffy in a few days. I still have s2 of Dead Like Me to watch, as well.
My
spn_heraea fic is coming along when I actually work on it but I'm having trouble forcusing on it. When I actually sit down to tackle it I'll probably draw a blank. Lame.
