I'm FINALLY seeing it tonight. Be prepared, all.
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"What would you have me do?"
11 May 2013 @ 02:54 pm
Have you all seen this promo image for the newly picked-up ABC SHIELD TV show?
I have to say, I am very disappointed. I knew it would be headed by a white man, but let's talk about the composition.
1. It's just a horrible image. I don't get a sense of the show. It looks like the promo for CSI: NY or something. Ridiculously generic aside from the SHIELD logo in the background. Booooring. (And sneakers and a prep school jacket? I can't recall which is which, but one of the women is a bio-chemist and the other is an engineer - we couldn't get a labcoat or someone decked out in a muscle tank who looks like they'd be messing around with machine parts? Or a top knot and glasses - the typical look of someone who's holed up in a lab or library all day?)
2. There's a white dude in front.
3. There one person of color. Ming-Na will be awesome, although, I can't help but think it may be a similar role to her SGU role. Based on the promo badges revealed, her role at SHIELD is as an "administrator". So basically, she's the Fury of the show, I suspect. Everyone will be a thorn in her side and she'll be the one cracking the metaphorical bureaucratic whip.
4. That's it. One person of color. And on top of that, everyone else looks the same. The other two young white guys look alike. And the girls look pretty darn similar, too.
ETA: Someone informed me in the comments below that Chloe Bennet (the far left actress) is half Chinese. Looking her up on google, it seems this photo in particular just managed to wash her out in a way (photographically) that made it harder for me at least to notice her more diverse ethnicity. While I still think in particular the two men look identical, perhaps the issue is less one of lack of diversity than just really bad photoshop. I hope!)
I'm just very disappointed in Joss. Yes, the ratio of men to women is great - yay for gender equality (numbers-wise)! But shame on him for not having a more diverse cast. And shame on ABC for this terrible photo. If I had to guess the length of the show from this image and its network? I say it lasts a season - at most. I'm glad its not FOX simply for precedent, but ABC doesn't exactly knock it out of the park with sci-fi things either (see: V remake).
Hopefully, that changes.
I have to say, I am very disappointed. I knew it would be headed by a white man, but let's talk about the composition.
1. It's just a horrible image. I don't get a sense of the show. It looks like the promo for CSI: NY or something. Ridiculously generic aside from the SHIELD logo in the background. Booooring. (And sneakers and a prep school jacket? I can't recall which is which, but one of the women is a bio-chemist and the other is an engineer - we couldn't get a labcoat or someone decked out in a muscle tank who looks like they'd be messing around with machine parts? Or a top knot and glasses - the typical look of someone who's holed up in a lab or library all day?)
2. There's a white dude in front.
3. There one person of color. Ming-Na will be awesome, although, I can't help but think it may be a similar role to her SGU role. Based on the promo badges revealed, her role at SHIELD is as an "administrator". So basically, she's the Fury of the show, I suspect. Everyone will be a thorn in her side and she'll be the one cracking the metaphorical bureaucratic whip.
4. That's it. One person of color. And on top of that, everyone else looks the same. The other two young white guys look alike. And the girls look pretty darn similar, too.
ETA: Someone informed me in the comments below that Chloe Bennet (the far left actress) is half Chinese. Looking her up on google, it seems this photo in particular just managed to wash her out in a way (photographically) that made it harder for me at least to notice her more diverse ethnicity. While I still think in particular the two men look identical, perhaps the issue is less one of lack of diversity than just really bad photoshop. I hope!)
I'm just very disappointed in Joss. Yes, the ratio of men to women is great - yay for gender equality (numbers-wise)! But shame on him for not having a more diverse cast. And shame on ABC for this terrible photo. If I had to guess the length of the show from this image and its network? I say it lasts a season - at most. I'm glad its not FOX simply for precedent, but ABC doesn't exactly knock it out of the park with sci-fi things either (see: V remake).
Hopefully, that changes.
09 May 2013 @ 10:21 pm
Here are some problems I have with a modern Moriarty.
-A serial killer, ala say, Red John makes sense in the modern age, clearly.
-But Moriarty is not simply a serial killer. He is, as so nicely put in Elementary, an "assassin pimp". He's someone who controls the serial killers. He uses them. Yes, he's obviously somewhat psychotic himself, but there's a separation between between controller and murderer.
-But there is a problem. Someone who controls assassins is going to have grand plans - think of the Moriaty in Game of Shadows. That Moriarty was planning war on a global scale. Now a Moriarty like that would work in a modern day telling.
-The ultimate problem is, however, a simple NYC detective - or UK detective - is not going to be the one after such a global threat. Moriarty would hardly care about one detective, brilliant as he is. It would make far more sense if Sherlock worked for DHS or the CIA or even the FBI which gets the occasional jurisdiction beyond borders. Even then, it would take an entire task force - think a Criminal Minds type team headed by Sherlock.
And so, this is my problem. Knowing now that Moriarty is the strategist and remains hands off (on killing, that is), it leads, to make him a big enough threat, to him having a grand role of being an arms dealer or manipulator of politics or head of a terrorist cell - none of which would fall under Sherlock's jurisdiction. Now, this is a problem I often have (see the many global plots NCIS is involved in, the numerous bombings on Castle, etc), but here it is particularly interesting given the possibility to have made Sherlock something beyond a detective or to have Moriarty be a Red John. I just have a fundamental issue believing it.
None of this is to say Elementary is doing a bad job or that I'll stop watching and enjoying. It's just a problem I have - with many shows - and I get annoyed with lazy writers.
-A serial killer, ala say, Red John makes sense in the modern age, clearly.
-But Moriarty is not simply a serial killer. He is, as so nicely put in Elementary, an "assassin pimp". He's someone who controls the serial killers. He uses them. Yes, he's obviously somewhat psychotic himself, but there's a separation between between controller and murderer.
-But there is a problem. Someone who controls assassins is going to have grand plans - think of the Moriaty in Game of Shadows. That Moriarty was planning war on a global scale. Now a Moriarty like that would work in a modern day telling.
-The ultimate problem is, however, a simple NYC detective - or UK detective - is not going to be the one after such a global threat. Moriarty would hardly care about one detective, brilliant as he is. It would make far more sense if Sherlock worked for DHS or the CIA or even the FBI which gets the occasional jurisdiction beyond borders. Even then, it would take an entire task force - think a Criminal Minds type team headed by Sherlock.
And so, this is my problem. Knowing now that Moriarty is the strategist and remains hands off (on killing, that is), it leads, to make him a big enough threat, to him having a grand role of being an arms dealer or manipulator of politics or head of a terrorist cell - none of which would fall under Sherlock's jurisdiction. Now, this is a problem I often have (see the many global plots NCIS is involved in, the numerous bombings on Castle, etc), but here it is particularly interesting given the possibility to have made Sherlock something beyond a detective or to have Moriarty be a Red John. I just have a fundamental issue believing it.
None of this is to say Elementary is doing a bad job or that I'll stop watching and enjoying. It's just a problem I have - with many shows - and I get annoyed with lazy writers.
01 May 2013 @ 10:34 pm
Ah, race wank. It's been a long time.
My tumblr is suddenly exploding with people outraged. Someone insulted Benedict's casting as Khan (if he is Khan) because I guess Khan is Native American? I admit, I've only watched Wrath once and haven't done a lot of background reading on it (bad Star Trek fan, I know). Anyway, Khan is an ethnic character, Benedict is not, thus this is racist casting. (I can't explain more than that because the original post has been deleted.) Which, all that's fine, I'm not exactly a fan of whitewashing characters. But someone else comes along who is clearly a giant Benedict stan and says:
It is about acting. Good actors get good parts, and IMHO, Benedict could even play an amazing Martin Luther King. Because he is a very, very good actor and ST fandom should be happy and proud to have him.
And now everyone from every corner and fandom persuasion on tumblr is having a field day; tumblr is united for the first time ever. Namely, because, that person totally deserves to be given crap for their comments. Nothing against Benedict but, uh, no, he should not be playing MLK Jr no matter his acting level. *face palm*
My tumblr is suddenly exploding with people outraged. Someone insulted Benedict's casting as Khan (if he is Khan) because I guess Khan is Native American? I admit, I've only watched Wrath once and haven't done a lot of background reading on it (bad Star Trek fan, I know). Anyway, Khan is an ethnic character, Benedict is not, thus this is racist casting. (I can't explain more than that because the original post has been deleted.) Which, all that's fine, I'm not exactly a fan of whitewashing characters. But someone else comes along who is clearly a giant Benedict stan and says:
It is about acting. Good actors get good parts, and IMHO, Benedict could even play an amazing Martin Luther King. Because he is a very, very good actor and ST fandom should be happy and proud to have him.
And now everyone from every corner and fandom persuasion on tumblr is having a field day; tumblr is united for the first time ever. Namely, because, that person totally deserves to be given crap for their comments. Nothing against Benedict but, uh, no, he should not be playing MLK Jr no matter his acting level. *face palm*
27 April 2013 @ 10:35 pm
I am reading a Heroes fic where Nathan is having sex the next morning after Peter went nuclear in his arms. And he's covered in sores and radiation burns and...all I can think is a) painful! and b) loving someone is great, but this is maybe not the best time for sex in terms of comfort OR attractiveness.
So now I'm pondering whether its worse (fic-wise) for people to have sex post-radiation burns and there's probably puss or when the characters kiss just after one of them has vomited and hasn't brushed their teeth.
You know, I get that in "real life" sex happens in odd and unexpected ways and there are some people who like having sex in dirty public spaces that I just can't really ever imagine being a germaphobe, but sometimes fic just goes beyond.
/random
So now I'm pondering whether its worse (fic-wise) for people to have sex post-radiation burns and there's probably puss or when the characters kiss just after one of them has vomited and hasn't brushed their teeth.
You know, I get that in "real life" sex happens in odd and unexpected ways and there are some people who like having sex in dirty public spaces that I just can't really ever imagine being a germaphobe, but sometimes fic just goes beyond.
/random
24 April 2013 @ 10:26 pm
I really should rewatch the episode before making true commentary as my roommate talked for about five minutes in the middle (and for 10 minutes of the beginning of Arrow, grrr), but whatever. *handwaves*
( Spoilers ahoy!Collapse )
In other news, have you all seen the new "Cooking fresh and fast with West?" I can't believe Misha put that "salad" in his mouth at the end. Ewwwww.lol
( Spoilers ahoy!Collapse )
In other news, have you all seen the new "Cooking fresh and fast with West?" I can't believe Misha put that "salad" in his mouth at the end. Ewwwww.lol
12 April 2013 @ 09:13 pm
Today I came across a very cool Iron Man, generic Captain America (standard Halloween costume) and a female Black Panther and even though we were in a hurry, I was determined to get a photo with Iron Man, thinking they were just some cool cosplayers, only to be informed by my friend they're like the painted, immoveable "statue" people in Europe and I'd have to pay them to get a picture.
I was crushed.
I was crushed.
04 April 2013 @ 12:19 am
Look, I get that Dean is a good guy (generally) and has died/risked his life to save the world and a whole bunch of people he doesn't know/hardly knows, but...what is with EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER sacrificing their lives for him?
Some days I really miss Ruby because she didn't take that shit. True, she died for her own cause, but it was kind of refreshing that that cause wasn't "The Winchesters".
More thoughts after I rewatch the ep. Because I have a lot of them. But I also need sleep and have a lot of feels.
Oh, also, I'm very bitter with Oliver right now, because while it isn't his fault, he just managed the push toward Tommy becoming "Merlyn" and it makes me sad because I want a nice happy threesome with them and Laurel and it's too tragic if they're archenemies (been there, done that with Mulder/Krycek and it hurts!). Basically, TV gave me a lot of feels tonight.
Some days I really miss Ruby because she didn't take that shit. True, she died for her own cause, but it was kind of refreshing that that cause wasn't "The Winchesters".
More thoughts after I rewatch the ep. Because I have a lot of them. But I also need sleep and have a lot of feels.
Oh, also, I'm very bitter with Oliver right now, because while it isn't his fault, he just managed the push toward Tommy becoming "Merlyn" and it makes me sad because I want a nice happy threesome with them and Laurel and it's too tragic if they're archenemies (been there, done that with Mulder/Krycek and it hurts!). Basically, TV gave me a lot of feels tonight.
23 March 2013 @ 06:21 pm
UGH, I CAN'T. I have so many feels from this ep. SO MANY FEELS.
Like, I can't even go into them all. I've tried to leave comments on those of you who made review posts, but if I missed one or you're curious as to my thoughts on something from the ep, ask/link away.
Basically, it boils down to:
Also, I'll warn you, I don't hate Meg/Cas so if you want to defriend me, that's cool, but it's not like I'm a staunch shipper or anything, and I don't exactly plan on posting "I'm a Meg/Cas shipper!" stuff. But, just wanted to warn you all since fandom seems to be in a tizzy over it.
Like, I can't even go into them all. I've tried to leave comments on those of you who made review posts, but if I missed one or you're curious as to my thoughts on something from the ep, ask/link away.
Basically, it boils down to:
- CAS!
- Dean!
- Meg, no!!
- Crowley, you smarmy bastard, I love you and WTF is this about Mesopotamia, aren't you supposed to just be a simple crossroads demon, WHOAREYOU.
- Naomi, GTFO
- Dear Chuck - please come back and sort out this clusterfuck.
- Cas!!!!!! ;___;
Also, I'll warn you, I don't hate Meg/Cas so if you want to defriend me, that's cool, but it's not like I'm a staunch shipper or anything, and I don't exactly plan on posting "I'm a Meg/Cas shipper!" stuff. But, just wanted to warn you all since fandom seems to be in a tizzy over it.
21 March 2013 @ 05:08 pm
I haven't watched last night's ep yet, but LOL at Destiel shippers who are suddenly all "Jimmy wouldn't be happy with Cas having sex with his body" in reference to any Meg/Cas shipping from last night.
10 March 2013 @ 08:46 pm
Intelligent Designs by 
auburn
This is a brilliant fic I just finished (at 4am) that is White Collar with support from Fringe and Chuck, with a base in The X-Files. It's amazing how Auburn is able to make all these characters and their universes come together in a way that showcases the characters themselves and manages a complex yet fast-paced plot. Seriously, I can't express the enormity of the task she undertook and the level of excellence to which she achieves.
It'll take you a few days to get through but it's AWESOME. Seriously, go read it if you like any of these shows at all.
(Note: if you don't know Fringe, read a brief synopsis so you understand the multiple timelines/universes that are mentioned.)
auburnThis is a brilliant fic I just finished (at 4am) that is White Collar with support from Fringe and Chuck, with a base in The X-Files. It's amazing how Auburn is able to make all these characters and their universes come together in a way that showcases the characters themselves and manages a complex yet fast-paced plot. Seriously, I can't express the enormity of the task she undertook and the level of excellence to which she achieves.
It'll take you a few days to get through but it's AWESOME. Seriously, go read it if you like any of these shows at all.
(Note: if you don't know Fringe, read a brief synopsis so you understand the multiple timelines/universes that are mentioned.)
05 March 2013 @ 10:11 pm
27 February 2013 @ 09:19 pm
So first of all, I always enjoy me a good god episode. Though granted, none have ever been quite as cool (creepy) as the S1 apple orchard gods, but nonetheless, I'm a big mythology fan so it's always fun. That said, I would have liked a bit more action from Artemis and Zeus. It was a sweet episode (I liked Sam and "Shane's" talk) but not very exciting?
( Spoilers and some comments on Dean at the endCollapse )
( Spoilers and some comments on Dean at the endCollapse )
17 February 2013 @ 08:31 pm
I only just found out given I haven't been on LJ for over a week, but, in very sad news, bardsmaid has passed on. She has always been one of my favorite writers in the XF fandom and she will be greatly missed by fandom and those of us who were fans of her writing. Unfortunately, I wasn't in contact with her in recent years, having generally moved on from XF fandom in any active manner, but I remember years ago, after reading her Sanctuary Trilogy, I wrote her a lengthy email of feedback basically spouting how much I loved it (particularly, her unique take on Krycek) and she responded with a wonderful email back and for some time we exchanged emails about Sanctuary, her work on its sequel, and characterization generally. She was a wonderful person, always willing to converse with other fans.
Condolences to her family.
bardsmaid has passed on. She has always been one of my favorite writers in the XF fandom and she will be greatly missed by fandom and those of us who were fans of her writing. Unfortunately, I wasn't in contact with her in recent years, having generally moved on from XF fandom in any active manner, but I remember years ago, after reading her Sanctuary Trilogy, I wrote her a lengthy email of feedback basically spouting how much I loved it (particularly, her unique take on Krycek) and she responded with a wonderful email back and for some time we exchanged emails about Sanctuary, her work on its sequel, and characterization generally. She was a wonderful person, always willing to converse with other fans.Condolences to her family.
08 February 2013 @ 01:46 pm
05 February 2013 @ 06:01 pm
So in preparation for tonight's new episode, I have to say that I am, for the first time, a little bit disappointed in El. I totally get her telling Neal to lie to Peter to keep him safe. But then when Peter admits to her he knows Neal is lying and is justifiably upset? She should have told him. Neal couldn't protect him anymore by lying and now it's just building mistrust between them. That was unfair of El to not tell Peter that she told Neal to lie to keep him safe - when the purpose for the lie is now moot.
24 January 2013 @ 10:41 am
So, I've seriously had it up to ~here with some Dean/Cas fans. And I am one!!
First annoyance: See how I used "Dean/Cas" instead of "Destiel"? There's an actual post on tumblr where someone was talking about their own fic and referred to DeanCas instead of Destiel and some motherfucker (says in Samuel L Jackson voice) had the audacity to respond and correct it by saying it's not DeanCas, it's Destial. ARE YOU SHITTING ME. Get a life. (I realize this last part is ironic as I clearly need a life since I even bother to be annoyed by it, but hey. Just don't be rude!)
And second annoyance...
( Spoilers for last night's epCollapse )
First annoyance: See how I used "Dean/Cas" instead of "Destiel"? There's an actual post on tumblr where someone was talking about their own fic and referred to DeanCas instead of Destiel and some motherfucker (says in Samuel L Jackson voice) had the audacity to respond and correct it by saying it's not DeanCas, it's Destial. ARE YOU SHITTING ME. Get a life. (I realize this last part is ironic as I clearly need a life since I even bother to be annoyed by it, but hey. Just don't be rude!)
And second annoyance...
( Spoilers for last night's epCollapse )
Current Mood: 
annoyed
annoyed10 January 2013 @ 04:21 pm
They are smart. They are funny. They're probably ridiculously rich. Both are real estate agents. Jonathan does contracting and design. Jonathan is also an illusionist. Both are black belts in karate. Drew plays guitar. Drew also apparently went to school for massage. Massage. They play the bagpipes. I mean, the bagpipes. They're actors (of a sort). They host a TV show. They're INCREDIBLY attractive. They are apparently jack of all trades.
If there is a fandom for the Folgers commercial...how is there no fandom for these boys?!
Seriously, how can you resist these two?
Where is the fanfic? I don't have time to write any.lol
(And you have to watch this vid. They're going on a date together. HAH! (Also, I imagine the girls went off on their own date together.))
If there is a fandom for the Folgers commercial...how is there no fandom for these boys?!
Seriously, how can you resist these two?
Where is the fanfic? I don't have time to write any.lol
(And you have to watch this vid. They're going on a date together. HAH! (Also, I imagine the girls went off on their own date together.))
