Bad Friday

Great Maker, this day starts out depressing. First I hear JMS had cancelled FedCon, and if not for the chance to see Stephen Furst (hobsonphile wouldn't forgive me otherwise) and hanging out with muffinmonster, so would I. Next iamsab shocks me with this news - the JMS commentary tracks for Crusade - already released on DVD in the US but not yet in Europe, where we'll have to wait until March - will be removed. (Apparently the WB wanted to delete some of his remarks re: what happened with Crusade and he said "all or nothing", which means we'll get nothing. Note to self: must get Furst's autograph to bribe Hobs to transcribe the JMS comments for me, as she already is in possession of a Crusade set with the commentaries.

And then snurch_tv croaks it. That means no more Carnivale for me. Well, until the end of March anyway, when it, too, will get released in Region 2. Doesn't help my momentary depression, though.

Speaking of deaths, I hear Enterprise got cancelled. I only ever watched the first three eps, courtesy of bimo (which weren't bad, just not particularily exciting or different from what I had already seen on other Trek shows), and given that at the time I was busy discovering Farscape and then got Firefly, I never got around to watching more. Here's what sounds like a good analysis of reasons for the cancellation, both external and internal. One argument especially reminded me of cavendish.

Trying to find some good news in all this gloom, I stumbled across a beautiful photograph or two of Berlin, made last weekend by merkuria_lyn. Have a look, folks, they're very pretty.

But then I made the mistake of putting in Sleeping in Light - as I hadn't heard JMS' audio commentary on it yet, and now I'm sobbing again. That episode, and The Fall of Centauri Prime, always do it for me. (It's no consolation that the Great Maker is getting all emotional and torn-up as well.) Leaving you now to cry some more and/or to find something to lift my spirits...