Fannish delights

[selenak]

Today is a good day to be a fan of various people and their creations. The one and only Luminosity has created a new Angel vid (theme: Angel and the forces of Wolfram & Hart); the links are here.

Moreoever, on the Farscape side of things, kixxa explains the four seasons of Scorpius (Sikozu is spring, John is summer, Grayza is winter and Braca, of course, is the fall guy).

Also, I'm wondering whether the German film industry is finally out of the doldrums. Following cavendish's review I went and saw Das Wunder von Bern, which is utterly charming - cavendish explains why here. Simultanously, kathyh saw Goodbye, Lenin and praised it in her lj. Then she proceeds to make me jealous by announcing she's going to see Anthony Stewart Head in Pirates of Penzance next March. I suppose londonkds, rozk and other fortunates living on that island in the silver sea can join her?

Lastly, today would have been Sylvia Plath's 71st birthday. Like James Dean or Marilyn Monroe, one can't quite imagine her as an old woman. The most intriguing speculation about what she would have done if she hadn't comitted suicide I've read recently came from Diane Middlebrook, because Ms. Middlebrook thinks she might have tried her hand on TV scripts. Which isn't as unlikely as you think: Ted Hughes wrote several radio plays for the BBC to make some money (let's not forget they were both pretty poor back then), Sylvia tried to write one and was interested in experimenting in other genres. Plus kathyh tells me several blacklisted American writers had ended up writing episodes for British TV shows earlier. Which is why I can't get the image of my head: Sylvia Plath writing for Dr. Who or Blake's 7. Come on. I can see it. SP writing the definite Avon/Servalan episode...

Comments

Angel vid

[kathyh]

Wow! Thanks for the link to Luminosity's latest vid. That was awesome. She just gets better and better. There was a line in the lyrics "a judgement made that never ends" that totally fits how I think Angel sees himself. Stunning.

Re: Angel vid

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is awesome. I wish I could do something like this.

Though I'm inclined to sulk I wrote all this lengthy explanation on why you should watch Chaplin, and you didn't comment that one at all.*g*

Re: Angel vid

[kathyh]

I was too stunned by your rhetoric and awed by your arguments. Seriously, I didn't think I had anything useful to add because my Chaplin allergy means I haven't seen the films. You have now persuaded me that I should *g*.

[kernezelda]

Not an American, but I rather enjoyed both of Tanith Lee's B7 episodes. Her novella, Kill The Dead, she says is based on Paul Darrow, as the name of her lead character is what his signature typically resembles. I want to think, but am not convinced of the soundness of my memory, that the secondary character is based on Michael Keating.

Loved the Tanith Lee episodes, too.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Both Sarcophagus and Sand were incredibly atmospheric, and still worked within the B7 universe. Incidentally, kathyh gave me a recording of a radio play Tanith Lee wrote with Paul Darrow in the main role, and you can hear she wrote it for him, too.

(Oh, and the fannish lore I was exposed to said that the secondary character you refer to is based on Michael Keating.)