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[selenak]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Battlestar Galactica share the same composer (all hail Bear McCreary), and an occupation with artificial life/humanity interaction, both lethal and not, apocalypse, dreams, and various takes on religion. They're still quite different shows. charmax, one of the best vidders around, has now posted a vid taking on both shows, their similarities and differences, and Charles Darwin. It's awesome. (And not spoilery beyond basic premises for both shows.):

Unnatural Selection

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She's usually associated with Four in the fannish consciousness, but Sarah Jane Smith started her stint as a companion in Three's era, and I really enjoyed this absolutely adorable Three and Sarah Jane pic spam . (Also, those photos of baby!Sarah Jane remind me again that Elisabeth Sladen is one of these enviable women who look even better when older; as a young woman, she's cute, but today, she's gorgeous.)

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Another trailer/featurette for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which reminds me that it can be very relaxing to be fond of something without being actually in the fandom. I enjoyed the books. Very occasionally, I read fanfic (and also enjoy it). I like the movies in varying degrees. But I've never been compelled to participate in fannish wars, and each time I stumble across yet another reference about shipping feuds, Marauders versus Snape, JKR stole my cookies, and what not, I feel relieved. As for HBP, it's probably the weakest book of the seven, but it had a lot I enjoyed, for example, both the opening chapters, the one with the Muggle PM, and the one with the Mitford Black sisters and Snape; Horace Slughorn (together with Phineas Nigellus the example of non-evil adult Slytherins who have never been Death Eaters - they do exist!); all the Harry and Dumbledore interaction; Harry fanboying the Prince of the title as long as he doesn't know who it is (bad pun, JKR, bad pun, which makes it fun); Draco Malfoy, after five books as a one-note none too successful bully, finally becoming interesting and more dimensional; and the big showdown from the moment Dumbledore starts talking to Draco. I can't wait to see Alan Rickman act out THE scene. Bring it on!

Comments

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, Harry Potter fandom can be *very* entertaining to watch, especially if you're not in it, and can therefore retain emotional detachment more easily. The wankfest after HBP came out was hilarious. And I'm always amused by Rowling's bewilderment at the amount of fannish turmoil (especially with regards to shipping) caused by her books.

I am not a huge fan of the movies--something about them doesn't quite work for me, even though I love the visuals. But I'm looking forward to seeing the reviews and excitement on my friends list once the release date rolls around.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I remember the post-HBP explosion. (My own two cents in the one post I wrote on my lj after reading the novel were simply to declare that I figured JKR did all the teenage romance stuff there because there would be no place for it in the last volume, and that I was willing to bet Snape was acting on Dumbledore's orders - the "Severus, please" was a dead giveaway, as she would not have written Albus D. pleading for his life. ) Though for me the most memorable HP-related wankfest observed from a distance was the MsScribe saga as recounted in what read like a novel in its own right.

The movies: as I said, I like them in varying degrees, but I'm not passionate about them, and the actors don't match the visuals I have of the characters (I mean, Alan Rickman is great but also decades older than Snape, which means every other character from that generation is played by decades older actors, too, Emma Watson with the exception of the first movie wasn't allowed to have frizzy hair, let alone prominent teeth, and Rupert Grint in the first three films hopelessly mugged it up; it's interesting that against everyone's prediction after the first film, the one young actor from the trio who not only grew most in skill through the movies but made really smart decisions about his acting career so far was Daniel Radcliffe). They're good entertainment, though. And a great meeting place for nearly the entire British acting scene.*g*

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

Yes, the lack of frizzy hair and large front teeth on Hermione bugged me, too--I think I might have mentioned it in your previous post on The Neverending Story. :-) Of course, she wasn't even allowed to keep the teeth in the *books* (because ugly female ducklings must grow into swans to be acceptable protagonists, don't you know), so I wasn't surprised.

Ah, the MsScribe saga. *looks back fondly* That was one of the most entertaining and horrifyingly compelling examples of fannish investigative journalism I've ever seen.

There are things I have liked about the movies: getting to see Diagon Alley and Hogwarts and The Knight Bus come to life, for example. And I adored Kenneth Branagh's turn as Gilderoy Lockhart and Emma Thompson as Trelawney.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

And I adored Kenneth Branagh's turn as Gilderoy Lockhart and Emma Thompson as Trelawney.

Oh, me too! They both have such unabashed fun with their characters. But that's what I mean about the British acting scene meeting in these films. You have all these great actors sinking their teeth in these roles. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, too, simply fantastic. (And I maintain Umbridge was JKR's most effective villain, in all her pink horribleness. The scene where she makes Harry write "I must not tell lies" in his own skin chillls me to this day in a way most Voldemort scenes, except for "Kill the spare", do not.) And yes, Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter, see icon.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Oh Sarah Jane! Your little baby face!

I wonder if the reason that women who look better older seem so rare is the general shortage of older women in TV and movies? British TV seems to be one of the few places where we see all these stunning older women, and even then there's more younger women.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

True, though it keeps changing (thank God!), slowly, but it does change.

*uses icon of stunning older woman on American tv*

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

I watched "Death to the Daleks" on the weekend, where a very young and baby-faced Sarah Jane and Three ran around and sorted out Daleks, a lost race and a forbidden city. Great fun!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

That's one I've still ahead of me. I'm so reluctant to watch all of the Three era because then there won't be anything left!