selenak: (Discovery)
2023-06-23 04:30 pm
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Star Trek: Prodigy

Given I have Paramount+ for the second season of SNW anyway, I watched the first of Star Trek: Prodigy, aka the 24 minutes an episode series primarily aimed at children. Now, I bounced back hard from the pilot of the other ST cartoon series, Lower Decks, which I really disliked intensely. (For similar reasons why I didn't like Thor: Ragnarök or Thor: Love and Thunder - this Joke Joke Joke Joke Joke nonstop slapstickery is just not for me.) Prodigy was a very different experience - I really liked the series from the get go.

Spoilers aren't in the Uncharted Territories, but... )

In conclusion, after finishing the season, I was one happy Star Trek fan.
selenak: (DuncanAmanda - Kathyh)
2023-01-03 03:50 pm

Candyhearts Exchange Letter

Dear Writer,

this is my first time in this exchange - I haven't done Chocolate Box before, either - and I'm very grateful to you for creating something for me in a fandom we share. My prompts are just that, prompts, not absolutes; if you have an idea that doesn't fit with any of them, but features (some of) the characters I asked for, I'll love it with added joyful surprise.

General DNWs:

A/B/O - if you want to write a werewolf AU for any of the canons I nominated, be my guest, but I'm really not into this particular type of story -, infantilisation, golden showers. Character bashing. (If the characters in question canonically loathe someone, you can of course include this, but I think you know the difference between that and having all characters agree about how terrible X is. Rape, unless it's canon and you want to explore how Character Y deals with the aftermath, or something like that.

General likes:

Character exploration, characters helping each other recover from trauma, messed up and/or co-dependent family relationships, witty banter, friendship against the odds, the occasional light moment in a darker story or conversely some serious character stuff thrown into a comedy fic.

Treats: are very welcome, including for fandoms from the tag list I did not list but which you know me to share.

Highlander )

The Hunger Games )

James Bond (Craig Movies) )

Star Wars: The Clone Wars )

Farscape )

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) )

18th Century CE RPF )
selenak: (Gentlemen of the Theatre by Kathyh)
2022-02-03 06:12 pm

Incidentally...

James MacAvoy interview, apropos his playing the title role in Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (which appearantly leans into homerotic subtext for Cyrano/Christian), which contains this gem:

I once sat with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen and both of them had a ‘Macbeth-off’ where they started speaking Macbeth to each other. I had just finished doing Macbeth and I swear I could not remember a syllable, man. It was awful.”

Now we know how everyone entertained themselves when shooting Days of Fuiture Past. I wish there was a recording!


Farscape:

Deep is a John/Scorpius vid which is already a few years old but which I've only seen today, so I am newly enthused about its fabulousness!

Lastly, [profile] liraen, get this: according to this article in the SZ, the fantastic Dürer exhibition from Aachen moved on to London - only for the National Gallery to exchange two thirds of the exhibited content and completely change the focus from Dürer in the Netherlands to Dürer in Italy, then be surprised when as opposed to the very popular and successful Aix-La-Chapelle original, the result flopped. Boo. Hiss.
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-10-24 10:48 am

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

And so it ends. The series and my rewatch. I remember how happy I was when The Peacekeeper Wars were announced, and I'm still really glad that it, and not Bad Timing, wrapped up the show. Rewatcching, I have mostly the same yays and nays I had the first time around, though watching it directly after having seen the series proper made notice a few things more I didn't back then, when the time in between had been much longer.

And thus: last Farscape rewatch review alert! )


The other episodes.
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-10-17 12:03 pm

Farscape Rewatch: Bad Timing (4.22)

Wiki: Crichton learns that the Scarrans are heading to Earth and must consider an alliance with the Peacekeepers; in order to stop his home being destroyed.

Did none of you watch those Earth movies? )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-10-10 02:46 pm

Farscape Rewatch: We're So Screwed (Part 3): La Bomba (4.21)

Wiki summary: Crichton and the crew of Moya, must find a way to escape Katratzi before the Scarrans decide that they are disposable.

Where have all the flowers gone? )


The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-10-03 10:25 am

Farscape Rwatch: We're So Screwed (Part 2): Hot to Katratzi (4.20)

Wiki summary: The crew of Moya head to Katratzi in hopes of rescuing Scorpius, who possesses knowledge of wormholes, from the Scarrans. To do this, Crichton straps an atomic bomb to his hip.

Isn't it fun? )
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-09-26 07:48 am

Farscape Rewatch: We're So Screwed (Part 1): Fetal Attraction (4.19)

Wiki summary: Moya's crew infiltrate a Scarran outpost in an effort to rescue Aeryn. Things don't go as planned, when Noranti deliberately releases a deadly plague.

Read more... )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-09-12 02:53 pm

Farscape Rewatch: A Constellation of Doubt (4.17)

Wiki summary: Attempting to come to terms with Aeryn's abduction, Crichton retreats to his room and watches a documentary detailing humanity's reaction to Moya's recent visit to Earth.

They never gave it a chance )

The other episodes
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-09-05 05:02 pm

Farscape Rewatch: Bringing home the Beacon (4.16)

Wiki summary: Moya's female crew head for an asteroid outpost, hoping to find a device that will help disguise Moya. It's not long before Peacekeepers and Scarrans arrive at the station, intending to sign a peace treaty which will spell disaster for the Luxan race unless Aeryn can stop them.

Baby or beacon? )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-08-29 12:01 pm

Farscape Rewatch: Mental as Anything (4.15)

Wiki: Scorpius takes Moya's male crewmembers to a place where they will receive special training. While Crichton is subjected to conditions that will help him fend off Scarran heat, D'Argo comes face-to-face with Macton, his wife's killer who claims that D'Argo himself killed her in a fit of hyper-rage.

A tale of two brothers-in-law )

The other episodes
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-08-22 08:23 am

Farscape Rewatch: Twice Shy (4.13)

Wiki summary: Back in the Uncharted Territories, Moya and crew pick up a mysterious passenger who is much more than she seems.

Everyone has an excuse )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-08-15 11:00 am

Farscape Rewatch: Terra Firma (Part 3) (4.12.)

Wiki summary: Crichton and the crew of Moya reach present day (2003) Earth. While Moya's non-human passengers are introduced to Crichton's home planet, John finds that returning to his old life easier said that done, as both he and Earth are quite different from when he left. Meanwhile, Grayza's predator stalks the crew from the shadows.

What I've done, what's been done to me )
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-08-08 12:47 pm

Farscape Rewatch: "Kansas" (4.12)

Wiki summary: Crichton and his friends find themselves on Earth in late October 1985. Unfortunately, Crichton discovers that in this alternate timeline, his father Jack is set to command the space shuttle Challenger on its final mission, which ended in the deaths of all seven crewmembers.


Farscape does Halloween )

The other episodes
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-08-01 10:49 am

Farscape Rewatch: Unrealized Reality (Part 1) (4.11)

Wiki summary: While Crichton is out exploring a wormhole in an EV suit, he's pulled inside. There he finds himself face to face with a mysterious being who warns Crichton of the dangers of wormhole navigation and determines that Crichton may have to die because of what he knows.

Time is… )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-07-25 12:58 pm

Farscape Rewatch: Coup by Clam (4.10)

Wiki summary: With Moya struggling to adapt to Tormented Space, the crew stops at an isolated settlement to get assistance. They submit to a routine examination for so-called "Space Madness", but find themselves the victims of an extortion plot by the examining doctor, who has placed toxic quantum clams in their food.

Behold: an episode which is silly fun! *cheers* )

The other episodes
selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
2021-07-19 09:53 am

Farscape Rewatch: A Prefect Murder

I was on the road throughout the weekend, hence the belated entry.

Wiki summary: The crew of Moya get caught up in a planetary coup, and Aeryn gets bit by a bug that makes her kill 18 members of the planet and Aeryn almost kills John.

Read more... )

The other episodes
selenak: (Companions - Kathyh)
2021-07-11 07:24 am

Farscape Rewatch: I shrink therefore I am (4.8.)

Wiki summary: While Crichton and Noranti are away, Moya is boarded by a group of bounty hunters who easily imprison the crew. Crichton and Scorpius must work together to fight them, with things getting more complicated when they find one of the bounty hunters is a Scarran.

Die hard just became Honey, I've shrunk the hostages )

The other episodes