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I know. *gasp*! It's not a HP post. I've been a fan of Star Wars since the beginning, but I have to admit that the prequels just don't do it for me. There are bits and pieces that I find intriguing, and I don't hate it as much as others, but I don't think they're as well-thought-out or well written as the original trilogy.
And lately, hubby and I have been reading an online strip called "Darths and Droids" that's based on the same idea as DM of the Rings. Apparently he has plans to do all the movies eventually. But right now, they're in Anakin and Shmee's home, talking about pod racing. And let me tell you, some of the reasoning the strip artist has thought up for why certain things happened in the movie makes *far* more sense. And last night, hubby mentioned something about a world without Star Wars. Because in the world of the players in this strip, they've never seen or heard of the movie series.
So, imagine, if you will...a world without Star Wars. So much of the Sci-fi that has come since, especially in movie form, has had its roots in that movie. Sure, there would still be sci-fi, but I think it would be of a generally much darker tone. Movies like Terminator and Alien would have been the biggest sci-fi of the decade, maybe sharing screen time with Star Trek, though one wonders whether that would have hit it quite so large without Star Wars to compete with.
Perhaps the female Heroes of Terminator and Alien would have brought about the rise of the female hero, without Luke and Han, and likely Indy to go up against. Perhaps the Enterprise D, when Next Generation finally debuted would have had a female captain for Riker to flirt with.
I can’t see Firefly getting made, because I think it owes more to Star Wars than Star Trek, and if it was, it would have been a very different product. After all, without the rogue Han Solo to make us love anti-heroes, how could we possibly love a bitter man like Malcom Reynolds?
So...what movies do you think would still have been made, and which ones do you think would have been changed, or never been made at all? And why?
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| 2008-01-25 13:55 |
| That Icon Meme again |
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Did this in October, but I added a bunch
Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. Etc. Then write your reaction to each pairing (or a snippet of a hypothetical fic featuring each pairing).
Decided to go with snippets this time. And I didn't include real people in this list. Just the people I use in RP as the charcter I use them for.
( micro-ficlets behind the cut, with lots of HP, a bit of QAF, Firefly, Stargate, Beatles, and many others included, some mention of character death )
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| 2008-01-12 08:28 |
| Old fandom meme, revived |
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Need to do this again. New journal, things have shifted a bit, so time to re-list my fandoms:
( Fandom rambling behind the cut because Elf doesn't know when to shut up )
Have I gone on long enough? :P
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| 2007-10-16 21:07 |
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gacked from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ceria's LJ:
Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. Etc. Then write your reaction to each pairing (or a snippet of a hypothetical fic featuring each pairing).
( My list )
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| 2005-11-17 15:06 |
| Another meme, yes...sorry about that... |
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Gacked from ponderosa121 -
The OTP meme.
I list my fandoms, and you guess what my OTPs are in them. In some cases, I do have more than one, but I will indicate. And--for added incentive, I will write drabbles for those who guess one right.
( Fandoms )
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| 2005-10-21 11:18 |
| This week's <lj comm |
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| character: dax, character: draco, character: remus, character: willow, fandom: buffy, fandom: elfquest, fandom: firefly, fandom: hp: meme, fandom: st, fandom: sw, fannish 5 |
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Name five fannish characters you would trade lives with.
In thinking of who I would list, I come up with two thoughts. One is that this can't be a favorite character thing necessarily, because most if not all of my favorite characters are heavily angsty. Draco will have a bad end; ditto Severus, plus his unhappy life; and look at Remus, Willow and Jadzia... I'm just drawn to angst. The other is that when I do narrow it down, they all seem to generally end up being the same character type: a strong, confident woman. Jadzia, B'Elanna, Janeway, Zoe... All generally the same character. So, those two codacils in mind, here goes nothing...
- Jadzia Dax (DS9) - Strong, confident, intelligent... I would give anything to have the amount of confidence she had in her pinky finger.
- Zoe Warren (Firefly) - Again, strong and confident, and never without a smile.
- B'Elanna Torres (Voyager) - The attitude, the intelligence. I loved her from the first episode.
- Nightfall (Elfquest) - Here's one of the few who actually gets to live the happily-ever-after most heroes don't. And boy does she deserve it.
- Leia Organa (Star Wars) - Got everything her mother didn't. Maybe Bail made the difference?
Some Not-quites - Willow Rosenberg (BTVS) - Adored her greatly, but her breakdown in season six was just too much to handle. And Tara's death... Draco Malfoy (HP) - Could have everything in the palm of his hand, but didn't realize what he'd need to do to get it all, so now he may end up being a casualty of the war his father has helped create. Remus Lupin (HP) - We all know that Remus will never have a happy life, unless JK decides to do the "killing the werewolf who made him breaks the curse" rule... Padme Amidala (Star Wars) - I loved her in the first movie, was rather dissapointed with her in the second, and was thouroughly disgusted in the third. She had so much potential. But apparently being a leader that young means that you don't have to worry about thinking after you step down...
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1. What movies are you fannish about?
Too many to count, but I'll list a bunch anyway.
- Star Wars saga (mostly the original trilogy)
- Indiana Jones series
- Terminator
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Moulin Rouge
- Matrix (the first more than the later two
- Stargate
I think you get the idea... ;) 2. What upcoming movies do you expect to be fannish about? - Serenity
- Corpse Bride
- Goblet of Fire
- King Kong
I'll be seeing others, but those are the ones I'm most excited about. 3. Movie adaptations of your fannish tv shows: good idea or bad idea?Depends on who's doing the adaptation. If it's the originals, or those who care deeply for the original, good, if it's studio-run, bad. 4. If they have to make a movie of a fannish tv show, do you want the original actors and premise, or is an updated premise acceptable?Depends on the show. Older shows should be an updated premise in general, with cameos of originals if possible. New shows should have some or all of the original cast members, because if they don't want to do it, that's nto a good sign. 5. Would you rather have a made for tv fannish movie or do you want the big screen?Depends on the source material. And who's making it. And the budget.
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For those of us who are pissed at Lucas, but still, way deep down in our hearts wanted to love Sith, check out ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) iharthdarth.
That is all for now. :D
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Well, after thirty years, it's over. Should I feel ashamed to say I'm glad? What is it about the big fandoms where when they get big enough, the creaters just stop caring, and they should just leave it to the fans?
Okay, so Episode 3 didn't suck as much as 1 or 2. But it was in no way as good as Empire. Just not. Sorry.
( Cut for spoiler-ish ranting... )
Anyway, ultimate feeling on this? I won't be seeing it again in the theatre, but I needed to see it there. Just once. Maybe I'll get lucky, and it'll age well. Hah!
So, what did you all think? Did you go? Did you like it? Hate it? I must know.
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Stay tuned for chapter 6 and Epilogue of Finding Silver tomorrow. And my opinion of ROTS... Still digesting. But I must say this: "I knew Empire, sir. And you are no Empire..."
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| 2005-04-27 11:11 |
| New Meme! :D |
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Gacked from musesfool
If there's one constant in every fandom, it's the bashing of female characters. {note: I did not write the text of this meme. Take your arguments up with the person who did} List your favourite 10 female characters of any fandom and why you like these girls/women.
( Long list of ladies )
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| 2005-04-15 20:24 |
| Meme time! |
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Gacked from lizardspots
Guess my favorite character from:
1) Harry Potter
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) Stargate
4) Star Trek The Next Generation
5) Star Trek DS9
6) Star Trek Voyager
7) Star Wars
8) Lord of the Rings
9) Babylon 5
10) Forever Knight
11) Pretender
12) V
13) Elfquest
14) XMen
Eh, that's enough.
Oh, and many or most of these have been mentioned here at some time or another... :D And anyone who reads this journal regularly can probably name at least my top two, if not my top three for HP...
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Name 5 movies you thought you would hate, but didn't.
Hm....now this requires some thinking...
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. I hate the idea of the "stupid idiots" but this one worked. :)
The Wedding Singer. Not bad, but Adam Sandler has a tendancy to be entirely nausiating. I really want to like him, but I just can't.
My Best Friend's Wedding. I thought this would be bad, but I *LOVED* it. And it made me fall hard for Rupert Everett. :D
Bladerunner. I remember thinking at the time, "eeew, look what Harrison Ford did to his hair!" but it's really one of the best sci-fi films out there. Still not a big favorite of mine, but good.
Star Wars. Yes, I had to be dragged to Star Wars. Can you believe it?
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List five fictional people -- from television, movies, books, whatever -- that you had a crush on as a child (or early teens). Then post this on your LiveJournal so other people can know what a dork you've always been.
Han Solo, Star Wars. But not until after I'd seen both Empire and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Yes, it took me that long.
Indiana Jones. Who doesn't want a handsome, intelligent archeologist to sweep them off their feet?
Derek Wildstar, Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato). Don't ask, I have no idea why.
Cutter, Elfquest. Yes, a comic book character, okay?
Skywise, Elfquest. Ditto.
No excuses. I just dug em. :D
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| 2005-01-16 23:11 |
| Icons! |
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So, Hubby says I can get a paid account... Mostly because he doesn't want me to set up GJ account. So I will be looking for new LJ Icons. Anyone who wants to treat me, I would love ship Icons specifically:
HP/DM, SS/SB, SS/RL, George/Harry, LM/RL
Also anything good for Draco, Snape, or Remus.
Other stuff:
Star Trek, particularly Voyager
Star Wars, specifically Han/Liea
Dragon Prince series, particularly Sioned & Rohan (or a picture of Miranda Otto as Sioned)
Buffy/Angel, Willow, Vamp Willow, Angel/Buffy, Oz/Willow, Willow/Tara
Babylon 5 - Susan Ivanova, Delenn, Lenir, Susan/Talia, Susan/Marcus
Jay Davidson in his Ra garb... :D Or somehow as Blaise.
Elfquest: Winnowill, Rayek, Tier, Cutter, Skywise, or Winnowill/Rayek, Ember/Tier
Moulin Rouge - Christian/Satine
Cate as Galadriel
Jean Grey
I'm sure there's more, but it's not going to come to me as it's so late. But any places to find icons would be appreciated and adored. :D
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Name:
1. A character you really, really love
2. A character you like
3. A character you could give or take
4. A character you don't really care for
5. A character you'd like to spork
Harry Potter:
1. in order: Draco, Snape, Lupin
2. Tonks, Susan Bones
3. Luna
4. Cho
5. Umbridge
Buffy/Angel:
1. Angel, Drucilla, Willow, Vamp Willow
2. Oz, Giles, Jenny, Tara, Gun, Fred, Doyle
3. Riley, Dawn, Wesley
4. Kennedy, Darla
5. Harmony, Lilah
Star Trek:
1. Spock, Deanna, K'Elyar, Jadzia, B'Elanna, Janeway, Chakotay, Hoshi
2. Sulu, Checkov, Uhura, Geordi, Guinan, Beverly, Picard, Kira, Paris, Kim, Tuvok, Archer, Travis
3. Scotty, Data, Bashir (he moved up after about the third season. I used to hate him with a passion.), Sisco, Odo, can't think of anyone specific for Voyager or Enterprise
4. Kirk (definately dropped from when I was a kid.), Tasha, Quark, Neelix, Tucker
5. No one specific from TOS, Locutius (sp), Kai Winn, Gul Dukat, Weyoun, Seska, Seven, T'Pol
Star Wars (movies only):
1. Leia, Han, Amidala
2. Luke, Ben
3. Lando
4. Lars Owen
5. Anakin Skywalker
And I could go on, but then people would want to spork me. ;) I am willing to do requests, however, if I am in the fandom.
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