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Looks like someone forgot about the ever-present camera. Shu, you are in BIG trouble now.
Jane, how did you do the jump shots? I thought maybe he was suspended from the ceiling, but hey, I forgot how good you are as a graphic artist, too.
The kid’s got a future with the rock star dance moves. Maybe a guest shot on Glee?
Hmm, but stomping on the whatever-it-is might not be healthy in the long run. Might be for the kitteh pukisha there. Might be somebody else new.
“Chercher” — Ordinarily, that’d be French for “to search” or “to search for (object).” Or it could be cher-cher = dear-dear one (male).
Off-Topic: Friends finally got me to check out the BSG Reboot. I’m hooked. But I still love BSG TOS.
Joe: Bwahahaha! (I shall reveal my secrets after the story arc is complete!)
BCS: Did you not see his first ever slide show? (All redone with internal captions! Yosh!)
http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/all-the-slideshows-gathered-into-groups/wiishus-diary/?album=12&gallery=111
The original Shu, source of Eushu, Wiishu, and every Shu in the house is Shindou Shuuichi, Rock Star front man for the magnificent band, Bad Luck! That’s where his love for his musical instruments comes from, too.
Cherr-cher…I’m pretty sure it’s as in Cherryh-Fancher. And I think it was actually Puki Sha (as in pukisha) but little Mr paranoid read it as “shu”.
Had to look up BSG Reboot to see what you were talking about (so out of it) and LOOKIE WHAT I FOUND:
http://io9.com/5936811/will-syfys-blakes-7-reboot-be-as-good-as-battlestar-galactica
This…if they did it right and truly went as dark as the 21st century would let them, could be fantabulous. Blake’s 7 remains my favorite ever TV SF storyline (allowing for the era in which it was written and the fact Terry Nation didn’t write the last season). (Except maybe for Firefly…again, allowing for the handicap of the too-abrupt ending because of network stupidity.) I’d be willing to bet Josh Whedon was a Terry Nation fan. They’re both brilliant.
A lot of people give Bab5 credit for introducing the story-arc novel style of storytelling to SF, but that’s not fair. B7 definitely did first. B7 also had last-season pangs. It was hijacked in the third season by another writer while Terry Nation was off on another project because the BBC wanted to cancel it (too expensive) but that last season with Avon going nuts right in front of our eyes is actually really cool, in its seriously weird way. If you’ve got to end a popular show, do it with style.
And then there’s Bab 5. Gawd…it should wear the crown, but Straczynski blew it. When faced with the early demise, he came up with a pretty clever ending to give closure to the series, but when mana from heaven rained down upon his head and he got another season to play with, he acted as if that ending had never happened and forced his characters to hit the marks of his original outline to the point it became downright stupid. Talk about disappointment!
I know that when Claudia Christian was working on a made-for-TV movie in between shoots of season 4 and season 5, the series was in limbo. When the show was picked up for a 5th season, Straczynski wanted to start shooting immediately, and Claudia was already contracted for the movie role. Apparently, there was some back and forth between the two, which ended up that Ivanova was written out of the fifth season, except for the last episode “Sleeping in Light”, which was actually shot as part of season 4.
Now, I’m prejudiced, because Ivanova is my favorite character on B5, she’s complex, a lot lonely, and is looking for a way to be herself without compromising who she is. I always like the line “I’m Russian. We understand these things.” I do swap notes back and forth with Claudia on Facebook, and I’ve got 2 of her books, neither of which put the blame on anyone for the B5 blowup.
Heheh, I had seen the first slideshow, but it’s been a while now. I’ve been enjoying Wiishu’s antics a lot more than I thought I would.
(And that reminds me, I stopped midway through Gravitation, think now’s a good time to start over and go through the lot.)
I was a fan of old, classic Battlestar Galactica, back when. Hey, I was a kid, it was just the right time. And when the new reboot came along, I did watch the miniseries, but whew, so very dark and fatalistic. At the time, I wasn’t ready for that, though I liked a lot of what I saw. I caught an episode now and again, not often. Time passed and I kept resisting. I missed the old Starbuck, too, though the new Starbuck and Boomer were great characters. Well, recently, when I was asked to do a small voice part in a fan audio series, Star Trek Excelsior, of which I’m a fan, I kept getting strong hints they all really love the BSG Reboot, and many fan friends have tried to get me to watch. So when I read through the upcoming Excelsior script and turned in my lines, I saw — I really needed to watch, because it has bearing on the audio podcast author’s take on Trek. (He’s clearly a big Trek fan and loves BSG.) (I should see if he likes Cherryh, Fancher, and Abbey.) So… with my budget having recovered just enough to wing it, I got a few episodes of the BSG Reboot. Oh wow. Yes, I’m hooked now. Very dark, but very realistic portrayal of what it would be like to be in that situation. Very fine storytelling and characters. So I’ve been watching. — So if you both haven’t had the yen to watch, I’ll add to the reviews, it’s very good science fiction.
I never really saw Blake’s 7, and the prices for the dang discs are awful. I recall it as “What is that thing I run into once in a while on Saturday afternoons on PBS?” when my local station ran it in reruns. But I’ve never *seen* it. — I’ve since heard lots of people say how good it was, and that they’d like a new show if it’s done right. Qualms on both sides of the Atlantic about whether a US team could do justice to a British SF show, since there’s a distinctly British sensibility most fans really enjoy. — But I’d like to see what happens, and I hope it gets off the ground and is good. (I really enjoy the new Doctor Who.)
Firefly / Serenity — Yes ma’am, big happy Browncoat here. :: tips hat :: Excellent scifi that didn’t get the treatment it should have. Still hoping for more in the future, however Joss and company can do it. — More Farscape too, I wish, from that team.
Babylon 5 — I loved what I saw, but life was chaotic while the show was on, with work and back-to-college for my associate’s degree. So I’ve never seen the whole arc. I will fill in the gaps. — Ivanova was one of my favorites too. — I did get to see most of TNG and DS9 and VOY during their runs, but not all, for the same reasons. (I would’ve loved to see more done with DS9, but what they did was good.)
I’m looking forward to Falling Skies this summer also. Good show.
I’d also like to see Primeval again, whenever the US version gets off the drawing board.
On the nosey about Chercher, Jane. I had to think up a different last name in hopes to throw off the house elf. I LOVED the blurred stomping photo! Laughed HARD! Luckily, everything in that envelope is stomp-proof!
Note on Gravitation anime to BlueCat – the first time I watched it, I couldn’t stand it. I had to watch it again and listen to the seiyuus’ nuances. It grew on me. Ending is made up – never happened. The manga wasn’t finished yet so they threw an ending on it. Best to read the manga first.
FYI: I wrote a 40-page analytical paper in a World Literature class (focus was anime and manga as literature) on how I first hated Gravitation and the factors that changed my mind. I am known as the Gravitation Geezer because I have an extensive collection of not only official and unofficial collectables, I also have six different sets/sizes of Asian ball jointed dolls representing the two main characters. Each set are different aspects or alternate universe versions: Canon pair (largest), medium size a/u set (alien characters mixed with some Dragonball Z characters), tiny size fey pair (when I couldn’t find a large Eiri for my Shuichi I had to have something), child pair (you can see them in the kitty outfits Jane made them in one of the slideshows), Jun Planning plastic set (they’re large headed dolls with small bodies) and a ‘fashion doll’ set (Eiri is much taller than Shuichi due to the Obitsu bodies and I painted their features. They’re my nekkid dolls and never go out, just cling to each other in naughty positions). Set seven will be two Pukisha kitties – one with pink spots named Pounce and the other with yellow stripes named Sourpuss. They will be pure cats, with the cat paws for hands and feet, cat ears (I am considering removing the elf ears from the faceplates so they’re true cats) and fuzzy tails.
It will be totally awesome to see a new take on Avon’s 7. Yeah, Crockett and I couldn’t stand Blake and we called the show A7 almost from the beginning. We cheered when he was taken out. Really liked Avon’s character, twisted as it was. We adored how Servalan chewed up the furniture. The ep where Avon and Servalan thought they were going to die (I think freezing to death or no oxygen or something) so they boinked and bonded. Great stuff. At a Dr. Who convention I asked someone involved with both B7 and Dr. Who when he would introduce Servalan to The Master. The audience howled with laughter but he didn’t answer the question.
We’re both big B5 fans. We’ve watched it all the way through at least twice. It is especially fun to watch the last few eps then go back and watch the first few eps and catch all the clues that time around.
I watched both the original and the new versions of BSG, and enjoyed both. The new one took some time to get used to, more due to the recastings and the general changes in the BSG storyline, but enjoyed it even while adjusting to the new universe.
I think I am one of the few non-Firefly fans out there. HATE the series with a passion. Bad acting, irritating characters, hideous casting, lines delivered poorly, all-around terrible show.
I was very careful to make sure it was, by the feel, up to his upcoming antics! Poor baby. He’s really feeling threatened. He saw the pics of Talon online and is sweating buckets!
Curiously, re: Gravi, I’m more likely to advise the other way around, anime first, then the manga, tho it depends a bit on the person I’m recommending it to. We’ll have to sit and discuss this some time! I feel the manga suffers a bit from the fundamental nature of manga production, i.e. weekly output with no overall edit after the story is done. This is not some lack of ability in MM, simply a by-product of tackling a very complex story over a number of years and trying to tie your initial inspiration into where it ends up. I think the anime did a great job of recognizing the fundamental Shu/Eiri problem and resolving it in much the same way as, ultimately, she did in the manga…i.e. the important thing was getting Eiri back to New York to deal with his past. Both are awesome studies in what it means to be a creative person. Both suffered by being ahead of their time…the early nineties was a hard time to tackle certain topics (she says raising her hand and pointing at GroundTies, et al) and the Anime really suffered because of the perceived target audience. They had to whitewash certain key elements. However, the point is made.
I also WISH I was fluent in Japanese. Eiri’s first reaction to Shu on stage is key to their entire relationship and whether or not I’m truly on board with all the rest of the manga. The TokyoPop translation doesn’t work for me. One fan scanlation does. Tokyo Pop stays with that “zero talent” analysis. The scanlation is “artistic talent: I knew he had it.” The one implies Eiri stays with him for the sexual obsession (or on a kinder analysis, the sweetness and energy…and because he can’t shake him off his leg) and no appreciation of what he does, the other implies he stays with him because he’s creatively inspired and intrigued (and because he can’t shake him off his leg). The thing is, in the anime, he’s responding verbally to Tohma. In the manga, he’s thinking to himself. That puts a very different spin on the entire reaction.
I think some day I’m going to have to write a big long post about Gravi, in all its forms!
I’ve really got to give BSG reboot a chance. I’d been so disappointed in everything else the SciFi channel had done, and I was so incredibly turned off by turning Starbuck into a girl! ARGH! Where’s my eye-candy! that I never gave it a chance. I tried watching a couple of eps that I caught in passing and couldn’t get excited. I’ll stream it off netflix and see if I can get into it.
As for the original…well, my favorite memories of it are of the weekly viewing parties we had in our apartment when we sat around afterward and tore it apart. Lots of laughter and fun was had by all, but… frankly, we always thought it was meant to be campy and sometimes missed its mark! My idea of fun but not great SF. So when I heard they were doing a new version, my feeling was “what’s the point?”
Since Firefly proved me wrong, I’ll hope that BSG reboot does as well. As far as Firefly is concerned, I tried watching it as it aired and had the same impression as you, Onna. Then, we sat and watched it pretty much straight through, i.e. a couple of eps a night, and fell in love with it. I wish they’d had the chance to truly complete it. They had some really interesting character bits that never got into the story.
I’m actually a very hard sell on SF/F TV. Was even before I began writing myself. I loved the original ST (with certain episode reservations, of course) but I’m so PO’ed at STTNG for stealing plotlines from books without ever acknowledging the original that I’ll never watch another episode. I also had little patience with their “we’re going to fix everything that was wrong with the original” approach to the actual setup. Sheesh…don’t even get me started.
I’ve tried to watch all the other ST series, but they all lack the spontaneity and honesty of the original and I’ve never been able to watch them all the way through, either weekly or streaming. And I’ve tried, esp with Enterprise, because I really like Scott Bakula. I always lose interest after an ep or so. They’re OK for an occasional stopover on my way to someplace else, but I’m not compelled to go there and stay a while.
Dr Who…Tom Baker and David Tenant…the rest I can take or leave. I’ll watch if they’re happening, but won’t go out of my way for them.
Granted this is based on one viewing: I’ve never gone back and rewatched it…but I stand by my analysis of B5. He blew it. He needed to adjust his storyline to account for the knowledge gained (by the characters) in the “flash forward” bit of the original final eps (due to cancellation) I applaud him for giving us an ending, but once the characters had that fore-knowledge, they did nothing to try and avoid their fate, never, as I recall, even mentioned what happened. (I don’t remember the details…haven’t watched it since the original airing.) I just remember being exceeding put off by the final “gift” season. You have to play the ball where it lies and it seemed like we were supposed to pretend those eps never happened. I’d rather not go through it again and just remember what I liked about the show (which did NOT include the MZB red-headed telepaths. Grrrr….)
And Joe, I totally agreed. To write out Ivanova was beyond stupid.
The funny thing is, after the first ep of B5, I remember all my Trekker friends dissing it for all the unresolved elements. I sort of stared at the phone (I was in OKC by then) and said: Don’t you get it? This is SETUP! This is real writing folks and it was wonderful! It took them pretty much the entire season to get on board and then they were, of course, all “this is the greatest thing ever.”
Oh, oh, oh! The best FANTASY series EVER: Wizards and Warriors. A whole 8 episodes of total FUN FUN FUN! If anyone knows where I can get my hands on this, please tell me. I was in New York at the time and the Pinis confiscated my tapes. (Grrrr….)
http://www.retroist.com/2009/02/18/sword-and-sorcery-television-in-1983-wizards-and-warriors/
Oh…kind of a cool page for TV fans and the “where izzit” question:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/holdup.cfm
Onna-san, I did like STDS9, I thought Avery Brooks made an excellent commander, and I was a big fan, especially of the pilot episode where Sisko is explaining baseball to the wormhole inhabitants.
Re DS9 — The Emissary is one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. I’d recommend you read Diane Duane’s novel, Star Trek: The Wounded Sky, which had an earlier and different take on entities that don’t perceive time. — I liked the early Major Kira a lot. — I would’ve liked to see DS9 handle traders and colonists and such, but they had a different idea for the show than the first info I saw on the series. Still enjoyed it. — TOS will always be my favorite Trek.
— I wanted to like Enterprise (the series) and it started with some good ideas, but never really delivered on them. It’s the only Trek I actually stopped watching.
I’d be interested to see Wizards and Warriors. Looks like there are bits and pieces on YouTube?
Yes, that the original BSG had a lot of camp and cheese going. There was also a family / team feel. Looking at the old eps these days, I still like them. — I saw recently there may be another spin on BSG coming, but I don’t know if/when it will get off the ground.
The BSG reboot is very dark, gritty, fatalistic. Hey, the humans are on the run from the Cylons, after all, and they’re all playing for keeps. The science is pretty good. The humans are…well, they have all the strengths and flaws of real people. The Cylons and Baltar have depth. Very true, this is not the same as BSG TOS. The new one is more mature, world-weary, but these people don’t give up. I’m liking it.
I’ve ordered a copy of the BSG classic novelization. My own copy is boxed somewhere. (This weekend, I will be hunting through boxes some.) There was an almost throwaway line in the novel that I don’t think made it into the script, that intrigued me, something about another species, and it’s now nagging me to find that. Heh, back before the reboot and before I knew about Richard Hatch’s attempts to get a new BSG going, I had a story idea. So I’m curious now what was in the old novel that sparked my imagination, and I may pursue it again.