Comments for The Captain And Lime http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime SF/F author Jane Fancher's Blog: A Little Sweet, A Little Spice, and A Little Tart. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by sweetbo http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 sweetbo Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2355 If you like old school, hard scifi you'll like MOON. The trailer is up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q If you like old school, hard scifi you’ll like MOON. The trailer is up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Jane Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:20:53 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2354 Our problem is, our "old" TV has no hdmi input, so it's no good getting a Blu-Ray. WAH! It'll die...someday...but by that time, there'll probably be some new format out anyway, and unlike CC's DRM-free books, we'll HAVE to buy a new copy, and all those actors will get more money and the writers will probably get a pittance, if anything. Sheesh. Our priorities are weird. Gawd I wish we could afford the time and $$ to go to Norwescon.... But we've got to do taxes and get more books up on CC before you guys forget what we're here for...Sigh.... Our problem is, our “old” TV has no hdmi input, so it’s no good getting a Blu-Ray. WAH! It’ll die…someday…but by that time, there’ll probably be some new format out anyway, and unlike CC’s DRM-free books, we’ll HAVE to buy a new copy, and all those actors will get more money and the writers will probably get a pittance, if anything. Sheesh. Our priorities are weird.

Gawd I wish we could afford the time and $$ to go to Norwescon…. But we’ve got to do taxes and get more books up on CC before you guys forget what we’re here for…Sigh….

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by smartcat http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 smartcat Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:55 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2353 We bought a Blu-Ray player yesterday....the old DVD player sploded friday night.....actually more of a whimper. I'm pretty impressed with what it does with my old DVD's......I'll put Star Trek on the list....have not even heard of MOON...time for some research. Three movies which I have somehow linked in my mind.....Children of Men....District 9......and 9........perhaps because of their haunting visuals and view of the future? I *loved* the original Star Trek....yeah the effects were cheesy even for the time.....but Gene Rodenberry was not afraid to explore new ideas. And Star Wars.....I will never forget watching that star destroyer come across the screen....one of film's great opening shots....we had a very hard time convincing Prog, who was about seven at the time, that no they did not go up to space to film the exteriors......thus the first time in getting back up and making of material........(Fantasy 30 yrs later: tossing the unsavable Millenium Falcon in the dumptster...before it hits it restores itself and jumps into space. :wink: ) We bought a Blu-Ray player yesterday….the old DVD player sploded friday night…..actually more of a whimper. I’m pretty impressed with what it does with my old DVD’s……I’ll put Star Trek on the list….have not even heard of MOON…time for some research. Three movies which I have somehow linked in my mind…..Children of Men….District 9……and 9……..perhaps because of their haunting visuals and view of the future?
I *loved* the original Star Trek….yeah the effects were cheesy even for the time…..but Gene Rodenberry was not afraid to explore new ideas.
And Star Wars…..I will never forget watching that star destroyer come across the screen….one of film’s great opening shots….we had a very hard time convincing Prog, who was about seven at the time, that no they did not go up to space to film the exteriors……thus the first time in getting back up and making of material……..(Fantasy 30 yrs later: tossing the unsavable Millenium Falcon in the dumptster…before it hits it restores itself and jumps into space. :wink: )

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by Kroyd http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 Kroyd Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:16:33 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2352 One has heard that a sequel is greenlit, but no script yet. I remember my mom telling all us kids: Hey, there's this show I think you would all like to watch. Then 2andahalf seasons of trying to figure out what was going to happen next week based on the trailers (especially fun during the deathoftheweek phase the writers went through). And the Saturday morning cartoon they came out with? FUN :biggrin: Those days lead directly to these, still wondering why and how. BTW, StarWars at the old single screen theatres, with the line wrapped around the building? I saw it 7 times, and it was never old. One has heard that a sequel is greenlit, but no script yet. I remember my mom telling all us kids: Hey, there’s this show I think you would all like to watch. Then 2andahalf seasons of trying to figure out what was going to happen next week based on the trailers (especially fun during the deathoftheweek phase the writers went through). And the Saturday morning cartoon they came out with? FUN :biggrin: Those days lead directly to these, still wondering why and how. BTW, StarWars at the old single screen theatres, with the line wrapped around the building? I saw it 7 times, and it was never old.

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by avt http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 avt Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:22:49 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2351 I bought a Blu-Ray player on Thursday just to watch this movie. It was amazing. @OSG It came with a digital copy which is now on my computer. You probably won't have a couple hours to kill at Norwescon, but if you did, we could watch it. ;) I bought a Blu-Ray player on Thursday just to watch this movie. It was amazing.

@OSG
It came with a digital copy which is now on my computer. You probably won’t have a couple hours to kill at Norwescon, but if you did, we could watch it. ;)

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by BarbaraA1959 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 BarbaraA1959 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:10:50 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2350 This Star Trek got my daughter so revved up that she's borrowed dvds of the original ST to watch how it all started. She doesn't even mind the poor special effects. It's all about the characters and stories for her. I have to check to see if we got the dvd of the new ST...if not, guess I'll put that on the 'to buy' list. Any news about a sequel yet? Barbara :biggrin: This Star Trek got my daughter so revved up that she’s borrowed dvds of the original ST to watch how it all started. She doesn’t even mind the poor special effects. It’s all about the characters and stories for her. I have to check to see if we got the dvd of the new ST…if not, guess I’ll put that on the ‘to buy’ list.

Any news about a sequel yet?

Barbara :biggrin:

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Jane Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:28:01 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2349 Sweetbo: My :cough: movie was Star Wars. When that came out, we found everybody who hadn't seen it and dragged them to it. In the early days, that made for LOTS of excuses to go back to the theater. :blush: Koki: Oh....if only I could! But no more roadtrips for a while. I've got to get books up on CC! And the pond is back to life (yay!) which means time to get out, weed, and start little plants. And if NetFlix has only one copy of Moon, we're going to be arm-wrestling for it. :wink: OSG...c'mon over. We'll watch it here. You've GOT to see your cousin in this one. Uhuru's roommate. Tooooo cute. Sweetbo: My :cough: movie was Star Wars. When that came out, we found everybody who hadn’t seen it and dragged them to it. In the early days, that made for LOTS of excuses to go back to the theater. :blush:

Koki: Oh….if only I could! But no more roadtrips for a while. I’ve got to get books up on CC! And the pond is back to life (yay!) which means time to get out, weed, and start little plants. And if NetFlix has only one copy of Moon, we’re going to be arm-wrestling for it. :wink:

OSG…c’mon over. We’ll watch it here. You’ve GOT to see your cousin in this one. Uhuru’s roommate. Tooooo cute.

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by OrionSlaveGirl http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 OrionSlaveGirl Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:11:14 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2348 No, Jane, I haven't seen it. Sheji had many rave reviews though & I would liked to see it, as well as "Alice". Yes! ROAD TRIP TO THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION....!!!! (although I really would want to fly). Koki, I miss you all! No, Jane, I haven’t seen it. Sheji had many rave reviews though & I would liked to see it, as well as “Alice”.

Yes! ROAD TRIP TO THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION….!!!! (although I really would want to fly). Koki, I miss you all!

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by kokipy http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 kokipy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:47:38 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2347 I haven't seen it! come visit the Eastern Association and we can watch it together! I've put Moon in the netflix queue. I haven’t seen it! come visit the Eastern Association and we can watch it together! I’ve put Moon in the netflix queue.

]]> Comment on And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… by sweetbo http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2346 sweetbo Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:39:50 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2346 I think I probably saw that three times in the theater (something I hadn't done since I saw the original Matrix *cough* number of times) but I did go see it each time with fresh people. Heh. Snap. Now I want to watch it again. When I originally heard about it I was ready for it to suck just as bad as the last zillion Trek movies. I was born a Trek fan, but I have too much taste to accept crap just because they've assembled the old crew one more time (many who have to dust off their already suspect acting) for a worse-than-made-for-tv-movie script. I am a huge JJ Abrams fangirl, but even at that I felt like the horse had been drug out and beat enough. I kept telling myself Battlestar Galactica's remake turned out to be good. Doctor Who's restart turned out to be good for the most part. But the horror that has been Trek for so many years told me to fear the worst. The little news bits coming out had me rolling my eyes ("Hey, they didn't meet at the academy!"), but as the cast started getting assembled and I started hearing things Abrams would be quoted saying I started to slide over to the 50/50 chance of suckage. Then the first trailer came out and I was blown away. I was probably 90/10 thinking it wasn't going to suck (trailers have tricked me before). I was starting to worry that it would be good and no one would give it a chance. THEN, when I was crying during the first ten minutes and saw everyone else was too I knew it would be a hit. (also, I geeked out over the submarine-like interiors of that first ship and the cute little crew that would stop working and salute when the captain ran by to get to the shuttle...really, it doesn't take too much to make me happy.) I would be completely remiss if I didn't recommend the other scifi film I've enjoyed recently: MOON. The one with Sam Rockwell that came out last year. It is old school scifi of the best kind and even has the model creator from the first Alien film (The guy who did the Nostromo) doing its special effects. It is a really quiet thinky film that gave me some hope for scifi film making. Tiny budget, excellent script, and no stupid blue cat people. I think I probably saw that three times in the theater (something I hadn’t done since I saw the original Matrix *cough* number of times) but I did go see it each time with fresh people. Heh. Snap. Now I want to watch it again.

When I originally heard about it I was ready for it to suck just as bad as the last zillion Trek movies. I was born a Trek fan, but I have too much taste to accept crap just because they’ve assembled the old crew one more time (many who have to dust off their already suspect acting) for a worse-than-made-for-tv-movie script. I am a huge JJ Abrams fangirl, but even at that I felt like the horse had been drug out and beat enough. I kept telling myself Battlestar Galactica’s remake turned out to be good. Doctor Who’s restart turned out to be good for the most part. But the horror that has been Trek for so many years told me to fear the worst.

The little news bits coming out had me rolling my eyes (“Hey, they didn’t meet at the academy!”), but as the cast started getting assembled and I started hearing things Abrams would be quoted saying I started to slide over to the 50/50 chance of suckage. Then the first trailer came out and I was blown away. I was probably 90/10 thinking it wasn’t going to suck (trailers have tricked me before). I was starting to worry that it would be good and no one would give it a chance.

THEN, when I was crying during the first ten minutes and saw everyone else was too I knew it would be a hit. (also, I geeked out over the submarine-like interiors of that first ship and the cute little crew that would stop working and salute when the captain ran by to get to the shuttle…really, it doesn’t take too much to make me happy.)

I would be completely remiss if I didn’t recommend the other scifi film I’ve enjoyed recently: MOON. The one with Sam Rockwell that came out last year. It is old school scifi of the best kind and even has the model creator from the first Alien film (The guy who did the Nostromo) doing its special effects. It is a really quiet thinky film that gave me some hope for scifi film making. Tiny budget, excellent script, and no stupid blue cat people.

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