Misc. Thoughts- The slacking-off-when-I-should-be-writing-my-novel edition

[thehefner]

1.) Baby is cute. And I don't care how surprisingly not-fragile baby is, I was still scared shitless of even being near baby. I brought fiveseconddelay tidings of comic books to help pass the time. I love being Johnny comicbookseed.

2.) Six Flags was fun, but curse you cold rain! Still, wimping out as I did was probably for the best. The Two-Face (why does everyone think this coaster is weak?) kicked my ass going backwards, and I fear that my stomach has become a lot weaker in the four years since I last visited such a park. Damn. I really don't think I could have made it on any other ride if I stayed, so it's just as well. Six Flags' apple pies... are exactly... the same kinds of pies... McDonald's used to serve. The kind they still serve in London. Deep-fried, bubbly, crispy, fritter-style. *guurrgle*

3.) edlridgeprime rules. I must make time to hang with this man. Now.

4.) PROUD ANNOUNCEMENT: Finally. After all this time. I am no longer Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I am no longer Jack Black. I am no longer Meat Loaf, Donal Loague, or Biff Tannen. In my present physical condition... I am Peter Fonda. FUCK. YES. I HAVE ACHIEVED.... THE FONDA!!!! NOW WHERE THE FUCK CAN I GET LEATHER BIKER PANTS?!??!

5.) I think I have finally found the perfect mixture for my version of Richard III. A cross somewhere between Brad's Grima Wormtongue and Scorpius from "Farscape." Smooth, with a touch of intensity. Which reminds me...

6.)Why the FUCK is "Stargate SG-1" so fucking popular? Seriously, the show is boring as shit, with bland as hell characters and a totally non-compelling premise. How the hell did this show outlast "Farscape," perhaps one of the finest television shows ever, the BEST thing the Henson company has ever pulled off after Jim's death, and seriously, why the hell haven't more people here seen it? This is your kinda show, people! *shakes head in sadness* I need to make an LJ icon of Scorpy saying "Hello John." Ah, Scorpy.

7.) Green Arrow appearing on Justice League Unlimited.
GA: Is that a containment suit?
CAPTAIN ATOM: Yeah. I'm pure nuclear energy inside here.
GA: You are?
CAPTAIN ATOM: Why do you think they call me Captain Atom?
GA: (pause) I think you're what I marched against in college.
Spot-on brilliance.

8.) It's bad when the Simpsons starts to reflect your situation. Milhouse leaves Bart to go to NYC, and Bart is devestated.
BART: I have new friends now. Friends who get me.
LISA: Is it Ralph?
BART: No, it is not Ralph.
RALPH: Hi Bart! I can make bubblegum with my nose!
and...
MARGE: Why don't you go play outside?
BART: (sobbing and watching old tapes of him and Milhouse together) Outside? That's where Milhouse and I played!

9.) It's a strange thing to be memorizing the Richard III/Anne scene, which I shall be doing with Val but can't until I see her Thursday. It's a strange thing to do this alone, trying to imagine Val there saying the lines. Problem is, I wouldn't be thinking of her, would I? Strange thing, indeed.

10.) Paradise by the Dashboard Light. The Lord of the Rings movies and reading the book aloud. A Mighty Wind, and especially "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." Red roses. Kitty Pryde. Nightcrawler. Rogue. Guns 'n Roses version of Heaven's Door. Spandeau Ballet's True. LA Story. As You Like It. Richard III. My white tux. Birthday Ball. This is just a handful of the list I am compiling of things I need to reclaim. I want these to be mine again, and I don't mean in the physical sense.

Comments

2 comments from the Big E peanut gallery

[eldridgeprime.livejournal.com]

1. Dude, it's 'eldridgeprime', please fix your LJ user link for me name.

2. I must disagree with you and give you my explanation of why Stargate SG1 is still on and Farscape is not.

A. Stargate is a great show. It features themes inspired by mythology and it is very creative. The acting is often good and the writing is usually good. I personally love most of the actors especially Don Davis and MacGyver. It has a very big flavor difference from Farscape.

B. Farscape is also a damn fine show. In someways better. Definitely well written, often well acted and with far better effect both live and CG.

C. the problem is the over all feeling. Stargate is a 'lighter' show. It most often offers a sense of resolution and a feeling that the good guys can win. Not always with the most tech or weapons but through ingenuity. Also, all of the main characters are likable. I like Starget more than farscape just for that. I like happy endings. Most of this world and my life seems filled with unhappy endings, I want my fantasy/escapism to be happy.

D. Farscape is far darker. It's very clever but often left me feeling that every battle won by the good guys had too much of a cost or that they just didn't wing and barely get away with just their lives. You can rarely trust half to a third of the main characters. And some of them I just hate and I wonder why John Crighton doesn't just space the bastards while they sleep. Also, I keep coming away with the feeling that John Crighton is a naive wimp. So, half the trime I want him spaced too. So, I feel that it's generally a darker show.

D. All stations are on the air to make money. Period. If more folks watch Stargate it will get advertisers more easily and keep its game on. Artistically, Farscape may be better, but people generally feel better watching something that leaves them feeling good at the end and not depressed or ambivilent.

E. In my honest opinion, Babylon 5 was the best Sci-Fi tv show ever made. It cut the line perfectly between art, creativity, darkness and light as well as really adressing concepts of science and spirituality. It had a positive philosophy seeded in it. It only lasted 5 years. And that 5th year was 'eh. OK.'

Re: 2 comments from the Big E peanut gallery

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

1.) Dude, it's a typo. Your own post here is littered with them. It happens.

2.) What I find utterly, completely bizarre is that you think of Farscape as a show that leaves you feeling down and depressed. First of all, if that were a deterrent, then X-Men wouldn't be the most popular comic book of all time, if you think about it. Secondly, one episode aside, Farscape has ALWAYS left me smiling and feeling exhilarated. It leaves me with much the same feelings that the LOTR movies (as someone who never made it through the books entirely, to my shame) left me feeling. A real sense of danger, great humor, and wonderful characters.

I'll grant you Chiana can be damn annoying, but how can you dislike Crichton? How/when is he a naive wimp? He never backs away from a fight. He has the smart-assed-ness of Kurt Russell from Big Trouble and Bruce Campbell, but he's literally a rocket scientist on top of that! The character's a total badass with balls of steel, I dunno what show you've been watching.

Stargate, I will agree, is the "safer" show for advertisers. But I don't like my shows "safe," just as I don't like my Shakespeare "safe." I want chances taken. I want different things. Muppets, man! Muppets!

Don Davis, I will always love from Twin Peaks. No challenge there. But everytime I turn on Stargate and sincerely try to watch it, they lose me around about the second commercial break. Hell, I find Andromeda to be a show with more compelling characters (but I still don't watch that one frequently either).

And the highlight of every college evening was watching Babylon 5, followed by Farscape, watching them both for the first time and marveling in these two utterly brilliant but distinctly different shows. And it was really intended for five years, but studio confusion resulted in what happened with season 5. Still, you can't say there weren't some distinct highlights to season 5. The last episode, where Garibaldi's hologram outsmarts the bad guys... beautiful note for that character to go out on.

Re: 2 comments from the Big E peanut gallery

[eldridgeprime.livejournal.com]

Good sir, please forgive me. the spelling comment was not meant to disparage you in anyway. As it is now, if someone were to click on it (which is why, I assume, you did it as a LJ user link), it would link them to nothing. There is no user with that spelling in name.

As to the Farscape/Stargate thing. Different strokes for different folks. I watch Stargate with rapped attention any episode I can. While I really do think that Farscape is a really well made show, I get irked by things that I have seen in it. It just feels too dark to appeal to me at times. However, I will admit that I have only watched a few shows and I haven't seen much of the beginning. It was difficult to make sense out of the smattering of eps that I saw. Maybe that plus maybe I just watched the shows that were more likely to irk me.

Re: 2 comments from the Big E peanut gallery

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

And hey, I haven't watched Stargate from the beginning either, although I fear that it (like B5 for a lot of people and DS9 from what I understand) doesn't really get good in season 1. So who knows? Maybe I just have yet to catch the right episodes. But I can understand the irking issue. Not for Farscape per se, but at least in my case Buffy, Angel, and everything Joss Whedon irks the hell out of me. It is only for my love of Spike that I watched as much as I did. I've nearly lost friendships on my dislike of those shows, so I feel for you there.