Fannish Items Of Interest

[calliopes_pen]

Looks like they’re going to be trying to tone down and censor Torchwood. Personally, I think it was fine the way it was.

I tracked down the Morrissey and Tennant dancing scene from Blackpool, via Youtube. I just wanted to see if it would make me want to track down the rest of the series--the answer is: for me, it doesn’t. I think I had expected them to actually sing, rather than do a weird little tango and lip synch the words (I think I heard Tennant say something from the song once in there--possibly) while the actual music played.

This morning, I watched Gremlins 2: The New Batch--I knew that somewhere in there was John Glover, but I couldn’t find him. Toward the end, I finally realized that the upbeat, almost blonde guy with no beard or mustache (and very short hair) was him. Strangely, I finally recognized him when he looked disturbed after sticking a gremlin in the shredder.

And now, a meme, taken from ithildyn:

If you could force me to write anything, what would it be?

And, as a sidenote: I do believe I’ve gotten more comments on the yuletide fanfic I wrote this year, than in the year before last. I hit 20 comments as of a moment ago, whereas with the other story in 2006, it was only 2.

Comments

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Noooooo! They don't need to censor it. It's fine the way it is. *clings*

[justhuman.livejournal.com]

Interesting about Torchwood - I'm confused. I've been watching the British and BBCA versions of the show. I know that BBCA is editing for time but it doesn't look like they've been editing content.

What I heard a while back was that the BBC was moving Torchwood into a "family" timeslot in England. When I heard that, I thought it might mean censoring. But then again, what the Brits censor and what the US censors are entirely different things.

It would *suck mightily* if they censored Torchwood for American networks.

[calliopes_pen]

The only things that come to mind when it comes to BBC America censoring things, would be them putting a fuzzy censor mark over Rhys' naked rear end, and occasionally the cursing. They have been great about it.

Of course, then they lop off 30 minutes of Doctor Who... (In Voyage of the Damned, it ends when the Doctor prevents the Titanic from hitting the palace, rather than where it should actually end.)

[justhuman.livejournal.com]

In between LJ crashing, I read some more meta. They're moving the show from BBC2 to BBC1 - there were questions about whether that would lighten up the show a lot. The producers/station insist that they don't want to change the dark nature of Torchwood.

However, instead of doing a 13 episode season, they're doing a 5 episode arc that will air over 5 days. From the station pov, it's a big deal to give over an entire week in one shot. From a fan pov, it of course, sucks.

I think that any cleaning up of the show will have to do with no room for a lot of character extras in the limited schedule. Although I did also read that they plan to continue to follow Gwen and Rhys' marriage and Jack and Ianto's relationship.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Not quite true; I recently saw Voyage of the Damned; they played the whole thing.

[calliopes_pen]

Weird. I must have caught it on a day they messed up then. All I know is that the first time they aired it, it was something like an hour and a half. Every time after, it's been squeezed into an hour.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

Don't judge Blackpool by the musical numbers. That's just a cracky bonus if you're in to that kind of thing (which I'm actually really not). It's actually a really taught murder mystery that had me so engaged with the actual plot and the characters the first time that I watched it that I fast-forwarded through the musical stuff to get to more plot. There's really only like two musical bits that I really love (the tango is one, the "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in the swimming pool is the other). The rest I could take or leave.

Try this bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKhZmL-cqg

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

I love John Glover in Gremlins 2! That was one of those movies I was obsessed with when I was a kid, and his role always amused me. He was so, like, ridiculous, with his Clamp Network end of the world video.

[evilawyer-fic.livejournal.com]

I thought Torchwood I and II (what I saw of it) was pretty tasteful as it was. I cower in wretched expectation that it'll now be crap. As for the Tennant-Morrisey tango, seeing Tennant dance just isn't something that does anything for me. I've got no working speakers on this computer, though, so maybe I'm not being fair. I must say that he should take better care of his back. Falling backwards onto one arm like that can't be good for the spine. But Morrisey, that's a different story. He reminds me so much of a slightly younger Liam Neeson that, well, I think I'm gonna watch that silent posing and dancing and posing again. And maybe again and again.

[veracity]

If they're censoring for the US, well, frankly: bitch, please. We're the most hypocritical society, so if they're messing up a show for us? That's sadly stupid. Seriously. Can't have gays kissing, but let's give ever possible serial killers and murders how-to steps in movies and television. *sigh* This is why I want a TV channel that's not expensive per month to watch for those of us with functioning brains and know how to use it.

That's not to say I've seen Torchwood, but I have friends that love it, and I'll fight on their behalf. I just can't watch a show where a flying dinosaur is involved. Jurassic Park was awesome, but it scared the crap out of me.

*grins* Picked out Lionel Luthor finally? I did when it was playing on...HBO or Starz, one of those, this month. I was like "I know that voice. Lionel!" I also happen to love Gremlins 2. So much.

[calliopes_pen]

If you ever do watch it, I would say that season 2 is better. Season 1 isn't as interesting, but there are quite a few gems in there.

Sadly, my cable provider doesn't give Starz or HBO, unless you pay a whole lot extra. Since AMC only just started playing Gremlins and Gremlins 2 in the last few days, I've finally seen the second one for the first time. The most I've seen of the first one is the final 10 minutes--and one scene where a gremlin's in a blender. I'm not that interested in the first one.

[veracity]

Something about Torchwood makes my eye twitch, but one day I'll try it.

I have HBO and Starz, through a cable box. I share it with my neighbor, the costs, I mean. So it's 45 instead of 90. Which is a help, so it's more affordable. The 1st one creeped me out as a kid, I still can't watch it. I want, too. But, no. It's like Star Wars. But 2, I was hold enough to not be 3 and afraid of the dark for a long time. I loved the second one because of the smart gremlin. He was hilarious to me.