Some Fannish Items of Interest

[calliopes_pen]

Well, it figures. Just as I start to consider downloading The Middleman and giving it a shot, it gets canceled.

Terry Pratchett got knighted.

The final episodes of Pushing Daisies may be shown--but it won’t be on television, if I understand correctly.

In other news, I’m watching the download of Vampirella (I'm about 6 minutes in) as I type this--Roger Daltrey has very fake looking fangs in. He also randomly jumps at people, and has a deeper, growling voice. He seems more like Fitz probably would after a Dark Quickening or two, actually. This movie would have been great on MST3K.

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[lafemmedarla]

Your icon and the Roger Daltrey talk - plus seeing Adrian Paul on Beauty and the Beast - is making me all nostalgic for Highlander.

[calliopes_pen]

I never knew Adrian Paul was in Beauty and the Beast. Do you mean the 80's series or a movie?

Oh, and at the 25 minute mark in Vampirella, Daltrey is playing a guitar and singing rock music in Vegas. He's also wearing blush, mascara, and lipstick. I can't tell for the strobes flashing, but he's wearing either a weird ponytail, or a mink scarf.

ETA: Okay, it's a ponytail.

[lafemmedarla]

80's series. I remember it so clearly because his character dies and I was all "He cannot die! He's immortal!" I was young and dumber.

I'm gonna have to watch Vampirella now, right?

[calliopes_pen]

I don't think I ever watched the 80's series--I know Mom did.

Probably. It's amazingly awful, but it's worth it to see Daltrey running around wearing a Dracula cape toward the end. And I just realized that with the gravelly voice he's doing, he sounds just like Kalas did.

His death scene is equally bad.

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

There's a slim hope that The Middleman could return if the DVD sales are good. But even if not -- you should give it a spin. It's delightful fun and the last episode was a satisfying conclusion (even though more more more would be great).

[neadods.livejournal.com]

*points upwards* It's not dead, it's just pining for the fjords.

[calliopes_pen]

I'm adding it to my list of tv shows to track down (which includes Forever Knight) and watch even as we speak. I had originally thought to track it down a little while after Yuletide finished, but real life got in the way.