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calliopes_pen ([personal profile] calliopes_pen) wrote2010-04-21 06:29 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Some people apparently want William Shatner to become the governor general in Canada. I can almost see him trying to do that, and it just seems weird—funny, though. Meanwhile, Leonard Nimoy is retiring from acting.

10 Fictional Creatures You’d Most Want As A Pet. K-9 is listed.

There’s a strange black goo floating around the Alaskan coast. And it’s reportedly alive...and 12 miles long. People have already brought up the X-Files, Stargate, and Star Trek. I say Spider-Man, since the black stuff reminds me of the alien costume. That, or something the Master would do out of boredom to get the Doctor’s attention.

Remember the American version of Torchwood that was supposedly going to end up on Fox? Fox rejected it. They actually did something right.

[identity profile] goodbye2pisces.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I blame Sarah Palin

[identity profile] thehefner.livejournal.com 2010-04-22 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
People have already brought up the X-Files, Stargate, and Star Trek. I say Spider-Man...

You're all wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong.



Cue to 4:00 while I continue to shudder in horror.

[identity profile] evilawyer.livejournal.com 2010-04-22 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't think Fox (of all networks) would really pick up a US version of Torchwood, and it is no doubt just as well for a variety of reasons, but it might have been fun if the plans had been to have it somehow headed up by a reformed Capt. John Hart. Without or without fake English accent.