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[moonshayde]

OMG, I just read the latest SV spoilers and they are so very awesome. I think fandom just exploded, though.

Anyway...

Okay, flist. You are becoming varied and multilayered in the fannish department. When I first started on LJ 5 years ago, you were mostly SG-1 fans. Now, I think I have a bit of everything. And since I love to talk - I do despite my bouts of silence - I would like to know what you like. If we have overlap that I wasn't aware of or may have forgotten, then we'll have more to talk about :)

This is for TV/film only right now. I can tackle other interests another time. I can't list them all, so I'm basing it off some of my interests. Feel free to add anything else in the comments.


[Poll #1216534]



Any shows you think I should check our or I should be watching right now? Instead of a poll, you can just tell me in the comments. It can even be one of the shows I listed above because some of them I've only seen a few episodes and others I haven't watched in years. Disclaimer: I tend to like to watch speculative fiction - scifi, fantasy, horror, etc.


Any show I can pique your interest in? Again, instead of a poll, just mention something in the comments if it strikes your fancy.

And I can't believe I'm doing this, but I think I am going to try to watch Dark Angel. Any Dark Angel fans on my flist to help me keep with it?


[Poll #1216537]

Okay, now off to exercise I go!

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I am in three fandoms right now, actively. And um, yeah. I've always been a one fandom girl. It's crazy. I find I am not as fannish in each one because I'm spread out all over the place.

You know, I watched the LOTR films (loved Fellowship) and I did read the books, I just never got fannish for it. I think it's because the langauge is so precise.

But isn't there a Hobbit movie coming out? I'd like to see that one. It's been so long since I was acquainted with that story!

[cloiser-trish.livejournal.com]

Did fandom explode? I know Cloisers and Clark fans are delirious with this news.. I went to Kryptonsite and even they are excited, the majority anyway, I think I only saw like 1 or 2 fans (Chlois fans of course) complaining.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Oh did it ever. I am insane, you see, and I go to a few places to read fandom. I should have been to the gym hours agao, and I can't help but keep clicking to see more spin and anger and squee.

I am a sick person LOL

[superbadgirl]

I admit it, DA is/was all about the pretty for me. JA la femme cannot act, but she's gorgeous. MW is moody and full of manpain in this role, but OH SO PRETTY. Plus JA la homme in S2 - you simply cannot go wrong with Jensen Ackles. Really. ;)

You know what I'm into already. :)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I am totally watching it for shallow reasons LOL I tried to get into DA way back when it first aired, but post-apocalyptic stuff doesn't do much for me. Neither does cyberpunk. But I'm pretty enamored with JA right now and I figured why not? Plus I am older now and I might be able to appreciate the story a bit more.

I always thought that JA was really pretty, specially before she got super thin.

But yeah. My intentions aren't all pure on this one ;)

[jedishadowolf.livejournal.com]

I'm clueless on TV these days hon! I don't have cable and working nights like I do I never get into anything anymore. but I've picked up literary fandoms like Harry Potter and Twilight. Interesting stuff in the world of books. :)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

We miss yoooooou!

Yeah, I want to get into diehard reading again. You'll probably see my LJ take a literary bent soon. :)

Everyone is gaga for Twilight, eh?

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

My other is the Iron Man movie.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Ah. I haven't seen that yet, but I see it has taken over my flist. I want to eventually see it :)

[grooni.livejournal.com]

Not a huge fan of SGA, but I do watch it. Currently I have much love for House and I love Lost as well.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Oh Lost! I forgot about that one. That is an awesome show. I wish it was back already.

I keep trying to watch SAG but I have trouble staying with it.

[legendsinlove.livejournal.com]

I watched Dark Angel first season when it originally aired and I liked it. At some point I plan to watch it and the second season.

I really love Disney-related shows, but those aren't scifi.

One of my all time FAVE scifi shows is Babylon 5. It's a well-plotted story and it's very scifi and has some great romance (some happy, some tragic). And if you haven't watched all of Farscape you MUST. Great stuff. But you might have watched it all, in that case, you already know!

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I'm getting all set to watch Dark Angel. I wasn't into it when it first aired (I tried but I don't like cyberpunk or post-apocalyptic stuff) but I want to give it a try. Mostly becuse of shallow reasons like "OMG I love Jensen Ackles!", but I will give it a try despite the shallowness ;)

Babylon 5 is a show I've wanted to watch for a long long time. I just never have.

I am almost done Farscape. I'm not a huge fan of it, but I want to finish the series. I have the finale and the miniseries left. :)

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

You forgot Lost. :P

Adding to meg's chorus...

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yes, where's Lost!?

You're going to be in *so* much trouble with your brother, moonshayde.

Hee hee hee hee hee.

And I still want to get you into "Heroes" Yatta!

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Heroes, Eureka, Psych. Come on in, the water's great!

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I watched a whole bunch of Eureka and then I lost track when it aired. When does that air??

[majorsamfan.livejournal.com]

I split my time between Sci-Fi and Mystery/Suspense, so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt. I tend to watch more mystery from Britain than its SciFi. Along with an occasional dose of Graham Norton. (Dame Edna was on once...ZOMGosh!) Although, I *loveloveloved* the THUNDERBIRDS! (I have a 12-DVD set! and Space: 1999, The Avengers and something else that escapes me)

Of those you listed, Stargate is definitely the one I watch the most with Atlantis and Sanctuary rounding out the top 3. I occasionally watch an X-Files rerun, and I did buy the entire series set. I watch it about as often as I watch the various Trek incarnations, most of which (except Enterprise, which I watched very little) I have watched multiple times already - of course, I watched a Voyager and a DS9 episode just last night (early this morning). I also happened across a show called "Seven Days", which I had never gotten a chance to watch before; a *very* young Jewel Staite played a young woman with psychic abilities.

I'm just getting in to Dr. Who. Tried Torchwood, and well, hmm...I didn't stick with it. Jack Harkness *is* cute, though.

The show I *really* like and want more of is Jekyll; I totally did a fangrrrrl squee when the actor showed up hosting "Masterpiece Mystery" the other night when the second "Inspector Lewis" movie was on. Don't know if Jekyll will be back if he's hosting Masterpiece.

I don't recommend Moonlight because it looks as though there might not be a second season. But if you like Dark Angel, it's about vampires (one of whom was on Veronica Mars - speaking of which the dad Enrico Calantoni or whatever who was in Stargate SG-1's episode "Evolution" is going to be on a new series this fall, I think about SWAT teams). But I digress.

rowan_d will tell you to check out Xena...

I haven't seen all of Firefly, so I haven't watched Serenity yet. I have not seen *every* Farscape, but mostly I enjoyed that one (mostly for the John/Aeryn ship and for Zaaaan). Didn't really like Flash Gordon. Saw the old Kolchak shows but only 2-3 of the new ones. I've seen all the Star Wars movies but the very last one - liked the first three better than the two later ones I have seen.

I've only seen a few episodes of Smallville (introduction of the green arrow guy whom I met at ComicCon - cutiepie), but I did like Lois & Clark enough to buy the DVDs. Didn't see all of the LOTR movies yet, nor all of the Pirates movies (saw #1, have caught bits and pieces of Dead Man's Chest recently). Then again, I never watched BTVS nor Angel nor Dark Angel.

I did watch the original bionic shows and Knight Rider, but haven't watched more than 3 new BW and didn't see the new KR.

You didn't mention The 4400 which I watch, nor EUReKA which I also watch. And did I miss BSG on the list?!?!?

Of other shows to which I was first introduced at ComicCon, I watched only a few Threshold, Invasion and Surface but did buy Threshold and Surface on DVD. I have watched about half of the first season of Heroes and bought the first season on DVD to catch up.

I'm sure there are more...

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Holy cow! You wrote me a book! LOL

*reads*

You didn't miss BSG on the list. I tried that one, but it didn't grab me. It was way too dark and depressing for me. I need at least a sliver of humor and I just didn't get it from that show at all :) Just didn't click with me.

I think the show I am most excited for is Sanctuary. I can't wait to see how they retool it. I expect it to be up there with my other top shows :)

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

The other fandoms I have are:

Spider-Man (all forms)
Comics
Heroes
Pushing Daisies
Monk
How I Met Your Mother

There are others, but not to the same level. :)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Comics are cool. I wish I could afford them right now!

What is Pushing Daisies about?

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

I love Dark Angel!

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Yay! You can help corrupt me!

[lexsara.livejournal.com]

We're pretty much on the same track, although I throw in my vote for Torchwood and Eureka ... I have a thing for Nathan Stark on that show. But it's a funny one. And John Barrowman just rules my world.

SV ... eh, I'll be watching and I know we've had this discussion before, I just can't get into the Clark/Lois in the SV universe, so I'm not as excited as some. But I'll watch anyhow because it's before Supernatural! And I'm holding out hope Chloe gets a storyline that's decent and we see SOME reaction to Clark taking over her position at the Planet. Because I'm really, really, really going to be peeved if there's no reaction from anyone on the fact that Clark took Chloe's position. But then again, I hope for too much sometimes in this universe.

Still, if Clark gets a clue about his destiny, maybe the sarcasm and disappointment of the last four seasons will wash away from me and I'll love the show once more!

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I have to make a correction here. Clark isn't taking Chloe's old job. If he's taking the position mentioned in the finale, he's taking an intern's position. Chloe wasn't an intern. An intern was promoted to Chloe's position. Clark isn't taking her job at all.

Of course that is based on the finale. Clark could be entering the DP for a whole different position we don't know about yet.

Anyway, sorry. That is a pet peeve of mine because it's spread around fandom and isn't true.

As for Chloe, I am so excited for her this season. I'm hoping she'll have something meaty and good. She's awesome :)

[emptystarbox.livejournal.com]

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Dark Angel, huh? I see where you're going with that. Start with the episode called "Pollo Loco" and skip on over to season two. ;)

I just saw that episode ;) They had a marathon the other day and I happened to catch that one. So I decided maybe it was time to give it a try.

Of course, I love Ackles so...

I'll see! I'm going to start watching it soon and I am dying to get to S2 for Jensen, but I also know S2 departs quite a bit from S1.

I saw Shaun of the Dead! It was pretty good. But I liked Hot Fuzz better.

I don't get Heroes! Everyone loves it but I shy away. Why should I like it?

And I want to see The office eventually.

[xayeidemon.livejournal.com]

Psych and Torchwood.

And Perfect Strangers. :P

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Torchwood is on my list :)

I tried Psych and it didn't work for me. I may try again in the future :)

And I was all about Perfect Strangers back in the day :D

[stargazercmc.livejournal.com]

The "other" would be anything touching Joss Whedon (Buffy and Angel in addition to Firefly) and anything touching Aaron Sorkin (Sports Night, The West Wing and Studio 60).

Also most things Trek (she says, drooling over her shiny new DS9 season three boxset). And BSG, which I guess makes this last category almost everything touching Ron D. Moore (I've never watched Roswell or Carnivale).

[stargazercmc.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the other Doctor Who incarnations - Torchwood (or as D calls it, TouchWood) and the Sarah Jane Adventures.

[larienelengasse.livejournal.com]

I'm not exactly a Dark Angel Obi-Wan, but I have been watching it so I'm more than happy to squee right along with you....

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I just watched Pollo Loco the other day and really enjoyed it. So I figured maybe I should give the show another chance. And despite the turn I hear S2 takes, I;m looking forward to Jensen's role.

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

i didn't answer your DA question, cause i watched it just for Jensen, and don't remember much. LOL!

as for new shows, the summer season has started, i've picked up In Plain Sight; Burn Notice starts next thursday; the friday after is the return of Monk and Psych. :D

*is happy*

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. I'm pretty much watching DA for Jensen too, but I think I'll at least like the story when I start watching it :)

What is Burn Notice?

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I could be your Dark Angel Obi-wan, but I really liked the show. Alec is my favorite of all of Jensen's roles. My only wish is for more decent fanfic in that fandom--fanfic that centers around Alec and is not necessarily shippy. (More gen or slash. hehe)

I also read the TWOP thread about that show, and it's...er...interesting. That was a very long time ago, though.

My "other" in the first question is...er...David Cook, the American Idol guy. I don't even watch AI and had never seen an episode until the finale this year. (I just couldn't get over my squick of seeing people embarrassed or humiliated.) But the finale didn't include any of that, and it was fun to watch, and since then... Yeah. David Cook.

It's why I haven't posted in my LJ in a month. *g* I'm spending all of my time (um...free time?) reading about him, finding his music, and watching video of all of his old performances (including such gems as a poor quality video his rendition of "Make'em Laugh" in a high school production of Singin' in the Rain; more poor quality video of him performing with one of his bands, Midwest Kings; and, of course, AI performances).

I've noticed that we have similar musical tastes (given one of your recent posts about music), but I have no clue if you'd like his music or not, especially since the music he sang on the show is not typical of what he sang in his pre-Idol career, and I have no clue at all what he'll come out with next. I'm in love with his voice, though.

Besides that, um... I have no clue. I started watching Rome (DVD from Netflix) and thought it was boring. I have seen the first few episodes of Freaks & Geeks (also DVD) and thought it was fun. I'm pretty sure you already watch Futurama, right? I like that, but I'm not fannish about it. It's a fun show to watch, though.

I've been watching this weird show called Summerland. It's being shown on some channel on TV currently. It stars Lori Loughlin. The girl who played Sarah in Provenance (SPN) is also in it somewhat. There is a cute, blond Australian guy as well. heh That's about all I can tell you about that show. Oh, and surfing features prominently. I'm not into that, but it's a fairly light show and makes for good watching while doing chores.

I've also been watching Burn Notice. I'm not at all fannish about it, but it's an adequate show that I actually kind of enjoy. I'm looking forward to Life returning in the fall...er...hopefully, I guess.

I also watched Grounded for Life until the episodes had gone around a couple of times. It's...not a good show. It can be funny, if you find it funny when every episode is so stupid and the humor is based off the illogical stupidity of every character. But still, I watched it. Bret Harrison is cute. I also sort of liked the dad and the dad's brother on this show. Lots of eye candy in different ways.

I've also been watching Reaper since I discovered that it actually stars Bret Harrison. He's still cute, though not in a Jensen kind of way. The show is lighter than Supenatural and I don't really like it that much, but still I watch. heh

I think that's about it. Oh, and Jericho. If you ever had a chance to get this on DVD, I think season 1 is worth it for sure. I loved it. I'm waiting on season 2 from Netflix.

I'd definitely go for Dark Angel over all of these shows. It's not perfect and season 2 did have some problems, especially, but Jensen/Alec... Yeah, worth it in a fun kind of way. I actually like Jessica Alba as Max, too. She's really pretty, and I like her angsty, sullen ways on this show. I loved almost all of the characters and even though I'm not a fan of "monster" characters, Kevin Durand (Zipacna [sp?] on SG-1) as Joshua in season 2 totally won me over and broke my heart many times over.

I think DA is good, cheesy fun. If there had been more fic of a type I'd actually read and more fannish discussion of the show, I probably would have become more fannish about it than I did.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I totally forgot about Robin Hood. If you ever found a way to watch it... I love it. You just can't take it seriously. I sense problems coming in season 2 (it's in the middle now) and I have not heard a single word about whether there will be a season 3 or not, but I absolutely loved season 1 except for the very end. Season 2 has been different, but still fun in a completely different way.

Plot holes abound, but this show is all about the pretty and the silly and the over-dramatic heroism. The characters are all very appealing, including the female characters, and as of right now there are two main female characters and I love them both. But I also love the good guys and the bad guys. The bad guys are deliciously bad in that mustache-twirling, OTT way.

It's definitely my favorite show of all that I'm currently watching, just for the fun factor. Every time I watch an episode, I feel happy and gleeful and giddy and silly, if you know what I mean. It's that kind of show, if you can take it at face value and not expect too much.

[platysseus.livejournal.com]

Um, um, what do I watch? Lots of stuff, yes but no show gets me more fannish than Firefly, Supernatural and The X Files. And no doubt, come January, Dollhouse will be right up there with the shows of awesome. Right now I'm getting terribly fannish over Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (and I've only see the trailer!). :D


*wants to buy and watch Dark Angel* When the DVDs are about $30 a season... *waits (im)patiently for a sale*

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Are you excited for the X-Files movie? I am. I hope they do it justice :)

[seacrystal.livejournal.com]

I'm hopeless Superman fangirl, so everything about him goes for me. :p And I have lots of love for the entire DCU anyway -- they're all great characters. But when it comes to fandom these days, I just tend to stay in my own little happy bubble. Once in a while, I'll rant and vent but that's just about it. I hardly post on the boards anymore too, am simply a lurker right now.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

You're going to have to tell me what happens in Final Crisis!

*bites nails*