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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

[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.

[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 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!

[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]

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

[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]

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 ;)

[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.

[cloiser-trish.livejournal.com]

LOL Trust me, Ive been doing the same.. Going to DI, DTS, Kryptonsite, LJ... I'm avoiding TWoP because I keep hearing, along with the constant Lana/Lois bashing, the Clark bashing has gotten worse over the last few weeks, so I don't even wanna know what they are saying.

[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!

[legendsinlove.livejournal.com]

Oh now you have me curious. May I know some of these places? I only know of some of the majors (Ksite, TWOP) and I love reading fandom reactions.

[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!

Re: Adding to meg's chorus...

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Yes! Get her into Heroes! Goodness knows I've tried... :P

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Adding to meg's chorus...

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

We will have to band together and with our combined efforts, we will rule the world! convince her of Hiro and the gang's awesomeness.

I mean, she's already fallen for Clark and superman, it's a short slippery slope to saving the cheerleader. :-D

Re: Adding to meg's chorus...

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Mwahahahaaaa... ;)

So, what do you think... tie her to her chair and force her to watch the whole series in one shot? Or something more subtle?

[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...

Re: Adding to meg's chorus...

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

The forced method won't work too well. She'll get awrnry and resistent like we're trying to feed her nasty vegetables.

Something subtle, like play on her anthropological tendencies by pointing out the international flavor of the series, or her love of several plot twists on how these very disparate people's very unique paths get sewn together in an amazing patchwork quilt of awesome.

...Or we could just show her some of the hot guys in it. :-)

Re: Adding to meg's chorus...

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

LOL Yeah, hot guys could work. ;)

Or archetypes! She's a sucker for archetypes. Hmm. *plots*

[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. :)

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

I love Dark Angel!

[jedishadowolf.livejournal.com]

Miss you too! I filled out your writing meme at work, just have to post it now that I'm home (after supper). Yay for the literary - I'm determined to read some of the books I've always wanted to but never got around to reading.

Twilight is freakin' crack! I never expected to like the characters enough to jump into the fandom, but man...good fanfic, some of the characters are absolutely awesome too.

[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!