Wondered when someone would rewrite Shakespeare...wait, reinterpret or is that translate?

Sometimes I think the internet is all about socializing for lazy souls like myself who are too tired from the work day to lug our asses across town and meetup with people in a bar. ie. Socialization for the socially lazy.

Reading flist's outraged comments about Orson Scott Card's absurd decision to write novelizations of Shakespearean plays, has made me feel, oddly, validated for never having been able to make it past the first fifty pages of Ender's Game or anything else this guy has written.

In case you missed it, Card has apparently done novelizations or English Language translations of Romeo and Juliet, the Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet, so far. (I guess they weren't in English to begin with? No wait, they weren't in modern American English and dated, so he has to UPDATE them.) I don't know about you, but I personally can't wait for him to try his hand at Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, and Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Yes, I'm still reading about the new tv shows in EW. Oh, on Fringe? There's a few people on my flist that I think would like this series and aren't watching...the one's who have a thing for father/son or parent/child relationships? If you liked Angel/Connor? You'll love Fringe. Just a suggestion. Also it's heavy on the science/philosophy stuff. Plus a tough female FBI lead. I've only watched the first five episodes - these are mainly set-up and feel a tad formulaic to be honest with a definite X-Files vibe. So I'm not into it yet. Just sort of mildly curious. We shall see what happens. (Am trying to stay away from spoilers on Fringe, already heavily spoiled as it is.)

Currently reading about the new PRime Suspect - which actually sounds good. It has a killer cast: Maria Bello (History of Violence) Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall, a bunch of other indie films), Peter Gerety (Homicide, The Wire), Kirk Acevedo (OZ/Fringe), Brian F. O'Bryne (Brotherhood, Mildred Pierce), Kenny Johnson (The Shield). It's produced and directed by Peter Berg and his partner Sarah Aubrey (who did Friday Night Lights), and written by Alexandra Cunningham - a huge fan of the Helen Mirren original. So...hmmm. But it has been tailored to fit the American procedural (wrap up each case within one episode) as opposed to my preference - the British procedural (wrap up a case over the course of several episodes). I prefer the British model - it's more novel like.

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Then we have ...Revenge - the write up of this is hilarious. Emily Van Camp's squeaky clean period is over. "She's kind of a crocodile" says the actress, "I imagine her navigating this community of people as this very quiet predator". A pretty blond crocodile.

I'm odd, I know - I scan the shows for the ones that are the quirkiest, cultish/out there, and guaranteed to last no more than one season or in today's world more than one episode. To wit? 1) Once Upon a Time. 2) Hell on Wheels, 3)Ringer, 4)Grimm, 5)American Horror Story, 6) Bedlam (a British import about the supernatural goings on at an apartment building), 7)Subrugatory and maybe 8) Terra Nova. Also 9) Revenge (which just looks like fun - who can resist a pretty blond crocodile preying on a wealthy annoying family in the Hamptons?)

I'm consistent about this. In the past - I've watched ( list of tv shows that got canceled and I vaguely remember the names of off the top of my head )

it does get old after a while. I've gotten so used to tv shows that I like getting canceled before their time, that I don't do much more than shrug when it happens any longer.