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shadowkat1. Listening to commentary from The Wire again. Dominic West - blows me away with his British accent, because in the show he has an American accent. American accents tend to be more "nasal" and slower. It's the Germanic influence. Oh they spent 6 months on the credits. (Why is it that all commentaries sink into patting each other on the back and raving about how great everyone is.
I'm guessing they don't remember the episodes well enough to discuss much else. Farscape still has the best commentary - in large part due to Ben Browder who actually knows how to do it.) Apparently the actor playing Clay Davis - was word perfect all the way through. And won awards for the role.
2. Question to the Welsh and Brits out there? Is "Lloyd" a Welsh or English name? Aunt insists based on her research that the name Lloyd is a popular name in England, the equivalent of Smith in the US. I happen to know Lloyd is Welsh for "Gray" or that was what I was told in Wales. So? What do you think?
3. The Wire continues to amaze me. S5 has this bizarre story thread that subtly makes fun of serial killer stories in cop shows. If you haven't watched many American cop shows or police/legal procedurals, you wouldn't know that every single one, sooner or later, regardless of whether it is Angel or Law & Order does the quintessential serial killer storyline. The Wire - makes fun of how the media sensationalizes it, pointing out the little importance placed on murder. No one cares that kids die. Or about Marlo's massive number of killings, 25 and counting. Or Omar's. Or for that matter the homeless men dying. But introduce a "serial killer" and people go nuts. The Wire throughout it's run continue to gently make fun of the traditional police procedural trope.
McNulty and Lester create a serial killer who is taking out homeless people. They even call the paper. Which results in money and resources being thrown left and right at McNulty - who in turn sparses it out to people working actual cases. We're doing real police work and getting paid for it - with a phony serial case to make the papers happy, the Mayor happy, and obtain the money.
Much like Bunny Colvin's attempt to legalize drugs in S3 (also hilarious) this attempt...is going to end badly I fear. But it is admittedly hilarious at times.
[Richard Belzer pops up! Dominic West states that he is in it - because he's going for the world-record of the number of cop shows he can show up in that David Simon has created or had an influence on.]
4. Scanning the various meta and reviews on my flist regarding the Jane E Spike Web comic has made me aware of the fact that I've truly lost all interest in the character, story, writers, verse, and everything associated with it. It just doesn't interest me or resonate for me in any way. I haven't bothered to read the comic or download it, nor do I feel any desire to do so. I'm not upset about it. I just feel ambivalent. I don't know. It's a weird feeling. I was so obsessed with that story, so fannish, for so long. And now that it's over....I sort of miss that feeling... And I really sort of don't. Hard to explain, but after the obsession left me, I was able to tell my own stories again. Create my own characters. If that makes any sense. Yet, by the same token, I sort of miss the interaction with the fans. I think I loved the fan interaction the most. I miss that. And I think that was the reason I hung in there as long as I did - I fell in love with that interaction. Even at it's worst, it was fun to discuss a cultural piece of work with that intense level of passion with people who felt exactly the same way. I'm sure it looked nuts from the perspective of people looking in from the outside. But it wasn't - it was play. It was fun. That thrill of getting a 100 replies to a meta post or being nominated, or linked to on another site you never heard of. I miss that. Don't think I'll fall into another fandom. Unless you count what I'm writing on the Wire - fannish. Not sure it is. Or my flirtations with Farscape and BSG and Doctor Who - also not quite. (I wrote over 600 pages worth of Buffy meta, plus three fanfics (including an unfinished WIP and collaboration) -- suffice it to say, I haven't come close with anything else. Plus went to several fan meetups, and participated as a member on three fan boards. Don't see that ever happening again.)
5. Rather enjoying the Dresden Files, but not the villain or the plot, which is sort of silly, but love the relationship stuff. 50% of the way through. Butcher seems to be trying to pull his character out of the dark place he left him in at the end of the last novel. (I didn't consider it all that dark, but I've also admittedly watched and read far darker anti-hero tales than Butcher apparently has. Breaking Bad or Rescue Me or even...Supernatural or Angel or Doctor Who, this ain't. Dresden comes across as a relative saint in comparison.)
I'm guessing they don't remember the episodes well enough to discuss much else. Farscape still has the best commentary - in large part due to Ben Browder who actually knows how to do it.) Apparently the actor playing Clay Davis - was word perfect all the way through. And won awards for the role.
2. Question to the Welsh and Brits out there? Is "Lloyd" a Welsh or English name? Aunt insists based on her research that the name Lloyd is a popular name in England, the equivalent of Smith in the US. I happen to know Lloyd is Welsh for "Gray" or that was what I was told in Wales. So? What do you think?
3. The Wire continues to amaze me. S5 has this bizarre story thread that subtly makes fun of serial killer stories in cop shows. If you haven't watched many American cop shows or police/legal procedurals, you wouldn't know that every single one, sooner or later, regardless of whether it is Angel or Law & Order does the quintessential serial killer storyline. The Wire - makes fun of how the media sensationalizes it, pointing out the little importance placed on murder. No one cares that kids die. Or about Marlo's massive number of killings, 25 and counting. Or Omar's. Or for that matter the homeless men dying. But introduce a "serial killer" and people go nuts. The Wire throughout it's run continue to gently make fun of the traditional police procedural trope.
McNulty and Lester create a serial killer who is taking out homeless people. They even call the paper. Which results in money and resources being thrown left and right at McNulty - who in turn sparses it out to people working actual cases. We're doing real police work and getting paid for it - with a phony serial case to make the papers happy, the Mayor happy, and obtain the money.
Much like Bunny Colvin's attempt to legalize drugs in S3 (also hilarious) this attempt...is going to end badly I fear. But it is admittedly hilarious at times.
[Richard Belzer pops up! Dominic West states that he is in it - because he's going for the world-record of the number of cop shows he can show up in that David Simon has created or had an influence on.]
4. Scanning the various meta and reviews on my flist regarding the Jane E Spike Web comic has made me aware of the fact that I've truly lost all interest in the character, story, writers, verse, and everything associated with it. It just doesn't interest me or resonate for me in any way. I haven't bothered to read the comic or download it, nor do I feel any desire to do so. I'm not upset about it. I just feel ambivalent. I don't know. It's a weird feeling. I was so obsessed with that story, so fannish, for so long. And now that it's over....I sort of miss that feeling... And I really sort of don't. Hard to explain, but after the obsession left me, I was able to tell my own stories again. Create my own characters. If that makes any sense. Yet, by the same token, I sort of miss the interaction with the fans. I think I loved the fan interaction the most. I miss that. And I think that was the reason I hung in there as long as I did - I fell in love with that interaction. Even at it's worst, it was fun to discuss a cultural piece of work with that intense level of passion with people who felt exactly the same way. I'm sure it looked nuts from the perspective of people looking in from the outside. But it wasn't - it was play. It was fun. That thrill of getting a 100 replies to a meta post or being nominated, or linked to on another site you never heard of. I miss that. Don't think I'll fall into another fandom. Unless you count what I'm writing on the Wire - fannish. Not sure it is. Or my flirtations with Farscape and BSG and Doctor Who - also not quite. (I wrote over 600 pages worth of Buffy meta, plus three fanfics (including an unfinished WIP and collaboration) -- suffice it to say, I haven't come close with anything else. Plus went to several fan meetups, and participated as a member on three fan boards. Don't see that ever happening again.)
5. Rather enjoying the Dresden Files, but not the villain or the plot, which is sort of silly, but love the relationship stuff. 50% of the way through. Butcher seems to be trying to pull his character out of the dark place he left him in at the end of the last novel. (I didn't consider it all that dark, but I've also admittedly watched and read far darker anti-hero tales than Butcher apparently has. Breaking Bad or Rescue Me or even...Supernatural or Angel or Doctor Who, this ain't. Dresden comes across as a relative saint in comparison.)
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Date: 2011-08-04 03:50 am (UTC)Well I AM upset: I can't get the code so I can't read it/download it....
and I really want to!
My local comic book store is small and wasn't even offered a chance to get the code for their customers, no Dark Horse wants to force me to drive 75 miles (each way, 150 miles RT in 100 degree weather when gas prices are really high!) just to get the code so I can see this comic.
I'm really upset about it.
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Date: 2011-08-04 05:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 04:18 pm (UTC)After August 1st US time, you have to be logged in DH Digital; load this page (http://digital.darkhorse.com/blog/2011/digital-exclusives-brick-mortar-retailers/) then ..click "digital.darkhorse.com/retailerexlusive" and it will send you to a page where you can redeem your code. When viewing the comic, there's a "toggle panel zoom" on the (up right) toolbar and then "click" with the mouse on the right side and the comic will zoom on panels to be viewable and readable till the last page.
I ganked it from petzipillingo (Petzi does links regarding fanfic and meta and anything Buffy oriented, once a week).
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Date: 2011-08-04 05:39 pm (UTC)the closest 'official comic book store' is 75 miles away (that is more than $20 of gas round trip, and 3 hours of driving in 100 degree weather)
I've bought ALL the Buffy and other comics (in fact I bought all the different covers) and now I feel penalized by Dark Horse. It really doesn't engender the good will they probably thought this gimmick would.
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Date: 2011-08-04 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 05:51 am (UTC)Yeah, same here. And it's not just drifting away & finding new shows - the Buffy comics actively *killed* all my interest in further continuations. Which makes me sad, because I can remember how excited I used to be. (Over the Spike comics - the Buffy ones always made me go WTF? right from the first page.) Also I think I'm just... talked out? I spent that long writing fic and meta that I've pretty much examined everything possible. So I love the 'verse, but I've not got anything left to say...
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Date: 2011-08-04 04:31 pm (UTC)I think that's where I'm at finally. I've debated, analyzed, and examined it to death.
Also...
the Buffy comics actively *killed* all my interest in further continuations. Which makes me sad, because I can remember how excited I used to be.
Me too. It's odd, but they didn't just actively kill my interest in Buffy but ironically in comics in general (ironically because I started collecting comics again because of Whedon and now I've stopped because of Whedon), and unfortunately my interest in Joss Whedon. While I know why the Buffy comics killed my interest in everything Whedon and Buffy related, I'm not quite sure why the Buffy comics killed my interest in comics as well...I'm guessing I just got burned out and other factors may have played a role? (shrugs).
Well, if it's any consolation...
Date: 2011-08-04 04:59 pm (UTC)Re: Well, if it's any consolation...
Date: 2011-08-04 09:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 08:29 am (UTC)Lloyd is a common Welsh surname, and since people of Welsh descent can be found all over the UK, you'll find people called Lloyd in all parts.
Also, I know what you mean about the Buffyverse. I still do love Spike and am still writing the occasional bit of fanfic, but I have no patience with Buffyverse meta now and always click away if I see it. It's sad. I doubt I shall ever feel as fannish about something ever again. That said, I won't mind never feeling the way I felt in season 6 again.
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Date: 2011-08-04 04:24 pm (UTC)I still do love Spike and am still writing the occasional bit of fanfic, but I have no patience with Buffyverse meta now and always click away if I see it.
More or less my feelings, except for the writing of fanfic bit (but I never wrote that much to begin with). I may still read the occassional fanfic on Spike, but other than that...(shrugs).
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Date: 2011-08-04 11:05 am (UTC)It is pretty common in England as there has been significant population movement from Wales into England, especially during the Industrial Revolution.
The bulk of the Welsh only took fixed surnames quite late and that because they were made to, and many took versions of the patronymics they had at the time - hence the smaller number of Weslh surnames.
So the Welsh male ancestor of the Lloyds would have been in Wales or England at some point in the 1500's or even the early 1600's but could have moved to England and fixed a surname earlier. He then could have intermarried with the locals or with other Welsh families or both. Aunt may have mostly English on that side but the original Lloyd would have been Welsh,
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Date: 2011-08-04 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 05:07 pm (UTC)