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It was interesting to hear Kelley talk about not wanting to hold herself back this time. I never really got that impression from her originally. She just seemed like a really chill, mature woman who I would have wanted to be friends with. Clearly both being from the South may have been what drew her to Danny, but I never doubted for a second that they had a real friendship.
She's legitimately one of my favorite cast members ever, and it's largely because she was drama free while still being interesting.
Aside from the original and San Francisco, New Orleans was by far my favorite season, and I'm just so happy to catch up with most of these guys again. Tokyo included.
Except Julie. Fuck Julie.
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Goddamn, while I was aware what happened between Julie and Melissa, what went down between Julie and Danny was one million times more fucked up. I cannot come with strong enough words for what I'm thinking about her at this moment.
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As much as I would be onboard for silly fun, "The Goddess of Thunder" is one of of the best Thor stories I've ever read, and while I love a light touch, it deserves some emotional heft.
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17 hours ago, salaydouk said:
But if the Borg Queen is in control, then perhaps the idea of biological copulation is too repugnant for her tech/mech perfect self/brain to go there?
We've seen that at least some Borg are born biologically.
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29 minutes ago, BetterButter said:
Who was asking for that?
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DC is doing another anthology for Pride this year, and while there are stories about the characters you'd expect, there's an unexpectedly delightful surprise. In part for the 30th anniversary (sigh) of Batman: The Animated Series, they're including an autobiographical story called "Finding Batman," written by Kevin Conroy.
And here I thought the coolest thing I would read today would be Jon Kent coming out to his mother, who once again proves herself to be an utter badass.
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Yeah, I had been wondering where her poster was.
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14 hours ago, Rushmoras said:
Only Wonder Woman stood out for me, but it had its own eyebrow raising quirks, not to mention BDSM themes (I think that there was even a passage where Diana was talking to a (sex)slave girl about that she should find herself a master, who is more lenient...).
It's really remarkable both what they were able to hide in plain sight in the 40s, and also that it took until the last ten years or so for the books to deal with it head on.
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Jack Quaid, Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells, and Jerry O'Connell living their best lives with Mike McMahan.
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2 hours ago, ichbin said:
The Boston Magazine article was interesting. I don't know much about her beyond her show and Julia & Julia. It's kind of interesting though how she had a clear preference for "manly men" and "normal" relationships while she herself was far from being what was considered a "girly girl" in her day.
I can't really find it in myself to give Julia some kind of special scorn for having the same kind of attitudes that most of society had. It's disappointing, but it also is a good reminder that she was a person with flaws.
The person that she mentions in the article who died of AIDS was her lawyer, who she was very close with. She ended up on the right side of history, which is the more important part.
If they want to do a spin-off about Avis, I'm all about that.
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Small surprise from Star Trek: Mission Chicago.
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I am so delighted right now. They're bringing Dr. M'Benga's first name and Spock's "unpronounceable" family name from the novels into canon.
Star Trek: Vanguard (set on a starbase during the TOS era, although that scarcely does it justice) would have rivaled DS9 as a favorite series if it had actually been filmed, and M'Benga is a pretty big character in it. It's nice that, even though it's mostly irreconcilable with Disco and Strange New Worlds, they decided to honor it.
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Julia's coq au vin was the first thing I ever made from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, so this had some nice memories to it.
I'm enjoying the show and I think Sarah Lancashire is giving a good performance, but, in all honesty, I don't really look at her and see Julia. Maybe as Julia settles into being a TV host, it'll look more familiar to me.
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I wish Marvel hadn't already shot their wad with so many of their supernatural/horror characters. All of the conversations around Morbius have made me remember my emo/goth phase from HS and Midnight Sons. They've already shot their wads with Hellstrom and their complete inability to do anything with Ghost Rider.
But Marvel has 50+ years of great horror comics. Why not make use of them?
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For completeness' sake, the other major reboot following COIE was Hawkman's, in a miniseries called Hawkworld that led to an ongoing.
Also, they really fucked it up.
It came quite a few years later than the other reboots, after the Hawks had already appeared in the new continuity. Suddenly, Katar and Shayera weren't married, but were two cops from a Thanagar that was a fascist police state. And then that version, Carter Hall, and actual hawk god merged, before being sent packing, never to be heard from again. That version of Shayera was eventually killed in the pre-Infinite Crisis Series Rann-Thanagar War.
They have NEVER been able to un-fuck the character. Hawkwoman has faired a little better, with the introducing of the new version, Kendra Saunders in the late-90s JSA and with Shayera now back as well. But Katar/Carter is just still a mess.
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2 hours ago, Rushmoras said:
So far, really thanks for John Byrne "Man of Steel". Its whole lot more in line to what I was thinking these comics should be when I started reading golden age omnibuses. :)
Honestly, to me, it's the definitive take on Superman. Like, I understand why people have so much affection for Silver Age Superman, but so much of it is just too damned silly for me, and for good or ill, that does include Superboy.
But honestly, Byrne's take, where Clark is technically "born" on Earth is exactly the right thing, which means he gets to be both Kryptonian and, in effect, human. I think that gets to the core of who Superman is in a way that the more traditional take just doesn't.
I love Silver Age inspired stories, like the aforementioned Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow (one of the few comics to ever make me cry) and All-Star Superman, but the concept doesn't speak to me in the same way.
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Also, we saw Worf lose both his brother and his wife during the course of DS9.
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The 4K remaster of the much-more-watchable TMP Director's Cut hits Paramount+ today. It will release on physical media later this year.
Happy First Contact Day! 41 year until we meet the Vulcans.
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28 minutes ago, SomeTameGazelle said:
Speaking of action Miss Marple, Margaret Rutherford's version in the 1960s was rather vigorous. I remember being shocked to see her climbing over a wall.
That's actually why Branagh doesn't bother me. If Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson can both be Jane Marple, David Suchet and Kenneth Branagh can both be Hercule Poirot.
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I really, really, really love the poster.
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Running the risk of having to hand over my Agatha Christie Fan Club card...I don't hate Branagh's Poirot.
I mean, David Suchet is going to be the yardstick performances are measured against until the heat death of the universe, and this is definitely nowhere near that. But once you get past the quips (which don't bother me that much, because I do think Poirot and Marple are both pretty subtly sarcastic even in the novels), I think he actually is pretty good at the real detecting part.
I really enjoyed the movie. No, it wasn't as good as the Ustinov or Suchet versions, but there was a lot to like about it. It was certainly the best-looking version. And I really liked most of the cast, particularly French & Saunders. I have no idea how it took 40+ years for someone to cast them as a lesbian couple, but I honestly found it brilliant.
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That's a lot of a lot, but for Superman, it was John Byrne's The Man of Steel that rebooted the series. The actual regular comics (Action and Superman) were in the new continuity following of my absolute favorite comics, Alan Moore's Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? which were Superman #423 and Action #583, respectfully.
Green Arrow's was the maxiseries The Longbow Hunters, which lead into a new series with a new #1.
Batman's was Year One in Batman (starts in #404, I think) and Year Two in Detective (maybe #575).
Wonder Woman and Flash had new #1s.
Green Lantern was retitled Green Lantern Corps, but I don't remember the issue number when it happened.
Justice League also had a new #1, and that would eventually become Justice League International.
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2 hours ago, snarts said:
In terms of the other castmates, I'm sure they also got to see Julie's true colors at some point, maybe while filming challenge seasons? Julie, Matt & Jamie were on a few, correct?
I don't think that any of the others were on at the same time she was. Danny and Kelley did the Battle of the Seasons (by far the best one I watched) and Matt did The Gauntlet. I know Julie did at least two.
55 minutes ago, ljenkins782 said:I wouldn't have expected Kelley to age as well as she did, she was always so skinny, I figured she'd get wrinkled quick In the "at some point, a woman needs to choose between her ass and her face" vein, but I'd peeked at her instagram recently and saw that she looks just the same.
Plus, she's so fair and that might lead to sun damage. But honestly, even if she's had work done, it's incredibly subtle, which shows admirable restraint on her part. And as a consequence, she looks amazing. She reminds me of Elizabeth Banks--similar coloring, similar facial features--who also looks about a decade younger than her real age.
And for real, she and Scott Wolf have been married for almost twenty years. Mad props to them for being able to keep a Hollywood marriage together that long.
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Since they obviously won't do a San Francisco Homecoming (and that's the correct, respectful thing to do), this was honestly the one besides the original that I'm looking the most forward to. I have more affection for this bunch than I do just about any other group, apart from the aforementioned. I think it's in large part because this was the final time the show seemed to be cast because they wanted to see an interesting mix of personalities, instead of casting specifically for theatrics.
And one of favorite parts was Danny and Kelley's friendship, which was one of the most genuine this show produced, and one that they've maintained for more than 20 years.
9 hours ago, Black Knight said:I'm a little surprised Kelley is participating
She and Danny were apparently both very reluctant initially, but decided together to do it.
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RW Homecoming: New Orleans (2022)
in The Real World
I had to go back and watch it again.
It just made my heart hurt when they juxtaposed that clip of Danny letting Julie see his love letters from Paul so she could write a song against the things he was saying that happened after.
I always really liked Melissa, but she won my love forever by acknowledging that her situation is petty compared to what happened to Danny.
I kind of understood Matt wanting to play peacemaker in the moment, but the cishet white guy really should have shut the hell up.