Terminator: More finale thoughts

So, I was actually writing play-by-play notes last night while I watched the episode. As usual, they mostly contain caps lock. Also under the LJ-cut are links to various LJ posts and articles on the Internet.

I was talking to sasha_feather and were_duck yesterday about how I've never been upset about a show of mine being canceled before. Shows that ended while I watched them were already past their prime (The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica). Shows that ended while they were still good/serviceable (IMO) were already out on DVD and not airing any more when I picked them up (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Veronica Mars). So if TSCC ends up being canceled (which seems extremely likely, given the numbers), I am glad at least that it got many more episodes than Firefly. Still, there is so much ground to cover. And while I don't have much of a head for business, it seems like the release of a new Terminator movie could certainly revive interest in the franchise. Maybe a shorter third season will be announced for Spring of 2010? GETTING IN TIME FOR JUDGMENT DAY.

Also....it really bothers me that people compare the cancellation of Terminator to the cancellation of Dollhouse. Yes, I'm watching that show too, but even in the few episodes it has to tell a good story, it really...isn't. In fact, it's just uncomfortable and insulting most of the time. In my mind, the two are not comparable. Crying Whedon fans make me cringe - he really got his chance this time around, and in my mind, is blowing it.


Anyway!
( My caps lock squee and links to the writings of others lie behind the cut. )

If you like the show....Addresses and e-mail addresses.

ALSO....Dreamwidth is super annoying to me. I was on Blogger. I was settled there! And then I was like, okay, LiveJournal, you will be my main platform. I've been blogging for so long that moving all my posts manually and locking the private ones is taking MONTHS! And now, everyone's moving to Dreamwidth anyway, making it impossible for me to still add you people's posts to my memories. IT IS VERY IRKSOME, INTERNET.

Multi-Fandom Post

Voting is open for the first round of the Incomprehensible Awards at rachelmanija.

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Let's talk Star Wars novels. Does anybody read these? Star Wars novels were my first sci-fi novels, back in elementary school. I remember reading Steve Perry's Shadows of the Empire in 5th grade and being like, OMFG! So then I read A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy, the Admiral Thrawn trilogy, Truce at Bakura, Courtship of Princess Leia, and all that other stuff. My favorites were probably the X-Wing series and Young Jedi Knights, even if they were repetitive (although presumably targeted to my age at the time....LOL one day I will post an entry about the reverse-timeline of my reading habits!).

Anyway, it's been a long time since I've read any Star Wars novels, but I understand that Han/Leia's kids Jacen and Jaina are now major players. Since they and their friends were the stars of the Young Jedi Knight series, I think it'd be neat to see how they were doing.

For $1 each yesterday, I picked up New Jedi Order: Dark Journey, New Jedi Order: Traitor, and Legacy of the Force: Tempest. Looking on Wikipedia is pretty annoying, though. Apparently the New Jedi Order has 19 novels in it! It says it got a lot of crap for being "too dark," though, which makes it sound right up my alley. Similarly, Legacy of the Force is 9 novels long. Does anybody know if I can just read these out of order?

I still own the New Jedi Order books Vector Prime and Dark Tide II: Ruin, but do I need to reread them? WTF continuity issues!

I fear that picking up Star Wars novels will open my eyes to an onslaught of skanky race and gender issues. This would be pretty annoying, because my memories of 10-year-old me reading about Jaina Solo and Tenel Ka and Mara Jade are happy ones. Please stay that way, memories!

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An interview with the four-woman team CLAMP!

CLAMP’s creativity and productivity is impressive, you manage to run several series at the same time. What is you secret?

O : We sacrifice our private life!

M: It is true. We never go on vacation.

O: if you give up on your private life, you can do the same.

How do you reconcile your private life and your professional life?

O: I think that if you tried to live like us, you wouldn’t succeed in doing that. Since our debuts, we have never taken a week of vacation. A day off per month, and we’re happy enough; when everything goes well, we manage to take two days off. If you can keep up this pace for 18 years, you will succeed in publishing as many books as we do.

M: I have heard that in some countries, people have three months of vacation.

O: What a dream!

Holy shit! That is....impressive.

What show is this??

Latest episode of Dollhouse:

I cared about what happened to every character! I was not bored at any point in the episode! I kinda sorta LIKED almost every character! It was my favorite episode so far!

Then I see: Jane Espenson wrote the episode!