Born-again geek rediscovering my heritage bit by bit: Whedon, sci-fi, writing, interweb. First novel COMPLETED!!! Listen to the audiobook turningleft.podbean.com
Hey guys, reviving this thread to say thanks: I just checked the first episode out based on vaguely remembering hearing good things about the show (seeing this thread back in the day), and very much enjoyed it.
- Louis Simoneau
:)) it's lots of fun, isn;t it? Glad you enjoyed it :)
- WorldofHiglet
Canada Day travelling - does anyone know what Highway 1 into Vancouver is like on a 1st July afternoon?
I mean really, when is H1 not a mess? Every time I go up to visit my grandpa I get stuck behind some old fart going 45MPH in the left lane with his blinker on.
- Sparky, king of carbs
"'What is Paul?' is the production blog for Greg Mottola's film 'Paul' written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Here you will find all of the official behind the scenes videos being shot by Lance Bangs as well as the odd candid video or photograph taken by the cast and crew....."
- WorldofHiglet
It's six years since the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was first transmitted. That, you might have thought, was that. After seven seasons, we'd surely had enough of bloodsuckers. Except it hasn't turned out that way. It's not just that, in 2007, Dark Horse Comics unleashed "season eight" of Buffy, a direct continuation from the series, partly written by Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon. Now vamps, vamp companions and eldritch folk in general are suddenly everywhere. In July, F/X will screen True Blood, an HBO series produced by Alan Ball. Instead of residing Six Feet Under, this time a sizeable percentage of its characters are the walking undead, vampires who have revealed themselves to humans and apparently want to join our wider community. Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress attracted to bloodsucker Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) in part because she can't hear his thoughts...."
- WorldofHiglet
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"**Spoilers**I’m wondering if the Merlin team is intentionally trying to foster Merlin/Arthur slash. In “The Poisoned Chalice”, there is a scene in which Merlin, in the grips of a poison fever, furrows his brow, throws his head back, and groans “Faster! Go faster!” while Arthur is fetching a flower for him. Then there was this shared, long look at the end, which seems like it was intended to be slashy, but really came off as two guys who had a really close call, saved Camelot, and can’t tell anyone about it. It was less, “I can’t quit you” and more “I’m glad you have my back.” Don’t get me wrong: I have no problem with slash or homoeroticism, but I felt that the show was forcing it, which cheapens it overall. I think the subtext is there if you want it, but other than that dopey fever scene with Merlin, I’m starting to see more of a Winchester brothers vibe growing between Merlin and Arthur. ..."
- WorldofHiglet
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I go through periods of enjoying the MyBlogLog features, and then I end up forgetting about it for long stretches of time. In terms of aggregation, it's better than most, in terms of community, it's a bit weak.
- Phil Glockner
The community aspect of it could be really awesome, but it sucks so badly! The search is crappy and it's pretty much impossible to find other people or blogs that might interest you. And yet the potential is there.
- WorldofHiglet
" Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have just launched a behind-the-scenes site for their alien road-trip flick Paul. Check out all the nerdy little moments between the cast and crew. What Is Paul is loaded up with photos from the set, and little videos featuring the actors and crew members being adorable, the way Pegg and Frost always are. Paul is about a couple of comic-book geeks who travel cross country to Comic Con and meet a few interesting aliens along the way. I'm loving the little nerdy moments in these videos, like when Pegg states, "We named the RV in the film after the name of the ship that Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos Islands in." That's my kind of nerd... sigh...."
- WorldofHiglet
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Going back to England soon for a quick visit - so I looked up the weather for next week for where we are now in Canada to where we're going in England...
I really can't tell because it's been blazingly hot here in London for the past 2 weeks! I'm hoping for you that we have some sun whilst you're visiting!
- Charlotte {charley} M
silly me....and Derrick I would love to take you over with me! You, me and hubby would ditch the kids - er, I mean let their grandparents have a turn minding them! - and then go to Rusholme and have an awesome curry at the Sanam and then go to the Comedy Club and see the sights in sunny Manchester!
- WorldofHiglet
I'm in the Midlands if you fancy a coffee!
- Timothy Griffin
Bring junior mints with youand other exotic North Americsn goods
- RAPatton
RAP: my mum insists I bring the recipe for Canadian/American pancakes, maple syrup and some Tim Horton's coffee. I might bring some Mr Bigs and other sweets I've not seen in England back for people to try, though - that's a good idea!
- WorldofHiglet