Expanding on my Feb. 12 post
Because I don't think I've ever talked about my affinity for MTV's "Daria".I was fresh out of high school when I first "met" Daria Morgendorffer. It was a second-season episode - I forget which one...
View ArticleTV Review: The 10th Kingdom
On paper, this really should've worked better than it did."The 10th Kingdom" is a ten-hour TV miniseries adopting the same subversive, iconoclastic approach to fairy tales that's become both popular...
View ArticleIn Defense of Fan Fiction
Author Diana Gabaldon has problems with fan fiction.indigo_5, herself a fanfic writer, responds. She is joined on her LJ by yours truly, even as many more reply on Gabaldon's own blog in response to...
View ArticleHardly a surprise, but...
"Heroes" has been cancelled. So has "Flashforward".I very much doubt that the demise of "Flashforward" comes as a shock to anyone - any series that needs a three-month hiatus to stabilize itself, after...
View ArticleQuoted For Ultimate Truth
"And most of all, I want to know why in the FUCK these people who want the Silver Age back SO DAMN BAD seem to want everything BUT the essential optimism that characterized the fucking Silver Age...
View ArticleDiana's Adventures in TV Land: Gargoyles
Note: This review refers specifically to the first two seasons of "Gargoyles" - since series creator Greg Weisman has taken surprisingly drastic steps to disavow the third season, I might as well do...
View ArticleCreative? Really?
This just in: the George W. Bush Award for Most Ridiculous Promotion of a Village Idiot goes to Marvel and its brand-new Chief Creative (pause for snickering) Officer, Joe Quesada. To paraphrase Sheryl...
View ArticleOh David
I just saw the 2009 BBC adaptation of "Hamlet" starring Patrick Stewart and David Tennant. It's one of the best versions I've ever seen.And there's really no elegant way to say this, so:David Tennant?...
View ArticleWhy I'm Skipping "The Last Airbender"
Muchhasbeenmade about the controversial "whitewashing" of M. Night Shyamalan's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" film adaptation.Valid arguments have been made against the casting process and its...
View ArticleDoes Whatever a Spider Can
Andrew Garfield has been chosen to play Spider-Man.And that, ladies and gentlemen, is an excellent choice.I've mentioned before that Garfield's performance in "Boy A" broke my heart into little pieces;...
View ArticleMuch Rejoicing in the House of Diana
Nickelodeon has just announced a sequel series to "Avatar: The Last Airbender".My reaction was more or less this.Here's what we know:The Legend of Korra takes place 70 years after the events of Avatar:...
View ArticleFor the bloody WIN
Courtesy of deadwalrus, on the matter of Joe Quesada's "One Moment in Time":Wait just one fucking MINUTE now. Peter missed his wedding because a fat, Hispanic man fell on him, suffocating him, trapping...
View ArticleTriumph
Ladies and gentlemen, today is a day of great victory for both geek culture and the human spirit.Both Ethan and myself were dumbstruck at the news that SDCC attendees organized a counter-protest that...
View ArticleMovie Review: Batman - Under The Red Hood
There's a rather unfortunate trend going on when it comes to Batman: as the song goes, "can't read his, can't read his, no you can't read his poker face." Whether it's comics or direct-to-DVD animated...
View ArticleDiana: 1, Dramaddicts: 0
And now, a personal entry.I'm rather proud of my conduct today.A few days ago I was acquainted with someone whose criticism of "Twilight" amused me, who admires Storm - and sees the problems in her...
View ArticleGame Review: Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic
It's been quite a while since I've had time to play video games, let alone review them. Fortunately, my summer workload is finally starting to break up, which hopefully means a lot more content...
View ArticleThis Just In: Water is to H2O...
... as Carlie Cooper is to Anthony Caine.Bravo, Mr. Box.
View ArticleAndrew Garfield Being Adorable
Here.If I had any doubt that he'd be perfect for the role of Peter Parker, I'm quite certain of it now. That smile, that laugh... we're looking at a possible King of All Woobies here!And how might...
View ArticleA Few Words on Comics
Yes, stop the presses, Diana has something to say about the funnybooks again.I'm at a point where my monthly reading list is down to almost nothing: I've got Mike Carey's "X-Men: Legacy", "Fables" and...
View ArticleDiana's Adventures in TV Land: Mad Men
This one's been on the to-do list for a while now: the show everyone's talking about, the show kazekage has been urging me to watch for months - and that counts for a lot, given how much I enjoyed the...
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