I am a media fan.

[prillalar]

I was doing a last-day-of-June referer logs check on my fic site and I found that I had a significant number of hits from an old LJ entry of mine, with LEGO photographs. It must be linked to from somewhere, because it was back in April. But since there are no logs for LJ, I must endure the mystery.

Saw Charlie's Angels. Less plot, more costumes than the last one. I'll be going back. (I've got it so bad for Drew Barrymore. SO bad.)

And Stargate SG-1! I'm now about 12 eps into S1 and I'm enjoying it a lot. It hits just the right note for me -- I can MiST it while still being moved by it. It's like Star Trek but without the ship.

I like all the main characters, which surprised me. Often I like a show in spite of the lead character, but Jack totally avoids any Square-Jawed-Kevin-Sorbo-Will-Save-Us-All action. He's snarky, so he's OK by me.

I was trying to work out why Amanda Tapping seemed so familiar to me, and then I figured it out: she played the lucky tart in Avatar who got to make it with Skinner. Of course, she died, but I'm sure that banging Skinner would cause any one of us to expire joyfully.

So far my fave ep has been The Torment of Tantalus, where they find Catherine Langford's fiance, who went through the Stargate 50 years earlier. It was so poignant to see their reunion and to see Daniel's fascination with the alien meeting device. Plus we giggled a lot. "Where will we get the 1.21 gigawatts of power needed to operate the Stargate?"

There's one thing that irks me and I hope I can get over it. Everybody but the Earthers pronounces "Goa'uld" correctly. The Earthers just say "Gould". Though sometimes Sam says it correctly, sometimes not. But Daniel, Mr Linguist, also says "Gould" and that bugs the hell out of me! Of all people, he should be pronouncing it correctly. What would Professor Tolkien say?

Also, they are all clearly in love with each other, all of them, in all possible combinations. (Well, excepting General Hammond.)

And finally: saw Band Candy tonight. Mmmmmmmmmm.

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[unanon.livejournal.com]

Also, they are all clearly in love with each other, all of them, in all possible combinations. (Well, excepting General Hammond.)

The obviousness of General Hammond's lurve comes later. It became apparent for ME during a season 2 time-travel episode in which SG-1 somehow gets stuck in the 60's. (Teal'c with a fro, man!)

And yes. The universe must make with the Drew lovin'.

[prillalar]

Oooh, much goodness to look forward to!

And time-travel. This really *is* Star Trek. *g*

Drew == hot like a hot hot thing.

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

Band Candy!Giles *licks*

[barkley.livejournal.com]

And Stargate SG-1! I'm now about 12 eps into S1 and I'm enjoying it a lot.

These are the comments I like to see. I too love all the characters. I want to invite them all over to hang out and snark all day. They might find it boring after exploring the universe, but I'd enjoy it.

[destina.livejournal.com]

And then, after they've been fed and snarked a lot, I would want Carter to leave. *g*

[prillalar]

Totally! If I were having a fangirl barbeque, they'd be on the list.

[destina.livejournal.com]

They are kind of hit and miss with Goa'uld, but they all do sometimes say it correctly. Sometimes, it seems like it's just too much effort. Hammond has an especially hard time. *g*

[prillalar]

*laugh* It seems, well, rather *American* of them, frankly. But it's only Daniel's incorrect pronunciation that bothers me. And he's so cute, that I'll forgive him quite a lot.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Amanda Tapping also appears on B5, the episode where we discover Bester's girlfriend in cryo. I did a double-take when I saw her. Sometimes it seems like everybody's been on that show.

Glad you've found something new to be excited about, even if I can't go there with you.

[prillalar]

There's this whole web of actors, writers, shows, tropes, context, etc, that connects to form what I see as the core of fandom. I like the connections -- they reinforce something that I can't quite define.

Like -- the more connections something has, the more significant it is, the more meaningful.

I'm not explaining this at all. :) Let me try an example:

One year in university, I was translating the Aeneid in one class -- the bits about Dido and Aeneas. I was also studying Gerard Manley Hopkins in another class. One of Hopkins's poems is all about the baroque composer Henry Purcell. That year was also Purcell's tricentennial and the CBC had been playing a lot of his music, including his opera: Dido and Aeneas.

So the triple connection there: Virgil, Hopkins, and Purcell somehow became significant to me, just because it existed. It sort of *rings* in my brain when I think about it.

And these fandom connections sometimes do the same thing.

In other news, I *so* owe you email and will get to it very soon and I promise it will be more lucid than this post.

[(Anonymous)]

There's one thing that irks me and I hope I can get over it. Everybody but the Earthers pronounces "Goa'uld" correctly. The Earthers just say "Gould". Though sometimes Sam says it correctly, sometimes not. But Daniel, Mr Linguist, also says "Gould" and that bugs the hell out of me! Of all people, he should be pronouncing it correctly. What would Professor Tolkien say?

Ah, see, I have a Theory about that: I think that Daniel, Mr Linguist, deliberately mispronounces it as a sign of disrespect. (Sort of like the Sentinel episode "Warriors", in which Blair, believing they have just murdered an old friend of his, refers to the Chopec as "those Indians".)

Terri