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Sherlock (BBC)
I signed up for a free month of Netflix, primarily so I could marathon the new season of Arrested Development. Naturally, I found myself also marathoning other things I've been wanting to see as well.
Sherlock was definitely one of the good ones. I like the direct references that are made to the original ACD stories and novels, while maintaining the series' unique style and storylines. I've also found some fanfic that has interested me after the fact (though I admit that this will probably be one of those "reading fandoms" and not a "writing one" for me).
As I've been shuffling through FF.N, AO3, as well as a number of rec-lists that I've found, I've noticed a trend in some of the post-Reichenbach fics that I've recently read. For as well-written as some of the stories have been, this particular trend has been a little off-putting. And that is John's tendency to regain his psychosomatic limp following Sherlock's "suicide." While I agree that Sherlock was the catalyst for curing that particular problem, I like to think that John Watson is the type of character who has learned to stand on his own two feet. (Pun intended.) To say that he would completely regress following his friend's "death" is to say that he's incapable of fully functioning without him, and I really do hope that this is not the direction the new season is going to go when it airs.
Just my opinion, though.
I know many of my flist members were into this series when it was airing, though I don't recall who. If anyone has some good stories to recommend, I'd certainly be willing to give them a look!
Sherlock was definitely one of the good ones. I like the direct references that are made to the original ACD stories and novels, while maintaining the series' unique style and storylines. I've also found some fanfic that has interested me after the fact (though I admit that this will probably be one of those "reading fandoms" and not a "writing one" for me).
As I've been shuffling through FF.N, AO3, as well as a number of rec-lists that I've found, I've noticed a trend in some of the post-Reichenbach fics that I've recently read. For as well-written as some of the stories have been, this particular trend has been a little off-putting. And that is John's tendency to regain his psychosomatic limp following Sherlock's "suicide." While I agree that Sherlock was the catalyst for curing that particular problem, I like to think that John Watson is the type of character who has learned to stand on his own two feet. (Pun intended.) To say that he would completely regress following his friend's "death" is to say that he's incapable of fully functioning without him, and I really do hope that this is not the direction the new season is going to go when it airs.
Just my opinion, though.
I know many of my flist members were into this series when it was airing, though I don't recall who. If anyone has some good stories to recommend, I'd certainly be willing to give them a look!
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Is it funny that I squealed with happy when you said "Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends"!?!? :D
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And Yay! for DresdenSeries!! When I got my hands on the DVDs, I was like "awesome!" Turns out there were SEVERAL episodes I'd managed to not see [or maybe didn't get aired, I dunno], *including* "What about Bob?", which is my FAVORITE episode! I dunno what version of Justine DuMorne is worse...the TV series one, or the book's....XD And I loved Paul Blackthorne enough as Dresden that he is the SOLE REASON I took the plunge and watched 'Arrow'. LOL [yes, I was sold the MINUTE I saw him on one of the trailers before 'Arrow' premiered...heehee]
I will OFFICIALLY have access to the TV again....shortly. LOL Still have some cleaning up to do, but then I can FINALLY catch up on 'The Walking Dead'. Since I didn't have cable for awhile, I've not seen anything since season 1, so thankfully they ran pretty much the rest of the series before starting season 3. So that's a plus for me. [although now that I look Netflix does have season 2...will probably just marathon from there, so I don't have to look up episode order...maybe...LOL hadn't checked, because we'd just gotten season 1 on DVD and I was like "oh we already have that." *G*]
Oh! More about 'Lost Girl' [since saying 'it's awesome!' only says the show is cool, not what it's about! LOL]. It's about the fey, and the episode titles can be rather pun-tastic, which really just adds to the fun for me though. [be warned though, the main character is a succubus, and that show's not shy about showing her flirting--and other things XD--with both boys and girls!!]. Kenzi rules, and the episode where she summons Baba Yaga made me squee like a mad thing....LOL
Right now I'm marathoning 'Justice League'. Is it sad the primary reason for it is to watch for the Batman/Wonder Woman bits? LOL Geez, I don't know what it is about those two that I like the idea of shipping them...but I do!! XD