Some novachild-ish riffs of the latest genre programming:
From SciFi:
"Johansson Takes To The Island"
OK, problem. It's already been done in a rather horrible, cheap '70s movie called "Parts: The Clonus Horror." It was stupid, low-budget, and I just adored it. It was subsequently hacked and heckled by our favorite riffers on Mystery Science Theater 3000. So hopefully the copyright owners are aware of this and have taken measures to silence the original creators of this idea (please?).
Of course, I'll take Tim Donnelly, Dick Sargent and Keenan Wynn over Sean Bean and Steve Buscemi any day, if only because they're funnier to watch! A perfect beer night movie if I've ever seen one.
Whedon To Helm Wonder?
I like Buffy. I love Angel. And Firefly was spectacular (what we saw of it, of course). But I don't like this idea. Wonder Woman is simply lame. Of course, it was the grrrl power answer to Superman, but still. I'd rather see Whedon do some bigger, more important things.
I know, I'm posting pointless drivel today. But it's just a journal, after all, and I've spent so much time on political bullshit lately that I've forgotten that I can have a little bit of fun every now and then.
A friend (who has a 38th Birthday today - Happy Birthday!) posted this on a discussion list I'm subscribed to, and what follows is my response. Hint: might help to know that the sf series "Doctor Who" features a main character that can regenerate into a new actor every few years.
> What do you think, troops? Who should the BBC, or Fox, or whoever,
> hire to play your next regeneration?
> Who could get the part right?
Good question.
If Anthony Perkins were alive and well, he might just be able to pull off a slightly nuttier, less restrained Bruce.
But celebrities are celebrities, and I'd rather regenerate into someone important, to be honest. Perhaps all of my shortcomings could be eradicated in the process, and I can regenerate into someone like the Dalai Lama. Or Ralph Waldo Emerson. Or Walt Whitman. Somebody with a real grasp on what is important in life. While it would be great to have financial independence and a starving public audience to devour my every phrase, I would rather spend my first regeneration pursuing all of the things I fell short of the first time round.
posted by novachild @ Monday, December 27, 2004,
