#sy fy

[gleafer]

I am thoroughly enjoying Resident Alien on SY FY!

Alan Tudyk is adorkable.

[the-breath-in-air]

Something that makes Farscape feel so bonkers (in a good way) is how they take an idea and just keep extrapolating from that to get every bit of story and characterization out of it they can.

Like, take Moya - a living ship. They could have just left it at, like, Moya occasionally having opinions that differ from the crews. But instead they take it much further...okay so if she's alive, then her species must reproduce. How do they do that? What happens when a leviathan is pregnant? What does giving birth look like? Are they a peaceful species or a violent one? What does it mean for a leviathan's identity if they are born with weapons? Do they have deities? If so, what are they like? What happens to leviathans as they age? How about when they die?

So on and so forth.

Or take the translator microbes. It'd be too easy to have translator microbes literally translate everything all the time and be forgotten after the first episode. But instead the show calls back to them occasionally. There's the old Luxon language that the microbes don't know. There's Sikozu, who can't use translator microbes.

It's worldbuilding, yes...but only through the lens of the experiences of the characters on screen. So it doesn't feel like lore-dumping. And yet everything keeps building off of what came before. So it feels grounded and bonkers at the same time.

Anyway I really like this show.

[adriheavymetal]

[ask-petra-deadlyclass]

[cinematicthrowbacks]

Currently, I’m re-watching what I consider a cult classic. “Children Of Dune (2003)” mini-series. I vaguely remember this show. I had forgotten just how many big name actors where in this epic. Well, if some of these actors weren’t big then, they certainly became a huge name after appearing in this 3 part classic. Julie Cox,  Susan Sarandon, James McAvoy, Alec Newman (he looked so good when he was younger), and so many more legendary actors. Two more episodes to go!!

[magiciansobsessed]

I fucked up, guys. I am writing an academic article about fandom and Death of the Author in television shows adapted from books, specifically using The Magicians, and I kind of prematurely unfollowed Gamble, McNamara, and co after the finale because I didn’t want to see the self-indulgence. Does anyone have any receipts from them that might have since been deleted, and/or stories pertaining to their handling of fandom in wake of the finale?

[creaturesofnight]

Channel Zero 4 seasons posters

[i-am-aster]

Ну, будем считать, что готово.

Стадик.