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dancingdragon3.livejournal.comWho: Chris Stuckmann
Where: Links go to YouTube.
Why: This is an depth analysis to support the argument that The Force Awakens is less formulaic than the Prequels. Not only did this make me reexamine my less than favorable opinion of TFA but also my long standing belief that Abrams is destroying everything I’ve held sacred since childhood. It also changed how I look at and appreciate The Last Jedi.
Recc’d for Star Wars fans, writers, reviewers, and film makers.
New Recap/Review: The Magicians 3x04 by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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sabotabby (on dreamwidth)dancingdragon3.livejournal.comWhat: Podcast of short horror themed tales.
What2: Two very different songs - the first is thrilling chase music, the second is delicate and thoughtful.
What2: Two very different songs - the first is thrilling chase music, the second is delicate and thoughtful.
Who: This week’s recommendation is courtesy of luminations.
luminations. Why: Tons of creepy, disturbing, and scary stories set to original music.
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The No Sleep Podcast with music by Brandon Boone
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The No Sleep Podcast with music by Brandon Boone
Wreckin’ Wednesday - Song of Lya
Jan. 24th, 2018 01:55 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comWhat: Science fantasy short story.
Who: George R.R. Martin, known for Game of Thrones.
When: Humanity’s future.
Why: Excellent story with a heavier influence on philosophy and the meaning of religion, life, death, and existence, than on future tech or super powers. Winner of the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
Song of Lya on Amazon Kindle
Recc’d for:
Song of Lya on Amazon Kindle
Recc’d for:
Fans of Martin, interested in his early work.
Writing students interesting in seeing the evolution of a writer and their work.
People who have ever wondered what a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode written by Martin would look like. Answer - canon complicit (without even trying) and enjoyable! I would watch a Star Trek series headed by Martin in a heartbeat.
Plot: A telepath and an empath go down to an alien world to investigate why some of their fellow humans are converting to the local, and highly questionable, religion.
Why I liked it: I’m a sucker for sci-fi tales that mix religion in. It’s well written and described - cause Martin.
What could have been done better:
Plot: A telepath and an empath go down to an alien world to investigate why some of their fellow humans are converting to the local, and highly questionable, religion.
Why I liked it: I’m a sucker for sci-fi tales that mix religion in. It’s well written and described - cause Martin.
What could have been done better:
The climax was obvious way in advance.
Martin didn’t turn this into a series.
He used the same names of the leads for characters in Song of Ice and Fire, which is a bit distracting given the prominence and very different relationships of the namesakes between the two stories.
Wreckin’ Wednesday - Torchwood/Doctor Who
Jan. 17th, 2018 04:22 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comWho: Stars Yvonne Hartman from Doctor Who ‘Army of Ghosts’.
When: Set during the missing year of Nine and Rose’s traveling, soon after the Nestene Consciousness attack.
Where: London and Cardiff.
Why: It’s brilliant! And a teensy bit homoerotic :-)
Recc’d for: Other Yvonne Hartman fans and hard core Torchwood fans.
Why I liked it: It’s narrated by the actress who played Yvonne (sigh) on Doctor Who. We get lots of references to the Torchwood team pre-show, providing a cool link between the worlds of Who and TW. It’s a well written episode with interesting side characters, some moments of genuine horror as well as humor, and even some thoughtfulness from an unexpected source.
But mostly, I enjoyed it because we get inside Yvonne’s head, see her in action, and learn about her as a person. In other words - great fan fic inspiration!
Why I liked it: It’s narrated by the actress who played Yvonne (sigh) on Doctor Who. We get lots of references to the Torchwood team pre-show, providing a cool link between the worlds of Who and TW. It’s a well written episode with interesting side characters, some moments of genuine horror as well as humor, and even some thoughtfulness from an unexpected source.
But mostly, I enjoyed it because we get inside Yvonne’s head, see her in action, and learn about her as a person. In other words - great fan fic inspiration!
What could have been done better: There’s not enough episodes in this audio drama series starring Yvonne :-/
Fandom Reccs - Westerns
Oct. 5th, 2017 01:08 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comFor this outstanding post, many thanks to sabotabby, our resident expert on the western genre.
Television:
Deadwood: This is one of my top three shows of all time, along with Breaking Bad and Doctor Who. Based on historical events and figures, but what it does with them is just unexpected and beautiful. It also has one of the best narrative shifts where they realize that the hero is boring and the villain is awesome, so let's just make the villain the hero in season 2. The best thing about it is that it has more swearing than any show that is not called The Thick Of It, mostly cocksucker (there is one character who only knows three words in English and one of them is cocksucker), but all of the dialogue is in iambic pentameter. It's utter genius.
sabotabby, our resident expert on the western genre.Television:
Deadwood: This is one of my top three shows of all time, along with Breaking Bad and Doctor Who. Based on historical events and figures, but what it does with them is just unexpected and beautiful. It also has one of the best narrative shifts where they realize that the hero is boring and the villain is awesome, so let's just make the villain the hero in season 2. The best thing about it is that it has more swearing than any show that is not called The Thick Of It, mostly cocksucker (there is one character who only knows three words in English and one of them is cocksucker), but all of the dialogue is in iambic pentameter. It's utter genius.
Wreckin’ Wednesday (one day late)
Sep. 14th, 2017 09:51 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide (between LJ and DW). All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
This weeks reccs are all television shows.
( Read more... )For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
This weeks reccs are all television shows.
Wreckin’ Wednesday...on Friday!
Jul. 7th, 2017 04:49 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide (between LJ and DW). All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
( Read more... )For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
Wreckin' Wednesday
Jun. 28th, 2017 01:33 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide (between LJ and DW). All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own work, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays. (Yes, definitely this Friday!) Also, I believe I'll start allowing genre appropriate fan and original works to both Terror blogs.
( Read more... )For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own work, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays. (Yes, definitely this Friday!) Also, I believe I'll start allowing genre appropriate fan and original works to both Terror blogs.
Wreckin’ Wednesday
Jun. 14th, 2017 01:57 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide (between LJ and DW). All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
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terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
( Read more... )For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at
terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
Scary-gothy-supernatural reccs below cut....
Wreckin' Wednesday
Apr. 26th, 2017 01:20 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide (between LJ and DW). All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday atterror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).
For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
More great SFF shows on Netflix:
For extended venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent thread is posted every Thursday at
terror_scifi (LJ) and terror_sffa (DW).For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Fridays.
More great SFF shows on Netflix:
Dramaworld - a young American woman gets pulled into her favorite K Drama show and discovers the real world behind the television. Fantasy mystery, comedy, satire. Each episode is short like a web-series, but there’s so much going on, that it seems full length. I’m saving the last couple of episodes (because I’m like that) but the show completely sucked me in.
My favorite part is that it stars Liv Hewson, one of my many favorite parts from The Santa Clarita Diet (she plays Drew Barrymore’s daughter). I now love Liv anymore because according to her Wiki page, her “written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."” Yeah, and where can I find that?
My favorite part is that it stars Liv Hewson, one of my many favorite parts from The Santa Clarita Diet (she plays Drew Barrymore’s daughter). I now love Liv anymore because according to her Wiki page, her “written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."” Yeah, and where can I find that?
Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Return - OMG!!!!! I literally just found out about this, and I’m just gonna assume it’s the best thing on the interwebs because it stars (OMG) Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt (OMFG). If anyone needs me, you know where I’ll be...
Clan Terror Newsletter: March 28 - April 7
Apr. 7th, 2017 06:14 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.com
Prompt Puzzle for April 2017 ~ Hints: Creature Feature = Horses | Power Hour = Illusion, Camouflage | Sports and Recc = Racing | Random Descriptor = Trickster
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fanficfocus ~ A place to get and give positive feedback on your fanfiction. New and multi-fandom. And a very friendly bunch, so check them out!AMC’s Preacher is now on Hulu. Watch along with
sabotabby and their recap reviews. Season 2 airs in June.Wreckin' Wednesday
Apr. 5th, 2017 02:59 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comOriginally posted by dancingdragon3 at Wreckin' Wednesday
dancingdragon3 at Wreckin' WednesdayThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide. All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday atterror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Friday. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly toaanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi if posting a completed puzzle from puzzleprompts.
( Read more... )For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at
terror_scifi.For promoting your own fan works, a weekly newsletter will be posted on Friday. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly to
aanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi if posting a completed puzzle from puzzleprompts.Wreckin' Wednesday
Mar. 1st, 2017 02:23 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide. All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at terror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly toaanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi for Winter Fest.
[Apologies everyone for the continued irregular posting from me. If anyone is wondering, it is my intention to keep Clan Terror alive. I'm just having some physical world issues right now. Many thanks to everyone contributing and reading!]
( Read more... )For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at terror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly to
aanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi for Winter Fest.[Apologies everyone for the continued irregular posting from me. If anyone is wondering, it is my intention to keep Clan Terror alive. I'm just having some physical world issues right now. Many thanks to everyone contributing and reading!]
Wreckin Wednesday
Feb. 15th, 2017 11:38 amdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThanks to everyone for their enthusiasm for this new event! Please, keep the fabulous reccs coming...
This is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide. All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at terror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly toaanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi for Winter Fest.
This is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide. All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at terror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly to
aanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi for Winter Fest.( Read awesome reccs... )
Wreckin’ Wednesday
Feb. 8th, 2017 06:38 pmdancingdragon3.livejournal.comThis is a community version of What Are you Reading Wednesday. This post will be shared Clan wide. All Clan members may leave a comment with reccs of your own - for fan fics, tv shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc in our genres, related non-fiction/research/education, or on matters of writing/art/media in general. They will be the content for next week’s post.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday atterror_scifi.
For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly toaanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi during Winter Fest.
For extended fandom/non-genre fandom/personal venting and squeeing, the Fandom Squee/Vent post still goes up every Thursday at
terror_scifi.For promoting your own fan works, the weekly newsletters will be posted on Mondays and/or Fridays. Appropriate fan works can always be posted directly to
aanime_fan, myth_fan, mythology_kink (to comment thread), and spn_dark_vault; and to terror_scifi during Winter Fest.( Read more... )
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