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Jun. 11th, 2011 02:33 pmEven though I have so much trouble attracting interest on any pieces I write for West Side Story, I still really want to finish that story I keep tripping up on. I guess that means I really must be writing it for me. And I think by this point, it's become such a challenge that I want to finish it just to prove I can.
I still wish I could get some comments on the ficlet I did with Schrank and Maria, but someone did Favorite it, which thrills me. I've looked through some of her fics too, and I really like them. She includes Schrank in one of them (albeit briefly) and portrays him well.
And I finally did finish chapter 3 of the amnesia fic, too. It was fun; I even got in a quirky person for Kolchak to talk with. I'm unsure of how long this fic will be overall. Several days are going to pass, but I'm not going to detail each and every one of them.
I also, at long last, figured out how to insert another scene with Mel Barnes in the ghost town fic. I have that updated now, but part of me is wondering if by this point I really do need to make it a chapter fic, and to expand on it even more if I do. I just keep having this nagging feeling that I'm not done with it/that it could be, or even should be, longer. Thoughts?
And I finally saw Tangled! One of my aunts gave it to Mom for her birthday, because she'd said Rapunzel is one of the few fairytales she likes. I absolutely love and adore it. I think it's Disney's best animated offering in ages! The plot is lovely, the songs aren't annoying, and the characters feel real.
I think it was a really good idea to not have the animals talk for once. Another of my favorite Disney movies, Pocahontas, also features animals that do not speak human language. In both films, they conveyed so much by their expressions and their actions that talking wasn't necessary at all.
I also liked how Rapunzel's parents didn't talk, either. The few times they appeared, their scenes were so very powerful and poignant without a word being spoken. I think words would have actually detracted from the impact of those scenes.
And something else I am utterly thrilled about: I don't recall one objectionable and/or vulgar thing. I am so sick of movie and TV producers and writers thinking that there must be scatological humor in anything marketed towards kids. I hate it. And as much as I enjoyed Toy Story 3, there were even a few things in it that I was rather disgusted by. Tangled is a complete breath of fresh air for me.
Speaking of Toy Story, after watching all of the films, I am utterly bewildered that in spite of agreeing that the plots of 2 and 3 are much deeper than the first, the original Toy Story is still my favorite film of the trilogy. I feel like there must be something wrong/shallow with me, that I still like it best. Nostalgia certainly plays a part, but I don't think that's entirely it. I think it may be more that I like how things were when they first began, with scads of adventures with Andy still ahead of the toys and Andy still a kid.
I still wish I could get some comments on the ficlet I did with Schrank and Maria, but someone did Favorite it, which thrills me. I've looked through some of her fics too, and I really like them. She includes Schrank in one of them (albeit briefly) and portrays him well.
And I finally did finish chapter 3 of the amnesia fic, too. It was fun; I even got in a quirky person for Kolchak to talk with. I'm unsure of how long this fic will be overall. Several days are going to pass, but I'm not going to detail each and every one of them.
I also, at long last, figured out how to insert another scene with Mel Barnes in the ghost town fic. I have that updated now, but part of me is wondering if by this point I really do need to make it a chapter fic, and to expand on it even more if I do. I just keep having this nagging feeling that I'm not done with it/that it could be, or even should be, longer. Thoughts?
And I finally saw Tangled! One of my aunts gave it to Mom for her birthday, because she'd said Rapunzel is one of the few fairytales she likes. I absolutely love and adore it. I think it's Disney's best animated offering in ages! The plot is lovely, the songs aren't annoying, and the characters feel real.
I think it was a really good idea to not have the animals talk for once. Another of my favorite Disney movies, Pocahontas, also features animals that do not speak human language. In both films, they conveyed so much by their expressions and their actions that talking wasn't necessary at all.
I also liked how Rapunzel's parents didn't talk, either. The few times they appeared, their scenes were so very powerful and poignant without a word being spoken. I think words would have actually detracted from the impact of those scenes.
And something else I am utterly thrilled about: I don't recall one objectionable and/or vulgar thing. I am so sick of movie and TV producers and writers thinking that there must be scatological humor in anything marketed towards kids. I hate it. And as much as I enjoyed Toy Story 3, there were even a few things in it that I was rather disgusted by. Tangled is a complete breath of fresh air for me.
Speaking of Toy Story, after watching all of the films, I am utterly bewildered that in spite of agreeing that the plots of 2 and 3 are much deeper than the first, the original Toy Story is still my favorite film of the trilogy. I feel like there must be something wrong/shallow with me, that I still like it best. Nostalgia certainly plays a part, but I don't think that's entirely it. I think it may be more that I like how things were when they first began, with scads of adventures with Andy still ahead of the toys and Andy still a kid.
