ladybug_archive | ... **headdesk.**

A little romance in the fandom here and there is fine, but it's honestly kind of annoying when I find five pages of Perry Mason/Della Street fanfiction and only about two stories in the whole section that are Gen/Mystery genre! Seriously, almost everyone writing for the show at FF.net seems to have a one-track mind. That was the case several years ago when I looked before, as well.

Also, I thought it was a little odd that the slashers hadn't come out to play. Then I see there's one on Archive of Our Own, writing Perry Mason/Paul Drake.

I still find it strange that the slashers don't engage in Perry Mason/Hamilton Burger. Not that I want to see it; it would honestly be rather frightening. But in an anime series, and probably in recent TV shows or movies, rival characters like them who have a very interesting and complex relationship (they've gone out to lunch and dinner, they occasionally work together on cases, Burger once asked Perry to defend a friend of his) would excite the slashers to no end.

I wish someone would show some interest in writing about them in a Gen way (though honestly, since it seems like anything concerning them is downright impossible and non-existent to find, I'd probably be willing to even read a mild slashfic on them if it existed). Their interaction is the main thing that intrigues me about the show (and the main thing that contributed to me being a casual fan). I've watched it off and on for probably twelve or thirteen years, maybe longer.

And Simon Oakland's characters can't catch a break. He plays a bad fellow and ends up dead. He plays a good fellow and still ends up dead. And the latter death pretty much broke my heart. It was so needless! His character, Captain Caldwell, was killed by some kook who didn't want Caldwell's investigation into sabotage to cause his precious missile not to launch. So the nut killed him to halt the investigation.

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Oooh, you remember his roles on Combat! now? I'm still waiting on the discs.

I have never seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, nor do I care to read or watch it. Although I'd kind of like to see Willy Wonka's portrayal in the new movie, I don't think it would be worth it.

I'm aggravated that it's on two discs! I won't be able to watch them both together. Do you remember if Simon's character makes it out alive?

It is indeed. Mama Mia.

On our plan, which is the cheapest (other than a plan that only allows for streaming things), yep. Just one disc. But we also get unlimited streaming of stuff that's available online. So it's worth it.

Yikes. Poor semi-regular! That would be shocking, especially so early into the episode.

Nope, unfortunately. Or fortunately, since it would probably take us quite a while to go through a whole season all at once. LOL. But I do wish we could at least be allowed two discs out at once.

Oh yes, I have both discs in the queue, one right after the other. And one of them currently isn't available, aurgh.

Interesting! I'll keep it in mind. I also have the other disc on queue with Simon's other guest-spot.

I haven't seen him in Combat. That must be remedied. Yes...

LOL, I haven't seen F Troop either; which ep is Vincent in? I'm curious now!

I haven't seen Charlie and the Chocolate factory, and I absolutely refuse to after being horrified by the book alone. Roald Dahl is by far among the most sadistic writers I've ever come across. **shudder**

...And this is why I wish I had Netflix... I must look into this series more. Yes.

Awesome, thanks!

Parenting? Nope--my mom hated Dahl's books, too. They were required reading in elementary school. I still wonder what the heck the school board was thinking...

That is bizarre. Some of the required reading these days. Oy. I don't see what one is supposed to get from books like that. Unless it's just that Charlie won in the end because he was a good kid.

Beats me. We were also forced to read The Witches, Matilda, the BFG, and James and the Giant Peach. Oh, and then we were forced to watch the stop-motion movie of Giant Peach. Urgh. The only redeeming thing about the movie was the aunts' fates.

Ah yeah, I remember about the movie versus the book. That was a good change.

I hated the movie of Matilda so much. I can only imagine what the book was like by comparison.

Yeah...

Yes, it's probably worse.

What really got to me was how, apparently, they changed the movie version of The Witches so that the boy-turned-to-a-mouse gets turned back to normal (he doesn't in the book, and actually seems horrifyingly happy at the fact that he has a shortened lifespan as a result), and Dahl boycotted the movie. The. Heck.!? What kind of message is he trying to give?

Also, there are aspects of Dahl's personal life that get to me--he was a racist, and you know how that affects me on a personal level...

Yeah, that really is odd. All I can figure out is that Dahl wanted to give the message to find happiness in whatever circumstances you're in that can't be changed. But if the kid literally, specifically seems happy that he won't live as long, that is disturbing.

Yikes. I wasn't aware of that.

Yes--the kid was pleased because then he wouldn't have to live alone after his grandmother died. Which seems to make the point that life isn't worth living. Oy vey.

**headdesk.** That is a terrible message for a children's book. And from what I know of Dahl's writing style, I assume it was all told in a very light, matter-of-fact manner, as though it wasn't anything to be concerned about.

Oh, yes. They both seemed happy that they would be able to "die together" **headdesks, too**

I often feel that West Side Story is more powerful than the source material of Romeo and Juliet--because Maria does live (even if she was suicidal at that point)--that she does drop the gun and doesn't kill herself.

Hmm. Now I'm wondering if maybe Schrank might've referred her to therapy or something. Or would that be OOC for him? (LOL, look what you've done to me--five years ago, I would've never considered getting plunnied by this movie...)

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Hmm... I shall have to try that. I usually don't rent media from the library, but maybe I should consider it...

Oh, dear--do I even want to know what that was about?

I saw that Vampire ep. LOLOL, it was a hoot--Vincent's overacting (he had me giggling from the first "Good evening..." and everyone panicking...

And aww, I love that Corporal--though maybe that's because I just happen to have a soft spot for corporals. XD; I almost lost it when he saluted the chicken.

LOL. Why did he salute a chicken?

Well, the Captain had dropped his hat on a chicken (it makes sense in context), so, all of a sudden, the chicken under the hat starts moving, and the hat starts moving, all the way to where the Corporal is. He lifts the hat and sees the chicken, and thinks that Vincent turned the Captain into a chicken--and so he salutes it. ("From now on, the 'F' in F Troop will stand for 'Fowl,' Sir!")

Priceless!