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ladybug_archiveFirst and foremost: Does anyone have links to the very old Phoenix Wrong parodies? They were so hilarious. I'm not too interested in the newer ones that have been coming out; they're largely dirty all the way through, compared to the old ones being mostly clean, if not completely. I used to laugh at almost every clip, but in the recent ones I'm lucky to find one thing to laugh at.
My order arrived yesterday! At last I was able to read two more Kolchak Moonstone graphic novel stories I've been interested in for some time: Lambs to the Slaughter and Eve of Terror. I may review them on Amazon later. For now, I just want to say that according to the Moonstone canon, it looks like Tony is (or was) married. There was a kid killed in a drug-related shooting and Kolchak did an article on it. Tony praises his work but then becomes emotionally pained. Kolchak realizes why and says he's sorry for bringing it up. Tony says "Not your fault ... my boy ... went the same way." It was heart-breaking; he looked so down-trodden. He and Kolchak have a quiet moment and then Kolchak says they should go out for a drink like the old days. Tony says in the old days, Kolchak insisted Tony pay. Kolchak says he still does. It was a wonderful friendship scene. And it's begging to have something done with it. It's the first thing from Moonstone that I've really wanted to bring into my TV show canon, or at least tentatively experiment with. There's a ficlet I'm thinking of writing. I'm thinking along the lines Crystal suggested, that the son's death dissolved the marriage, because it really does seem like Tony is a bachelor by the time of the movies/TV series. Maybe I'll try it as a disconnected piece and then decide if I want to incorporate it into my full canon.
I also got a West Side Story book and the first Phoenix Wright manga (a real manga, with cases!). The West Side Story book I've been eagerly devouring as I skip around in it (I rarely read books like that straight through). It gives character summaries and it was very fair, and I think kind, to Schrank, which I was thrilled by. But it seems to mostly focus on the Broadway production, with little being said about the movie version by comparison. And a lot of what is said about the movie version leans more towards the negative, at least from what I've read. I also want to get another book, one that does focus more on the movie version, and even tells how Simon Oakland ended up part of the cast. (One of the co-directors was Robert Wise, and he specifically wanted Simon after directing him in I Want to Live!)
The Phoenix Wright manga is very interesting. It plays out like a combination of Detective Conan and Perry Mason. When characters are introduced, they seem to use the same format as Detective Conan, with a blurb showing their name, age, and occupation. And the trials are filled with intensity (and kooky witnesses, as per the games). They even have Winston Payne as the first prosecutor encountered! And everyone looks IC. Phoenix is wonderful as the straight man with sardonic comments, Maya is her typical ditzy self, and Larry is nuts over his latest girl. LOL. Miles has not appeared, but he is thought about, and Phoenix comments that he hasn't seen Miles in a while. That's usually a signal that something exciting is planned, and I know for certain that Miles will be in volume 2. And I learned of the manga's existence shortly before that volume will release in America! If it comes out on time, it will be out in less a week. I hope I can get it right away! Even if B&N has it in stock on time, I cringe to think of buying it there. It's $10.99, and I'm sure they won't offer a discount (unless by some miracle I get a rare 10% coupon). On Amazon, it's only $8.79, but I'd have to wait to buy other things with it and get free shipping. Oh, Borders, why wouldn't anyone help you stay afloat?!
And I watched an amazing Wild Wild West episode. I've been devouring episodes lately, and it was a show Mom liked and watched back when it was on, so I'm having a ball sharing my new love of it with her. It's just what I love: friendship and adventure and mystery and crook-fighting and hurt/comfort! And the romance level isn't high enough to get on my nerves. It's just perfect, as far as I'm concerned. The steampunk angle is just the icing on the cake, too. I just love Western stuff and steampunk adds a whole new level of awesome to it.
The episode I saw was The Night of the Death Masks. The whole ghost town angle, and the wax dummies that keep popping up with the masks, were so creepy! And it was heart-breaking when the crooks manipulated things so Jim thought Arte was the crook due to Arte being forced into a disguise while unconscious. They have a gunfight and Arte ends up thinking he shot and killed Jim when he comes over closer.
Well, the whole episode was extremely plunnie-inducing. It would make such an intense role-play or fic. I think I might write a blurb of Schrank and Krupke having gotten into a gunfight like that, with the end result being Krupke thinking he's shot Schrank. I don't know yet whether he really would have or not.
My order arrived yesterday! At last I was able to read two more Kolchak Moonstone graphic novel stories I've been interested in for some time: Lambs to the Slaughter and Eve of Terror. I may review them on Amazon later. For now, I just want to say that according to the Moonstone canon, it looks like Tony is (or was) married. There was a kid killed in a drug-related shooting and Kolchak did an article on it. Tony praises his work but then becomes emotionally pained. Kolchak realizes why and says he's sorry for bringing it up. Tony says "Not your fault ... my boy ... went the same way." It was heart-breaking; he looked so down-trodden. He and Kolchak have a quiet moment and then Kolchak says they should go out for a drink like the old days. Tony says in the old days, Kolchak insisted Tony pay. Kolchak says he still does. It was a wonderful friendship scene. And it's begging to have something done with it. It's the first thing from Moonstone that I've really wanted to bring into my TV show canon, or at least tentatively experiment with. There's a ficlet I'm thinking of writing. I'm thinking along the lines Crystal suggested, that the son's death dissolved the marriage, because it really does seem like Tony is a bachelor by the time of the movies/TV series. Maybe I'll try it as a disconnected piece and then decide if I want to incorporate it into my full canon.
I also got a West Side Story book and the first Phoenix Wright manga (a real manga, with cases!). The West Side Story book I've been eagerly devouring as I skip around in it (I rarely read books like that straight through). It gives character summaries and it was very fair, and I think kind, to Schrank, which I was thrilled by. But it seems to mostly focus on the Broadway production, with little being said about the movie version by comparison. And a lot of what is said about the movie version leans more towards the negative, at least from what I've read. I also want to get another book, one that does focus more on the movie version, and even tells how Simon Oakland ended up part of the cast. (One of the co-directors was Robert Wise, and he specifically wanted Simon after directing him in I Want to Live!)
The Phoenix Wright manga is very interesting. It plays out like a combination of Detective Conan and Perry Mason. When characters are introduced, they seem to use the same format as Detective Conan, with a blurb showing their name, age, and occupation. And the trials are filled with intensity (and kooky witnesses, as per the games). They even have Winston Payne as the first prosecutor encountered! And everyone looks IC. Phoenix is wonderful as the straight man with sardonic comments, Maya is her typical ditzy self, and Larry is nuts over his latest girl. LOL. Miles has not appeared, but he is thought about, and Phoenix comments that he hasn't seen Miles in a while. That's usually a signal that something exciting is planned, and I know for certain that Miles will be in volume 2. And I learned of the manga's existence shortly before that volume will release in America! If it comes out on time, it will be out in less a week. I hope I can get it right away! Even if B&N has it in stock on time, I cringe to think of buying it there. It's $10.99, and I'm sure they won't offer a discount (unless by some miracle I get a rare 10% coupon). On Amazon, it's only $8.79, but I'd have to wait to buy other things with it and get free shipping. Oh, Borders, why wouldn't anyone help you stay afloat?!
And I watched an amazing Wild Wild West episode. I've been devouring episodes lately, and it was a show Mom liked and watched back when it was on, so I'm having a ball sharing my new love of it with her. It's just what I love: friendship and adventure and mystery and crook-fighting and hurt/comfort! And the romance level isn't high enough to get on my nerves. It's just perfect, as far as I'm concerned. The steampunk angle is just the icing on the cake, too. I just love Western stuff and steampunk adds a whole new level of awesome to it.
The episode I saw was The Night of the Death Masks. The whole ghost town angle, and the wax dummies that keep popping up with the masks, were so creepy! And it was heart-breaking when the crooks manipulated things so Jim thought Arte was the crook due to Arte being forced into a disguise while unconscious. They have a gunfight and Arte ends up thinking he shot and killed Jim when he comes over closer.
Well, the whole episode was extremely plunnie-inducing. It would make such an intense role-play or fic. I think I might write a blurb of Schrank and Krupke having gotten into a gunfight like that, with the end result being Krupke thinking he's shot Schrank. I don't know yet whether he really would have or not.
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Date: 2011-08-18 05:40 am (UTC)I hadn't seen it! I shall join!
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Date: 2011-08-18 06:38 am (UTC)The multiple love scene takes thing made me raise an eyebrow. I'm glad to hear it's just a rumor.
Yikes! Yeah, a concussion would have been minor compared to all of that.
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Date: 2011-08-18 07:13 am (UTC)That's neat about Robert Conrad! He sounds like a great guy. And that is weird about the rumor of him being gay. LOL.
Totally. Man.
Yeah, Wikipedia is pretty inaccurate a lot. The idea of anyone being able to edit it is ridiculous. I use it for a lot of things, but I try to back them up with a second or third source when I can. And that is cringe-worthy about how long it took for people to fix some of those errors.
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Date: 2011-08-18 06:07 pm (UTC)Have you seen Michael Landon Jr.'s Love Comes Softly series? It seems like it would be right up your alley.
I think I only saw Candy very briefly in the episode about Ben's newspaper friend....
I've seen a few Highway to Heaven episodes and quite liked them. Classic eighties there. And I enjoyed Little House on the Prairie, too. Michael Landon definitely had some good roles!
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Date: 2011-08-18 07:04 pm (UTC)Awesome!
Did I hear right that when Dan Blocker died, and they decided to have Hoss die in the show, they only made a passing reference to it? That's terrible, if so. If they're going to kill off the character, there should be an episode devoted to the characters trying to handle it.
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Date: 2011-08-18 08:24 pm (UTC)Oh wow. That reason does put a different slant on why there was no farewell episode for Hoss. That photograph scene in Forever really sounds heartbreaking.
That really is terrible about how it was handled on Alias Smith and Jones. Poor Roger Davis. He certainly shouldn't get hate lobbed at him.
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Date: 2011-08-19 03:21 am (UTC)Yes, you should! That's the one with the infamous non-ending I ranted about, though. But someone on IMDB talks like there was a real ending, so I can't help wondering if Netflix lost a small part of it.
(And I highly recommend the Donna Fuller Story episode of Wagon Train. Simon's character really is just adorable and sweet and kind.)
Interesting!
Oh, speaking of World War II shows, I saw some more of Combat! The episodes were very intense and exciting. One of them was Retribution, with Kirby out for blood after his friend is beaten to death. It was heart-breaking but wonderful.
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Date: 2011-08-19 04:22 am (UTC)That's terrible. The poor guy!
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Date: 2011-08-19 05:49 am (UTC)(Oh, and by the way, The Donna Fuller Story is season 6 of Wagon Train, so John McIntire is in it.)
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Date: 2011-08-18 01:08 am (UTC)(One of the co-directors was Robert Wise, and he specifically wanted Simon after directing him in I Want to Live!)
Ah, then no wonder Simon ended up in The Sand Pebbles, too!
...What exactly is the definition of Steampunk, by the by? And ooh, that ep does sound eerie and awesome indeed. As does the scenario you've put forward (heh, great minds think alike--check my last RP message).
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Date: 2011-08-18 05:46 am (UTC)Yes, most likely Robert Wise wanted him again!
Steampunk is having futuristic technology in the Edwardian and Victorian periods, approximately. Fantastic inventions like robots (or life-size puppets) are often powered by steam.
Yes, I was rather amused that you suggested that before seeing my post.
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Date: 2011-08-18 01:46 pm (UTC)Which is an awesome decision all-around. We got our fanservice...
Ahh, intriguing!
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Date: 2011-08-18 05:53 pm (UTC)Indeed it is!
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Date: 2011-08-18 11:26 am (UTC)I think from here one can find the other episodes to it. Newgrounds I think is where it all started.
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Date: 2011-08-18 06:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-18 08:43 pm (UTC)Yep, Miles showing up usually means there's a big awesome plot point to be revealed, LOL.
Huh, just now when I was on B&N's website, it has the first one listed at $8.81 and the second one listed as $8.36, both discounted from the list price of $10.99.
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Date: 2011-08-19 03:23 am (UTC)LOL. Well, I specifically meant Phoenix outright commenting that he hasn't seen Miles in a while. Which makes me wonder if Miles' disappearance will play into things when he shows up.
They do say that, but I figured that it was only if you bought them online. That would be awesome if all the stores charge that price!