07.27.08

Are you a Slytherin? Harry Potter: Alere Flammas MUSH

Posted in Games, Geeky Stuff, SF/F, Things That Rock at 10:05 pm by Jellyn

Harry Potter: Alere Flammas MUSH is having a Sorting next week. Log in and create a new first year for the full Hogwarts experience.

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06.06.08

I'll bust your block

Posted in Geeky Stuff, Movies, SF/F, TV at 8:40 pm by Jellyn

Where do you get off calling the Incredible Hulk movie a 'blockbuster' before it's even hit theatres?

I have no intentions of seeing it. Hellboy II looked somewhat interesting, but still isn't something I'd go out of my way to see. The Batman movie looked dark and creepy -- yea yea, purists will love it for that, but it doesn't incline me to go see it. I would still like to see Hancock, but it may wait for DVD. Ditto Iron Man. Except.. wait... Hancock isn't out yet? I totally had the impression it had been out at least as long as Iron Man.... In that case, maybe I will still go see it. I shouldn't known a Will Smith movie was a July 4th movie.

Hrm.. I thought there was one more superhero movie coming out. But it wasn't the Punisher movie in December.

I don't think it was Wanted either that I was thinking of.

At any rate, give me another Spiderman, I'll be happy. Give me another Xmen, I'll be optimistic. Give me Wonder Woman and I'll be.. interested. Give me one of those gay superheroes and I'll watch it no matter how horrible it's reported to be.

In other news: "Charlie Jade" is a total snorer. Though kudos to Sci-Fi Channel for bringing us a Canadian/South African show I hadn't heard of. It's just that I hate hard-boiled detective narrators. :P

05.21.08

Blood Ties Response

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV, Things That Suck at 5:50 pm by Jellyn

I wrote to Lifetime asking after "Blood Ties". Here's part of their response.

Thank you very much for your email regarding "Blood Ties," which will not be
returning to Lifetime.

Lifetime has heard your complaints in regards to the cancellation of "Blood Ties"
and we have never canceled a show without a great deal of consideration for you, the
viewers. However, "Blood Ties" did not meet the viewership requirements to stay on
air.

Okay, one, you only ran it once a week! Who does that anymore?

Two, you didn't even play the entire first season as far as I'm aware. Consistency and followthrough help.

Three, you totally would've had more viewers to start with if you'd kept Henry bi.

The letter then went on to say that they don't have the rights to make DVDs, but hey, you can purchase the episodes from Itunes! Or, you can watch the reruns on Lifetime Real Women (LRW), because doesn't everyone get all the random spinoff channels nowadays? And, whoopee, you can log onto their website to play games and stuphs!

And "There you can access the most up-to-date
information and read more about the show as well as participate in discussions with
other fans."

What up-to-date information? Why do I want to read more about the show? You cancelled it! There's nothing left to discuss except for the fact that you cancelled it!

I'm considering writing to the SciFi Channel. If they want to be more girl-friendly, then what better way than to revive a Lifetime show? :P

05.08.08

Smallville has lost the plot

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV, Things That Suck at 8:48 pm by Jellyn

I was thinking about making some quip about jumped sharks, but I'll just get right to it.

Spoilers behind the cut.
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05.06.08

On this week's Big Bang Theory

Posted in Geeky Stuff, TV at 1:00 pm by Jellyn

Since this is a geeky show, here's a geeky comment. It's spoily, but.. it's a sitcom and it aired yesterday, so..

Sheldon's sister makes a joke about how she once spent 9 months with her legs wrapped around his head. Because they're twins.

Even if fetuses have legs and heads for 9 months and would remain in the same position for so long, there's the fact that fraternal twins never share the same amniotic sac. So how did she accomplish this exactly?

Clearly one of them has had a sex change and cosmetic surgery. You heard it here first, folks.

04.26.08

Blood Ties Game

Posted in Games, Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 11:17 am by Jellyn

"Blood Ties" is a Lifetime show based on a series of books by Tanya Huff. I'm sure I've blogged about it before. The book series is good, the spinoff Smoke series is even better. The Lifetime series is passable, though I'm still annoyed with them for apparently making Henry (the vampire) straight. Clearly we can't be expecting Lifetime to be showing Torchwood anytime soon.

Anyway, was browsing around Oberon Games and found someone had done one of those seek and find games with a Blood Ties theme. I like that genre of game and while theme games are usually sucky, it can't be too bad, right? So I'm going to check it out.

Blood Ties: The Hidden Object-type Game

04.18.08

Doctor Who on Sci Fi Channel

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 8:40 pm by Jellyn

Usually I don't have much good to say about the SciFi Channel. But today, I'd like to say kudos on fixing the closed captioning issue on Doctor Who. From the excellent spelling of the unusual and even episode-specific names, I can only assume this closed captioned script is directly tied to the shooting script. Yet I haven't yet spotted any revisions, so it's even better than that.

So, thank you, SciFi, for not trying to reinvent the wheel by getting new closed captions from an American company who has no clue.

My only quibble is that I've noticed at least one dropped line. That could be a transmission thing.

And SciFi, don't think I'm letting you off the hook for chopping it up to insert commercials!

Last Night's Smallville

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 1:41 pm by Jellyn

Eh, minor spoiler, so I'm not going to hide it behind a cut. Just close your eyes.

I might buy that the Daily Planet building has a cafeteria with kitchen. But why does it have a ginormous walk-in freezer?

04.11.08

Linguistics Schminguistics

Posted in Geeky Stuff, Language, SF/F, TV at 9:35 pm by Jellyn

Gotta love that Kryptonian is nothing but a font. Makes you think you're smart when you can read it.

Tolkein and Okrand they are not.

Ep #14 bonus though. Coreen from Blood Ties is in this episode. Knew she looked familiar.

Smallville Wins the Award for Crackiest Product Placement

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 1:51 pm by Jellyn

Spoilers for Series 7 episode 13, yadda yadda.

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04.10.08

Smallville Series 7 Episode 12

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 9:14 pm by Jellyn

You know the drill. Spoilers ahead!

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04.09.08

Are You My Mommy? (Smallville)

Posted in Geeky Stuff, Gender, SF/F, TV at 8:01 pm by Jellyn

Spoilers for this season of Smallville up until episode 11 behind the cut. Well, mostly just for episode 11. Unless you think it's a spoiler that Clark's survived this season.

Oopsie!

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04.07.08

Smallville Series 7 Episode 8

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 5:16 pm by Jellyn

Spoilers for Smallville up to episode 8 behind the cut.

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04.06.08

Thoughts on Smallville Season 7 Episiode 7

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 11:48 am by Jellyn

Lucky number 7? I think not.

Smallville was opposite other interesting shows this year, so I hadn't been trying to keep up. In fact, I hadn't watched a single episode. I started to remedy this a few days ago. All hail the mighty torrent, may it live forever (or until something better comes along).

Spoilers for the season up until episode 7.
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04.05.08

Doctor Who Series 4/30 Episode 1

Posted in Geeky Stuff, SF/F, TV at 7:55 pm by Jellyn

Spoilers behind the cut for the first new Doctor Who ep.
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