I'm going on an LJ hiatus for awhile, so I won't be posting or commenting. Think of this as a respite from fangirl squee.

So last Sunday I went to watch a certain film that one could summarize as "The Navy In Space", aka "Star Trek". It wasn't bad, but I felt it needed work. Granted, it is an origin story, so they have some kinks to smooth out, and maybe the next film will be better (But PLEASE, keep Scotty the way he was. He's the best part of the film.)

Anyway, I got home from the event and, in the course of letting my mind wander (It has a ten foot long leash), I remembered that I'd read somewhere that Gene Roddenberry based Kirk off of one Mr. Hornblower. That got me wondering how the Horatio we saw in the Miniseries would have reacted to the Kirk as portrayed in this Film. I don't think he'd have been overly thrilled with Shatner's Kirk, but this one would have made him blow a gasket.

From there, It made me start thinking about who the characters from Hornblower most resembled, beginning, of course with the HTHS. It didn't take that long, as the original "Star Trek" has a canon Holy Trinity of it's own.

( Engage! )
Also, Hornblower and Star Trek apparently have been connected more often than I thought: memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower

xbeyondinsanex tagged me with this, and as usual, I feel a duty to answer it.

List 10 things you are a complete tool for.

Granted, I have no idea what that even means, but I'll take it as "Go totally insane over". Considering my meme track record, I will not be tagging anyone.

( Don't bother placing bets. You all know what number one is. )

I was surfing random LJ's last night and found a link to a dress-up game that was right up my alley...

savivi.deviantart.com/art/Regency-Dress-Up-Doll-70331521

savivi.deviantart.com/art/Regency-Hero-Dress-Up-Doll-101669291

( How I spent my morning )
Enjoy!

After weeks of nothing on the Ioan front, Imdb finally has something new.

No, it's not a new film.

I've been posting on LiveJournal for exactly one year. I wish I had something special to post to mark the occasion, but I'm coming up dry. The best I can come up with is posting twelve pictures, each depicting some of my favorite things. I hope this doesn't bore my friends-list.

( Some pretty things, some cute things, and some strange things )

(And yes, I'm aware that I haven't actually posted things over twelve months, but it's the thought that counts.)

It has been snowing non-stop today. For awhile, it was light flurries; enough to stick to the ground, but didn't really stick to the pavement/streets. I went to watch a movie, and when I got out, it was sticking to everything and was several inches deep (enough to call out a snowplow). And it doesn't show any signs of stopping.

This is ridiculous. It's APRIL! The poem is "April Showers Bring May Flowers", not "April Snow Helps May to Glow".

Fortunately, my room is warm and I have a nice view of snow covered trees to make up for it. But it's getting dark, so I guess I need to find something pretty to take its place...

( You knew this was coming. All threads in this journal lead here. )

You know there's something weird going on in your brain when you're listening to Chicago's "Cell Block Tango" (Which you've been listening to for ages), glance at a Hornblower story...and suddenly start imagining Horatio and company singing it at their trial in "Retribution", complete with dancing.

That is all. I'll try to be less insane later.

( THIS is why I shouldn't use Roflbot. )
Edit: Guess what I just found on DeviantArt?


Creepy coincidences are awesome.

I come back from vacation, hoping for some good news on the Ioan front (a new role, Alice is pregnant, etc.) and instead I find out that 20th Century Fox is remaking Fantastic Four. None of the cast is coming back, and they're going to try to make the films more serious (the article says more like Iron Man, but I haven't seen it yet, so I can't judge.)

Were the original two REALLY so bad that you need to reboot it after less than two years? (Remember, FF2 came out in July of 07) . And yes, the two films were silly. But the acting (with one exception) wasn't bad, and there's something to be said for light comedy fare.

The project's just in the development stage right now, so no news on casting. They better get someone pretty damn spectacular as Reed, that's all.

Here's the article: 

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_four/news/1802260/weekly_ketchup_fantastic_four_to_get_reboot

*Sigh*. Ioan just cannot catch a break, can he? Well, at least "The Kid" looks to be a go, so there's a chance I'll be able to see him in something in the near future.

About a month ago, I promised xbeyondinsanex a fluff piece starring Ioan and Jamie when she was feeling down. Literally the day after I made the offer, my computer died. Then, when I actually started writing it, I wanted to fact-check something and wound up on a Ioan hate-site, which lead to my fangirl crisis. But now, finally, it's done. Hope you like it.

( Behind the scenes...literally )
It's weird. I prefer writing fanfiction or original fiction, but almost everything I've posted on here is RPF. Just hope I don't get sued.

I'm going off on vacation for a few weeks, and my internet access will be limited. But I have a little unfinished LJ business, so I decided to wrap it up before I go.

( Memes and More Memes )

bumble_85 did this meme, and I decided to do one of my own, even though every time I've posted a meme, I've gotten poor responses.

1. Open your Winamp/iTunes/WMP
2. Put the shuffle-mode on.
3. Find a picture of the first 20 artists. If the same artist comes again, skip (Alternate rule if you wish; if it's an instrumental piece or sung by a chorus, skip it)
4. Have your f-list guess who they are.

My WMP's shuffle decided to run the gamut from blatantly obvious to painfully obscure, so we'll see how this goes.

( What a motley crew... )

Thank you to my friends list for all their support during my little fangirly breakdown. I'm better now, but I won't be completely healed until Ioan does something new (or I get my hands on something older).

I was hoping to make a less depressing post after all the emo from two days ago, and I found just the thing...

( It's like they were catering to my needs )

I've had a fangirl crisis of faith in the last three or four days, and there really is nothing I think ANYONE can do. Up till now, my experience with Ioan hate was along one of two lines;

1. "How can he marry Alice Evans? Can't he see she's all wrong for him?"

2. "He can't act/he's not intelligent."

I would roll my eyes and ignore the "1" responses, and growl protectively to the "2" responses, then shrug it off.

But I've been encountering things lately that have literally settled inside me and made me feel like shit.

( Cut for self-pity )

So it turns out that "The Secret of Moonacre" was released last week, although it appears to have been released solely in Britain. Sadly, the critics don't like it much, and some of them turn their scorn on the actors. However, one description of Ioan's performance was priceless.

From Simon Reynolds' review:

"Gruffudd dispatches his lines as if they're straight from the quill of Shakespeare. His over-earnest proclamation of "Damn my foolish pride!" is worthy of a Razzie nomination."

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind hearing Ioan be all Shakespearean, even if it's vaguely inappropriate in context.

Other reviewers have said he's channeling Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre, which I am personally taking as a compliment, since I would personally date Mr. Rochester, and most people have a thing for Darcy.

But my absolute favorite part was the photo that accompanied one of the reviews.



I want that dress, and I want screencaps of Ioan in this film. NOW.

xbeyondinsanex , your fluff piece is coming soon, I promise.

Well, I've got good news and bad news on the Ioan acting front.

The good news is, he's working again.

The bad news is, I'm not entirely sure this is  a role I'm going to like.

I quote from an article quoted on IMDB:

"Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham have joined Nick Moran's "The Kid," about an abused child who manages to pull himself out of a bad lifestyle to start over. The film is an adaptation of Kevin Lewis' book. (Variety)"

I have a sneaking suspicion I know who Ioan's playing, and it's not pleasant to think about. Please tell me you play a social worker and not Kevin's father. PLEASE.

If ANYONE out there has more information, please enlighten me.

Ah, the strange things that go on in my brain...

( Enter...if you dare )

By semi-popular demand, You can now see Horatio angsting over a moment of drunken stupidity over at hh_macros . Comment there or here, I'm not fussed.

And something I've been mildly concerned about for awhile now...does anyone know where scaryfangirl is? Her last post was last year, and then she vanished. Does anyone on her friends list know her whereabouts? Or has she given up on LJ and is now dedicated to her website? Or (god forbid) is she no longer a scary fangirl?
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Written late last night when I should have been going to bed. Edited a little to get the characters 'voices' right.