It isn't very likely, is it?

[lizardbeth]

*turns in genre fan card for the day*

Yes, we watched Criminal Minds last night instead of Katee. (and boy, is that an hour of battling programs or what? -- no wonder NBC promoted the hell out of BW) But, I figured, I have a million ways to catch up to BW and probably none to watch how Mandy Patinkin gets written out of Criminal Minds, so, it was a pretty easy choice really. It doesn't sound like I missed a whole lot.



I did read one Interesting comment on BW over at... AICN, I think it was. Somebody went ranting for several paragraphs about how unrealistic the setup was. Dude, she has nanobots making her into a killing machine; I think the fact that her boyfriend's extra secret project has 'spare parts' lying around and excess funding ranks somewhere way down the probability chain. Like my dad says about genre stuff, "buy the premise, buy the story." Willing suspension of disbelief is just that, an act of will. If you don't have it, fine, but don't go off on the need for it like it makes the show horrible.

It reminds me of when I was on my year-abroad in college, in Scotland. A group of us from the dorm went out to see Kenneth Branagh's Dead Again (the whole premise of the movie is reincarnation). Many of us came out saying it was cool and romantic and exciting, etc. But this one girl, in the sweetest Northern Ireland accent you can imagine, frowns at all of us in complete befuddlement, and she asks, "But it isn't very likely, is it?"

Her innocent (yet funny) question has stuck with me for years now. I remember it whenever I'm talking with or about non-genre fans. There are people who just don't and won't ever get it. They're not being elitist (like some are), they're confused about why anyone would want to watch shows or read stories about things that don't exist. That mindset is so alien to me. heh, alien.

oh, mundanes.



And now I really have to do SOMETHING on my reel_sg1 fic. I just can't get into it, or any other writing this week, at all.

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[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

Heh. Imagine that. Bionic Woman is unrealistic. O_o

I wish could be other than at work. I have a Farscape fic due in *checks calendar* 3 days and I'm not done yet. It seems I have too many words in my head that just don't want to leave. I have notes on what the meat of the fic is to be and it's a really simple concept, but I've already written a good 2k and haven't really even gotten to the set-up yet. *headdesk* It's flowing, but it's flowing on a really strong tangent. :P

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

I hope I can actually write next week while on vacation, because I can't get anything down at all. I sit down to write something and then after staring a bit, wander away to check my mail or a forum or something. It's bad. I was hoping it was just due to the lack of fannish t.v.(input) but so far, no. *sigh*

Scotland was great. I did one year at Glasgow University and while I didn't travel as much I could have in hindsight, just living in the city was so much fun.