"Sweet mother of Preston Tucker!"

[rogueslayer452]

++ Furthering evidence of Russel T. Davies being, well, anything but forgiving of what he did with Torchwood. I never had much of an opinion of RTD before this, though his comments seem to be less compassionate or understanding and more of the douchenozzle type. But I'm kind of conflicted here. On one hand I appreciate the honesty he gives and not letting fandom influence his decisions, on the other hand he just doesn't quite get it or understand fandom as he so claims he does and seems to be answering the questions with this rude tone, and is seen rather pretentious and standoffish than supportive and understanding. All I can say is there could have been a more tactful way of addressing these issues about Children of Earth rather than insulting the fanbase that didn't like it, just saying.

++ MULAN LIVE ACTION TEASER-TRAILER! A Starlight International Media Group production, based off of the actual legendary tale of Hua Mulan, not the Disney animated movie.








It's kind of funny seeing everyone's comments and reactions about this new live action film for Mulan being done, thinking it's a remake of the animated version never-minding the fact that there's been various films and dramatized versions of the tale of Hua Mulan long before the Disney animated film popularized the story (having just finished watching the 1964 opera musical Lady General Hua Mulan, an interesting telling of the story might I add). I'm just kind of loling at people going "is there gonna be singing?" or "what about the dragon?" or anything that is going to compare the live action to the animated movie. I just want to respond: "research motherfuckers, have you done it?" Because I am mean like that. XD

The original story shares the same basis for all adaptations of course, a young woman takes the place of her father in battle for twelve years before returning home and then revealing to her comrades that she was, in fact, a woman. The poem/ballad of the story itself is quite beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I loved and adored Disney's Mulan and thought it was a perfect story to be inspirational for young girls (discarding the sequel because wow, did that suck), but this film seems to indicate more of the times of war and the strength Hua Mulan used to join the forces of men in such brutal times. I think Zhao Wei is the perfect choice to play the role of Hua Mulan, let's just hope the movie does the story justice as the trailer shows.

Interestingly though, why is Vitas (a popular Russian singer) in this movie, looking very much out of place when watching the trailer? I don't even know, and I don't know if I should care.

++ Getting into a new fandom: Middleman, all thanks to the DVDs and the little tidbit that I hope is true that if there's enough DVD sales of the first season they'll renew the show? Am I hearing that right? If so, that's amazing and I'm crossing my fingers that it works, because that means this could yet be another method of getting an almost-doomed series prevented of cancellation! *g* And really, Middleman is HILARIOUS.

Comments

[rawthorne.livejournal.com]

I hear you on the Torchwood thing. I've been reading his comments and they just seem mean-spirited to me. I appreciate good TV when I see it and character death can often be a feature of that (handling a moment so tragic as a character's disappearance can make or break a show) but in my honest opinion, Torchwood doesn't meet the standard. Never mind that the whole thing was a cheap plot device to get Captain Jack to leave. Never mind that they had to break him to justify ending the series.

This is the fourth character death in the series - of a main character. It's random and bizarre. The emotional impact of characters disappearing has waned by now. It's like a Stephen King style suspense thriller that is suspenseful throughout. We're exhausted.

As for Mulan... my first brush with the legend came through Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior book and I can't see anyone better than Vicky Zhao Wei in the role. I'm looking forward to this a lot.

[sigrun.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a horse in the race regarding Torchwood &, by all means RTD could be handling it better, but people were ready to hang him before he even opened his mouth so he can't really win either way. While I don't agree with everything he's saying, he has raised some good points... but, like I said, I'm not that emotionally invested in the whole thing. :/

The Mulan movie looks amazing! Do you happen to know when it's coming out, so I could keep an eye out?

When The Middleman was airing, it was the only show that I was actively watching. I loved it so. :(

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

Mulan! Admittedly it was the disney movie that got me started on the whole thing (which I lovingly own in VHS, DVD, collector hardcover book, the Art of Mulan...um...yeah) but I have since read snippets of the epic poem that inspired it and I still love it. This makes me happy in many ways!

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

ps:

Dear RTD,
I'm sorry you'll never be as cool as Joss Whedon and that Joss Whedon manages to kill off his characters with far less fan outcry and resentment. Not to mention--he's not a jackass when explaining things to fans. Learn tact and diplomacy.

And for the love of God if you're gonna work on a show that has two hot guys kissing quite often DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE APPEAL THIS HAS FOR THE AUDIENCE. We smack a bitch down when we don't get out yaoi-love, or worse, we get it and then have it rudely taken away.

No love,
The Torchwood Fandom

not that I have any actual vested interest in Torchwood, but I did like Ianto and Jack together. They were cute. I like cute couples. Killing half of a cute couple makes me not want to watch their relationship develop.

[http://users.livejournal.com/radon_/]

Ooooh! Mulan! In Chinese! ♥ I don't think Zhao Wei has the gravitas to pull it off, though I don't mind having my opinion changed by the film. *g* And is it bad that I wish it was directed by Zhang Yimou instead? Because dear gods that man does GORGEOUS battle sequences (or films, for that matter).

lol dragon! If Mushu shows up in the live action film I'd die laughing. Same goes for the cricket.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

That Mulan movie trailer looks pretty kickass. When will it be out? I'd be very interested in seeing it :D Are there any good movies/tv shows/etc one can watch about the story (that isn't the animated one ;)) if one wants to warm up? :)

As far as RTD goes, I don't know... I kinda haven't liked him for a while (or rather I've been pretty indifferent but leaning towards the negative scale) so I guess that... I don't know, it doesn't really come as a surprise. Gotta give him prompts though, for killing one of his (if not the) most popular character on the show. *has not read what he said in the link though*

[alexwhitman25.livejournal.com]

RTD is a gigantic douche. The death of Ianto really has little resonance as great storytelling when he continually kills main characters off left and right. His attitide towards fandom is so sanctimonious and pretentious. It's disgusting. His comments about go watch Supernatural just further pissed me off - um, sorry RTD the show is much more than just pretty boys.

[hanuueshe.livejournal.com]

THAT MULAN MOVIE LOOKS AMAZING!

You're watching Middleman? AWESOMESAUCE!

[angelich.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I admire RTD for not giving a shit about fandom. I'm glad he killed off characters, important characters, even though it breaks my heart. This is why I admire JK Rowling as well and I believe Stephanie Meyer will always be a wanna be (even tho I like the Twilight series, but she chickened out at the end of Breaking Dawn). Death is real and even if we'd want to keep our favorite characters alive, how does that help the story? Children of Earth was soooo good and I think keeping Ianto alive, in the way that story was playing out, would have lessened the impact. So... ya.

That Mulan movie looks good. Although I agree Vitas looks weird. But Vitas, for me, has always been a trainwreck that I can't look away from. Cause it's always like, omg that dude can't be singing like that! I wondering what happened to him though.

[calidreamin08.livejournal.com]

omg, i didn't know they made a mulan movie! *is excited*

[falsebeginnings.livejournal.com]

That actress looks perfect for that role. Also, I saw the pilot of The Middleman awhile ago and loved it but completely forgot about it. I totally need to watch all the episodes now and not just because I found Matt great eyecandy (when I saw him on Dollhouse I didn't quite recognize him at first but I remember thinking throughout the episode how good looking he was). It's too bad it got cancelled.

[lodessa.livejournal.com]

I think that, people referring to is as "live action" makes people think the Mulan movie is connected to the you know non-live action one. Since live action is usually the default for movies.

I clearly need to catch up on Torchwood, so I can see the wank without spoiling myself.