Random Stuff and Pics!

[jedishampoo]

A weekend without obligation, and some random stuff:

1. The Good: a pleasant surprise. I was nominated for another LOTR fanfiction award (the MEFA, Middle-Earth-Fanfiction Awards) and won second place for Women’s Work. Wasn't that nice? :)

2. The Bad: I think I'm sick again. Sigh. Last weekend I was too ill (nauseated) to enjoy Quark's at the Hilton, and for once it wasn't because of their ultra-strong drinks. Now I have a sore throat. Argh, perhaps Trey Parker was right on South Park: maybe people who don't eat meat do get sick more often! Or maybe it's just the change in the weather.

Here are some pics of Halloween. We were Bajoran Comfort Women. Cardassian Hos.

3. More Good: Star Wars ROTS on beautiful, clear DVD. Deleted scenes! I do feel sorry for the chick who played Mon Mothma. And after all the other scifi I've been watching recently, I now have a Star Trek DS9/Star Wars crossover fanfiction idea involving Palpatine finding a piece of transwarp (Borg) technology and giving Anakin a ship. And me here with two more SW challenge stories to write.

4. The Odd: Roommate still obsessed over Firefly/Jayne, having it on TV constantly. I promised to go see Serenity again with her tomorrow, but in return she had to pause the Firefly DVD and watch four episodes of Ranma 1/2. She did it with flying colors, woohoo! Even laughed a couple of times. Now that was a surprise.

5. The Question: speaking of Firefly and anime, I have looked over some of the roommate's books about the show, even a book of essays, but have yet to see a reference to the fact that a lot of it was clearly inspired by Cowboy Bebop. Has anyone else noticed this, or seen a discussion? I'd be interested to read a comparison by someone whose brain is working better than mine is right now.

Enjoy Sunday, everyone! :)

Comments

[hlynn.livejournal.com]

I remember a lot of discussion about the similarities between Cowboy Bebop and Firefly when the show first aired. I think it's closer to Outlaw Star in general. It's hard to explain why without explaining the entire series, but for example, in the very first episode of the anime, there's a shot of Melfina (the bio-android) curled up naked in a hibernation container exactly like River was. They have nearly the same "taken-from-creators-and-is-now-being-hunted-down" plotline, to boot.

However, I agree that Firefly was inspired by Cowboy Bebop as well. :) I don't remember seeing a side-by-side comparison anywhere, though.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Outlaw Star yet-- is it any good? And I still haven't even seen ALL of the Cowboy Bebop episodes, because the video store only rents the "best of" and I haven't been rich enough to buy all of the episodes, just the first couple of sessions. ;)

I'm really behind in my anime-watching. Like I said, been forcing my roommate to watch Ranma on my VHS. Gosh, I wish I could afford to buy those in DVD.

[hlynn.livejournal.com]

Outlaw Star is very good, IMO. It reminds me a lot of Star Wars, in that the main character is very much a Han Solo type, they get into a series of misadventures, and there's a strong element of a mystical force that's part magic and part something else. The character designs aren't the greatest, but the animation is good and it has one of the more coherent and cohesive storylines I've seen from an anime.

I just bought the DVD boxed set, so if I can find my VHS tapes of the series (taped off of Cartoon Network), I can send those to you, if you'd like. :)

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Woo, how sweet! Well, let me see first if I can Netflix 'em on Melinda's Netflix queue (she owes me, bwah hah hah). Who knows-- maybe those will be the next thing I must own, and a visit to Best Buy may be in order. ;)