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When I don't post for a while, you get lists
Hmm, I started to make one mega-entry, but decided to break it up into two, so I'm not lumping happy fun stuff in with serious thoughtful stuff. Happy stuff first ...!
1. Sun-Cutter will debut on June 1, as planned, and will update a page a week, on Mondays. I'm not as far ahead as I wanted to be -- these pages are taking me way longer than a Hunter's Moon page used to take; on the other hand, they do look a lot nicer. And it's been 3 years now since HM finished (wow, that's hard to believe); I'm really looking forward to moving forward with the Kismetverse.
2. Saw the Star Trek movie! I kinda loved/hated it. The casting was awesome; I'm really impressed with how well the actors captured the characters and added their own thing as well. I loved its sense of humor and the somewhat darker, more modern feel to it. On the "hated" side, though, the plot was atrocious -- you'd think it would be hard to beat TOS for lack of plot logic (I loved TOS and I've been mildly fannish about it for 25+ years, but I will freely admit that most of the plots and a lot of the world-building were ridiculously silly), but they managed and how. Worse, it was lacking TOS's sense of ... "humanity" might be the best, if slightly Earth-centric, way to put it. Lots of explosions and shiny f/x, but not a lot of opportunity for the characters to be anything other than a medium to move forward the plot (such as it was). It was a fun and fast-paced popcorn movie and I'll definitely be there for any sequels, but I really wish they'd get better writers.
3. For those of you who live in Fairbanks, there's a new deli/bakery downtown that I recommend if you're out and about in that area. It's called The Red Couch and it's on 2nd & Dunkel, over by American Tire. I got a fantastic sandwich there on Friday and picked up a couple bags of loose-leaf ceylon and oolong tea that's quite nice; they've also got assorted tasty-looking baked goods that I managed to avoid (for now ... but for how long?!). It's always nice when a new restaurant opens up in town, so I figured I'd mention it. (The owner's sister works with me at the News-Miner; she's been talking it up for some time. :D)
1. Sun-Cutter will debut on June 1, as planned, and will update a page a week, on Mondays. I'm not as far ahead as I wanted to be -- these pages are taking me way longer than a Hunter's Moon page used to take; on the other hand, they do look a lot nicer. And it's been 3 years now since HM finished (wow, that's hard to believe); I'm really looking forward to moving forward with the Kismetverse.
2. Saw the Star Trek movie! I kinda loved/hated it. The casting was awesome; I'm really impressed with how well the actors captured the characters and added their own thing as well. I loved its sense of humor and the somewhat darker, more modern feel to it. On the "hated" side, though, the plot was atrocious -- you'd think it would be hard to beat TOS for lack of plot logic (I loved TOS and I've been mildly fannish about it for 25+ years, but I will freely admit that most of the plots and a lot of the world-building were ridiculously silly), but they managed and how. Worse, it was lacking TOS's sense of ... "humanity" might be the best, if slightly Earth-centric, way to put it. Lots of explosions and shiny f/x, but not a lot of opportunity for the characters to be anything other than a medium to move forward the plot (such as it was). It was a fun and fast-paced popcorn movie and I'll definitely be there for any sequels, but I really wish they'd get better writers.
3. For those of you who live in Fairbanks, there's a new deli/bakery downtown that I recommend if you're out and about in that area. It's called The Red Couch and it's on 2nd & Dunkel, over by American Tire. I got a fantastic sandwich there on Friday and picked up a couple bags of loose-leaf ceylon and oolong tea that's quite nice; they've also got assorted tasty-looking baked goods that I managed to avoid (for now ... but for how long?!). It's always nice when a new restaurant opens up in town, so I figured I'd mention it. (The owner's sister works with me at the News-Miner; she's been talking it up for some time. :D)