what in the who now?

[such_heights]

+ In department of 'omg this had better be a totally unfounded rumour': Fox to commission a RTD-penned US remake of Torchwood? WHAT. And I am just not thinking about how I would feel if it did turn out that RTD did indeed blow up his old show then go and make a brand new shiny one. May this never come to pass!

+ In happier news, queerlit50 is starting up, similar to 50books_poc. Read some queer authors! Tell me about them! :D My reading list for the next few weeks includes Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, and Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint, so I will probably chat about those over there.

+ Also, oxoniensis's ninth porn battle is taking prompts.

+ eta: Also! The help_haiti auction closes in just over 24 hours. There's a lot of things still available over there very reasonably, and everything's all listed and indexed so it's easy to find something you might like.

Comments

[lorannah]

Hmmm... I'm not sure what to make of the RTD one - he seems to dislike revisiting shows he has already done, so I can't see him doing a direct re-make, but doing something in the same universe but American - possibly.

*Sigh* Personally I can't see myself watching. I do think he has talent, he is great at creating characters and I think he writes quiet scenes very well - but for me he fails fundamentally as a show runner. I don't think plots are his strong point, nor character arcs, and he doesn't seem to care either about the big picture or the small details. I think he'd be much better used having someone to draw out his creativity and direct it more. Then again, I is not a big shot in TV so what the hell do I know.

[such_heights]

I don't even know any more. I am certain there's more or less nothing they could do to get me to watch it, though!