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.

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+ 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

[such_heights]

I KNOOOW. :( Dammit, US, stop stealing our shows! An American Doctor Who is just unthinkable - how can you possibly reboot and erase 40 years of history?

[crooked]

SERIOUSLY. there are plenty of brilliant shows that are homegrown that, you know, Fox cancels before they even get their footing. so maybe try one of those before you try Torchwood. and it would have to be SO watered down if it's on regular broadcast tv. I JUST.

the best case i can make against this off the top of my head? the american Life on Mars. ugh.

[such_heights]

Haha, yes, omg. Although, I did hear about the US Life on Mars finale, and it sounded HILARIFYING. They are on a mission to find life! on! mars! In fact, they are on a gene! hunt! The lulz, they are epic.

[crooked]

AHAHAHA YES. XD i didn't watch more than, idk, maybe 15 minutes of the pilot, but i read about the finale. HILARIFYING IS THE BEST WORD FOR IT.

[makai]

Like canceling Dollhouse! And as far as remakes go, The Sarah Connor Chronicles were off that whole Terminator thing and apparently had a following but - canceled. Firefly was canceled too, as we all know very well. Seriously, if he wanted to go American, why Fox?

[contrarywise]

Well, there was the 8th Doctor. Whose teevee movie was, IIRC, a partial Fox production and it aired in the U.S. on Fox. And we all know how well that was received... *eyeroll*

I'm hoping like hell that this is a bogus rumor. Because seriously, there's practically no way that could go well.