Random post is random

[sholio]

The first week's author guessing post is up at sga_genficathon. Next week there will be another with the second half of the stories. If you correctly guess which one is mine (I only wrote one this year), I'll write you a little ficlet of your choosing. (At least, er, theoretically. I think I still owe a ficlet to xparrot from something or other last fall.)

We watched the first episode of Probe last night (the show I was looking for in my last post) -- well, the pilot 2-parter, that is. It's definitely the show I was looking for, and wow, it's so, so '80s. The hair! The high-tech AI that communicates by printing text on a black-and-white text-only CRT! (Which the characters then read aloud for the benefit of the audience.) The random wtf sexism! The square, boxy cars! The way technology doesn't quite do what the characters (and the writers) seem to think it does! Did I mention the HAIR? It's kinda awesome. XD

The show is obviously dubbed from somewhat degraded VHS tapes, and I hadn't realized how much nostalgia there was for me in the bad picture quality and the muffled sound. *g* We're all spoiled now with DVDs and high-quality, digitally dubbed AVIs. I don't think I'd want to go back to messing with rabbit ears trying to get a picture that doesn't wobble, but watching these is taking me straight back to childhood and our tiny little black-and-white TV. It's funny how many nostalgia warm-fuzzies I'm getting from it.

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[xparrot.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I know what you mean about the VHS. While in our MUNCLE phase we watched a few other TV things David McCallum was in that had never been officially released, and there was something almost charming about the skipping pictures. I've also had moments of nostalgia for old realplayer files ^^;

(heh, I totally forgot you "owed" me anything! was it I-man I asked for? whatever you do don't stress about it! ^^)

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I promised you a ficlet for ... something ... and I-Man was what you asked for. :D Which I have completely failed to write. (Maybe this summer? Maybe? I don't want to flake out completely ... I haven't written much at all on the fannish front this year, though ...!)

I've also had moments of nostalgia for old realplayer files ^^;

Hee! Me too! Like with the VHS picture quality, it's sort of a combination of "awww, remember when!" and "Wow, I'm glad I don't have to deal with that anymore." XD

[aelfgyfu_mead]

The random wtf sexism!
Yeah, I kind of remember that, actually: no specifics, but being annoyed at a show I could otherwise like (or might have, had it had much of a run).

The high-tech AI that communicates by printing text on a black-and-white text-only CRT! (Which the characters then read aloud for the benefit of the audience.)
That I don't recall! Oh, the hilarity!

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of remember that, actually: no specifics, but being annoyed at a show I could otherwise like (or might have, had it had much of a run).

Yeah, it's almost like culture shock in a way, and it's doubly disconcerting to realize that this was only 20 years ago!

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

I can't watch The Dukes of Hazzard because it's so bad! We lasted about 10 minutes :)

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

I ... have absolutely no idea what that has to do with this post, but okay? :D

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it. I'm having a bit of trouble working myself out at the moment :(

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Actually I think it was more my brain at the time, because now that I'm looking at it I can see how this relates to my post; I think my brain threw a rod earlier this week and still isn't firing on all cylinders. *g*

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it's lovely people like you who help me at times like this when I'm struggling with the blues (and you didn't even know you were helping! *attempted smile*). Stupid thyroid :P