January Talking Meme 2019

It's time for the traditional January Talking Meme, modified!

 

Pick a date in January and give me something to talk about. TV, books, movies, music, poetry, fandom, writing, food, travel, fictional characters (&/or pairings) and all of their feelings, stuff about my life, whatever.

 

You don’t have to be following me or ever have commented to request a topic. If you’re doing the meme, I’ll leave topics for you, too! Feel free to link me at any time if you want one. Feel free to suggest multiple topics/dates. Feel free to just leave a topic and no date. I’ll fill it in.

 

January 1

January 2 - "Talk about Doctor/Companion relationships! Which are your favorite? What do you enjoy about them?" for @wheatear 

January 3 - "Tell me something about Supergirl that makes you happy." for @redbrunja

January 4

January 5

January 6 - "If you had a TARDIS where would you end up?" for @thymejot

January 7

January 8 - "Anakin Skywalker! What do you think the Jedi order/Obi-Wan/Ahsoka could have done differently to save him from turning? Was he really the Chosen One? Was he doomed from the start? What would have happened to him in a universe without Palpatine? Would have he joined the Sith anyway? Stayed a Jedi? Left the Order and lived happily ever after with wife and kids?" for @rootspiral

January 9

January 10

January 11 - "Is there anything in Doctor Who so poorly addressed that you would start it from scratch?" for @thymejot 

January 12 - “If you could, what would you change about the last season of POI (or another series)?” for @aurumcalendula

January 13 - “Discuss leading ladies in sci-fi television shows. Compare, contrast, who do you love, who do you not” via @cleoselene

January 14

January 15 - BEAR! for @JB Slasher

January 16 - "Do you think Missy ever went to the library to free River out of spite as well as ego and ended up liking her too much?" for @thymejot

January 17

January 18

January 19 - “What's your favorite episode of Life?” for @aurumcalendula 

January 20

January 21

January 22 -

January 23 - "What dark Doctor story would you want exploring?" for @thymejot

January 24 - “What fictional universe would you like to vacation in? would you want to take any of the characters along? what would you do there?” for @musesfool

January 25

January 26 - "Which cancelled or finished TV series would you be okay to be rebooted/renewed?" for @thatgeeklover

January 27 - “Choosing a child free life.” for @shoulditrustyouagain 

January 28

January 29

January 30

January 31

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[talking meme] Thoughts on various live action iterations of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman?

for aurumcalendula

Well. Isn’t this embarrassingly long overdue! 

I think it’s all a matter of preference. I have fond memories of the original Christopher Reeve version of Superman. It’s hard not to be invested in your first superhero story.

Margot Kidder Lois Lane became my Forever Girl, which all awesome women characters have to follow. 

I love how some properties have echoed and called back to the first movie, and even though watching now, through modern sensibilities, I found the first half of the movie a bit of a slog the movie will always hold a special place in my heart. 

Smallville was hard going for me because it took so long for Lois Lane to appear! Chloe was the Lois analogue, and it was fun at first but an analogue can only do so much, and then Erica Durance’s Lois Lane appeared and it was like a breath of fresh air. She was exactly the Lois Lane I pictured! From then I began to watch regularly. Sure, I had my nitpicks and quibbles but Durance’s Lois Lane rose to the ranks to be one of my favorite Lois Lanes, and Smallville's version of the love story between Clark and Lois in Smallville is one of my top favorites! 

For Batman, my favorite movie incarnation remains Michael Keaton’s Batman. The gothic elements worked for me because Tim Burton just leaned into it. 110% Goth. 110% Selina Kyle. 

I think the only other Batman property that matched the Batdren Goth-ness is the TV Gotham. 

Next was Animated!Batman.

This and JLU!Batman was the Batman I grew-up with. I kind of don’t want to revisit in the off chance it won't live up to my childhood memories.

Also, Animated!Batman is who I measure all Batmans by. 

As for Wonder Woman, I am ashamed to say before the movie I’ve never watched a standalone Wonder Woman movie and only saw Diana Prince from the animated!JLU, which was amazing. 

I tried the movie with Nathan Fillion and was so annoyed that I stopped watching. 

And I was too young to watch the live action Wonder Woman, which is sad, I remember watching snippets of re-runs but it was so long ago I don’t know what I thought.

So the award goes to the recent Wonder Woman movie which I love with all my heart! And I’m not all that sad that they pushed the movie back, if it takes more to make a quality Wonder Woman movie, I am all for the delay! 

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