Dreamwidth and all that

[lesbiassparrow]

Hmm. It seems a bunch of people are hopping over to dreamwidth. I have an account there, but, to be honest, keeping up with two journalling sites is beyond me. And, despite LJs constant fuckwittery, I prefer it over here. Unless all my flist vanishes - and even then - I can't see myself having the energy to move anywhere. And I have a strong suspicion that DW will not quite prove to be the fannish nirvana that everyone anticipates. Though if it is, well done there.

Basically, I guess, that while I don't like LJs mistakes, I don't really expect any blogging sites to act any different if they get large enough and want to turn a profit. And years of reading fandom wank doesn't exactly make me believe that fans running anything is automatically a good thing.

But more importantly: I am doing a rewatch of Robin of Sherwood and it is awesomely good as ever. I think I might buy the Blu-rays whenever they come out. RUNNING THROUGH THE GREENWOOD IN HIGH DEF. HOW AWESOME WILL THAT BE? Plus exciting dry ice will be even better in Blu-Ray. I AM SURE OF IT. Um, I may have bought a set of the novelizations which were going cheap.

In conclusion: Robin! The Hooded Man!

Comments

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

I hope they don't bring out the Robin of Sherwood Blu-rays for a long time because I only got the DVD's last year and I still have the VHS box sets upstairs! Not sure how I'd rationalise getting the same show in a new format - eh, I'd manage somehow.

I have the novelisations as well. I got them back in the day when the show was on. They're still in good nick. I also have a Robin of Sherwood role playing book where you are Robin, you throw the dice when it says so as you go through the adventure and it decides what options you take and basically if you suceed or not. Basically I kept the Movie/TV tie-in industry afloat during the 1980's.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I cannot wait for the novelisations. I don't care how awful they are or how well I know the stories.

I was going to get the new versions of the DVDs but I am super excited that now I have a much better reason to add to Kit Carpenter's bank balance.