Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

[kungfuwaynewho]

For some reason I got it into my head that I couldn't post until I had finished my edit of Part One, because to do otherwise would somehow admit defeat?  I didn't think of this literally or articulate it to myself, but every time I thought of a post, I would think, "no, I'll be done with the edit soon, I'll post then."

I am actually done with the edit now!  I ended up feeling that I needed an epilogue of sorts, instead wrote a full chapter, and had to go over that enough that I felt it was as polished as the rest of Part One.  But it is, in fact, done now.

(Of course, not posting has nothing to do with why I haven't been reading my flist.  I get the weirdest social media-related anxiety and issues sometimes, I don't even know.)

One of the major things that stalled my progress was the absolute glut of video games I either received or purchased for myself around Christmas.  I hadn't really been playing games much the last few years, and I'd forgotten what it was like to come home from work (or, in earlier years, school) and just sit down and play Civ for like five hours straight.  (What is it like?  It's great, except you start feeling like you haven't showered in a week, even if you did, in fact, just shower.)  I think I've gotten it out of my system, but for about three weeks there, I wasn't doing a whole lot else.  It was kind of sad.

Randomly this last week I have found myself actively missing fandom, specifically B5 fandom circa-2010, and landcomms, specifically scifiland, a whole lot.  I've been saying for over a year now that I was going to make a new fun B5 comm that was going to be like half-meta, half-landcomm, and I've never gotten around to it, so it's hard to whine about there not being anything going on when I'm not even attempting to be active myself.  But 2010-2011 was like a great period of time fandom-wise and I really miss it.  :(

And here is my favorite gif from the last month:

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[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Yes! Something casual and fun, coffee shop rather than sit-down. Deep thoughts only if they occur. I could put those darn scriptbooks to work and put up a comment from them for each episode, I suppose. Drive-By B5 Re-Watch!

It's funny I'm doing okay with the X-Files (although with big gaps) and Fringe (R and I are watching together so REALLY big gaps). I think it's the darn DVDs. Binge-watching is so much more fun on Netflix. Have you seen the #FreeBabylon5 people on whatever media they are on (Facebook I know and maybe Twitter given the hashtag)? I want my streamed B5!

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I don't really mind DVDs when I'm watching at home, but having stuff on Netflix is nice when it comes to watching at work, or when I'm stuck somewhere boring. I tend not to watch more than 2-3 eps in a row even if I am binging, so switching discs isn't that much of a pain.

I'd like B5 up on Netflix just to make it easier for more people to watch it, though. It's so nice when recommending a show to just say, "and it's on Netflix!" than to be like, "well, see if your library has it on DVD?" It's a big commitment to buy something sight-unseen, even if the person who rec'd it is trustworthy in that sense, and trying to find a show, even a fairly mainstream show, can be a pain. Stupid studios and their stupid rights issues.

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Well it is, or was, on the Netflix DVD service cause that's how I originally watched it. Though fewer and fewer people use that service. I dropped it myself last year. But the thing that really chaps my ass is that the brief period of time it was streaming on Netflix I compared the two and theirs was a better print/copy/resolution/whatever the appropriate technical term is than my DVDs! It really was nicer to watch (although at times better copy meant 'can see how really cheesy primitive CGI was').

Warner yanked the rights from Netflix, saying they were going to put it out themselves. Then they put Season 1 on their website....and....that was it. Now Warner has a new subscription service out, but B5 isn't in the line-up as of yet. I can't see this working for the studios. Who wants to pay multiple subscription services when there may only be one show each service you really want?? I mean, I have two services and resent it :)It's the cable tv model all over again.

With DVDs there's more of a sit down and pull out the discs thing, it's more planned. I'm stuck with the big TV or my laptop. I watch a LOT of Netflix on my Nook. I watch while cooking, I watch while working out, I watch in bed.

Who doesn't want John Sheridan in bed?

Ahem. In any case if it's a scheduled or sort of scheduled re-watch I'll reserve my spot on the big TV. I've been thinking of buying the whole shebang on Google Play, cause I think their cloud will outlast me, and I can stream off multiple devices. I think. I've also been toying with the idea of buying myself a few episodes, just so I can have them. At $2/pop I figure I can buy 10 or 20. It's an interesting mind game, which ones to buy...

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I didn't know the Netflix versions were higher quality! That does kind of blow, in that case.

I didn't even know Warner had a subscription service, which goes to show how well that works. Ugh.

Honestly, it has not occurred to me until right now to buy episodes on Google Play. I might have to investigate that...

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

They certainly seemed to be better quality. To me at least.

WB Archive just started. I looked at their 'Sci-Fi' section and found George Reeve as Superman and some show with a teenage werewolf that wasn't Teen Wolf. Which I've never watched but at least has a fandom.

$1.99/episode or $39.99 a season from Google Play. I'd buy the Nook versions but B&N is on their way out. I'll still have a cheap Android tablet if they die but who knows what happens to their cloud. *sigh*

I re-watched Severed Dreams, Ceremonies and Sic Transit Vir today for a story I'm incubating. Based on a country music song so you can imagine. :)
Still a great show. John still handsome, Delenn still pretty. Londo very, very funny with the bugs.