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Mini movie marathon + unwritten SGA story
Oct. 3rd, 2015 05:12 pmQuiet, chilly Saturday afternoon. A nice break from the last while and the next while.
I have been watching or rewatching a few movies in conjunction with the posting of the nominations list for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
festivids. Last night I tried Automata with Antonio Banderas and a bunch of robots; turned out to be (unintentionally) hilariously grimdark. Today featured something unmentionable because it's likely going to become a treat, followed by the 1980 film version of Ursula LeGuin's dream-shaping novel, The Lathe of Heaven, which remains clever and creepy and absurd, and now the wholesome pleasure of A Simple Twist of Fate, which I thought I'd nominated but in fact did not, probably due to mobile interface glitches (read: user error) while in Florida, alas.
Once upon a time, I planned to write an SGA AU of A Simple Twist of Fate. John Sheppard was going to be Steve Martin's Silas Marner character, a loner, a bit of a miser, grieving for the family he'd almost had, spending long autumnal hours in the wood shop making furniture, coming slowly back to life when a child (probably Ford's) appeared at his home one winter's night. Rodney would have been the Catherine O'Hara neighbor with the kid.
What stopped that story from being written was that I didn't think I could create the right atmosphere. Plus it would have been a longer story than I'd attempted in years. Two factors that added up to insurmountable intimidation. I still don't think I could do it justice.
Do sometimes think about it, though, even now. Including how the casting would change now that people celebrate pairings besides McKay/Sheppard. Would Ronon be the neighbor instead? Or the main character? Who embodies the right combination of dislikability, political ambition and sympathy to play the custody rival? Woolsey? Teyla, to make sure everyone on the main team has a major role and to hammer home the point that the character isn't a villain?
/idle musings
ETA: Ah, got it: John and Teyla are the Newlands (Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney), Ronon is the adoptive father, Rodney is the neighbor, and they solve the custody problem with polyamory!
I have been watching or rewatching a few movies in conjunction with the posting of the nominations list for
festivids. Last night I tried Automata with Antonio Banderas and a bunch of robots; turned out to be (unintentionally) hilariously grimdark. Today featured something unmentionable because it's likely going to become a treat, followed by the 1980 film version of Ursula LeGuin's dream-shaping novel, The Lathe of Heaven, which remains clever and creepy and absurd, and now the wholesome pleasure of A Simple Twist of Fate, which I thought I'd nominated but in fact did not, probably due to mobile interface glitches (read: user error) while in Florida, alas.Once upon a time, I planned to write an SGA AU of A Simple Twist of Fate. John Sheppard was going to be Steve Martin's Silas Marner character, a loner, a bit of a miser, grieving for the family he'd almost had, spending long autumnal hours in the wood shop making furniture, coming slowly back to life when a child (probably Ford's) appeared at his home one winter's night. Rodney would have been the Catherine O'Hara neighbor with the kid.
What stopped that story from being written was that I didn't think I could create the right atmosphere. Plus it would have been a longer story than I'd attempted in years. Two factors that added up to insurmountable intimidation. I still don't think I could do it justice.
Do sometimes think about it, though, even now. Including how the casting would change now that people celebrate pairings besides McKay/Sheppard. Would Ronon be the neighbor instead? Or the main character? Who embodies the right combination of dislikability, political ambition and sympathy to play the custody rival? Woolsey? Teyla, to make sure everyone on the main team has a major role and to hammer home the point that the character isn't a villain?
/idle musings
ETA: Ah, got it: John and Teyla are the Newlands (Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney), Ronon is the adoptive father, Rodney is the neighbor, and they solve the custody problem with polyamory!
