As Well She Might.
Feb. 3rd, 2010 01:25 pmTo go under the heading of 'unfortunate things to happen in the midst of writing': suddenly becoming confused into envisioning the 'Charlie' in your Charlie Brooker/David Mitchell fic as Charlie Swan of Twilight.
Charlie Swan/David Mitchell: probably not true love. I love Charlie, particularly in the films, and I love Mitchell, but I do not think they would be terribly compatible. Still, Twilight might have been a better book had it been about the brief and ill-advised relationship of Charlie Swan and David Mitchell, whilst some stuff to do with vampires or something quietly goes on in the background. Eventually, Bella discovers that her father's girlfriend is a boyfriend and Charlie discovers that his daughter's boyfriend is a vampire, and the former revelation is inexplicably treated as the more surprising.
...and now I want to crack up, because my mind has just reminded me that Bella Swan is a fairly misanthropic soul, and so naturally my instinct is to consider replacing her with my favourite misanthrope of the moment. I do not think Charlie Brooker would thank me for the comparison, but having him as the protagonist of Twilight would be amazing. I'm not sure what would happen in this revised version of Twilight, as the love of Bella and Edward was sort of the entire plot of the original and I have no doubt that Charlie Brooker would despise Edward Cullen, but I would purchase several copies anyway.
Here are a couple of fascinating clips from Screenwipe: on the many obstacles to be overcome in making television programmes, and on the manipulative editing of 'reality' TV.
I'd quite like to see whether I can get away with showing the latter clip in my 'Discourse in Public Life' seminar (we're discussing media discourse at the moment), but the last few seconds might make that slightly embarrassing, although I suppose I could stop it before that. (I do love that Brooker himself is appalled by what he's just said. I love it when they keep in things that have gone a bit wrong. His 'I can't say that!' made me jump immediately from 'what did he just say?' to 'asdfadhfgjfhgh he is adorable'.)
I do hope my entries of late haven't been too alienating for the non-British amongst you. As an apology, have this clip, which speaks the universal language of 'adorable baby pandas going down a slide'.
Charlie Swan/David Mitchell: probably not true love. I love Charlie, particularly in the films, and I love Mitchell, but I do not think they would be terribly compatible. Still, Twilight might have been a better book had it been about the brief and ill-advised relationship of Charlie Swan and David Mitchell, whilst some stuff to do with vampires or something quietly goes on in the background. Eventually, Bella discovers that her father's girlfriend is a boyfriend and Charlie discovers that his daughter's boyfriend is a vampire, and the former revelation is inexplicably treated as the more surprising.
...and now I want to crack up, because my mind has just reminded me that Bella Swan is a fairly misanthropic soul, and so naturally my instinct is to consider replacing her with my favourite misanthrope of the moment. I do not think Charlie Brooker would thank me for the comparison, but having him as the protagonist of Twilight would be amazing. I'm not sure what would happen in this revised version of Twilight, as the love of Bella and Edward was sort of the entire plot of the original and I have no doubt that Charlie Brooker would despise Edward Cullen, but I would purchase several copies anyway.
Here are a couple of fascinating clips from Screenwipe: on the many obstacles to be overcome in making television programmes, and on the manipulative editing of 'reality' TV.
I'd quite like to see whether I can get away with showing the latter clip in my 'Discourse in Public Life' seminar (we're discussing media discourse at the moment), but the last few seconds might make that slightly embarrassing, although I suppose I could stop it before that. (I do love that Brooker himself is appalled by what he's just said. I love it when they keep in things that have gone a bit wrong. His 'I can't say that!' made me jump immediately from 'what did he just say?' to 'asdfadhfgjfhgh he is adorable'.)
I do hope my entries of late haven't been too alienating for the non-British amongst you. As an apology, have this clip, which speaks the universal language of 'adorable baby pandas going down a slide'.
