Thursday Thought Provoker
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Romance with Humor, Hope, and Happily Ever Afters
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That one is hard! I think my top choice would be Stargate SG-1 though. I think I’m most like Daniel Jackson, but I wouldn’t say no to being Samantha Carter. They kind of get the best of all the sci-fi options. Portals through space for instant transport and various space ships. Plus, humor and a great team connection is a must and they’ve got it down to perfection.
Second choice would be Lois Lane in Smallville. Tom Welling. Need I say more?
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I’m currently watching the fourth season of SG1 . . . and I have to say, so far, my favorite episode is the “Groundhog Day” one—where they get stuck in a time loop and keep repeating six or twelve hours of the same day, but only Jack and Teal’c realize it. And once Daniel mentions that they could do whatever they wanted to, without consequences, things in the episode really take off, including the big kiss between Jack and Sam.
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I know. That’s my favorite epi, too. Makes you want to go out and buy a box of Fruit Loops, doesn’t it? LOL
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LOVE that episode. Poor T’ealc getting slammed by the door over and over. Playing golf through the gate. “In the middle of my backswing!?!” Urgo is a great episode too.
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Yes! Loved Dom DeLuise in that episode!
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OMGoodness, I love “Stargate”!!! –Jack’s my favorite character from SG-1, but I kind of like “Stargate Atlantis” a bit more because I watched it from the start of the series … I’m more attached to Teyla, Dr. Keller, and the rest of them (even McKay, LOL).
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wow more SG1 fans. I have all the series and rewatch every year it seems and atlantis and while in Hawaii got SGU the first series which I still haven’t seen but will be.
I remember that episode so well.
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Oh my goodness I love that episode! First one I ever saw and I love the series. I didnt even think of that, but I would LOVE to live there!
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I would like to be in show “Merlin.” I would be a love interest for the character Merlin because so far, it does not seem like he has one. (I just started watching the beginning of season 3). I would be either an ordinary village girl who has no magic powers who loves him for who he is and not all the cool things he can do, or a princess from a far away land who is supposed to marry Arthur, but meets his servant and falls in love with him instead. (Yeah, I know that is probably not historically accurate, but hey, it’s just a show…)
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You really need to go back and watch the first two seasons. It’s SUCH a good show! (Of course, given my age, I kinda have a soft spot for Anthony Head/King Uther.)
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Kaye’s right, go watch the earlier eps, it’s a great series. I’m with you on Merlin, he’s adorkable.
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I just have to echo Kaye and April’s comments, it’s definitely worth going back and watching seasons 1 & 2 of Merlin!
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“Merlin” is my favorite series that’s still on (with new episodes). I love the banter between Merlin and Arthur! And it’s much more family friendly than some other shows on … I love the medieval/fantasy type of things so to me, it’s the perfect show. I want to make costumes for my youngest brother and sister –he likes Merlin the best and she likes Morgana (that’s why she doesn’t want to watch this season …) 😉
You can watch seasons 1 and 2 on hulu.com for free!!! I actually need to catch up on the last half of season 2 myself …
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I’d love to live in Mitford and know Father Tim and Cynthia and the rest of that gang. That area of NC is gorgeous too (it’s based on Blowing Rock). I’d like to be myself I suppose, but if I had to pick a character to become perhaps it would be Hope, who owns the bookstore, Happy Endings. I could see Hope becoming a writer. 🙂
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Lori, I love the Mitford books. I live in NC and know and have seen people just like those book characters. My neighbor could step right out of the pages of those books and the Andy Griffith Show.
I guess I would like to be Anne of Green Gables. Her life wasn’t so hunky-dory before she came to Green Gables, but Avonlea, Redmond College, Windy Poplars, Four Points, Gilbert, six children, a lighthouse, the ocean, friends, family, God…. For what more could one ask?
Kaye, did you see my posts on Wednesday’s blog post? I replied to a couple of your questions there.
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Sylvia, I’m enamored of North Carolina. I’ve never lived there, but that’s where my family took many of our summer vacations and it’s where I spent my honeymoon (Outer Banks). I’ve set one of my novels there (Asheboro area), and now my new novel starts off there (Morganton). I’ve been back to those areas for research trips, and on one I spent a little time in Blowing Rock, just because it’s the Mitford template.
The mountains of North Carolina are one of the few places I can envision living one day. But I love where I’m at too. Lots of mountains here.
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Oh, I’ve been to Asheboro lots of times, Blowing Rock once or twice and the Outer Banks once. It’s a great state to live in. You get everything. There’s the coast if you like swimming or fishing, the mountains if you like hiking/relaxing/beautiful leaves, larger cities, small towns, a little snow in winter, barbecue, sweet tea, southern accents. It’s just right. I wasn’t born here, but have lived here 25 of my almost 30 years. Hopefully, I can claim it as home.
I look forward to reading your books when they are published. Please let us all know when it happens. 🙂
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I could see that, Lori!
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hmm…. when I was a kid I always wanted to be MacGyver’s sidekick
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You could carry the duct tape for him – and I’d be right there!
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I just wanted to be the one he came home to at the end of the day.
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You are a little older than me… I started watching MacGyver when I was in 1st grade 😀 not quite the same
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It started when I was fourteen . . . but was on until I was twenty-one.
Of course, I was also in love with Templeton “Faceman” Peck on The A-Team at the same time.
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Oh my. And he was cute on Battlestar Gallactica, too. The original series. Now everyone knows I’m EVEN older!
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Regina . . . have you seen this:
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Great . . . Now I can’t stop thinking about how much I want a caramel Frappucchino.
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Ack, I feel so young? But I liked watching “MacGyver” on TVLand … then we got the DVDs … =) The original “Battlestar Galactica” is so much better than the newer one … Athena was my favorite character, but I kind of had a crush on Apollo … =P
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I think I’d maybe like to go into the world of the Chronicles of Narnia, one of my childhood favorite book series. I don’t really think I’d like to take over any of the characters life, just be a new character.
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Human or other kind of character?
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Hmm…being a Narnian would be kinda cool, but I’d probably stick with human.
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I wouldn’t mind being Lucy’s best friend. Of course then I’d be shattered when she went back to that “other place.” Hmm, okay, I know, I’d like to be the best Arkenlander friend of Aravis, from THAHB. The one who journeyed north with Shasta.
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If I were to go into the world of those books, I’d want to be whoever Peter ends up with! (Yeah, I have a thing for William Moseley. But it’s okay, he’s over 21!) 😉
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@ Lori –“The Horse and His Boy” is one of my favorite Narnia books (tied for first with “The Silver Chair”) … I’d love to be in Narnia also … =)
@ Ms. Dacus — LOL, Peter’s always been my favorite Pevensie … and I think Will’s the cutest of the guys too. =D
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I would love to be a part of the Baxter family from Karen Kingsbury’s books. They are so loving and supportive of each other. I didn’t have that close knit of a family growing up.
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I love reading/writing big families—because my immediate family was somewhat isolated from our big extended family due to my father’s being in the Army and stationed halfway across the country from the rest. Of course, now we’re all scattered across the country (mostly the eastern half, but still scattered) and we’re closer than ever due to Facebook.
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TV – Lucy Dodson on “Sue Thomas:FBEye.” She’s the “rotor,” or administrative assistant for an FBI team, so she knows what’s going on, but doesn’t have to do the dangerous stuff! Also, I would love to be a “Squintern” on “Bones.” Not Daisy, though. As much as I love Sweets, she’s just too much.
I read way too many novels to pick a character. Right now I’d like to be the main character of MY novel, because she lives at the beach!
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Teeheeheeheehee . . . I was just waiting for STFBE to come up!
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I am nothing if not predicable. 😀
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I need to hang out here more often … STFBYE was an awesome show! At the time it aired, I would have wanted to be Amanda –c’mon, wouldn’t having Sue as a mentor be great? =) But now, I’d be Tara … she’s quirky, fun, and smart!
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Easy. Rick Castle. 🙂
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Very cool. 😀
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For that loft in Manhattan if nothing else! 😉
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That would be a great role! Love Castle.
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I’d enter the world of my own books any day (well, maybe not Ransome’s Quest), but if I had to pick someone else’s fictional world, it would have to be as Lothíriel (whom Éomer married, according to the appendices) in the world of Lord of the Rings. After all, the only fan fiction I’ve ever written is the story of Éomer and Lothíriel, through and after the events that are detailed in the three books.
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Where is Lothiriel from? She sounds Elven. I have a vague memory of reading about this but don’t recall the specifics.
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She’s the daughter of Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth, who was a somewhat major secondary character in the book ROTK, but was left out of the movie version.
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I remember him. Peter Jackson said that in the original two-part Miramax script Imrahil was in the movie,but got dropped out eventually. They wanted him in there because they thought he was pretty cool, but just couldn’t make it work.
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I think it was a good decision to leave him out…in the grand scheme of the story of the films, he wasn’t an important character. But in the book—and for the setup of what happens after the book (in the appendices) he is important.
My copies of TT and ROTK are highlighted and Post-it Noted just like a college textbook from back when I was working on that fan fiction!
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Okay, I wouldn’t want her tragedy and baggage, but I always wanted to be as smooth and cool as Ms. Parker on The Pretender. She was the “bad guy” at first but ended up being conflicted and actually good at heart. Her character growth was awesome. Anyway, she always carried herself with confidence, even when she wasn’t so sure.
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Never watched The Pretender, but I love shows that give their bad-guy/girl characters that kind of depth.
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I am on a total Bones kick right now..So I would say I would want to be Dr. Brennan (but Christian) lol..
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It would be fun to be Tempie . . . if for the only reason that she gets to say whatever she’s thinking with no filters!
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Movie- pride & prejudice Elizabeth bennett to Colin Firths Darcy
Tv- Cosby Show – Claire (even though I am white)
Book – princess diaries – Mia
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That’s a very eclectic mix!
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Oooh! Forgot about that show!! LOVE it!
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I love all the other characters mentioned too! I know you didn’t ask for all three but it was fun to think up 🙂
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Eh . . . the more the … more fun! 😉
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Given the extensive e-mail discussions I’ve been having with some friends about White Collar, that would definitely be one of my choices. I’d want to be some sort of spy or agent that has a case that takes them to NYC where I’D GET TO WORK WITH NEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another choice would be to enter the world of Foyle’s War (a Masterpiece Mystery film series created by Anthony Horowitz). It takes place in WWII England, and since that’s my favorite historical time period to study it’d be perfect. I’d take being a romantic interest for Foyle, Andrew, OR Milner… 😉
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Yeah, Matthew Bomer is a cutie.
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Blue Bloods is my absolutely favorite new show, so I guess I would like to be Commissioner Frank Reagan’s love interest!!(Just in case somebody doesn’t watch, he’s played by Tom Selleck) I really love the dynamics of the family closeness! Kaye, I CAN NOT wait for RANSOME’S QUEST!!!!!
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I’ve never been able to see Tom Selleck as anything other than a doppleganger for my uncle. But I know lots of women who love Mr. ’Stache!
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For a novel, I would want to go into “Pride and Prejudice” and be Elizabeth Bennet. For a movie, I would want to go into “The Lord of the Rings” and be Eowyn.
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I never really cared much for either Eowyn or Faramir . . . until I saw the third move in the theater (opening night—it was an absolute ZOO), and saw that one, quick shot of the two of them standing there together at the coronation. They exchanged a look and my heart leapt—and I went home and pulled out my (then unread) copy of ROTK and found the chapter “The Steward and the King”:
‘I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. Eowyn, Eowyn, White Lady of Rohan, this hour I do not believe that any darkness will endure!’ And [Faramir] stooped and kissed her brow.
And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. And the Shadow departed, and the Sun was unveiled, and light leaped forth; and the waters of Anduin shone like silver. . . .
That was the first scene I looked for when my extended edition DVD arrived, and the first one I watched!
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Well, “Shelly” beat me to it! I immediately thought of the Baxter family (Karen Kingsbury series) and how I would love to be a part of a family like that! Being an “Only”……I missed out on so much!!
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You know I think I would love to be in Hornblower (not sure what character but maybe his wife) but would love to be in that era (or course it could be I really really like Ioan Gruffudd)
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Well, I’ve already commented on quite a few of the posts already here, but I’d also like to add Kale Allerion from Donita K. Paul’s “DragonKeeper Chronicles” since I came up with my username with her in mind … It’s the series that (after “Narnia” as a kid) got me into Christian Fantasy books … I guess I also would want to be Kale because of her “love interest” also … *sigh* Well, that and the fact that she cares for very cute, kitten-sized dragons, has an awesome cloak, and … I could go on and on. =)
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Ooo, good choice! I LOVE Donita’s books. Being Kale would rock.
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I would want to go into Emma and be Emma….. I love that book/movie! =)
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Col John Shepard Star Gate Atlantis. You get to fly things, shot things, blow things up (yes I know I am that shallow) and in addition to that hotness make snarky and sarcastic comments. How cool would that be
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Tony I would agree he is so cool and he gets to annoy McKay. I have to say I do love Star gate Atlantis also.
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yeah the lines between those two were great. I was so mad they cancelled that show. It had some good seasons left in it. Just because the producers wanted to be a Battle star Galatia wannabe
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I totally agree I think in many ways it was the better series. I have all on dvd and have sgu to watch (the first season) the only channel here showing it I cant get where I live. from what I can see I dont think SGU is nearly as good.
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More like “BSG”/”ST: Voyager” wannabe … I also couldn’t believe they canceled SGA so quickly … I mean, SG-1 ran for about 10 seasons –it seems unfair that SGA had to go at 5 … If they ran SGA and SGU together for a couple of seasons, I think the bad blood between the fans and producers could have been adverted and it wouldn’t have seemed like SGU was replacing SGA … kind of like what they did when SGA came out … or like how they did in the Star Trek franchise … DS9 introduced when TNG was still on the air, Voyager introduced while DS9 was still in production, etc.
Frankly, it was hard to bond with SGU characters … they all seemed to have “issues” and flaws that really … it was different from previous Stargate characters. Plus it seemed to be trying to push the boundary of the previous “Stargates” by being more “edgy” –whether with the characters lifestyles or actions … =( The mood and setting seemed to want to convey the BSG reboot (which, although I didn’t care for it, won over modern critics and many new fans, re-invigorating BSG fandom) and the constant clashes between the military and civilians, plus the fact that they were stranded together in another galaxy, having to work together to try and get back home, is similar to the “Star Trek Voyager” (Starfleet and Marquis [sp?]).
However, the only thing worse than no SGA is no Stargate as well … unfortunately, SGU is being canceled at a point where it seems like they’re finally starting to get along and beginning to work together … not a whole lot of constant clashing like season 1. If they had run SGU with SGA for a bit –just long enough to let SGU kind of “find its feet”– I think we’d be in a very different situation right now.
(In honor of my favorite SGU character, Eli Wallace, LOL.) =D
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