Spotlight on Fandoms: Dead Like Me

[actingreaper]

Dead Like Me is a Showtime original series created by Brian Fuller that ran for two seasons starting in 2003. It's the story of Georgia "George" Lass, an 18 year old college drop out with no goals and less direction in her life, other than generally just being cynical and snarky as all get out. This all changes in the first episode, when George's mother orders her to get a job, and on her very first lunch break, she is struck dead by a deorbiting toilet seat from the MIR Space Station.

And that's where it all gets started.

George quickly learns that she is not just dead, but is in fact undead, having become a Grim Reaper, destined to pull the souls of the soon to be deceased and help them move on to whatever comes next. Problem is, well, George may be dead, but she's still cynical and snarky as all get out, and she's not big on playing by the rules . . . and ends up, in her undeath, learning to get a life.

The show is a very character driven show, and after the first few episodes of explaining some of the rules to being a reaper, it's really all about the people and how they connect, or disconnect, with one another.

But that's just the bare bones basics. Want more details?

(please note that there are some spoilers in every cut section, though I've tried to keep them very minor)

( the Premise: or just what is this reaper business you're talking about? )

( the Characters: they're what really gets it all going, after all )

( Well, that's all well and good, but why should I watch? )

( random videos for fun watchinating! )

Convinced? Want more? Both seasons are available on DVD. Want more info first? Check it out on IMDb, on Wikipedia, or at the official website.

Now, go. Shoo. Let me know what you think.

Spotlight on Fandoms: The Westing Game.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!

Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers. This glittery, glassy apartment house stood along on the Lake Michigan shore five stories high. Five empty stories high.

Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The letters were signed Barney Northrup.

The delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as Barney Northrup."

( So Begins the Westing Game... )

( Only YOU have all the clues... )

( Braided Kicking Tortoise Si A Brat )

( Barney Northrup had rented one of the apartments to the wrong person. )

( You can't read my shorthand because I wrote it in Polish. )

( All quotes came from Shakespeare or the Bible. )

*frowns at above* I love this book. Insanely much. I've read it more times than I can count, and I don't think I did it justice at all.

Questions? Comments? Stock tips? Prompt me to babble! =D

Spotlight on Fandoms: Fandoms for March 25th

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

The RNG speaks! It says next week it wants Firefly, Fray and Dark Angel.

bigdamndean, cantjossme and x5_alec, please let me know if you will be able to post next Sunday.