_jems_ (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _jems_) wrote,@ 2007-08-03 16:03:00 |
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My (by now) regular Oh, LJ, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! update
So, LJ is once again pissing off the Harry Potter fandom. And if you want to target a fandom, lord knows that's the one that's going to get you the least amount of attention and trouble. /sarcasm
Last time, I really didn't think they would enforce their newly updated rules unless they were backed into a corner, but I was wrong. I think it's pretty obvious that they're cleaning up their site in order to make it look more appealing to investors/buyers.
So, with this in mind, I've decided that I'm going to start cross-posting to my InsaneJournal, which I prefer for completely superficial reasons. Namely that I've fixed it up with a layout, I like the default comment pages better than the GJ version and I've been keeping my icons up-to-date with what I have on LJ.
Also? I purchased a permanent account, which was only a few bucks more than a year's paid account on LJ, figuring it would be a good place to do just this: keep a backup of my journal.
And also? I have 300 userpics, which can be up to 100 kB each. All those animated icons that always ended up looking like crap after they'd been LJ-ifyed? I could actually use the majority of them on IJ - the way they were intended to look. If I cared enough to go back and find them and resave them all. But future animations will definitely be made in different versions.
I've got a problem, though. I'm a moron and can't figure out how to add another user to Semagic. I know how to change the server setting so I can access IJ, but I don't know how to add it as a separate account. I'm assuming this can be done? I guess it wouldn't be a hardship to do it manually considering how rarely I post, but I'd really like to have it automated if possible.
As for fan-run journaling sites, I like the idea on principle, because I think you pretty much have to be in fandom to get it. However, some of what we do here isn't strictly speaking legal, and I'd hate to subject a fan-run site to that kind of exposure. So a fan-run site could never be as all-encompassing as LJ is. And since I'm inherently lazy, I'd prefer to have everything in the same place.
I've watched a lot of TV. Mostly just general impressions of
Bionic Woman
I can see why they're reworking the show so thoroughly, it really isn't very good. I did like the lead in that I think she inhabits the role as well as can be expected. I'm just not sure I want to watch it.
Sarah Connor Chronicles
I liked it. I mean, it's not great TV, but it's entertaining TV that'll keep me watching for probably a whole season. The concept might get tired after a while, but it all depends on how much they're willing to work on it.
Also, it looked good. Apart from Pushing Daisies, which belongs in a category all its own, visually, I've felt that most of TV fare lately has looked pretty boring, and, in places, amateurish. This may be due to the quality of video files, but so far the shows I've had issues with are: Chuck (better than most, but still on the dull side), Reaper, Mad Men (could have been awesome-looking. Wasn't.) and even Damages. Speaking of...
Damages
Okay, I really like this. The opening sequence, with Ellen all bloody in the streets and then at the police station? Preeeetty! I wanted to make icons before I even knew what the hell was going on. However, in episode 2 there was this scene on the street that looked like it had been filmed with a camcorder, and it completely took me out of the action because it looked bad. I hope that never happens again.
Love Patty, Glenn Close gives good bitch. Ellen was well cast. There's a vulnerability to the actress, and in the future scenes you can sense a hardened edge that's not really apparent in the flashback scenes, but it gives you an indication that she has it in her. Ted Danson skeeves me out, but then again, I imagine he's supposed to here.
Jane Hall
Whoever mentioned that the show got bad in the second half of season 1? You were absolutely right. What a steaming pile of crap! Remind me to never watch that show again. If it's even coming back. I can't imagine why anyone would greenlight it for a second season, but network decisions never fail to baffle me.