Niko

Well, I think MediaWest is a bit of a bust for me.

( Cut for gratuitous whining )



On a more meta-y, less whiny note: One thing I found interesting/frustrating is how dismissive some folks seemed to be of the fandom presence on LiveJournal.  I can't say I've ever been thrilled with how decentralized and loosey-goosey LJ allows fandom to be, and I always look back at the heyday of The Sentinel as an ideal fannish situation - *ONE* primary discussion list, *ONE* primary fic-posting list, and *everything* posted to the fic list automatically gets grabbed for a single comprehensive archive (on the gen side, anyway... I think TS's slash fandom had a similar situation with 852 Prospect).  And yes, I've certainly thought about nagging LJ-writers to put their stuff up on Blackraptor, because the 'single comprehensive archive' thing, in particular, is pretty attractive to me.

But I feel like to ignore LJ at this point is just cutting off your nose to spite your face.  Especially knowing how abso-freaking-lutely *AMAZING* the Mag7 community here is, I can't imagine missing out just because I have qualms about the format or whatever.  There were a couple times where something on LJ was mentioned, and there were at least a few people in each panel where you could practically hear their eye-rolls.  *eye-roll*  ;)

From fannish5:
What 5 series would you resurrect if you could?

I'm blithely ignoring issues of actors having aged or moved on. 

1.  Weiss Side B
No contest.  The way this manga puttered out and then got dropped with barely a whimper of closure is going to stick in my craw for a good long while.  There were so many things I was *hoping* to see that may not have happened, but now it will forever feel like that longed-for arc was *just* around the corner, if only...    I'm left without any epic reunion arc (even a temporary one) with Yohji and Omi coming to the forefront.  No reveal that everything was some grand conspiracy by Rosenkreuz.   Barely a dent in the whole Interleukin-whatever plot that was the whole *point* of the series.  No big flashback to "Side A".  Argh! Not fair.

2.  Magnificent Seven
Obvious choice is obvious.

3.  Gabriel Knight
Who ends a *video game* series on a cliffhanger?  Seriously.  Despite having only three games to their names, Gabe and Grace and the whole schattenjaeger mythos are so amazing, I'd give anything to go back to that well one more time for some closure.

4.  Moon Over Miami
Gotta stick a wildcard in here.  No one else has even heard of this show, I'm sure.  It starred Billy Campbell (*swoon*) and Ally Walker as a bickering-detective duo a la Moonlighting or Remington Steele.  The episodes that managed to air were definitely rough around the edges, but the chemistry between the two leads was faboo, and the show had this jazzy quirkiness all its own.  It's always the first show I think of when talk turns to late, lamented shows that never got off the ground.  So, I'd just *have* to use my godlike powers to revisit it if I could.

5.  Firefly
It was actually a toss-up between this and Earth 2, but E2 would've been a nostalgia pick, and I already covered that in #4.  There's no question that Firefly deserved a longer life.

Runner-Up:  SG:A.  I can't say the show ever made it to must-see-TV status for me, but the cast and characters are some of the most likeable and just plain fun-to-watch out there.  They got shafted.