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Aug. 9th, 2015 09:15 pmIt's early days yet, I admit, but I've been thinking about Yuletide. My nomination plans are settled-ish, though the sudden discovery of a wonderful new fandom can always happen.
Here's what I'm thinking:
Grantchester, Leonard Finch
Granchester's first series aired too late last year to be Yuletide-eligible, to my sorrow because it's my favorite new show in a long time. It's set in 1953 and features a vicar, Sidney Chambers, who stumbles into mystery-solving and finds he can't bear to stop. It's well-acted and decently written with vivid, appealing characters. Leonard is Sidney's deacon, an intellectual who has trouble connecting with people but is deeply committed to the church, and is also almost-canonically gay. (The show's gone well beyond hints, but nothing is quite confirmed yet.) I'll probably nominate Sidney and Sidney's friend Geordie Keating (a police officer) as well, but it's Leonard I plan to request.
The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock, Colonel Tick-Tock, Bob McCrumbs
This is a segment of the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast, a sort of affectionate Doctor Who parody in which the Colonel travels around doing things like saving Gilbert and Sullivan from a caveman who got caught up in a time storm and deposited in their flat. It's deeply silly and funny, yet with a thread of darkness that I like, and a thread of empathy and tenderness I like even more. The Colonel, like Leonard Finch, is almost-canonically gay, and Bob is almost-canonically his ex-lover.
There are only eleven short segments, which are listed here and available to download (legally and for free) here. You may find the first few episodes a bit difficult to love, because the segment started out heavily formulaic, but it has since evolved far beyond that.
Hyperdrive, Eduardo York
I recently re-watched Hyperdrive, a 2006-2007 science fiction comedy series starring Nick Frost, and fell in love with it all over again. It's set on board HMS Camden Lock, a ship which tends to see the less glamorous side of space travel, such as trying to convince alien governments to invest in Peterborough. Nick Frost plays bumbling but good-hearted and intermittently competent Captain Michael Henderson, and York (played brilliantly by Kevin Eldon) is his first officer, a raving militarist with a sadistic streak and a penchant for creepy cloning experiments. I adore York. He's awful, and hilarious in his awfulness, but there's a human being under all that, and show makes us see it while never pushing too far into sentimentality. The show as a whole definitely has flaws (some gross-out humor and an unpleasant streak of sexism), but there's enough good stuff to balance it out, I think.
I'm not completely totally 100% sure I'm going to nominate Hyperdrive--if we only get three nominations and something has to be replaced, Hyperdrive will be it--but I'm pretty sure.
I'll probably also request Tintin, but I'm assuming someone else will nominate it.
Anybody else have Yuletide ideas yet?
Here's what I'm thinking:
Grantchester, Leonard Finch
Granchester's first series aired too late last year to be Yuletide-eligible, to my sorrow because it's my favorite new show in a long time. It's set in 1953 and features a vicar, Sidney Chambers, who stumbles into mystery-solving and finds he can't bear to stop. It's well-acted and decently written with vivid, appealing characters. Leonard is Sidney's deacon, an intellectual who has trouble connecting with people but is deeply committed to the church, and is also almost-canonically gay. (The show's gone well beyond hints, but nothing is quite confirmed yet.) I'll probably nominate Sidney and Sidney's friend Geordie Keating (a police officer) as well, but it's Leonard I plan to request.
The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock, Colonel Tick-Tock, Bob McCrumbs
This is a segment of the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast, a sort of affectionate Doctor Who parody in which the Colonel travels around doing things like saving Gilbert and Sullivan from a caveman who got caught up in a time storm and deposited in their flat. It's deeply silly and funny, yet with a thread of darkness that I like, and a thread of empathy and tenderness I like even more. The Colonel, like Leonard Finch, is almost-canonically gay, and Bob is almost-canonically his ex-lover.
There are only eleven short segments, which are listed here and available to download (legally and for free) here. You may find the first few episodes a bit difficult to love, because the segment started out heavily formulaic, but it has since evolved far beyond that.
Hyperdrive, Eduardo York
I recently re-watched Hyperdrive, a 2006-2007 science fiction comedy series starring Nick Frost, and fell in love with it all over again. It's set on board HMS Camden Lock, a ship which tends to see the less glamorous side of space travel, such as trying to convince alien governments to invest in Peterborough. Nick Frost plays bumbling but good-hearted and intermittently competent Captain Michael Henderson, and York (played brilliantly by Kevin Eldon) is his first officer, a raving militarist with a sadistic streak and a penchant for creepy cloning experiments. I adore York. He's awful, and hilarious in his awfulness, but there's a human being under all that, and show makes us see it while never pushing too far into sentimentality. The show as a whole definitely has flaws (some gross-out humor and an unpleasant streak of sexism), but there's enough good stuff to balance it out, I think.
I'm not completely totally 100% sure I'm going to nominate Hyperdrive--if we only get three nominations and something has to be replaced, Hyperdrive will be it--but I'm pretty sure.
I'll probably also request Tintin, but I'm assuming someone else will nominate it.
Anybody else have Yuletide ideas yet?
