All hurt, no comfort ([info]big_pink) wrote,
@ 2009-01-29 21:57:00
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Afterschool Dazzleland
Well, I guess I'm flattered.

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[info]giandujakiss
2009-01-30 02:59 am UTC (link)
I was just thinking that!!! :-)!

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:04 am UTC (link)
How self-centred am I that I just enjoyed the whole bloody thing, eh?

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[info]gnatkip
2009-01-30 03:01 am UTC (link)
I was thinking of you the whole way through. :D

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:04 am UTC (link)
I really liked the ep, it was enough of its own thing that it was unpredictable.

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[info]tripoli8
2009-01-30 03:02 am UTC (link)
I think there were a lot of people thinking that.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:05 am UTC (link)
Did it spoil it for you? I mean, I kept laughing, but I enjoyed it thoroughly, too.

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(no subject) - [info]tripoli8, 2009-01-30 03:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_pink, 2009-01-30 03:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]minim_calibre, 2009-01-30 06:38 am UTC

[info]lemmypie
2009-01-30 03:02 am UTC (link)
If you've read Dazzleland you've been spoiled like rotten meat!

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:05 am UTC (link)
Oh, hush up, you! I think Sam had a bit of a crush on that teacher.

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[info]gottalovev
2009-01-30 03:03 am UTC (link)
where is your check? ;)

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:06 am UTC (link)
No kidding! It was so much fun, seeing what they did with it. Who the heck wrote this one?

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(no subject) - [info]gottalovev, 2009-01-30 03:33 am UTC

[info]saberivojo
2009-01-30 03:06 am UTC (link)
You should be. Dazzland it is. Damn, I love the boys at this age. It makes me want to write more fic!

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:07 am UTC (link)
Yeah, me too. I still love John, except when I hate John, and then I'm actually loving him. He's such a big influence, and I like it when he casts a long shadow.

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(no subject) - [info]bonwriter, 2009-01-30 03:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_pink, 2009-01-30 11:01 pm UTC

[info]regala_electra
2009-01-30 03:10 am UTC (link)
Hee! You should definitely be flattered. I totally thought of your fic.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:17 am UTC (link)
It was kinda thrilling, actually. I mean, I know that the story of 'going back to your old high school' is as old as, say, Welcome Back Kotter, but still. It was nice to see.

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[info]hkath
2009-01-30 03:11 am UTC (link)
HA. I was on my way to come and ask you if they'd approached you with any sort of waiver. WOW.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:18 am UTC (link)
It was fun to watch -- and to realize the storytelling limitations of an hour-long program, LOL.

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[info]aussiemel1
2009-01-30 03:14 am UTC (link)
That's it! I was watching this ep thinking 'I'm sure I've read something quite similar.' I think Dazzleland could be it.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:19 am UTC (link)
yeah, I guess high school stories are quite similar, but there were bits (goofy kid friend, knife in knapsack, English teacher recognizing Sam's potential, Sam taking on a bully, etc.) that were pretty close to what was in Dazzleland.

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(no subject) - [info]linderhill, 2009-01-30 04:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_pink, 2009-01-30 11:02 pm UTC

[info]ginnytonnick
2009-01-30 03:17 am UTC (link)
I was thinking of your story the entire time I watching that. You should obviously be writing television scripts.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:20 am UTC (link)
Nah, I'm a long fiction girl. I couldn't write a script to save my life, LOL.

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[info]lemmypie
2009-01-30 03:25 am UTC (link)
Holy cow it's crowded in here... Oh it's just Big Pink's inflated ego....... *ducks*

Edited at 2009-01-30 03:27 am UTC

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:29 am UTC (link)
It's like you're mocking me or something.

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(no subject) - [info]lemmypie, 2009-01-30 03:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_pink, 2009-01-30 03:36 am UTC
Heh.
[info]iwondery
2009-01-30 03:45 am UTC (link)
Dazzleland-LITE. Seriously? I do think someone connected to the show read your work and lifted a few things.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 03:46 am UTC (link)
Heee. I know. Flattering.

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[info]mikou
2009-01-30 03:54 am UTC (link)
I was thinking about Dazzleland too! I'm glad the body count was a little lower. I was already teary by all the childhood misery, as it was.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:03 pm UTC (link)
I know -- I'm not much for sex, but I'm a sucker for violence. We're all made different, I guess, LOL.

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(no subject) - [info]mikou, 2009-01-31 02:23 am UTC

[info]girlguidejones
2009-01-30 04:52 am UTC (link)
Hee. YES.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:03 pm UTC (link)
I KNOW. I guess they couldn't afford to set it in Niagara Falls.

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[info]riverbella
2009-01-30 04:54 am UTC (link)
It's just a good thing I have Dazzleland printed out, since I am clearly going to be reading it again this weekend! Way to be prescient.

That Colin Ford kid was awesome as Sammy. And the episode as a whole was king of wrenching. Yeah, like Dazzleland.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:04 pm UTC (link)
That kid rocked the house. COMPLETELY.

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[info]andromakhe001
2009-01-30 06:28 am UTC (link)
I think Dazzleland was MUCH, MUCH better than this. I thought this episode was boring and the characters were like caricatures. :)

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:05 pm UTC (link)
Aww, thanks. I really enjoyed it myself. I just miss John, though, so even if he's not seen in the car, I can think my happy thoughts.

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[info]elanurel
2009-01-30 06:37 am UTC (link)
You know... The thought had crossed my mind... ;)

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:06 pm UTC (link)
I just kept killing myself laughing! My god! The kid! The suicide! Sam in a fight!

They just needed the FALLS, man.

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(no subject) - [info]elanurel, 2009-01-31 07:03 pm UTC

[info]pinkfinity
2009-01-30 01:15 pm UTC (link)
Yours was more epic!


(But they probably didn't have the budget to re-create the Falls.)

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:07 pm UTC (link)
It would have been GREAT, eh? Can you imagine, them walking across the Rainbow bridge and then Toad/Barry jumping at the American Falls and...and...and...yeah. Wishful thinking, I know.

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[info]mymuseandi
2009-01-30 04:13 pm UTC (link)
That makes it 3(?) of your stories that they sort of modified? LOL Either that or you must be psychic. :)

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:08 pm UTC (link)
I still want to see Fire in the Hole, but it requires too much John. *sigh* A girl can hope, can't she?

I really enjoyed watching this one, though.

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[info]sams1ra
2009-01-30 05:28 pm UTC (link)
I dunno... I thought Dazzleland was way better.

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Thanks -- but let's remember, I had unlimited space; they had 42 minutes. Something had to give.

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[info]irismay42
2009-01-30 06:20 pm UTC (link)
I haven't seen it yet (damn!) but I did wonder whether the newer writers (it was the guys who wrote Yellow Fever, right?) have read some fan fic. I know Sera (I think it was Sera!) said the writers weren't allowed to read fan fic...just in case. But if those guys weren't SN writers until this year, who knows, they may well have read Dazzleland!

I'm looking forward to it even more now!

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:10 pm UTC (link)
I dunno -- good point! I really enjoyed it. I gather from the comments that not everyone did, but I thought it was a blast. But you know how much I love John, so anything with John is good in my books, even if he's just driving around a car.

Ahem. Excuse me. THE car.

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(no subject) - [info]irismay42, 2009-01-30 11:27 pm UTC

[info]tskterata
2009-01-30 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Did you get goosebumps watching the ep?

There must have been hundreds of fangirls thinking about you and "Dazzleland" and explaining to their freinds/lovers/husbands how Kripke must read Big_Pink. As good as the ep was, it just wasn't as good as the source material.......

I think I need to read it again now.....

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
man, I laughed the whole way through! It was like seeing one of your fics brought to living colour! I just love that kid who plays young Sam, too. Though how did we get to stunning young Dean from that ugly wee boy that normally plays him?

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[info]blackcat333_99
2009-01-30 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Definitely made me think of Dazzleland. :)

So what's that, Big bad wolf and high school is hell both in your favor. *g*

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[info]big_pink
2009-01-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
yeah, I should be getting royalties, except I'm ripping off their stuff to begin with.

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[info]may7fic
2009-02-02 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Diving in a little late but had to add that my sense of deja vu was working overtime watching this too. At times it was eerie, so the experience must have been wild for you :)

I wish I would've liked teen!Dean more - both in the writing and the acting. Brock nailed Dean in brief snippets but fell flat just as often too. I think the writing for the character let him down at times too. Wee!Sam was awesomesauce though.

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[info]big_pink
2009-02-05 12:33 am UTC (link)
Hey! There you are!

It was freakin' eerie. I fully subscribe to the notion that all stories have already been written, so it's not as though I think Kripke and co are out there cribbing fanfic, but STILL.

People seem to be rather divided on teenDean. I didn't mind him, it was just that he looked about the same age and JA, so I kept thinking why bother. Oh well, what do I know?

WeeSam is indeed, truly awesome.

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(no subject) - [info]may7fic, 2009-02-09 10:36 pm UTC
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[info]faithintheboys
2009-02-03 02:33 am UTC (link)
I'm late on this but the whole time I was watching it it felt a little like deja vu. Then I remembered. Nice!

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[info]big_pink
2009-02-05 12:30 am UTC (link)
I know, all very thrilling. I'm so unspoilt I have no idea what's going to happen next, but how much fun is a high school flashback ep, eh?

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