Ultra's Fic (and Other Stuff)

...it's Superman! :)

Before I was big into Marvel, I was a Superman fan. As a kid, I watched 'Lois & Clark', as a teen/young adult, I was very into Smallville, and somewhere in there, I saw the old Chris Reeve movies and the Brandon Routh one when it was new at the time. I loved Superman. I still do, but from 2012 onwards, when I first saw 'Avengers Assemble' aka 'The Avengers' I got swallowed by the MCU and poor Supes fell by the wayside a little bit. I did do a 'Lois & Clark' rewatch last year (I think it was last year... it may have been the year before, because time flies, but whatever, it was fairly recently, in the grand scheme of things!) but I never did bother with the newer movies from the DCEU.

Then came 'Superman & Lois'. I stumbled upon Season 1 when it came to free streaming over here via the BBC. I watched it and I liked it, but somehow, I totally spaced on the fact that there was a Season 2 which would appear at some point, and it wasn't until last month that I discovered Season 3 was available that I got around to seeing 2, and then 3 as well, obviously.

I got so into this thing in Season 2! No huge spoilers, but they really leaned into Bizarro World in a big way and I found it really interesting. This show has a lot of good actors and the storylines run the gamut from silly and funny to very serious, dramatic, and even creepy. Really keeps you on your toes, but I kind of love it. I have to admit Season 3 didn't thrill me as much. I do get why they went with more 'real' storylines as well as the super stuff, but I didn't care for it in the same way. The huge cliffhanger ending also has me annoyed, because Season 4 hasn't even aired in the US yet, as far as I know, so goodness only knows when it will make it over here!

In the meantime, I got an amazing deal on the Chris Reeve Superman movies on DVD. All 4 are included, with extras, and even though I only really care about I and II, it was so cheap, I just went for it (What can I say? I'm a completionist!) and I'm looking forward to seeing them again after such a long time - it has to be more than a decade, at this point.

Here are some fics I wrote recently, but haven't got around to sharing here yet :)

This is what I wrote for intoabar

A Nerd Walks Into A Bar Dagobah
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory/Star Wars
Pairings: Sheldon & Yoda; Sheldon/Penny
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,700
Summary: Sheldon Cooper walks into a bar and meets... Yoda!

And here are the 3 fics I wrote for 90s_channel_tv_exchange

Midnight at the Lost and Found
Fandom: Quantum Leap
Pairings: Sam & Al
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,400
Summary: Sam goes looking for Al and finds him in a bar on the anniversary of the day he came home from Vietnam. That night, he makes a promise it will take five years to keep.

I'll See You In My Dreams
Fandom: Lois & Clark
Pairings: Lois/Clark
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,600
Summary: Lois has been dreaming about Clark, but she's not about to tell him that.

Caroline and the Night at Richard's Apartment
Fandom: Caroline & the City
Pairings: Caroline/Richard
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,500
Summary: Alt-ending for 'Caroline and the Perfect Record'. When Caroline shows up drunk on Richard's doorstep, wondering why she can't keep a man, he can't help but tell her how he really feels.

So, lately I've been watching new DVDs that I got for Christmas, a couple of which are really not my usual thing, and yet they were so good.

Anybody seen Breathe or Gifted? I don't usually go for films that are all drama and almost guaranteed to make me cry, especially at this time of year, and yet, I'm so glad that I asked for both of these!

Breathe is the true story of Robin Cavendish who contracted polio in the 1950s and ended up paralysed from the neck down and had to have a ventilator breathe for him for the rest of his life. He wanted to die, not seeing the point in living forever in a hospital in such a state, but his wife wouldn't give up on him and wanted him to live to see their newborn son grow up. It's such an incredible story and both Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy were amazing in it. I was openly bawling by the end, but my goodness, it was a great film and a truly incredible true story. I highly recommend it, though it's not for the feint hearted if you're squeamish about blood, people with breathing difficulties, or can't handle stuff dealing with death and/or suicide.

Then there is Gifted, which I'll admit I mostly got interested in because it starred Chris Evans of Captain America fame. In Gifted, he plays the uncle of an amazingly intelligent six year old girl and the film deals with how you handle a kid that has the kind of brain that can do the most complicated mathematical problems and yet is still, at the end of the day, just a child. There was laughter and tears throughout, but all in all, I loved it and will definitely watch it again. For all the drama, it did at least have a happy ending :)

Actually, another one for this list is Dear Eleanor. Not as much of a tear-jerker and definitely a lot funnier than the other two films I've mentioned, but it had heart. It's about two teenage girls in the early 60s driving cross country so one of them can meet Eleanor Roosevelt and it's quite the adventure. Thoroughly enjoyable, though there are moments of sadness and it does deal with death and grief as well, though most of the film is upbeat.

Now I'm done with the pile of new films, I've actually decided to head back into my boxsets. I realised in December, whilst scouting through all boxsets for festive episodes, that I don't think I've ever watched all of Lois & Clark Season 4 from beginning to end... apart from when it aired maybe? So, yeah, I've now dived into that and found I barely remember any of it at all... and mu goodness, wasn't it weird?! lol