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Use my SPACE NAME! ([personal profile] webbgirl) wrote2008-07-10 11:17 pm

Ooo...YAY!

I think [livejournal.com profile] rainfletcher might be the only one on my flist who will be interested in this, but I'm so very excited by this story in the Hollywood Reporter!

Elves Gather at Warners

For years and years there has been talk of an ElfQuest movie but it never came to fruition. It'll be interesting to see if this one actually makes it through the process. I'm also curious as to whether it'll be live action or animation. There are pluses and minuses to both. For those of you on my flist who read comic books, I HIGHLY recommend ElfQuest. Especially the original Quest. They're not easy to get your hands on these days, but the color versions are best. If you don't mind reading them online, the official site has been uploading the issues over the past year in celebration of the 30th anniversary.

I've been meaning to make some EQ icons for awhile and this just reminds me I haven't done that yet. I'll use Nightcrawler since Petalwing from EQ made a guest appearance in my favorite Uncanny X-Men.
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[identity profile] webbgirl.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I got into ElfQuest and the X-books about the same time (within a couple of months of each other) so they were totally my gateway drug.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high about the movie, but I am excited about the possibilities.

I knew nothing of slash or the concept back when I was reading the books. I just knew that I thought Strongbow and Skywise were both cute *g*. I have seen the net arguments regarding Cutter and Skywise and I know that Richard Pini has stated that yes they have, but I agree with you that it's not really important in the course of the stories.

I've made minor attempts to look for fic and other fannish stuff, but I always end up scared that the batshit quotient might be somewhat high. Plus the majority of the fics that I've seen have taken place post-Original Quest. While I do enjoy some of the later titles, some just plain sucked.

I know that ElfQuest was probably my first media exposure to alternate sexuality and lifestyles. It's a good thing that my mom never wanted to preview the books before we read them. Otherwise once #17 came out, I never would have gotten any further.

I will definitely post any news that I find out during CC. I'm planning on specifically looking for EQ stuff while I'm there so I'll take lots of pics when appropriate and share the info.