Fanwriting: The 2008 UFOs are here!

The 2008 Universal Fandom Awards at dotmoon.net have opened for voting, as half my f-list already knows, being nominees. I'm a nominee myself in three categories -- Fullmetal Alchemist, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (does that constitute swank?) -- but I'm up against stiff competition in all three. Since there are so many worthy entries, I urge the other half of my f-list to go forth, read and vote. (Also have a look in the Archives for previous winners, because the UFOs do seem to prize wheat above chaff.)

Review: Prince Caspian (Andrew Adamson)

I finally sat down to watch the last of my Christmas DVDs this week -- Andrew Adamson's Prince Caspian, which I must say has left me feeling quite vicariously heroic. It's a worthy attempt at turning the least dramatic of the Narnia books into drama, and I think it largely succeeds. ( Cut because there may be someone out there who hasn't watched his/her last Christmas DVD yet ... )

So, lovely cinematography, fantastic set-dressing (WETA workshop really is the Gwaith-i-Mîrdain slumming in New Zealand), decent acting, exciting action sequences, and a script that mostly holds together is good enough for me. I hope Michael Apted and Company can make at least as much, if not more, out of the picaresque that is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, my second-favorite of the Chronicles growing up, so that we can continue on and eventually get The Silver Chair and perhaps even The Horse and His Boy in the can. Oh, please ... oh, please ...