Rachel's Dream..

Watched an interesting short film called Rachel's Dream, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Beckinsale - and just in case those two aren't attractive enough, throw in the utterly beautiful Anna Patrick.

The story was very simple but surprisingly meaty, reminiscent of Blade Runner, which it makes tribute to. In a near-future distopia, a beautiful girl named Rachel dreams of an archetypcal farmer, played by Christopher Eccleston, and the dream is conjured into reality with special effects that reminded me of the quickenings in Highlander and the teleportation in the Terminator movies. The farmer-savior attacks the poisonous pesticides of the powerful agricultural corporation. When the wealthy owner of the corportion sexually harrasses Rachel at a costume party, she is rescued by the farmer. She begs him to save her world and he tells her she must save her own world.

Subtle? No. But lovely to watch, and nicely stated.

And my goodness, Eccleston is great to watch.

Fannish 5: Pets...

From fannish5 for Oct. 5: What are your five favorite pets or animals, in any fandom(s)?

1. Kiki, from the Adventure series by Enid Blyton. I see by looking at wikipedia that Kiki was a cockatoo. I remembered her (him?) as being a parrot.


2. Proty, from The Legion of Super-Heros. Chameleon Boy's pet.


3. Dexter the lovebird in Cagebird by Karin Lowachee


4. Lockheed, the dragon belonging to Kitty Pryde in X-Men comics.


5. Inevitably, K-9 from Doctor Who, whom I have only seen in "School Reunion" - though he did have a brief and elusive moment in the first of the The Sarah Jane Adventures. I expected K-9 to be embarrassingly appalling. Instead he won my heart.