tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45650409632942901582024-03-13T09:08:01.498-07:00Best US TV SeriesWhy we love Castle, The Mentalist, Bones, Fringe and True Blood?csgiovannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765598212809148729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565040963294290158.post-65266284532666645862011-11-08T13:02:00.000-08:002011-11-16T15:12:11.390-08:00What are the fanfictions?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Fans pay a tribute to their idols</h2>
<b>Fanfiction</b> is the term used, generally, to indicate works written by fans that are inspired by original and famous stories and characters. This fact itself is not new, just think of some stories about Sherlock Holmes or Star Trek wrote in the past. With Internet, however, the spread of fanfiction has exploded: Internet is full of websites, portals and blogs that contain this type of works, and now people are inspired by movies, manga, anime, video games and <b>TV series</b>.<br />
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What drives a fan to move from passive spectator to an author? The passion for history and characters, at first and, maybe, the love for writing. Many fans want to give his own view of history, creating new situations, before or after the official events, but always inserted into the original storyline. In other cases, the fans also enjoy creating absurd situations parodying the story. Everybody pays homage to his idols proving that history has left its mark.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdcSJkvl6JNgkeb5_COaVgdCqZGq36CYLC6q1cr1o_5gf15Wz0rl_6M6adIwIXSqPukG8gtzo25ID7AvqnXSRtyWEytjmiRvW_OyYfAJ9D07hItvVEVdzesCGF9KlCdtOWdKQc7bTNiA/s1600/fan-fiction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdcSJkvl6JNgkeb5_COaVgdCqZGq36CYLC6q1cr1o_5gf15Wz0rl_6M6adIwIXSqPukG8gtzo25ID7AvqnXSRtyWEytjmiRvW_OyYfAJ9D07hItvVEVdzesCGF9KlCdtOWdKQc7bTNiA/s200/fan-fiction.jpg" width="150" /></a>It's also a great way to "kill" the time between a season to another, without losing the excitement that the series gives to viewers: many authors, indeed, are particularly good at respecting the feature of the characters and the atmosphere of series and, at the same time, they are good to build exciting and fun situations.<br />
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Very common in the web are the fanfics about Harry Potter, Twilight, Naruto and Inuyasha. Recently there are many fanfics about TV series: Castle, The Mentalist, Supernatural, Dr. House, CSI, Bones, Glee, and many others.<br />
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One of the richest sites by type and number of stories is <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/" target="_blank"><b>fanfiction.net</b></a>: only the section TV Show has 1343 categories! Here you can read fanfics in English (mostly), but also French, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese.<br />
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An example of a <b>fanfiction site</b> "Made in Italy" is rather<b> <a href="http://www.efpfanfic.net/" target="_blank">efpfanfic.net</a></b>. A great site where the Italian writers can give vent to their passion and where there is some examples of rare skill.<br />
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Are you curious? Good reading, then!csgiovannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765598212809148729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565040963294290158.post-28540633729961547322011-11-02T08:22:00.000-07:002011-11-16T15:09:58.508-08:00The best fan videos of TV series<h2>
What are the fan's videos?</h2>
The <b>fan's videos </b>are <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">increasingly</span> <span class="hps">popular</span> <b><span class="hps">on YouTube</span></b></span> and, sometimes, are a real form of art. They are a tribute to TV drama by fans that create short videoclips with the best moment of series combined with their favorite songs.<br />
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Some of that are an inspiration for me, because they allows to review some important moments of my favorite TV series and know new music, bands and musicians who I've ever heard before.<br />
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How do they make? The most of them try to tell a story with sound effects and very impressive and evocative soundtrack, others want to create fun, someone is true masters of film editing. This is a incredible world: from Castle to Bones, from True Blood to Dexter until to my favorite... The Mentalist.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RSzxX54SJnM" width="500"></iframe>csgiovannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765598212809148729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565040963294290158.post-15842970113525112952011-10-26T14:36:00.000-07:002011-11-16T15:08:05.256-08:00The Mentalist Mania<h2>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRCUL2xsK481wKzBaO7NCvXfp9TSq0dauWQXnlPRgsSnXLoDqcYbUnqiGI_ovl2wiW0JV-IKRXJBEu2-_QeZwH7M_M00wxBUppWUpp9pHsZxuUlmKTAz9oiTfZLrw0LlAQnLal5Noxys/s1600/The-Mentalist-tv-series.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRCUL2xsK481wKzBaO7NCvXfp9TSq0dauWQXnlPRgsSnXLoDqcYbUnqiGI_ovl2wiW0JV-IKRXJBEu2-_QeZwH7M_M00wxBUppWUpp9pHsZxuUlmKTAz9oiTfZLrw0LlAQnLal5Noxys/s1600/The-Mentalist-tv-series.jpg" /></a>Why we're falling in love with Patrick Jane?</h2>
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The Mentalist was broadcasted with some difficult in Italy, suffered frequently change of schedule and networks but, in the end, even in our Country we can talk about <b>The Mentalist Mania</b>. Our passion concern <b>Patrick Jane </b>(Simon Baker), of course, the leading character of TV series. He's a consulting of the Californian Bureau of Investigation and, thanks to his powers of observation and manipulation of human behavior (he was a fraud TV psychic in the past), he's able to catch criminals with the CBI's team led by the beautiful senior agent <b>Teresa Lisbon</b> (Robin Tunney).<br />
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Patrick' success depends on his irreverent humor and scruffy charm, or probably depends on his dark side that he occasionally show us. In the end, I think that every women loves Patrick Jane and the special feeling that he has with Teresa Lisbon.<br />
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He is a modern Sherlock Holmes who, thanks to his powers of observation, finds out the culprit and undestand the right dynamics of the crime 8every time!1). He put together the pieces of the puzzle, sometimes in far-fetched ways, I admit, but with a strong sympathy, irony and suspence.<br />
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Who is Red John?</h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA10zKHGYa6P7yLULiK6LaDZQOQ4aUkRYFqd15MOG8iq7vX11ZfqNaqoJouEQdrgDurqoMEgSyWSKXMLdIzf1NmCqj2-gBNhlEV4U0yhpnKtbXfknjBYoboVd5dXY3Ov6SfaexsFJtMA/s1600/TheMentalist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA10zKHGYa6P7yLULiK6LaDZQOQ4aUkRYFqd15MOG8iq7vX11ZfqNaqoJouEQdrgDurqoMEgSyWSKXMLdIzf1NmCqj2-gBNhlEV4U0yhpnKtbXfknjBYoboVd5dXY3Ov6SfaexsFJtMA/s1600/TheMentalist.jpg" /></a>We don't forget the common thread of the story: catching Red John, the serial killer who murdered Jane's daughter and wife to punish him. A tragedy that return from time to time and allows to see different aspects of Jane and understand that there is much more than it seems. The challenge between Jane and Red John involves the audience, season after season. Everybody tries to reveal the killer's identity or preempt his intrigues.<br />
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Other Mentalist' characters reveal new sides of them: Lisbon, Cho, Rigsby and Van Pelth are not fixed figure and they showed <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">unexpected features</span></span>. This is evident in the third season (now in Italy), and we'll see what happens in The Mentalist 4, that already reached the sixth episode in US.csgiovannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765598212809148729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565040963294290158.post-74847702539124578572011-10-24T14:48:00.000-07:002011-11-16T13:29:26.713-08:00US TV series VS Italian TV drama<div lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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Why Castle and Patrick Jane beat Don Matteo and Cesaroni</h2>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4565040963294290158" name="result_box"></a><span lang="en-US">Maybe because I grew up with milk and "<i>Fame</i>" or because I don't empathize with the Cesaroni's stereotypes, but the more I'm get to know <b>US TV Series</b> the more I'm realize that they are hundreds of steps ahead of us.<br /><br />Now that I can enjoy them in their original language, a comparison with<b>Italian TV drama</b> is even more unforgiving. But whose fault is it?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JP1ARzuvl1RWSy6xvn33sSGkeiaFSZbSnNA3Lhovb_XkxNv5qYsjVu88ow4VCVFXauoT_hW2KS4sD0NvBBlVQHkxZYSzcRJEGpDTQtvJKlyzGArzm5MOmmDtGH2xe40rAsR23kM4efs/s1600/Simon-Baker-the-mentalist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JP1ARzuvl1RWSy6xvn33sSGkeiaFSZbSnNA3Lhovb_XkxNv5qYsjVu88ow4VCVFXauoT_hW2KS4sD0NvBBlVQHkxZYSzcRJEGpDTQtvJKlyzGArzm5MOmmDtGH2xe40rAsR23kM4efs/s320/Simon-Baker-the-mentalist.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="en-US">In my opinion, above all, this situation depends on <b>Italian authors</b>. Depends on creative laziness at firstly, which leads them to copy the <b>US format </b>and adapt fot Italian audience (take RIS that it's
which is </span><span lang="en-US"> the Italian</span><span lang="en-US"> version of CSI), and, I think, on their inability to create great
characters who are able to capture the audience and, in a sense, make
them fall in love.</span><br />
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You can argue with me saying that there are many very popular and successful <b>TV series</b> in <b>Italy</b>, but how many of them have characters so "charming and uniques" that they earn people's hearts? Which of<b> Italian characters</b>
unleashed the viewers' passion, discussions on forums, or the birth
of fan fiction (sites where fans write alternative stories about their
favorite television series)? I'm not saying that the all<b> Italian drama</b> are trash: some examples of great TV drama like "Commissario Montalbano" exist, but never the less there is so much to be done.<br />
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can explain to me why the Italian police or Carabinieri are not able to
investigate by themselves? Why must they always be assisted by priests,
parents, brothers, cousins, children or dogs? Or why the police chief
must always be a little clumsy with women, or, conversely, <i>"beautiful and damned</i>"?<br />
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The fault, however, is not only of the authors. Even the <b>actors </b>contribute to this situation. I am not referring to Milena Miconi or Manuela Arcuri - I
don't think of them as actresses - but referr instead to those who should
real actors!<br />
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<b>US actors</b> have a feature that
always leaves me open-mouthed: this is their ability to get into the
character, wether it be Patrick Jane (The Mentalist) or the vampire Bill (True
Blood), and drag me into the story 100%. They perform so well
that they change how they speak, the tone of their voice, so when you
hear them talk during the interviews, they are completely different
compared with their characters.<br />
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I've always thought that when Lino Banfi or Giorgio Scarpati are
speaking in an interview, I'm really hearing “Nonno Libero”or “Lele
Martini” (their characthers on "A Doctor in the family")!<br />
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<br />What can I say? I love characters like Patrick Jane (The Mentalist) and
Walter Bishop (Fringe) and I would love if it, instead of simply copying
ideas, Italian authors learned the tricks of the <b>US TV series</b> to create unforgettable and incredible stories.</span></div>
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