Fandom Promos

[galerian_ash]

Have you already decided what fandom(s) to write for? If so, how about doing some pimping? :D

We've all chosen tiny obscure canons, needless to say. So by doing a little promoting you might be able to entice someone else to give it a try — or perhaps you'll even run into a fellow fan, who can't wait to read your coming fic.

Your promo can be long or short, and contain whatever you feel like. Want to post a couple of intriguing screencaps from a movie? Quote a few paragraphs from a book? Rec the best episode of an anime or TV series? Talk about why you love your favorite character/pairing from your fandom? It's all good; anything goes!

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[sweetsorcery]

I'm hoping I'll manage to write for 2 fandoms. Both are British movies from the 1950s, as are an awful lot of my comfort movies, tbh. Everyone's always terribly noble and brave in the face of adversity back then. :)

The Trollenberg Terror (1958) (US Title: The Crawling Eye)

I stumbled on this one recently when reading about John Carpenter's The Fog from 1980. He cites this as one of his influences. It's a sci-fi/monster movie but, like most of those when made by the Brits in that era, has you doing double-takes when the "science" actually makes some kind of sense. :D
This one also has you doing double-takes at the unsubtle way an initially mysterious, nervous young Brit latches onto the slightly older hero type in authority. (He follows him to his room in their Alpine hotel immediately after his arrival and offers to help him unpack!) They're really quite adorable with each other.

Someone has been kind enough to upload this movie to YouTube: Watch The Trollenberg Terror here.

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Morning Departure (1950) (US title: Operation Disaster)
What is it with the bizarre renaming?

This is based on a real submarine sinking, so don't expect a happy ending. However, without wanting to be too spoilerish, the ending isn't the worst thing for the characters concerned and their various life on land situations, and I personally think it's all oddly snug and cosy. Plus, they face things with so much dignity and mutual support, I've found my favourite OT3 in the commander, his first officer, and a crewman who finds his courage. They're played by wonderful actors too (John Mills, Nigel Patrick, young Richard Attenborough), which helps a lot. :D

No full upload available, I'm afraid, but here's the trailer.

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