Lost Girl

This is a contemporary fantasy/ paranormal murder mystery kind of series that features a succubus playing a PI.

The story begins with the heroine, Bo, working at a bar. Some sleazy guy tries to give her a drugged drink, and after she shuts him down he moves on to target a young girl. Bo follows them onto an elevator, and just before the guy is about to make him move on the kid, Bo makes a move on him. She kisses him... but the kiss turns into her sucking out his life force. The kid, Kenzi, follows Bo home and becomes her accomplice throughout the series. The police track Bo down and finds out that these two police officers aren't exactly what they seem to be, and neither is she. They take her to a building and a guy tells her that she is fae, and like all of the other fae, she must choose a side to align herself with, light or dark. Bo chooses neither of these and instead strikes out on her own, with Kenzi, and ends up becoming a paranormal PI, to help people with potentially deadly problems others would just laugh off. 

The episodes usually involve some sort of unexplainable problem like a kid who disappeared, or a senseless murder, something that is unfortunate, but can be passed of as an everyday issue, it doesn't need an explanation. Bo however is hired, or somehow drawn into this situation and unlike other people, she digs a little deeper and finds out that there is something a little too fantastical about the situation to be normal, and then goes on to discover a different type of fae. Bo of course doesn't know any types of fae, not even what she herself is (until it is explained to her) because she was abandoned by her fae parents to grow up with human foster parents. Her first encounter with her abilities is when she was having her first relationship with a boy. He would up dead. As a succubus, Bo gets energy from feeding off of desire and lust, but as a beginner, she is unable to control herself, and ends up killing whoever she tries to sleep with or kiss, as humans can't take her power. 

Bo's ultimate objective is to find out who her parents were and why they abandoned her.

When I first heard of the series I didn't really want to watch it. It sounded campy and cheesy and striving to be another CSI spinoff show. When I actually got into it however I really started to enjoy it. Yes it does have it's share of cheesy lines, cheesy cheesy lines, but the story is good. A private investigator is actually a perfect occupation to introduce people who don't know about the faerie world to the different kinds of fae. A PI ignorant of the fae is even better. If you're not too comfortable with sexuality this show might make you a little uncomfortable. There isn't any showing of parts, but it's a show about a succubus, so sex will be involved. She has sex to heal herself as well as to feed, and she doesn't pay attention to little things like gender. Where I am now in the show she has two potential lovers, rivals in love if you will, and one is a man, a werewolf, and the other is a human woman. As would be expected of a show of this nature, there is also a bit of gore. The show really grows on you though. I was skeptical at first, but I'm actually really looking forward to watching the next episode.

All in all I recommend that you check it out, as it's pretty good! And informative.
http://www.showcase.ca/lostgirl/about.aspx

Here is the intro of the show.

And here is Anna Silk talking about the series.

Neverland (2011)

This is a mini-series that the SyFy network put out (the same people who made the Tin Man mini-series for those who’ve seen that. If not I recommend that you do).

Have you ever wondered who Peter Pan was before he became Peter Pan and why he can’t remember who he is? Why isn’t he like the other lost boys and more like a faerie? Who was Captain Hook before he was Captain Hook and why does hate Peter Pan so much? What is Neverland and how did they all end up there?

This series is sort of an origins series and answers all of those questions and more. The story opens in turn-of-the-century London, England. Peter and the lost boys are a gang of pickpockets, who all report to one Jimmy Hook. Certain events result in them all being mysteriously sent to a foreign land, a foreign planet. From there alliances are made, and broken. Many things are discovered, both by the characters about this new land and themselves, as well as by the audience, as they discover how and why things are as they are in Barrie’s end product.

I’ve always loved the story of Peter Pan and I have to say that I really enjoyed this mini-series. There were some slip-ups here and there (like Peter’s new sensory abilities being able to locate the smallest things, but then failing when there’s a huge spider behind him). I thought the explanations were well done and plausible and the series over all was very active and imaginative. I was captivated from the outset, the story really drew me in and kept me wanting to know more. Other than the sensory thing, the one thing I didn’t really like was how Tinker Bell and the other fairies were depicted. I thought that there were many more options that would have been more successful, with either character actors or computer graphics. I was really disappointed when I saw the fairies. On a lighter note, Smee is played by the same actor that played him in Hook.
Overall, I recommend it.
 Here’s the trailer 

You can check the SyFy page for more info http://www.syfy.com/neverland

Anna Pavlova in Dragonfly- Photos by Ira L. Hill

Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) was one of the most important ballerinas of the 20-th century. Unlike other female ballerinas of the time she were very muscular and shapely, she was very slender and fragile-looking. She was most noted for her roll in the ballet The Dying Swan, and was the first ballerina to tour the world. The following photographs were shot by Ira L. Hill . For more information on Anna Pavlova you can check out this website http://www.russianballethistory.com/annapavlovathelegend.htm


Here is a fan posted video of a Pavlova dancing a couple of minutes of The Dragonfly

Mr. and Mrs. Is The Name (1935)

This is a cute little musical short by Merrie Melodies about a couple of mermaids who find a sunken treasure ship. The two play a little, the boy doing a little Charlie Chaplin imitation, when all of a sudden an octopus kidnaps the girl and the boy must go save her! A lot of the time the mermaids walk on their fins as if they were feet rather than swim. It’s a fun little cartoon.

WWFD- What Would Fairy Do?

This is a fun little spin folder that asks the eternal question... What would fairy do? There are several actions surrounding a picture of a fairy, and after flicking the spinner, the arrow will point a an action that you can do! Or try to do anyway.

 

 http://www.mcphee.com/shop/products/What-Would-a-Fairy-Do%3F-Deluxe-Spin-Folder.html

Lila the Talking Fairy App

This is an app for your phone/ iPad/ what have you, featuring a fairy named Lila. From the looks of it there isn't that much to it. There is basically a CG fairy against a backdrop and she sings and casts spells, sometimes summoning some animals.

Here is a series of clips someone put together demonstrating some of the different things Lila does

       
You can check it out here http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/talking-lila-the-fairy/id416343455?mt=8