Aw, Allyson got a shout-out from Strega in the last recap:
Angel is lurking in a coffee shop, no doubt supporting Allyson in email.
Have you ever been with a warrior woman?
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
[NAFDA] This is where we talk about the show! Anything that's aired in the US (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though -- if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.
arby - May 26, 2004 8:36:42 am PDT #1506 of 3531
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
Consuela - May 26, 2004 8:42:30 am PDT #1507 of 3531
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Angel is lurking in a coffee shop, no doubt supporting Allyson in email.
BWah!
... Does kind of make it look like Strega lurks here, doesn't it? Although the Lurkers Support Me in Email thing is all over the net, anyway.
Nutty - May 26, 2004 8:57:36 am PDT #1508 of 3531
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I liked Are You Now... because it was proof that Angel can have good hair -- in the era of Brylcreem. It's the best hair he ever had.
Also, because despite the tendency toward anvils, it was a pretty good story, with a dark twist, and I liked all the secondary characters as they spiraled into the looniness. -- I mean, I thought the lines were snappy and well-delivered, not that I actually liked the characters. So, more of a respect for the group dynamics.
Also, I can forgive rather a lot of anvillery for beautiful scenery, and that episode was beautiful.
I think the tendency in polls of "best episodes" is toward later seasons and not-controversial episodes. Why? Because it always takes a while for a fandom to get started, and people who leave a fandom aren't the ones taking polls -- how many of us started watching in S3 or S4? Of those, how many have a sentimental attachment to episodes in those seasons we acknowledge are lesser?
Also, the non-controversy thing is just -- avoidance of controversy. I always thought XF's Never Again was brilliant, but enough people hated it vocally that I'd just rather not listen to them bitch and try to find some choice that won't cause screaming. Group dynamics, again.
Scrutinizer - May 26, 2004 9:01:58 am PDT #1509 of 3531
I've lived to bury my desires,/And see my dreams corrode with rust;/Now all that left are fruitless fires/That burn my empty heart to dust.
I always thought XF's Never Again was brilliant, but enough people hated it vocally that I'd just rather not listen to them bitch and try to find some choice that won't cause screaming. Group dynamics, again.
Bwah! OBSSE or Scullyship, maybe?
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2004 9:02:53 am PDT #1510 of 3531
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Does kind of make it look like Strega lurks here, doesn't it?
Yes, it does, doesn't it. *wink, wink*
Although the Lurkers Support Me in Email thing is all over the net, anyway.
It is? This was the first place I'd heard of it. And Allyson isn't all over the net.
Well, not officially.
Nutty - May 26, 2004 9:03:52 am PDT #1511 of 3531
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dude, name your poison. I kept telling people, anyone who beats his downstairs neighbor to death with a golf club, to the happy strains of the Partridge Family, can't be all wrong. But do they listen?
I spent time on Scullyfic, but NA-hate seems to be a consistent, vocal minority in any large group of Philes.
Scrutinizer - May 26, 2004 9:07:36 am PDT #1512 of 3531
I've lived to bury my desires,/And see my dreams corrode with rust;/Now all that left are fruitless fires/That burn my empty heart to dust.
I spent time on Scullyfic, but NA-hate seems to be a consistent, vocal minority in any large group of Philes.Just the provincially-minded who didn't believe Scully would shag a guy who listened to his tattoo. Whadda they know?
P.M. Marc - May 26, 2004 9:33:54 am PDT #1513 of 3531
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
IIRC, Meara ran into a F2F of TWoPpers and yes, some of the TWoP PTB lurk here.
I could use more TLAs and FLAs, but someone would then have to shoot me.
arby - May 26, 2004 9:47:31 am PDT #1514 of 3531
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
I liked NA ok, mostly because Scully got some. Jodie Foster as the voice of the Tattoo was mildly annoying, but Scully getting her tattoo? Hawt.
XF - I truly, madly, deeply wish I had stopped watching after S5. I would say S4 but S5 had "Bad Blood" and some other good eps. But basically after DD left the show was dead to me. Of course I kept watching until the bitter, bitter end. Then I wished I could have those hours of my life back.
Katie M - May 26, 2004 9:57:37 am PDT #1515 of 3531
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The genesis of The Lurkers Support Me In E-Mail. I'm fairly sure it came off of rec.arts.sf.fandom; it was definitely Usenet, anyway.