I love the idea of Abrams poaching Mutant Enemy for talent as soon as the axe fell. "Hey little boy, would you like a piece of candystorywriting responsibility on an angsty genre-crossing drama airing on network TV? With an obsessed internet-savvy fanbase?"
Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.
'Dirty Girls'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 12, 2004 1:18:19 pm PST #2681 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
victor infante - Dec 12, 2004 1:20:21 pm PST #2682 of 3531
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Smart man, that Abrams.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2004 2:35:01 pm PST #2683 of 3531
brillig
The lost storyline I mourn most is the robotic Watchers that led to Wes shooting "Dad." Who were they? What were they doing? How is Wes' Dad involved?
Curse you, WB. Curse you.
Vonnie K - Dec 12, 2004 4:59:02 pm PST #2684 of 3531
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
OK, I'm rewatching "To Shanshu in L.A." (it's been a loooong while since I watched it last) because I was talking about it earlier elsewhere, and Wesley looks absolutely *scrumptious* in it. He's all angsted out about the prophecy, with furrowed brows and 5 o'clock shadows and hair sticking up and looking damn near S3-worthy scruffy. I had no idea. Yumm.
Beverly - Dec 12, 2004 10:40:19 pm PST #2685 of 3531
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yes, he was yummy. It just serves to point out how good an actor he is with clumsy, geeky S1 Wesley. You'd think he was made for an interminable run in The Importance of Being Earnest. And then he comes on with the scruff and the shadow and the angst and the rrrowrrr.
Why do I have the feeling that AD is probably closer to geek-Wesley?
Kathy A - Dec 13, 2004 2:37:47 am PST #2686 of 3531
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love the idea of Abrams poaching Mutant Enemy for talent as soon as the axe fell.
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 13, 2004 5:48:58 am PST #2687 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
Last episode was a worthy effort on multiple fronts, but I don't think Smallville has to worry about serious challenges to its title as yet. I suspect Abrams tempted them with twisty-turny plots and the prospect of a high body count.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2004 6:32:12 am PST #2688 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Smallville's under siege from OC. Not from Lost, not yet.
DCJensen - Dec 13, 2004 6:39:16 am PST #2689 of 3531
All is well that ends in pizza.
Smallville's under siege from OC.
Now there is a crossover stunt waiting to happen...
Kate P. - Dec 13, 2004 7:13:54 am PST #2690 of 3531
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We're borrowing the S2 DVDs from a friend, and I was marveling last night at how different Wesley is from S1/early S2 to late S3/early S4, and yet how wholly believable and organic the change was. AD really did amazing work with that character.