ita, yes, that wasn't a good way to go with the character. I can sort of see why they couldn't have Boomer be sure she was a Cylon at that point; but Baltar's motives for not revealing the test result to anyone else need more clarification. At the very least, some more conflict over it. I'm not sure where Baltar can go, or where they think he's going, anyway-- except 'crazy'. I have a sneaking feeling that Baltar's backstory may be a thing I missed out on by missing the miniseries, though I haven't yet done the research that would prove that, partly because I want to stay unspoiled-- they have to repeat it fairly soon, and I hope to catch up then.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 07, 2005 5:32:57 am PST #3047 of 3531
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
JohnSweden - Jan 07, 2005 5:34:14 am PST #3048 of 3531
I can't even.
My favorite overall hour in the ME-verse, at least as of this morning, is probably "The Wish."
Wow, I'm not alone in my total freakitude, well for at least a morning.
t high-fives Lyra Jane
I loves the mythmaking.
Kate P. - Jan 07, 2005 6:22:36 am PST #3049 of 3531
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
But, I Tivoed I Will Remember You, and I think that it may have been my favorite Angel ep ever. Not sure if it's my favorite ME verse.
Huh. I liked IWRY well enough when it aired, but on rewatch, it lost almost all of its charm for me.
Favorite Angel episode? "Smile Time" is up there, as is "Spin the Bottle" (I dig the funny eps, especially when they also bring the pain in new and interesting ways). Or maybe "To Shanshu in L.A." I missed "Numero Cinco" when it aired and haven't gotten the S5 DVDs yet, so I can't comment.
I can't even think about best Jossverse episode.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2005 6:28:58 am PST #3050 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
OMG, the scene in you library -- "Read your books! Tell me my fortune! I'm 16 years old. I don't want to die." *sniff*
Oh, that was sooooo good. (Though I actually think her plaintive "They say how he's gonna kill me? Do you think it'll hurt?" was even more powerful.) That episode had what I consider the best performances of SMG's and Alyson Hannigan's careers to date, and everyone else was great in it as well.
Vortex - Jan 07, 2005 6:29:15 am PST #3051 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Huh. I liked IWRY well enough when it aired, but on rewatch, it lost almost all of its charm for me.
I just remember seeing Buffy touch Angel's chest and saying, softly "I felt your heart beat", and I lost it. Course, it's a hyooge 'shipper ep. BUFFYNANGLE4EVAH!!1!!!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 07, 2005 7:15:13 am PST #3052 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, I don't like to think of Firefly as completely dead yet, which the bullet in the head metaphor suggests. But it's like that.
You've never seen KILL BILL, I take it then.
libkitty - Jan 07, 2005 1:29:09 pm PST #3053 of 3531
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Firefly's calls were stopped by an alien power, not Firefly himself.
This was close to what I was going to say, except I was going to phrase it as "Firefly didn't stop calling - somebody put a bullet in his head".
I really am looking forward to Serenity. But the main reason I want the BDM, is so that it can be hugely successful, and have one or two hugely successful sequels, so that they bring back the series, a la Star Trek. (No content, a la Star Trek, mind you.) I love Firefly with a passion that sometimes gives me pause. It seems wrong to have this level of passion for a television show, and yet...
Going back ... the peak value vs career value?
This reminds me of that famous poem about how it's good when someone dies young, in their full flower, as they don't have any of the blah. (This description shows how much I paid attention to poetry in high school English classes! And how lazy I am to not look it up in Bartleby.) I am not a fan of dying young, for people or great shows, but I will admit that the lack of time for crappy episodes to sneak in may have an impact on my intense Firefly love.
"Hush! I Will Remember War Stories of Objects in Restless Gas. Have You Ever Been With Feeling," may beat out "Out of Gas."
Ginger - Jan 07, 2005 1:36:23 pm PST #3054 of 3531
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Are you thinking of "To an Athlete Dying Young" [link] libkitty?
libkitty - Jan 07, 2005 1:38:37 pm PST #3055 of 3531
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Yes. Thanks Ginger!
WildDemon Cornelius - Jan 07, 2005 8:55:10 pm PST #3056 of 3531
Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it, you know it don't belong to you, to you...
BUFFYNANGLE4EVAH!!1!!!
Angle? As in Kurt?
Buffy: "I've got to save the world again!"
Angle: "It's True, It's True!"
(He gets vampire in ankle lock, she stakes it.)
And if you don't know who Kurt Angle is that was meaningless to you...
Okay...
"Hush! I Will Remember War Stories of Objects Becoming Restless Gas that made us Smile. Have you Ever Been with Feeling of Passion, Loyalty, and Forgiving while playing Spin the Bottle, Prophecy Girl?"
And the worst episode..."Dad's a good Provider, but his Beer is Bad."