I watched 30 minutes of Point Pleasant and my God, I want those minutes back. It's just godawful. Crap acting, blah dialog, shoddy editing, ludicrous premise--you name it, it's got it. What the hell is Marti doing?
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vonnie K - Jan 19, 2005 7:23:25 pm PST #8399 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Allyson - Jan 19, 2005 7:23:30 pm PST #8400 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I thought I remembered you talking about the Magical Black Character trope at some point, and it leaped out at me. Was wanting to discuss, but wasn't sure if it was you or Kat that had been discussing it before.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 7:27:13 pm PST #8401 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson, I think it all depends on whether he inspires anyone, and so far, NSM -- but the other black survivor, an intermittently appearing woman, is definitely the inspirational kumbaya type. Give us free. Or you know, something interesting.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2005 7:36:15 pm PST #8402 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, but ita, Michael's black too, and he ain't inspiring nobody. I think the trope to discuss here is the Freaky Little Kid Who Does Magic Things.
Ginger - Jan 19, 2005 7:40:43 pm PST #8403 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I watched 30 minutes of Point Pleasant and my God, I want those minutes back. It's just godawful. Crap acting, blah dialog, shoddy editing, ludicrous premise--you name it, it's got it.
I watched Point Pleasant, and I think Vonnie is being too kind. Also, my head hurts from being hit by anvils.
Kat - Jan 19, 2005 7:43:40 pm PST #8404 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Skippety!
I just have to say, I'm on the WEISS LOVE TRAIN!
So, the mission was a bust....so to speak.
Also, Vaughn/SpyDaddy: "I don't know that many people who killed the woman they are married to. I was just wondering if that's what happens."
I have a lot of love.
Sean K - Jan 19, 2005 7:47:38 pm PST #8405 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Until I saw a woman wearing not black, like I was, nor red, white, and blue, as some were, but one of those standard tourist "I (heart) NY" t-shirts. Then I couldn't stop crying.
I think that would have killed me with the crying.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 7:47:59 pm PST #8406 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have the Vaughn love.
What, I look like I'm some kind of an expert?
P-C, I don't think it's ever been implied (well, not by folks around me) that every black person has to be magical. However, the magic isn't the literal sort that Walt may be showing. It's the loving healing closer to the earth mothery sort the other lady had.
Brynn - Jan 19, 2005 7:51:34 pm PST #8407 of 10002
"I'd rather discuss the permutations of swordplay, with an undertone of definite allusion to sex." Beverly, offering an example of when your characters give you 'tude.
P.M. Marc - Jan 19, 2005 7:51:40 pm PST #8408 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Vaughn is on tonight.
And I'm having visions of a third Irina spawn.