Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.

'Destiny'


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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.


Jessica - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:23 am PST #3366 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Alternately, if the government really wants to get into it, why not force cable companies to make their offerings a la carte?

Ooh, I'd like that. Not so much for the avoiding of indecency, but I'd love to get just the channels I want without all the filler crap.


sarameg - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:49 am PST #3367 of 10002

V-Chip, people!

It doesn't even require that. Parenting, people.

Good christ. But, you know, it is so hard to keep an eye on what your kids are watching and set limits. And gasp everyone knows you have to have a tv.

No patience with this shit, at all. I swear. I mean, I do have issues with graphic violence, but you know what? I solve them for myself. I don't watch it.


juliana - Mar 02, 2005 7:59:23 am PST #3368 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Ooh, I'd like that. Not so much for the avoiding of indecency, but I'd love to get just the channels I want without all the filler crap.

I'd like it too. We might actually order cable then. All we need is Comedy Central and Animal Planet. Maybe Bravo.


Sean K - Mar 02, 2005 8:01:11 am PST #3369 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Animal Planet.

Animal Planet has a thing coming up like Discovery did with CGI-ed dinosaurs, except this new one on AP is going to be about dragons.


DebetEsse - Mar 02, 2005 8:01:54 am PST #3370 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Hell, I could even get behind individual Cable Channels pledging a maximum rating, so that people who don't want to watch anything over whatever could avoid it altogether by not getting any such channels.


Jessica - Mar 02, 2005 8:02:13 am PST #3371 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Animal Planet has a thing coming up like Discovery did with CGI-ed dinosaurs, except this new one on AP is going to be about dragons.

I think we sold them footage for that. t /Jess' job likes carrots


§ ita § - Mar 02, 2005 8:12:23 am PST #3372 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, Stephanie Seymour has achieved some great curves. But there must be a subtler way to inform the world.


DebetEsse - Mar 02, 2005 8:16:59 am PST #3373 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Or, if not subtler, then at least more tasteful


Topic!Cindy - Mar 02, 2005 8:21:14 am PST #3374 of 10002
What is even happening?

Alternately, if the government really wants to get into it, why not force cable companies to make their offerings a la carte?
Ooh, I'd like that. Not so much for the avoiding of indecency, but I'd love to get just the channels I want without all the filler crap.
YES! And to add to the dream, I'd like them to force the cable providers to make their rates more clear in the publications and on their websites. It's ridiculous.

Hell, I could even get behind individual Cable Channels pledging a maximum rating, so that people who don't want to watch anything over whatever could avoid it altogether by not getting any such channels.

This already sort of happens, with cable station brand identification. In other words, I know something on Disney, Nick jr., Noggin, or PBS (during children's hours) is going to meet my minimum decency standards. I love the v-chip (or similar) capability available through my cable provider, because sometimes, I have to pee, cook dinner, throw on a load of laundry, or otherwise leave the room. I can block anything with a certain rating. I can block according to channel or title. It is helpful.

What I'd like to figure out, is how to STOP CHRISTOPHER FROM PROGRAMMING THE TIVO AND DELETING MY SHOWS.

He's set up season passes for his own shows. He's changed priorities on them. He's deleted stuff I've marked as "Keep until I delete". He's 4. He's done all this on the very few times I have left the remote within his reach, and I've left the room for two minutes.

Last week, Scott and I found him reading the TiVo manual.


flea - Mar 02, 2005 8:21:52 am PST #3375 of 10002
information libertarian

I think that dress is one of those that looks opaque except under certain kinds of flash cameras. The same way Kerry's daughter displayed her nipples to the world at Cannes. I mean, Stepahnie Seymour is a tart, but that's ridiculous.