Yep.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
JenP - Jul 16, 2005 8:33:32 am PDT #2067 of 10001
Emily - Jul 16, 2005 12:34:04 pm PDT #2068 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'm pretty sure Daniel and Vala never slept together, but she thinks it's a great funny joke.
askye - Jul 16, 2005 1:56:38 pm PDT #2069 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I was chatting with someone and they mentioned that in Hot Zone Ford says he hasn't had the gene therapy.
So, the writers can just say that Ford got the therapy sometime between then and The Seige. It would make sense to get everyone innoculated after The Hot Zone.
Although it doesn't make sense why they didn't give everyone the gene therapy when they got there and realized they'd need it to run certain aspects for the city.
askye - Jul 16, 2005 1:56:41 pm PDT #2070 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2005 4:35:24 pm PDT #2071 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Long, NYT Sunday Magazine article on BSG: [link] (Someone mentioned this upthread.) No spoilers (except that it mentions that Starbuck is a chick now). The article is mostly about the long road that lead to the new miniseries, the fan controversy, etc.
eta: Also about the "reinvention" of SciFi from its Star Trek conventions. No mention of Firefly's contribution to this.
Dana - Jul 16, 2005 8:21:15 pm PDT #2072 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Mmmm. Atlantis. And some goofy show with that guy who used to be Crichton.
Seriously, at this point, I'm surprised that SG-1 doesn't just collapse under the weight of the meta. And yet, so good to see Ben Browder on TV again.
I was actually more moved by Ford's subplot than I expected to be. Poor used-to-be-clean-cut kid, who said goodbye to his grandma.
Other than that, good Rodney, good Zelenka, good Sheppard. I am pleased.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2005 8:37:40 pm PDT #2073 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need my Momoa.
Nutty - Jul 17, 2005 4:52:47 pm PDT #2074 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Also about the "reinvention" of SciFi from its Star Trek conventions. No mention of Firefly's contribution to this.
I read that article. And, really, great article about television producing and fandom-wrangling. Had absolutely nothing to justify its assertion about "reinventing" science fiction, even science fiction on television. That might be a worthwhile article to write -- it would be required to mention quite a few other series in addition to Firefly -- but that's not it.
(For one thing, if you're going to reinvent SF, military-in-space is not the new direction to go in. For another, what hellacious alternate space-faring civilization could do all that good yet still manage to invent pantyhose?)
Strega - Jul 17, 2005 5:16:03 pm PDT #2075 of 10001
I'm not seeing anything in that article that claims the show is reinventing science fiction. It does say
it is not like any science-fiction show on television today.which seems reasonably accurate to me.
tommyrot - Jul 17, 2005 5:19:14 pm PDT #2076 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm not seeing anything in that article that claims the show is reinventing science fiction.
Well, that's just my poor attempt to summarize the article. Or else maybe I was remembering the commentary for the BSG miniseries....
eta: OK, I googled - the phrase "reinventing scifi" gets tossed about a lot in discussion of the new BSG, especially by people promoting the show. But that word doesn't show up in that NYT article.