I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.

Buffy ,'Potential'


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.


shrift - Jul 20, 2005 6:45:02 am PDT #2249 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Yeah, the whole This Is Not My Beautiful Cake thing. (Shrift came up with it, IIRC.)

I don't think I came up with the cake concept, although I know I ran with it. Which is something I do quite often. With scissors! Uphill both ways!


JenP - Jul 20, 2005 6:48:00 am PDT #2250 of 10001

SG:A, I love, and I never saw it coming.

This happened to me with the new Dr. Who.

I am thrilled to have two such different types of entertainment that I adore so much as the Stargates and BSG. Thrilled, I tell you.


Beverly - Jul 20, 2005 7:03:36 am PDT #2251 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I resisted SG1 for years. Didn't need a new show addiction. Of course when I finally did watch, I was rather appalled by the simplistic writing...until the day I realized I had some affection for the characters, nevermind the "plots".

BSG, I watched part of the mini and it was just so dark. I resented female representations of characters I'd first met in male incarnations. Most of all, I resented that this show was on the air when Firefly got cancelled. I caught an episode of the first season almost by accident, and was intrigued enough to watch again, and by that time, I was ready to know the backstory, plus where the arc was going.

So, me? Accidentally pulled into the orbits of these shows, I guess. It's not Whedon or Minear quality writing, but I do enjoy the characters and their interaction. Which, in fairness, is what brought me back to Buffy, along with the quality of the writing. But even while I disregard or overlook the clunkiness of some of the SG1 and SGA writing, I keep coming back for the characters. And while BSG (or as Theo so aptly terms it, "Battlewagon Hysterica") is dark, it's the characters I keep coming back for.


Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2005 7:03:42 am PDT #2252 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The TV show Cupid is being torrented as we speak. 6 GB.

Awesome! Can't wait to hear what you think.

I've never seen the Stargate shows, but I am really liking BSG. Don't know whether I love it, but I'm hooked. It is very serious, with only small touches of lightness, but it handles its tone well enough for me. I'd rather it do what it does well then try to be funny and fail at it (I wasn't a big fan of "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down," though I loved "Six Degrees of Separation").


askye - Jul 20, 2005 7:04:01 am PDT #2253 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

I kind of lost interest in SCI FI fridays during the hiatus. But after reading some fanfic I went back and watched SGA and liked it.

I'm in the process of rewatching BSG to see if I'll enjoy it more the second time around. I like Starbuck. I have a thing against the actress who plays Rosalin, it's such a minor thing, but her voice bugs me. It has in almost everything I've seen her in. Except the behind the scenes special when she was just talking.

The timeline for the premieres of SGA and SG1 bugged me. In the finale of SGA the Dadealus has reached Atlantis and mounting the rescue operation. In the premiere the ship is still at Atlantis.

But in Avalon Daniel misses the Dadealus by a few hours and I'm not sure why the timeline is so screwed up like that.


Katie M - Jul 20, 2005 8:04:10 am PDT #2254 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

The timeline for the premieres of SGA and SG1 bugged me. In the finale of SGA the Dadealus has reached Atlantis and mounting the rescue operation. In the premiere the ship is still at Atlantis.

But in Avalon Daniel misses the Dadealus by a few hours and I'm not sure why the timeline is so screwed up like that.

It's not screwed up; Atlantis had a cliffhanger and Stargate didn't, so Stargate's now showing events that happened after the events we're seeing in Atlantis. Moebius actually took place before Siege, and we're clearly a couple of months past Moebius in Avalon, but still in Siege over on Atlantis.


Betsy HP - Jul 20, 2005 9:39:17 am PDT #2255 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I just picked up SG-1, and I'm a thrown. Isn't everybody a bit informal for a military base? I don't think I saw Cameron throw one salute, even when he met his CO.


Katie M - Jul 20, 2005 9:46:35 am PDT #2256 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

That's par for the course--they're a pretty informal bunch.


Jars - Jul 20, 2005 9:47:03 am PDT #2257 of 10001

Isn't everybody a bit informal for a military base? I don't think I saw Cameron throw one salute, even when he met his CO.

I think maybe they didn't want to scare the long-time viewers. It's been years since the fact that the SGC is a military base has really been an issue. They established it early on as such, and then went off to do more interesting things. Having people saluting every five minutes would get really wearing when you're used to your characters not bothering, I think. Though it wouldn't be an episode unless someone said "Sir, with all due respect..." at least once.


smonster - Jul 20, 2005 11:02:38 am PDT #2258 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

t delurks

I love BSG with an (un)holy love. I love the characters (pretty much all of them except Ellen Tigh, Gaius, and Six), love that we have no clue who's in the right. I think the actors are doing a bang-up job. I like that even minor charactors like Cally have layers. I love the gender role stuff, and that can be a make or break for me. I was on the edge of my seat for most of 33, and KLG. I like that they didn't neatly resolve the cliffhangers from KLG pt. 2 in Scattered.

Y'all can have Jamie Bamber's arms; I'll take Katee's arms, shoulders, and the curve of her lower back.

Of course, I've never seen a single ep of either Stargate. Or Farscape.

t /relurks