I love "Won't Get Fooled Again", but then, I'm a sucker for a butch cop in fetching red pumps.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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 - Mar 16, 2005 5:44:34 am PST #266 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
askye - Mar 16, 2005 5:48:31 am PST #267 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I've seen Won't Get Fooled Again and think it's a great episode -- really twisted but great. However I really don't want to watch S&M Rygel with my father. So if it doesn't add anything to the overall series I'd rather skip it.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2005 6:00:36 am PST #268 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've seen Won't Get Fooled Again and think it's a great episode -- really twisted but great. However I really don't want to watch S&M Rygel with my father. So if it doesn't add anything to the overall series I'd rather skip it.
Is that really worse than all the vomiting, or the muppet sex?
Which reminds me, I think you can definitely skip COUP BY CLAM.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2005 6:25:47 am PST #269 of 10001
"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
Funny, while live actors in S&M gear might make me slightly uncomfortable about watching with the folks, I'd have no problem watching the Muppet version with them.
Nutty - Mar 16, 2005 6:28:54 am PST #270 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I found Won't Get Fooled Again annoying, because it had no subtlety. Also, because, as methods of interrogation go, scrambled-eggs Freudian id is an incredibly stupid method.
It's a useful episode in a lot of ways, and some of the imagery is entertaining, but it's like sitting 2 inches away from the television and being able to count the pixels -- in the long term, not a satisfying experience.
askye - Mar 16, 2005 6:30:18 am PST #271 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
If it were Mom, I'd have no problem at all.
However, this is my dad. We don't really have a close relationship...he's extremely conservative and we clash on that. Several years ago I made the mistake of giving him a copy of "A River Runs through it" (the book), I didn't read it before hand and when I asked him about it he told me "it was okay except for all the whoring."
Muppet sex I could handle -- they are muppets. But S&M gear I can't watch with dad. It squicks me out too bad.
Emily - Mar 16, 2005 6:41:32 am PST #272 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wow. Can't picture my dad saying "whoring". Well, unless he was quoting or something.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2005 6:43:20 am PST #273 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it's like sitting 2 inches away from the television and being able to count the pixels -- in the long term, not a satisfying experience.
Sounds like it sucks in the short term too.
Nutty - Mar 16, 2005 6:47:25 am PST #274 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I sometimes do sit that close, if I do not have glasses on. Not often.
he told me "it was okay except for all the whoring."
Is the book that different from the movie? Because, whoring is not what I remember from that book. Actually, I can hardly remember a single female character.
Men. And their -- fishing poles.
Emily - Mar 16, 2005 6:51:17 am PST #275 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Is that the one with Madeleine what'shername and Brad Pitt and pretty-eyes, where Eliott from ET goes off to fight in the war?
Ah. Apparently not. Okay, never mind.
Except, what was that movie?