But I don't mind any more. Because that's the kind of show it is. And that's okay.
It was Ces who said something about SGA being a "lube and balloons" fandom, and I have come to agree with her wholeheartedly.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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 - Aug 04, 2005 10:17:06 am PDT #2720 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Cass - Aug 04, 2005 10:30:54 am PDT #2721 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
But if I think about Smallville, and just sit back and enjoy the silly, and the slash, and don't worry about handwaving or, you know, narrative integrity etc...it's a lot of fun. I mean, yes, I looked at the wee village of people who should all be the same racial type, and yet who look like a random handful of racially diverse North Americans. But I don't mind any more. Because that's the kind of show it is. And that's okay.
SGA being a "lube and balloons" fandomYep, now I am going to start watching again. I tried to watch it seriously and that just didn't work. But fun and slashing? I'm there.
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 10:37:55 am PDT #2722 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Now watching Wrinkly!Timetravelling!Elizabeth episode.
Rodney and John are Mr and Mrs Bickerson. Bless them.
Dana - Aug 04, 2005 10:41:23 am PDT #2723 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Rodney and John are Mr and Mrs Bickerson. Bless them.
They are awfully cute in "Before I Sleep." There's poor old Elizabeth trying to tell her crucially important story, and John and Rodney can't stop pulling on each other's pigtails long enough to actually listen.
DCJensen - Aug 04, 2005 11:05:09 am PDT #2724 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
And especially Rodney. I really, really love Rodney.
I hope the writers can rewatch the eps you are watching. Rodney in S2 has been turning into Xander, and it's not right.
Oh well, it's only three weeks in, perhaps they have already shot the writers of the first three.
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 11:13:43 am PDT #2725 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
...turning into Xander?
Huh.
Well, I like Xander. But Rodney really isn't Xander at all. Rodney's more like a Wesley/Warren hybrid.
Meanwhile, I'm watching episode 3 of House. Still so strange watching Hugh Laurie being American. Bless him.
Calli - Aug 04, 2005 11:20:31 am PDT #2726 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Still so strange watching Hugh Laurie being American.
Yep. I went from watching a House episode to watching Hugh Laurie as Prince George in Blackadder III the other day. He's definitely got range.
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 11:22:22 am PDT #2727 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
He's adorable in Sense and Sensibility. Just a handful of lines, into which he crams a universe of weariness.
Katie M - Aug 04, 2005 11:28:26 am PDT #2728 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
Okay, seriously, the guys writing SGA now are the same guys who were writing it last year. There are times when one can play the "the new people just don't get it!" card, but this is not one of them. Everyone loves last year's season-ender, right? Well, the last two episodes of S1 were written by the same people who wrote the first two episodes of S2, and the guy who wrote Runner is Atlantis' executive producer.
t /grumpypants
(Oh, who am I kidding?)
t grumpypants
DCJensen - Aug 04, 2005 11:33:02 am PDT #2729 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
...turning into Xander?
Huh.
Well, I like Xander.
So do I, but I guess I was referring to the fact they kept making him the comedy buttmonkey and occasionally nearly terminally stupid.