Hee. My gripe is that his lenses frequently reflect ambient light, and I keep thinking "Couldn't they have gotten him non-glare lenses?"
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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.
Betsy HP - Sep 17, 2005 7:11:50 am PDT #4341 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2005 9:52:30 am PDT #4342 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
Debet, it seems that the etymology is right in that the Ancients are a splinter group that broke off from the original society. Apparently both groups subsequently developed ascension independently of each other, millions of years after the fact.
Interesting to note that the Ori are lying about actively recruiting more members of their ranks - it means they won't eventually outnumber and overwhelm the ascended Ancients as I'd feared. In fact, they seem to be interfering with the process that might result in a few of their followers acscending on their own, wheras Oma going rogue has led hundreds or thousands to go directly to ascension without passing GO first.
Laura - Sep 17, 2005 11:52:31 am PDT #4343 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I didn't watch the shows until the second showing because we had a impromtu block party thing going on down the street. A little hungover today. Blah.
SG-1 had a relentless pacing going on that both tired me out and bored me. I may have just been too tired to give it the appropriate attention.
BSG - Whee! They named the ship after me!
Consuela - Sep 17, 2005 11:57:31 am PDT #4344 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Someone rewrote The Princess Bride for Atlantis. So. Damned. Silly: [link]
DebetEsse - Sep 17, 2005 11:58:50 am PDT #4345 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But, Matt, I don't think it's just a numbers thing. I mean, if you're talking about balance, it's like a thousand regular people against the Justice League (only, you know, evil in the religious-fanatic way). More or less even, IMO.
JenP - Sep 17, 2005 12:29:43 pm PDT #4346 of 10001
Ilovethisshow, and I'd like to thank 'Suela, Katie, and Jen for their siren pimpage of SciFi Friday shows.
You are so welcome for my part of it. Also, yay! I acheived pimp status for something! Alright!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2005 3:19:29 pm PDT #4347 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
But the thousand regular people just got super powers of their own and have mentors that can teach them how to use them.
I am frankly a little disappointed that it turned out to be a scam driven by power hunger. I would have thought it more interesting to have the Ori actually keep their word and forcibly ascend at least the Priors upon death, as well as feeling genuine quasi-altruistic anger over the Ancients hiding the Milky Way from them and depriving billions of people of their brand of enlightenment. As it is they're just carnival hucksters on a wider scale.
Melpomene - Sep 17, 2005 4:22:22 pm PDT #4348 of 10001
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
That Princess Bride/Atlantis story is brilliant.
Consuela - Sep 17, 2005 9:45:35 pm PDT #4349 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It was very very funny. I have to admit, there's a lot of funny cracktastic fic being posted under this Harlequin challenge. Even if I'm getting a bit bored with the McKay/Sheppardness of it all.
Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2005 10:20:53 pm PDT #4350 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Princess Bride/Atlantis made me laugh. Especailly the line about his hair still having a life of its own.