Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


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.


tommyrot - Jan 03, 2006 11:10:54 am PST #5926 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.

the script needed to better delineate how he intended his cheerful misanthropy to be interpreted by his students

Yeah, that confused me.

Also, with the movie you can play "spot the edits." The movie appears as if it was filmed as one continuous take, but in fact the film reels were not long enough for that. So every so often (I think every 15 minutes) the camera goes somewhere black or plain or something, so an edit can be made unobtrusively.


Jessica - Jan 03, 2006 11:15:47 am PST #5927 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think every 15 minutes

Standard 35mm reels are 900 feet long, or about 10 minutes.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 03, 2006 11:18:33 am PST #5928 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, with the movie you can play "spot the edits." The movie appears as if it was filmed as one continuous take, but in fact the film reels were not long enough for that. So every so often (I think every 15 minutes) the camera goes somewhere black or plain or something, so an edit can be made unobtrusively.

Actually, there's one deliberate (at least it feels very deliberate as opposed to an oversight), regular edit at one point when one of the two says something that's a give away and there's a blatant cut to Jimmy Stewart realizing what's what. It actually makes quite a great "Aha!" impact since up to then all the edits have been "hidden".


Emily - Jan 03, 2006 12:29:56 pm PST #5929 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

It's not a spoiler anyway, if you're not talking about what role he's playing.

I've certainly seen people spoiler-font for casting spoilers. Not that this would be one that gives away any plot, or... okay, it was a totally unnecessary spoiler-fonting. You hear that, people? Highlight at will -- I give nothing of any interest away.

Also, thanks, Tom.


§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 12:30:51 pm PST #5930 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah--that's the guideline--if the casting tells you nothing about plot, not a spoiler.


Vortex - Jan 03, 2006 2:51:59 pm PST #5931 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

although sometimes the casting of an actor who plays a character who left/died can be considered a spoiler.


§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 3:20:45 pm PST #5932 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you talk about the pre-existing character the actor will play, you're pretty much saying something about the plot.


tiggy - Jan 03, 2006 3:20:53 pm PST #5933 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Did anyone else think they saw ASH in the trailers? It probably wasn't, because it's not in his IMDB, but I would like to know I wasn't the only one who thought so.

yep, it's him and it is actually in his imdb profile. it's just down in the "Notable TV Guest Appearances" section.

Yeah, IIRC, that's how AD got the job on Buffy.

weird that i never knew this because when i got into fandom(which was circa season 3 Buffy) i absorbed every possible thing i could.

(Again, I wish my brain stored USEFUL knowledge.)
ha! you and me both. though it does make playing Scene It, Trivial Pursuit and Rock 'N Roll Jeopardy worthwhile.


DCJensen - Jan 03, 2006 5:26:15 pm PST #5934 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

I wonder if anyone ever made a Star Wars fan vid to the tune of "On the Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band?

Probably. It's pretty an obvious choice.

Never mind.


Vortex - Jan 03, 2006 6:26:23 pm PST #5935 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Hey, Smallville slash fans, the episode with Aquaman (entitled Aqua, oddly) is on this Thursday.