Eh, I was maybe eight? All space shows were cool to me at that age, I'm pretty sure. I'm not thinking I would have the same reaction to it today, but at the time? Very cool.
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
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.
JenP - Jan 05, 2006 7:10:54 am PST #5967 of 10001
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2006 7:18:59 am PST #5968 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Eh, I was maybe eight? All space shows were cool to me at that age, I'm pretty sure. I'm not thinking I would have the same reaction to it today, but at the time? Very cool.
This is me. Hell, I loved Lost in Space too.
My favorite space show as a kid (aside from Trek), though, was also one of my first experiences in traumatic cancellation: QUARK.
We won't go into that "I said 'lunch' not 'launch'!" show.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2006 7:33:39 am PST #5969 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Whoa, speaking of traumatic cancellations and sci-fi, I wonder if this is true: [link]
Jessica - Jan 05, 2006 7:47:07 am PST #5970 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That would be nifty.
Weird article about SciFi Friday. Doesn't actually have a point that I can see, other than letting the writer show off how much TV he watches.
Consuela - Jan 05, 2006 8:43:19 am PST #5971 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, man, I loved Quark. "Bee, bee, bee, bee, bee!"
So entirely silly. A show before its time.
Beverly - Jan 05, 2006 9:03:14 am PST #5972 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
The Bettys, to Ficus: Plant!
JenP - Jan 05, 2006 9:06:35 am PST #5973 of 10001
I... I feel like a have a huge, gaping hole in my pop culture knowledge. What is QUARK? I'll go google now...
ETA: Hmmm. No, I don't think I was aware of it. The Ficus thing sounds familiar, but I could just be making that up.
Beverly - Jan 05, 2006 9:17:25 am PST #5974 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Richard Benjamin (Love at First Bite, Goodbye, Columbus) played Captain Quark, of an intergalactic garbage scow, with a madcap crew of wacky individuals. And clones. "She is. No, SHE is."
DXMachina - Jan 05, 2006 10:07:11 am PST #5975 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Quark was only on for about as long as Firefly, so not surprising that many never heard of it. No movie, either.
I torrented the whole run a while back. It didn't really live up to my memory of it.
I just thought the leads were hot, even as I snarked at the moon flying through space all by its lonesome.
The leads were smoking hot when they were on Mission Impossible together. Plus there was the whole question of if there was that big of an explosion on the far side of the moon, shouldn't it have driven the moon crashing into Earth, rather than sending it off into interstellar space?
DCJensen - Jan 05, 2006 10:12:51 am PST #5976 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Plus there was the whole question of if there was that big of an explosion on the far side of the moon, shouldn't it have driven the moon crashing into Earth, rather than sending it off into interstellar space?
Not to mention, if the moon did careen off into space, the effect of the lack of the moon on the Earth would be devistating.
Oh! And the fact that the moon apparently traveled fast enough to shoot past a different planet or system every week, and still not get caught up in their gravity well, meanwhile still being slow enough to interact with the inhabitants of said planets/moons. In English.