A show All About Vulcans wouldn't be very entertaining.
Unless it was a sitcom about a group of Vulcans who are stuck in a constant state of Pon Farr.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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 08, 2006 1:24:50 pm PST #6237 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.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:30:55 pm PST #6238 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it was done in such a way that the person doing the assassination didn't get caught
What's wrong with the assassin getting caught?
Nutty - Jan 08, 2006 1:45:52 pm PST #6239 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Given the terrorism anvils in that episode, it seemed like the objective there was to increase fear and paranoia.
My memory is vague, I guess. I was under the impression that there were supposed to be people blown up (I mean, people who matter to the show).
What's wrong with the assassin getting caught?
Probably nothing, unless you're the assassin. Or anybody associated with her, especially if she fails. Those dudes in jail are gonna be toast if Michelle Forbes survives the attempt, to say nothing of Lee and probably Doctor Craxxy. Which means the attempt has to succeed, right? The rules of scriptwriting say it must.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:48:23 pm PST #6240 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Probably nothing, unless you're the assassin
Which is why I thought it was a weird objection.
If the failed assassination was one that hides the hand but not the brain of the killing, every Galactite on Pegasus is just as toast as if they see Kara raising the gun herself.
Which, from the trailer, it doesn't quite look like.
Nutty - Jan 08, 2006 1:52:15 pm PST #6241 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
If the failed assassination was one that hides the hand but not the brain of the killing
True. Better to find a Lee Harvey Oswald figure. Blame it all on the beefy XO (who reminds me a great deal of J. T. Walsh), or on the Practically Invisible Sebastian Spence. Or -- actually, we've only met like three people in that crew, haven't we? Three people and a thousand redshirts.
Galactite
Ha! What are the Pegasus people called? Wingers?
DebetEsse - Jan 08, 2006 2:10:12 pm PST #6242 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The thing is, though, the possible sacrifice of Kara seems like a high price to pay (although she might be seen as working rogue, in the LHO model, since she's not completely gotten along with anyone, thus hiding the brain behind the assassination), as she is a very valuable crew-member. However, Adama's logic may be that it can't really be anyone else.
Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2006 2:11:59 pm PST #6243 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No one else would be able to get close enough to Cain, right?
DebetEsse - Jan 08, 2006 2:20:36 pm PST #6244 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Something along those lines.
Betsy HP - Jan 08, 2006 3:15:16 pm PST #6245 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Lee Harvey Oswald figure.
You can probably get one from Archie McPhee.
DXMachina - Jan 08, 2006 4:39:09 pm PST #6246 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Now I'm imagining a whole set of Sondheim character action figures.