Of course, they took it back and I guess that the Smallville folks haven't heard of the new Superman canon either. . .or maybe the old canon is the new canon.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
sumi - Jan 26, 2006 4:06:03 pm PST #6807 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Strega - Jan 26, 2006 5:20:11 pm PST #6808 of 10001
I have a different nit to pick in that article (though it is a good piece):
The original Battlestar Galactica aired on ABC for one season and was such a blatant rip-off of Star Wars, the network got sued.
Er. It was so blatant that when they finally got to trial, the judge said, "Not so much," and dismissed the case.
I really liked this, though:
"I can be as highfalutin as anybody about the socio-political relevance of contemporary science fiction," says Eick. "But sometimes I just want to see shit blow up."Hee.
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 6:25:50 pm PST #6809 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.
Er. It was so blatant that when they finally got to trial, the judge said, "Not so much," and dismissed the case.
Yeah, you can pretty much sue anybody for anything.
"But sometimes I just want to see shit blow up."
They do make shit blowing up very pretty.
So, how spoilery is the article itself? Like, if I load the page but don't load the images, will I get spoiled?
Strega - Jan 26, 2006 6:33:17 pm PST #6810 of 10001
Oh, it's just the photo; the article itself is spoiler free, so you're safe if you turn images off. Sadly, the annoying ringtone ad is harder to avoid.
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 6:39:45 pm PST #6811 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.
Thanks. Yeah, that ringtone ad was fucking annoying - I had to mute my iBook.
Improbably, all this is happening on the Sci Fi Channel, best known for reruns of Knight Rider.
I dunno - I think the SciFi Channel is now best known for Mansquito.
Kalshane - Jan 26, 2006 6:50:22 pm PST #6812 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Of course, they took it back and I guess that the Smallville folks haven't heard of the new Superman canon either. . .or maybe the old canon is the new canon.
I so would have preferred if they hadn't taken it back. And I say this as someone who doesn't hate Lana. There was so much more potential in Lex causing Lana's death for Clark and Lex's enmity and Lex finally going full-on evil.
I'll miss Jonathan, but Annette O'Toole's portrayal of Martha's grief is what really made it hurt.
At least we didn't lose Chloe.
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2006 6:59:21 pm PST #6813 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Oooh! A young Jason Isaacs is in "The Lady and the Tiger"! (Highlander Ep)
Calli - Jan 27, 2006 3:41:19 am PST #6814 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I watched Smallville last night for the 100th episode. I was hoping that Jonathan would be the one to buy it (since I knew A&M would never let Lana die permanently). There was the same frustrating blend of good and bad acting, interesting filming and bad special effects, fun parallelism and lousy dialog that I remembered from back when I used to watch regularly.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 27, 2006 3:54:01 am PST #6815 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Improbably, all this is happening on the Sci Fi Channel, best known for reruns of Knight Rider.
It's like FARSCAPE and MST3K never happened. Harumph, I says. Granted, MST was picked up from another network like STARGATE was, but it was the reason I first tuned into Sci-Fi for anything but the old movies they used to show.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2006 5:37:49 am PST #6816 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's like FARSCAPE and MST3K never happened.
You're looking at it from the inside. I think they're not.