Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.

Angel ,'Not Fade Away'


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.

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Stephanie - Jan 28, 2006 9:33:50 am PST #6873 of 10001
Trust my rage

This is was not one of my favorite episodes. Too much that seemed to come from nowhere.

The Lee/D thing seemed so poorly done. I actually felt awkward for D in that scene with Lee. They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?

Also the prostitute seemed to come left field as did the black market. Actually, the market makes sense, I guess. But what's the legitiamte market like? What's wrong with trading what you have for what you need? Sure, trading children is bad, but the rest seemed like capitalism 101 - trade what you have but don't need for stuff you want but don't have.


Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2006 9:46:49 am PST #6874 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?

Well, apparently that one moment has been repeated during all the other sparring sessions that we didn't see.


Strega - Jan 28, 2006 12:36:21 pm PST #6875 of 10001

I dunno, I don't need to see five episodes of flirtyness between Dualla and Apollo. It's really not such an esoteric, complicated situation that they need to spend a lot of time on it. They were flirty, she asked what was up, and he was... Apollo. I am confused by the fact that his response wasn't, "It's not going anywhere because You Have A Boyfriend, remember?"


shrift - Jan 28, 2006 5:37:43 pm PST #6876 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Hey, Daniel? PUT YOUR GLASSES ON YOUR FACE RIGHT.

Ailleann, my sister. Every time I watch SG-1, I yell at Daniel to wear his glasses correctly, and tragically, he never does. If I could tackle him through my TV and fix them, I would.

I guess wearing them that way probably puts less pressure on the bridge of his nose, but still. Suck it up, Michael Shanks!


DebetEsse - Jan 28, 2006 7:04:39 pm PST #6877 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Actually, they said in the commentary that it's a glare issue. The glass reflects into the camera when they're worn normally.


shrift - Jan 28, 2006 7:43:57 pm PST #6878 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

But... other people wear glasses on TV shows without them visibly tilted. Right?

Of course, they have all those special effects, CGI, green screens, I'm sure it's just cheaper to tilt his glasses.

t sigh


BartlebyFink - Jan 28, 2006 8:35:29 pm PST #6879 of 10001
One Hot Burrito!

I just caught the latest Battlestar. I'm not gonna lie, I kinda dug it.

But, honestly, parts of it felt manufactured. I would have bought this episode had it been developed over some previous episodes.

Still though, I freaking love this show.


Theodosia - Jan 29, 2006 3:27:13 am PST #6880 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I too was less disappointed than I'd let myself been led to believe.

At least Apollo is finally Getting Some, which I believe Jamie Bamber was all in favor of.

Next week looks like a Starbuck episode!


Laura - Jan 29, 2006 4:14:17 am PST #6881 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

That may be part of my fear. I was underwhelmed by the Apollo centric episode. I would be very very sad if the Starbuck episode comes off as manufactured and odd. May it be worthy of the character.

too early to spell stuff right


Nutty - Jan 29, 2006 5:50:37 am PST #6882 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Actually, they said in the commentary that it's a glare issue. The glass reflects into the camera when they're worn normally.

That is weird -- don't glasses come with glare-protection treatment on the lenses? I guess I've only seen glasses-glare used intentionally on TV, back in the days of The X-Files. They'd put a light source just so that Scully seemed to be wearing blue discs on her face.