I need to get to taping it, so I can listen to the PodCast
My favorite thing in BvP was when the guy ripped his shirt off before blasting the flamethrower! For no discernable reason!
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
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DebetEsse - Jan 29, 2006 6:58:52 pm PST #6909 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Strega - Jan 29, 2006 7:01:48 pm PST #6910 of 10001
There's another episode (maybe The Farm?) where he said something like, "This happened because there was no time, and this didn't work because of this external problem... but really, if something doesn't work, it's my fault." Which improved my already good feelings about him.
The podcast is actually fun. The entire thing is about everything that's wrong with the episode, why it didn't work, etc.
Heh. I'm saving a few of the podcasts to listen to while I'm on a long flight next month, so I'll make sure to include that one.
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2006 7:02:35 pm PST #6911 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.
BvP
Took me a sec. - my first reaction was Buffy vs. Predator.
DebetEsse - Jan 29, 2006 7:04:59 pm PST #6912 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'd pay evening prices to see that one, Tommyrot
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2006 7:10:26 pm PST #6913 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.
OK, it's where all the lame-ass predators (the ones not cool enough to get to hunt humans or aliens) get sent to earth to hunt snotmonsters from space.
And then, um.... Dreg shows up... Oh, and Riley dies. He's killed by either the Predator, the snotmonster or Dreg. Or maybe all three at once. Yeah, that's it - they unite to kill Riley.
Um, I suppose Buffy shows up at some point....
JenP - Jan 29, 2006 7:13:27 pm PST #6914 of 10001
My favorite thing in BvP was when the guy ripped his shirt off before blasting the flamethrower! For no discernable reason!
Yes. So funny.
There's another episode (maybe The Farm?) where he said something like, "This happened because there was no time, and this didn't work because of this external problem... but really, if something doesn't work, it's my fault." Which improved my already good feelings about him.
This very thing. Also reading a really long transcript of his dealing incredibly adeptly and graciously with hardcore and displeased fans (of the original series) with respect to the new series before anything had even aired.
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2006 7:16:14 pm PST #6915 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.
"I don't quite understand this." - second funniest Moore quote.
Jessica - Jan 30, 2006 4:37:59 am PST #6916 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"I don't quite understand this." - second funniest Moore quote.
That was terrific. The whole thing was terrific. I completely agree with everything he says, too -- it's a good episode in theory. The ideas are there, but the execution doesn't deliver.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2006 4:43:07 am PST #6917 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 funniest Moore quote was during the scene when Lee kills the head of the black market. Moore is talking about something other than what's going on in the scene. Then, when everyone's standing around after Lee shot the guy, Moore says, "I don't know why everyone doesn't just beat the crap out of him here." or words to that effect, and then Moore goes back to what he was talking about.
Made me laugh out loud.
amych - Jan 30, 2006 4:50:50 am PST #6918 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That was terrific. The whole thing was terrific. I completely agree with everything he says, too -- it's a good episode in theory. The ideas are there, but the execution doesn't deliver.
Agreed, and I thought it was a good look at how the theory and the execution can just fail to match up. I also enjoyed the point he made at the end that it was the network guys who insisted on that last moment between Lee and Bill Adama: I tend to fall too easily into "creative team good! network suits BAAAAAD!" thinking, when of course there are ideas and input coming in from all sides all the time.
(Plus, I never get tired of phones ringing and dogs barking.)
So, yeah, ep -- meh. Podcast -- thumbs up. I kept thinking (even before Moore said more or less the same thing) that DVD sets where you do four or five commentaries on a whole season, and get to pick the really cool ones, are a luxury compared to what he's doing.