I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.
Ahah. Forgot about the movie. They stay kinda equivalent in my head now.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2006 10:59:50 am PST #7875 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 11:00:51 am PST #7876 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 really am surprised at the number of people who actually remember the original BSG.
I was way-obsessed with the original BSG, although I missed about half of it (usually I missed half of each episode) due to conflicts with chores.
WindSparrow - Mar 20, 2006 3:08:16 pm PST #7877 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because I loved the movie. Figured a tv show would just be a cheap knock-off.
Zenkitty - Mar 20, 2006 3:14:38 pm PST #7878 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Andi, I liked the BtVS movie too. It was fun. It suffers in retrospect, but at the time, there was no show to compare it to, and I liked the idea of the only person able to fight vampires being a girl. I also liked the idea that she knew they were around because she got cramps, and I wished that part had been in the show.
I remember original BSG. At the time, nothing that wasn't Star Trek could really hold my interest. I didn't watch the new series because I hadn't liked the original all that much. Plus, beautiful female robots! I figured it would suck.
WindSparrow - Mar 20, 2006 3:17:01 pm PST #7879 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Andi, I liked the BtVS movie too. It was fun.
Plus, it had Rutger Hauer. I don't care how old and paunchy he gets, Rutger Hauer=Sex to me.
Jars - Mar 21, 2006 12:22:59 am PST #7880 of 10001
Boy refuses to watch Buffy because of his visceral hatred of SMG. He thinks he could really like it, but can't get past wanting to scream at the tv when she's on.
I've got him watching Firefly and Stargate, and I'm sure if I ever get around to BSG, he'll join in.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2006 5:19:55 am PST #7881 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.
Last night I had a BSG dream. It was a normal episode, except at the end some Klingon warships showed up. Turned out Adama had entered into a secret alliance with the Klingons to fight the Cylons together.
I remember thinking, "Ah, that Moore - once again going against expectations." Because the expectation, of course, would be for Adama to ally with the Federation.
Anyway, it was sort of a cliffhanger ending, so I didn't get to see what happened next.
Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2006 5:35:23 am PST #7882 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I hope that the sci-fi channel doesn't schedule your dreams, tommyrot, or you'll have to wait until like, December, to find out what happens.
Strega - Mar 21, 2006 5:36:04 am PST #7883 of 10001
Because the expectation, of course, would be for Adama to ally with the Federation.
That's awesome.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2006 5:56:44 am PST #7884 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.
Tom Skerritt, who co-stars in the upcoming SCI FI original movie Mammoth, told SCI FI Wire that the trick to making the film work was to not take the story too seriously.
Um... duh?
Mammoth begins with what appears to be a meteor crashing into a natural history museum in a small Louisiana town, but the meteor is actually a spaceship containing a shape-shifting life form that, in order to survive, inhabits a partially frozen woolly mammoth at the museum. Soon, the possessed mammoth is wreaking havoc, and it's up to a paleontologist, Dr. Abernathy (Vincent Ventresca of The Invisible Man), to save the day. Skerritt (Alien) plays Abernathy's father, Simon, and Summer Glau (Serenity) plays Abernathy's daughter.
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Skerritt added, "That's basically the way these guys looked at Mammoth. They said, 'How can you take this seriously?' And they convinced SCI FI to allow us to bring humor to it. Those are the things that, I think, make horror films different. How are you going to scare people? Lull them in and make them laugh and then suddenly [it's], 'Wait a minute, what am I laughing at?' Maybe that's the new way of doing it; I don't know." Mammoth premieres April 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.