RDA is on the Simpsons tonight (at a Stargate convention, no less).
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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.
Jessica - Apr 09, 2006 3:54:56 pm PDT #8152 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2006 3:56:37 pm PDT #8153 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hot damn. I just read the description of the SImpson's ep, and totally need to record it.
Mmm. RDA.
Betsy HP - Apr 10, 2006 5:13:37 am PDT #8154 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
So, last night we decided to sit down and watch the on-the-air version of "The Unquiet Dead". Early in the episode I sat upright and squealed, "THE BASTARDS!" They cut a scene. Expected, since they've got to fit commercials into the hour. Here's the scene they cut.
11. INT. TARDIS
ROSE steps forward, in her 1860 dress, hair pinned up appropriately. And she looks stunning.
THE DOCTOR Blimey.
ROSE Now don't laugh.
THE DOCTOR You look ... beautiful. Considering.
ROSE Considering what?
THE DOCTOR That you're human.
ROSE I think that's a compliment. Aren't you gonna change?
THE DOCTOR I've changed my jumper! Come on ...
Need I add that Eccleston and Piper played the hell out of it? My husband says that watching the SciFi version of Doctor Who is like watching Buffy on FX -- it reminds you of the show, but it isn't the show. Bah. If I had the choice, I'd skip straight to the (legal) DVD.
[Quoted from Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts, which I recommend for fellow obsessives.]
Jessica - Apr 10, 2006 5:17:58 am PDT #8155 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Expected, since they've got to fit commercials into the hour.
Tying in from Natter, AMC runs Hustle in 1:15 slots, so they don't have to do this. The commercial breaks are still awkward (since the show wasn't originally written with act breaks), but it's nice to at least have the entire cut aired.
TomW - Apr 10, 2006 8:41:09 am PDT #8156 of 10001
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Expected, since they've got to fit commercials into the hour.
Except that the episodes clock in at under 45 minutes. I know that Sci-Fi execs would have a heart attack if you proposed having as much as 75% of their time filled with actual content, but couldn't they drop a couple of ads for whatever godawful mini-series made for tv-movie event they're spewing up this week?
An ad for "SS Doomtrooper" doesn't have to run more than five seconds. "SS Doomtrooper. He's a nazi, not a ship." The rest follows by induction!
Betsy HP - Apr 10, 2006 9:01:48 am PDT #8157 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Oh, and the animated ads for other shows in the bottom left-hand corner? Make me want to KILL KILL KILL.
Vortex - Apr 10, 2006 9:05:44 am PDT #8158 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, and the animated ads for other shows in the bottom left-hand corner? Make me want to KILL KILL KILL.
oh, my God, I am SO with you on that. They take up damn near a quarter of the screen. sometimes they even have distracting sound effects!!
Nutty - Apr 10, 2006 9:11:45 am PDT #8159 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The best part is when the screen-critters make noise, or obscure subtitles or setting information. Like, hello! You don't make the doink-doink noise on Law & Order and then not tell us where and when!!
Frankenbuddha - Apr 10, 2006 9:29:30 am PDT #8160 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Have I already expressed my rage over the blahblahblah they do over the end music of Dr. Who? In that the opening credits don't last long enough, so let me hear the damn music or die bloody and SCREAMING!!!!!!
Why, yes, I think I have.
Betsy HP - Apr 10, 2006 10:06:07 am PDT #8161 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Not to mention that they now shrink it so small that you can't read the credits at all.
I'd spent the whole show thinking "Damn, where have I seen that Dickens actor before?" No joy from Sci-Fi. IMDB told me that it was the mighty Simon Callow, familiar to many from "Four Weddings And A Funeral".