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!!
Maybe I've always been here.
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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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Vortex - Apr 10, 2006 9:05:44 am PDT #8158 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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".
sumi - Apr 10, 2006 10:11:33 am PDT #8162 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I hate not being able to read the credits -- particularly bad in British shows where they don't run opening credits. (Why don't they?)
TomW - Apr 10, 2006 10:17:09 am PDT #8163 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."
particularly bad in British shows where they don't run opening credits. (Why don't they?)
Brits really hate casting spoilers.
sumi - Apr 10, 2006 10:27:10 am PDT #8164 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, but lots of the shows on BBCA don't even credit their regulars.
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2006 10:34:28 am PDT #8165 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They probably have different union rules.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 10, 2006 10:34:52 am PDT #8166 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Isn't this the first time they've had any actors in the credits for a Dr. Who show? I know it surprised me the first time I saw the credits for Rose and had "Christopher Eccleston" AND "Billie Piper" comin' at me in Important 3-D(ish) Font. That and the music gave me such a fun shiver up the back.
TomW - Apr 10, 2006 10:53:48 am PDT #8167 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."
I *thought* that the credits used to have the name of whoever was playing the Doctor, but I could be wrong. I haven't seen an episode of the original series in... (out of fingers error) years.