Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

'Serenity'


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.


Jars - May 07, 2006 5:32:39 am PDT #8538 of 10001

I thought that the doctor character bits with whatsherface were a bit downbeat, but other than that? There was a horse on a spaceship! That he rode through a mirror! Pre-revolution France! Fancy dresses! Clockwork monsters and freeze-guns! I think maybe I just caught the fun! aspects of it more than the doomed love bits.


DCJensen - May 07, 2006 8:48:33 am PDT #8539 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

I would acll S2ep4" bittersweet. "

I think that last episode (2x3) and this one they were trying to show Rose realizing the complexity of falling in love with a timelord. also, she is feeling jealousy, which could be a good motivator. It may also help them stretch the relationship a bit, instead of making it a simple princess/knight tale. ...And that would fit the pattern of the series. familiar situations, with a bit of a twist.


DCJensen - May 07, 2006 8:51:01 am PDT #8540 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

S2ep4:

I also thought that David Tenant looked like John Lennon in the scene with the tie around his head and especially with the dark round sunglasses.


tiggy - May 07, 2006 10:37:25 am PDT #8541 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

does anyone have or know where i can get the full opening theme song in .mp3 of Doctor Who?

found it!


JenP - May 07, 2006 12:43:13 pm PDT #8542 of 10001

I enjoyed Who 2.4. I thought the actress who played MdeP was wonderful, and I thought the interaction between her an Rose was quite touching.

And Mickey did something funny that made me laugh out loud, but now I can't remember what it was.

Anyway, over all, sad, sweet, engaging. I liked it.

And I had a great time rewatching The Empty Child. I'd forgotten parts of it. Good and creepy. That's the ep (well, the two-parter) that pushed me from like to love, if I recall.


Polter-Cow - May 07, 2006 5:31:02 pm PDT #8543 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm sort of sad that this show is so relentlessly [pseudo]science-based, as I'm sure they're going to explain it as runaway nanites that imprinted on the first person they encountered or somesuch. It'd be better if there was room for the supernatural/unknown and the nature of the contagion was never explained at all.

Matt, I obviously won't tell you how they explain it, but I'll just say that I thought it was brilliant and brilliantly done.

As for the latest new episode, I liked it. It was like a lovely, condensed version of The Time Traveler's Wife. And the music at the end was wonderful.


Liese S. - May 07, 2006 6:58:44 pm PDT #8544 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Man, I am so much a sucker for Creepy Child tropes. I get completely skeeved all the time. The roommate (who I think may be hooked now) had a good time laughing at me freaking quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) out. I'm used to watching my fandom-type television alone, so it was fun for me to have him along.


§ ita § - May 07, 2006 7:57:35 pm PDT #8545 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

From IMDB:

Cult TV show Doctor Who swept the board and took home three prestigious accolades at this year's BAFTA Television Awards - Britain's answer to the Emmys. The show, which currently stars British actor David Tennant as the timelord, took home Best Drama Series, Best Writing and the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Program of 2005. Meanwhile, Gillian Anderson lost out on the Best Actress award to Bleak House co-star Anna Maxwell Martin, but celebrated when the BBC's Charles Dickens TV adaptation was awarded Best Drama Serial. Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell's talent show The X Factor swept away competition from Friday Night With Jonathan Ross to win Best Entertainment Program. The British version of hit TV show The Apprentice saw Sir Alan Sugar take home the Best Feature Award, while celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was honored for his factual series Jamie's School Dinners, which saw him relentlessly campaign for nutritious children's food. Other winners included London soap Eastenders, and Matt Lucas and David Walliams' hit comedy sketch show Little Britain. Doctor Who star Billie Piper accepted awards for the show saying, "I'm having the time of my life. Doctor Who is the most amazing show to work on."


Betsy HP - May 07, 2006 7:59:08 pm PDT #8546 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Eee! So whether or not it's a hit on Sci-Fi, there will be episodes to ahem for awhile to come.


Vortex - May 07, 2006 8:20:21 pm PDT #8547 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Damn good, but just before bedtime ... not a good time to watch The Empty Child.

which is why I turned it off and watched a rerun of The Boondocks instead :) Just the one look at the creepy gas mask was enough for me. Ever since the Carver on Nip Tuck, masks have weirded me out.