Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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In the movie's commentary they make a point of noting that they're not involved with the TV series. Whatev.
Thank goodness they instead chose to devote themselves to lofty art films. Whatever would we have done without the refined cinematic vision involved in an exploding Empire State Building, exploding Madison Square Garden (with baby Godzilla giblets!), or icicle-strewn Statue of Liberty?
James Callis comment on season 3 of BSG -- not spoilery for anyone who is caught up.
That makes me go "eeeeeeeeee."
Add my eeeeee! to yours, Strega.
Although, there were already a lot of people who thought the show was too grim. Grimmer and darker? Wow.
I wish BSG would relent a wee bit more often.
Oh, yes. TV Jack is a marvel. I mean, even when you count in the strange dumbing down, his high points lift the average so high he's still my one true TV boyfriend.
If you FCM O'Neill, Bauer and Bristow, O'Neill for the marry, Bristow for the chuck (I'd happily marry him, but hey, O'Neill) and Bauer for the fuck.
Things that make you go, "Eeeeeeeee!" indeed.
ETA: That was in response to Callis' comments, though the FCM scenario, with which I agree, could get the same response.
I would C Bauer and F SpyDaddy, since any kind of romantic contact with Jack Bauer = 75% mortality rate.
I would, of course, marry Jack O'Neill.
Of all the fannish Jacks, Captain Jack from DW would probably be the funnest and least complicated character for F in the FCM game.
Cap'n Jack is a definite F. I think if you F Bauer it has to be angsty and hurried and you never see each other again because it would just be too much, plus it's the worst day of his life. Again.
Sounds within my capability.
I chuck Bauer. Who knows who might come after me for even giving him the time of day?? But I'm not sure I was either Bristow or O'Neill. They're both parental-age for me, which isn't always a dealbreaker, but.
a lot of people who thought the show was too grim
You know, I remember saying this when I saw the miniseries, but I think it's also true of the series: it's not grim, it's grim-lite. A really grim story would dwell on horrors, develop their inevitability and their ramifications. But BSG brings them up and then doesn't follow through. Like getting the nasty initial thrill without having to pay for it.
I think the lack of respite makes it properly grim. Sure, it could be grimmer, but that's what The Sopranos is for. It's an uncomplicated grim, since they don't follow through on the potential complications. But my semantics dub it grim.