.he seems so shockable...I'd never believe it
This. Forget not having read SF/F, has he never watched the news?
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2012 6:20:21 am PST #8217 of 10459
brillig
DavidS - Jan 11, 2012 6:31:24 am PST #8218 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He's actually had a fairly difficult life - kicked out of his house as a teenager and disowned for being gay, homeless etc.
erikaj - Jan 11, 2012 6:36:20 am PST #8219 of 10459
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod, but it sounds like maybe not? Could not find much "Wire" commentary on the site, except that Idris Elba's hot. Which he is. But that could be because Wirefiends are very much a secret handshake fandom instead of linking to sites to go "Dude...rookie in the house!" we like to think we're too cool.
Jon B. - Jan 11, 2012 6:39:10 am PST #8220 of 10459
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think many of you may be misreading Mark. When he says he doesn't "like" something, it doesn't mean that he doesn't enjoy it from a storytelling perspective. It's two totally different things.
Typo Boy - Jan 11, 2012 6:40:46 am PST #8221 of 10459
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Being shockable is not the same as naive. My mom is 90, and has been a lefty involved in politics since she was 90. She has no illusions about the nature of war, or about the honesty of politicians. And she had a quite Dickensonian childhood. Yet she still gets shocked at cruelty and dishonesty, even when she is not surprised.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2012 6:42:37 am PST #8222 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Could not find much "Wire" commentary on the site,
Yeah, he watched it before he started doing the commentary. It's one of his favorite shows and he considers it a masterpiece.
askye - Jan 11, 2012 6:50:49 am PST #8223 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
erikaj - Jan 11, 2012 6:55:04 am PST #8224 of 10459
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, it would have been interesting to watch that evolve, but it's not like I haven't spent a lot of time hashing it over...probably for the best. Well, if I'm going to write that novel this year, it probably is. I don't get where he is coming from a lot of the time, anyway.(Which is probably me...I didn't mean to act as though I was calling him a dumbass or anything...just having things in common doesn't mean you're on the same page, though it can give me an opener from time to time.)
Frankenbuddha - Jan 11, 2012 6:59:35 am PST #8225 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He's coming up on a Dru-heavy set of episodes soon, so he'll have to pay attention. Isn't What's My Line right after Dark Ages?
DavidS - Jan 11, 2012 7:16:40 am PST #8226 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Isn't What's My Line right after Dark Ages?
Yup.