Can there be mocking? But then, again, he's probably allergic. But, dude, it's just *television*.(says the woman in a fandom that's had the "clean shoot" argument for like, fifteen years...ok, I'm busted. But, really, there are events in my family that don't wring that much out of me, I'm serious. Maybe it's like James Brown having to be helped offstage to show how much he left it all on the road, are there robes and everything?) I don't know if Mark should watch Justified RIGHT NOW, or never, ever, since that is the thing on TV that makes me say "Holy shit," because so much is so unexpected and there isn't ominous music or "narration preparing us for what's happening"(Well, okay, sometimes you get Boyd Crowder)
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
erikaj - Apr 05, 2012 7:12:56 am PDT #9084 of 10458
Always Anti-fascist!
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2012 7:13:37 am PDT #9085 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What is this Snarkfest? Are they really really mean? Are they jaded and cruel Big Old Internet Queens? Tell me, tell me.
(My god, I can't believe he still hasn't learnt how to watch TV yet. Like, it's your job, and you still haven't worked out how it works...)
erikaj - Apr 05, 2012 7:15:43 am PDT #9086 of 10458
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod, ita.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2012 7:50:19 am PDT #9087 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Like, it's your job, and you still haven't worked out how it works.
On the one hand, I completely agree. On the other hand, I'm not the one who figured out how to make watching TV my job so maybe I'm the one doing it wrong.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2012 7:57:53 am PDT #9088 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not the one who figured out how to make watching TV my job so maybe I'm the one doing it wrong.
There is that. But there are people like, say, Mo Ryan, who watch TV like they've been told a story before, and still make money doing it.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2012 8:02:13 am PDT #9089 of 10458
brillig
Mark's naivete is starting to wear a little thin. Even since he's begun his blog he should have started to pick up some of the basic storytelling techniques.
Amy - Apr 05, 2012 8:02:17 am PDT #9090 of 10458
Because books.
I'm still a little surprised that his whole naif pose hasn't eroded at all.
Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2012 8:04:19 am PDT #9091 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Clearly us old, cynical fans need to follow the Doctor's example, and acquire young, unspoiled companions to remind just how amazing the whole thing is.
Heh. Seriously, though, watching him and the newbies go through Buffy and Angel (and previously, Avatar) and having so much fun in the comments really has reminded me how much I love them and made me love them MORE.
Vonnie K - Apr 05, 2012 8:16:32 am PDT #9092 of 10458
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Restless! Probably my favourite Buffy episode, full stop. I quit reading Mark a while ago since I don't really dig his style, but I am happy for any newbie who is about to watch Restless for the first time. It really is something special.
le nubian - Apr 05, 2012 8:26:22 am PDT #9093 of 10458
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vonnie and I are in agreement. I love Restless so much. I just want to braid its hair and paint its toenails.