Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 34: Freak With No Name  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Apr 23, 2005 2:03:51 pm PDT #8452 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

s'cool, I just wondered.


Theodosia - Apr 23, 2005 2:22:07 pm PDT #8453 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I thought it was kind of shabby that this episode of Joan didn't get any "Season Finale!!!!1!' hype. Not that it was a great big honkin' dramatic finale, but one that set us up for next season... which may or may not come. Le sigh.


Consuela - Apr 23, 2005 2:26:50 pm PDT #8454 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Is Joan on the bubble, Theo? I hadn't realized.


Gus - Apr 23, 2005 2:29:48 pm PDT #8455 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

OK, you said Joan of Arcadia, and I feel a need to vent.

If all they can come up with is more G -vs- S diatonomy, I'm willing to switch channels.

eta: OK "diatonomy" is not word. It ought to be.


sumi - Apr 23, 2005 2:40:22 pm PDT #8456 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I don't think it is that simple -- at least not the way they portrayed it last night.

Yes, JoA is on the bubble.


Consuela - Apr 23, 2005 2:45:18 pm PDT #8457 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Darn, it's a good show. I watched it with my whole family last night.


Gus - Apr 23, 2005 2:45:48 pm PDT #8458 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

I don't think it is that simple -- at least not the way they portrayed it last night.

The bad guy/cutie/Satan was opposed to Joan and was clever about charming his way into the mix.

I saw this three times on TV recently. Tru, Point Pleasant, and Joan.


sumi - Apr 23, 2005 3:21:18 pm PDT #8459 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Well, I had fears -- mostly due to Tru - and because of the way that they had "Sympathy for the Devil" on the soundtrack when they introduced Ryan. Well, JoA is better written than Tru. And to me, what they introduced was much less heavy-handed than I suspected it would be from last week. Perhaps I just trust that they are going to do a better job than I trust the people behind Tru Calling.


Gus - Apr 23, 2005 3:33:07 pm PDT #8460 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Personal issues, JoA:

When they pull out the wind machine to let me know this is the bad guy, I get jumpy. JoA has some great stuff (Punk God being 'way up there, along with Surfer Nun.) I think they can lose the whole of Joan's family, though, even if all those actors have knocked it out of the park.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 23, 2005 3:38:01 pm PDT #8461 of 10001
What is even happening?

I think they need to lose the wind machine, particularly since we know that Ryan is human. Custodian!God said so.

And since Ryan is human, I think this could turn out to be really good. This cast has made a season's worth of sub-par (if season 1 could be considered par) writing, worth watching. It would be most interesting I think, if they went very subtle with it, next season--so that it wasn't so much a battle against Ryan, as Joan battling to bring him back.

Also? The Kevin and Lily dynamic is great, too. I was crying, last night.

Finally... I still want to shove Rove in a locker, the little asshat.