This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


Allyson - Aug 20, 2005 6:21:18 pm PDT #2854 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

That's all I remember.

Also, I have a new phone, and some people didn't transfer. You were one of them, so apparently, according to my new phone, you are dead to me.

My new phone is pink and matches my iPod. Other than that, I have no idea how it works.


Betsy HP - Aug 20, 2005 6:21:48 pm PDT #2855 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Radio is faboo, especially on long car trips. You'd think somebody could start a radio soap opera during commute hours. Every day, 5:30-6, characters get murdered, give birth, whatever, with just enough overlap that people stay oriented if they miss a day.

We had The Shadow LPs when I was growing up; my husband and I listened to the cassettes.

I miss radio voices; that generation is dying off, but the magnificent voices that newscasters needed during the radio years were amazing.


Wolfram - Aug 20, 2005 6:21:49 pm PDT #2856 of 10001
Visilurking

I liked AYNOHYEB. It more than met my Angel viewing criteria (great stand-alone story and furthered various arcs), but I didn't really start reading fandom criticisms until Angel S4 so I may have missed plenty.


Kristen - Aug 20, 2005 6:22:20 pm PDT #2857 of 10001

Wait. Which one of us is dead to you?

'Cause, you know, if it's me, you're gonna start spending a lot of time out on those ledges.


DavidS - Aug 20, 2005 6:22:40 pm PDT #2858 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

you think "Moon" is better than "Stranger"?

You really should've done Have Spacesuit Will Travel.


Kiba Rika - Aug 20, 2005 6:22:44 pm PDT #2859 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.

I know those seem like fighting words, but I have my opinion, and I am often afraid to say it because saying "I don't think Heinlein's women are unbelievable" offends some. Unfortunately this leads to flaming swords of argument on the subject.

I feel the same way, Daniel. I do have issues with Heinlein, but they are actually my issues, not his issues.

sexual, assertive, kittenish, competent.

See, and this describes what I think is an admirable woman. But then, I'm probably overly fond of kittenish people. After all - they're kind of like kittens, aren't they? (Not really, I know.)

It's probably his best book, overall. I tend to think it is.

I like Stranger in a Strange Land better. Granted, I've only read the two.

I don't get at all how exploring the McCarthy thing is "trite." Or how my approach was trite.

As I said earlier - I took this out of context a bit, I don't remember the exact wording. But my response was that I thought the whole McCarthy bit was a vehicle, and not the episode. And I find it reassuring that Tim said something similar.


Betsy HP - Aug 20, 2005 6:23:44 pm PDT #2860 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I want to kick kittenish women in the teeth. It's a thing.


Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2005 6:24:35 pm PDT #2861 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Almost the most direct metaphor I ever did on the show.

The most direct being the demon tree with DSL.


Allyson - Aug 20, 2005 6:24:49 pm PDT #2862 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Why is that?

I dunno. What do you think?

OOG didn't annoy you, right?

No. My favorite bit of teevee you ever did.


justkim - Aug 20, 2005 6:25:28 pm PDT #2863 of 10001
Another social casualty...

The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

I remember that! When I was a little girl (nine in 1980 to be precise) we lived overseas, in Sicily. We lived off-base for the first year and didn't have any English-language TV. We did get the base radio station though, and Mystery Theater ran every weeknight at 8. I remember sitting up with my mom listening to it. I loved it so much. I remember E.G. Marshall introducing each episode; later it was Tammy Grimes. It made me really appreciate good storytelling. I think it's the reason I became such a Twilight Zone fan once I started watching it.