For the blurb on Batman, they don't mention Christian Bale. Tsk, tsk.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2005 6:50:59 am PDT #4053 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Betsy HP - Sep 21, 2005 8:17:05 am PDT #4054 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Which was the Wonderfalls episode Tim said should hook us? Was it Muffin Buffalo, perhaps?
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2005 8:21:02 am PDT #4055 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"Crime Dog"?
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2005 8:29:19 am PDT #4056 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If it wasn't the pilot, there was a miscalculation.
Betsy HP - Sep 21, 2005 8:33:08 am PDT #4057 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
At some point, he said that there was a particular post-pilot episode that should make us fall in love with the character.
Or maybe I need to lay off the drugs.
Zenkitty - Sep 21, 2005 8:33:32 am PDT #4058 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Pink Flamingos was the one that got me. I was iffy before.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 21, 2005 8:35:00 am PDT #4059 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The pilot's teaser did the trick for me, but I think it was "Pink Flamingos" that was discussed as a gateway episode.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 21, 2005 8:35:53 am PDT #4060 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think I loved Wonderfalls more immediately than I've ever loved anything else, except possibly Freaks and Geeks. I'd say Buffy, but I didn't expect to love Buffy. I expected to mock Buffy, and was in denial about my love for a little while, so I can't accurately determine when it began.
Gris - Sep 21, 2005 8:45:25 am PDT #4061 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Wonderfalls, Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Dead Like Me, The Inside, and Gilmore Girls were all first scene loves for me.
Angel, Buffy, Firefly, Joan of Arcadia, Veronica Mars, and Once and Again were all slower builders.
And... that's pretty much the list of my major show loves. Everything else has been a brief, torrid affair. Actually, Dead Like Me was too, but I loved the pilot so much it needed inclusion. And The Inside hasn't really had the opportunity to be anything else. Sigh.
Nilly - Sep 21, 2005 8:57:15 am PDT #4062 of 10001
Swouncing
Which was the Wonderfalls episode Tim said should hook us? Was it Muffin Buffalo, perhaps?
It's in the archived first Minearverse thread:
Tim Minear - Mar 13, 2004 4:09:22 pm PST #4361 of 10012
Perfect example of when "nice" is so much better than "funny".
... Some pipe did need to be laid here and that's what the first couple do. If you find that by episode five you haven't settled into it, you might not. If you're patient enough to get to seven, I'd put bets I'll own your ass. And to be totally honest, there's a very good chance your ass will be mine by the end of episode three.
The 3rd episode was "Wound Up Penguin", the 5th was supposed to be "Crime Dog", and the 7th - "Lovesick Ass".