Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.

'Get It Done'


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.


Betsy HP - Dec 30, 2005 2:06:02 pm PST #7242 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

When Cinemascope and Panavision and what-not came out, costume design had to be rethought, because suddenly machine stitching would be visible. In the pre-19th-century costumes, that's a problem.


Betsy HP - Dec 30, 2005 2:07:47 pm PST #7243 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

I was just thinking about you, Aurelia! We did the Underground Seattle tour, and at one point we were sitting on a band stage in a bar. Some of the lighting instruments were in two parts, a light and a mirror; the light pointed up and and the mirror focused on the stage. How common is that? Everything's gotten so sophisticated when I was a kid in Junior Players. (Well, everything except me.)


aurelia - Dec 30, 2005 3:49:20 pm PST #7244 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Some of the lighting instruments were in two parts, a light and a mirror; the light pointed up and and the mirror focused on the stage. How common is that?

There are moving mirror or fixed mirror accessories that can be attached to conventional fixtures to make the lights more versatile or to shoot around obstacles. There are also "intelligent" lights that use a moving mirror instead of a moving head. I'm guessing it was the latter which would mean it would also be able to change colors and patterns and do all kinds of rock & roll "flash and trash."


sj - Dec 31, 2005 9:25:35 am PST #7245 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I showed Dave the first two episodes of Wonderfalls the other night. He loved them, and I loved them even more on re-watch. It makes me sad all over again, that this little dvd set is all there will ever be of them.


Kalshane - Dec 31, 2005 9:40:17 am PST #7246 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I was in Best Buy last night and saw the Point Pleasant DVDs and it made me grumble anew about there being no DVDs of The Inside.


libkitty - Dec 31, 2005 3:04:29 pm PST #7247 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Grrrrrr. I mean, even Marti Noxon said that Wonderfalls was better.


Tamara - Dec 31, 2005 3:30:48 pm PST #7248 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

Happy New Year, Minearverse!


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 31, 2005 6:30:53 pm PST #7249 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

Grrrrrr. I mean, even Marti Noxon said that Wonderfalls was better.

Then again, there are precious few shows in television history that Wonderfalls wasn't better than.


libkitty - Dec 31, 2005 6:46:47 pm PST #7250 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Well, personally I think Firefly. But I get your point.


§ ita § - Dec 31, 2005 7:55:21 pm PST #7251 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I mean, even Marti Noxon said that Wonderfalls was better.

Wonderfalls has DVDs.

It's The Inside we're lacking.