A yarn is another word for a story.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - Apr 19, 2006 9:42:15 am PDT #9459 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
AnthonyDe - Apr 19, 2006 10:04:07 am PDT #9460 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.
I was super excited, at first, thinking it was the series that Gale Harold is in. But then I remembered that he's in the other pilot about searching for someone from a powerful family that gets kidnapped.
That's "Vanished" on FOX. A Senator's wife gets kidnapped. I did a day on the pilot as an extra. They told us it was "24" meets "Without a Trace."
I think we're seeing a trend where shows are basically season long mini series and if they don't get make it to a full season or to a second season they can still make money on DVD.
Kevin - Apr 19, 2006 10:14:56 am PDT #9461 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Huh, hadn't realised the US was only half way through Who S1. No idea if they'll run straight into series 2.
Tom Scola - Apr 19, 2006 10:19:37 am PDT #9462 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
This is Sci-Fi we're talking about. Any sort of scheduling permutation is possible. They could stop at 1x8, wait six months, and then show the rest of S1, and then show the first three episodes of S2.
We're just damn lucky that they're showing them in order.
Kevin - Apr 19, 2006 10:23:35 am PDT #9463 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Well, technically they did miss the previous 18 series, Tom ;)
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2006 10:24:13 am PDT #9464 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We're just damn lucky that they're showing them in order.
Do they usually not? They have so little "original" (by which I mean shown for the first time in the US, not stuff that originated with them) scripted series TV (isn't it just the Stargates and BSG?) that who knows?
Tom Scola - Apr 19, 2006 10:33:50 am PDT #9465 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Do they usually not?
They do, I was just being sarcastic.
libkitty - Apr 19, 2006 11:23:16 am PDT #9466 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
The word "skein" continues to hurt my soul.
Yeah, I get the 'yarn' connection, but ouch.
My little literal mind keeps picturing folks knitting up characters for the chopping block, kind of like a cross between Tim Minear and Madame Defarge. Actually, that picture is appropriate for this thread, and not so bad when I think about it. And yet, skein = ouch.
Tim Minear - Apr 19, 2006 12:18:07 pm PDT #9467 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
Skein, yarn, thread, Defarge. It's all so clear now.
Dana - Apr 19, 2006 12:19:27 pm PDT #9468 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I once had a conversation with Micole (for those of you who remember her) about how, if A Tale of Two Cities had a fandom, Sydney Carton would be the designated Spike.