It's a cool idea, but I think the execution could use some tweaking. Damned if I can articulate how at this early hour, though.
Glasses?
eta: also, what bon bon said.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Kate P. - Oct 24, 2005 5:15:08 am PDT #8246 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2005 5:16:28 am PDT #8247 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I don't think they have to be sexy. Which might sound like I'm saying the geek bar is set low -- that's not what I mean. But it's not what I'd fix.
I think it's the concept of each shot, the conceit of each one, isn't worked hard enough. I think I like the word geek one best. The others feel like a woman in her underwear in front of a backdrop. Just that.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 24, 2005 5:17:08 am PDT #8248 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Those pictures aren't terribly sexy...?
nor are the girls geeky. They just look like soft core porn people with geeky background images.
ETA or what ita said
bon bon - Oct 24, 2005 5:23:13 am PDT #8249 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Something about their expressions are so empty, like all they were asked to do was give their best come-hither stare with no additional direction.
The retro gamer one bothers me. A gun to your head? Treat it like a penis! That's the point!
amych - Oct 24, 2005 5:24:11 am PDT #8250 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The others feel like a woman in her underwear in front of a backdrop.
This, yeah. It looks like they're going for a non-threatening kind of "generic bikini fantasy chicks use computers too!" vibe rather than facing the idea that someone might find geekiness sexy.
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 5:27:28 am PDT #8251 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It looks like they're going for a non-threatening kind of "generic bikini fantasy chicks use computers too!" vibe rather than facing the idea that someone might find geekiness sexy.
Yeah, show a chick with a big LCD screen running Linux, with about five terminal windows open....
Dana - Oct 24, 2005 5:27:42 am PDT #8252 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Was 10.0 a huge hit when it aired? Cause there's gonna be a sequel. 10.5: Apocalypse
t cries
Why is this now an accepted method of generating plots for TV movies? Like the "Category 7!!!" one they've been advertising on CBS. That's NOT HOW these scales work! They are not based on Spinal Tap logic!
Theodosia - Oct 24, 2005 5:33:23 am PDT #8253 of 10002
'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"
They are not based on Spinal Tap logic!
Yeah, but they're appealing to a Spinal Tap Logic audience.
shrift - Oct 24, 2005 5:51:25 am PDT #8254 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My exhaustion cannot be textually rendered.
Lee - Oct 24, 2005 5:54:02 am PDT #8255 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Poor shrift. This was wedding weekend, right? How was it?