P.S. I agree that the Hooker Girlfriend episode of Battlestar Galactica was easily the worst of the worst.
I'm just pretending it was bad fanfic that somehow accidentally got filmed and broadcast....
it could happen....
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
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tommyrot - Jun 30, 2006 5:43:22 am PDT #2580 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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 30, 2006 5:57:51 am PDT #2581 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
It's happened before. "Spock's Brain."
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2006 6:03:45 am PDT #2582 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.
Yeah, saving Spock's brain was a mistake. As soon as they did that, people figured it was OK to save Hitler's brain....
Jon B. - Jun 30, 2006 6:33:22 am PDT #2583 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Actually, Hitler's brain was saved first (1963).
t /temporal pedant
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2006 6:35:59 am PDT #2584 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.
Actually, Hitler's brain was saved first (1963).
Oh, I wasn't sure about that....
From IMDB:
I assume everyone knows that They Saved Hitler's Brain is basically two bad movies crushed together as one. The first 20-30 minutes were produced in the mid-sixties, and the rest was produced in the late fifties...a fact that really comes through in the production values.
Huh.
P.M. Marc - Jun 30, 2006 7:21:36 am PDT #2585 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
OMG, He wrote Apollo's Hooker Girlfriend episode! I shun him for life.
Yeah, but he also wrote the classic Smallville episode Perry! Which failed to suck!
Calli - Jun 30, 2006 7:47:16 am PDT #2586 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
OMG, He wrote Apollo's Hooker Girlfriend episode!
I haven't seen this one yet. Did he write an episode with Apollo and a hooker and fail to get Lee naked? 'Cause I'd agree on the shunning, if that's the case.
Hayden - Jun 30, 2006 8:53:16 am PDT #2587 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It was pretty funny that *anyone* would believe the king of the towers drug market is a grey-haired white guy
Yeah, but that's no "I knew it was your first time. I wanted it to be special."
Theodosia - Jun 30, 2006 9:30:27 am PDT #2588 of 10001
'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"
IIRC, according to the commentary, there were directorial difficulties with the episode, which necessitated some rewriting after shooting had finished, including making it into a flashback plot structure. IOW, the writer may have turned in a truly excellent script and then had to stand by helplessly as it systematically had all the excellence sucked out of the story.
Jessica - Jun 30, 2006 9:42:50 am PDT #2589 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
IOW, the writer may have turned in a truly excellent script and then had to stand by helplessly as it systematically had all the excellence sucked out of the story.
Moore took complete responsibility for the suckage, but my impression from the podcast was that it was a problematic ep from day 1 (before a writer had ever been assigned).