Question: why do people like Out of Gas so much? What are the qualities which make it a good episode?
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
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[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Aug 20, 2006 2:00:45 pm PDT #1020 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
tiggy - Aug 20, 2006 2:26:52 pm PDT #1021 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
The Office has tainted me forever. now anytime i see someone type "question" i hear Dwight Schrute saying it.
I would answer your question, Kevin, but i can never put into words why i like something as much as i do. OoG just has a lot going for it.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2006 2:31:21 pm PDT #1022 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
It's simplicity, an everyday sort of problem, like a bad alternator, transferred to them. If they were in a Winnebago in Death Valley, they might have a similar problem, Mad Max style.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2006 2:39:45 pm PDT #1023 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Question: why do people like Out of Gas so much? What are the qualities which make it a good episode?
I dig the non-linear narrative, especially the flashbacks that give us backstory on how many of the characters ended up on Serenity. I love that the whole episode is basically a love letter to this dinky old spaceship.
Also, "Everybody dies alone" just kills me.
Kevin - Aug 20, 2006 2:49:12 pm PDT #1024 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
It's a simple concept but it's got a complex narrative. I think the director did a *REALLY* good job in helping the audience visually seperate out the timelines (plus, extreme kudos for the matching one into another).
Plus, starting with the dead ship with Mal falling into frame - seaming dead - with the soundtrack, is just a great way to start an episode. It grabs your attention, and just makes you go 'Hang on - huh?', but then also answers that question.
I often think show runners should be nailed to a chair and have people tell them why an episode worked, to be honest. Not the good ones, as the good ones understand. But if somebody had sat down with the people at Charmed and said LOOK, THIS IS A FUCKING GOOD EPISODE AND THIS IS WHY, they might have actually produced a decent run of episodes. Sadly, I don't think anybody did.
msbelle - Aug 20, 2006 2:54:54 pm PDT #1025 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so you answered your own question.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2006 3:00:14 pm PDT #1026 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
Charmed ran for like, 7 seasons. The showrunners have no reason to think they were doing a crap job since they kept getting renewed.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2006 3:02:08 pm PDT #1027 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Charmed ran for like, 7 seasons.
And I think only about 45% of their plotlines were stolen outright from BtVS.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2006 3:05:26 pm PDT #1028 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
Cole was way sexier than Angel, though.
tiggy - Aug 20, 2006 3:11:53 pm PDT #1029 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Cole was way sexier than Angel, though.
WORD.