Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

'Objects In Space'


The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax  

[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.


Frankenbuddha - Jul 31, 2006 6:40:45 am PDT #658 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

They treat those kinds of shows as if they're a homework assignment covered with something icky, as if they have to have them around, but they want it to be done with as little attention as possible, so that the fewest people may notice that they're there at all.

Sounds like Fox's marketing strategy for THE INSIDE (and WONDERFALLS, and FIREFLY)


Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2006 7:22:52 am PDT #659 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Can't I write anything that's less than three posts long?

No. When Minearverse is rockin', I know Nilly's come a-knockin'.

That was so amusing to read. Your dawning realization that you were actually watching The Inside as opposed to reading it.

"The show with the perfect name for the local situation, "The Inside", for the people who have to stay inside their shelters and safe rooms").

And it's a show that gives people so much hope and happiness!


Topic!Cindy - Jul 31, 2006 7:23:16 am PDT #660 of 10001
What is even happening?

(Frank, I think I am you.)

Nilly, that's so funny that you caught an episode of The Inside, by accident, like that. How was it similar to/different from what you'd imagined while reading the scripts?

The only one that is in multi-languages is this one, which contains a picture. You can even see the English words "The Inside" in the caption (which reads "The show with the perfect name for the local situation, "The Inside", for the people who have to stay inside their shelters and safe rooms").
I'm so sorry this is true.

It was like the circus was coming to town, but instead of building its tents all far away, where you had to take three buses to get there, three buses back, and walk a couple of miles in the sun, the magician knocked at your door and asked if it's OK to practice in the back yard for a bit.
This is a delightful way of expressing your reaction.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 31, 2006 7:25:31 am PDT #661 of 10001
What is even happening?

And it's a show that gives people so much hope and happiness!

snerk

I had to stop watching. I'm probably just three Faith-Tortures-Wesley scenes away from being tough enough. Had Aidan made it to the air, here, I don't know what I would have done. I guess I would have had to watch with my hands over my eyes, fingers splayed. Scott says he's not dead yet, because it didn't happen on the air, and he doesn't have to accept extra-legal evidence to the contrary.


Jon B. - Jul 31, 2006 7:28:03 am PDT #662 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'll have to miss a couple of episodes due to shabbat (yeah, I have to whine. Sigh). However, for the remaining 10, I've already programmed my VCR.

So if a show airs on the sabbath, you're not allowed to do the "work" of programming the VCR ahead of time, even though the VCR is doing all the actual "work" when the show airs?


Nilly - Jul 31, 2006 7:55:00 am PDT #663 of 10001
Swouncing

Your dawning realization that you were actually watching The Inside as opposed to reading it.

I was all "no, wait. It's supposed to be words on a computer screen and some photos. How come there are people there who walk and talk?"

How was it similar to/different from what you'd imagined while reading the scripts?

I didn't actually really watch it yet. I was too busy "No Way"-ing my way into realizing that I was surprisingly watching it. But I've taped that half, and I have my VCR programmed, soI may throw some large paragraphs at it soon.

being tough enough

I've read nearly half the scripts. I know where to cover my eyes for those episodes. I'm way too much of a wuss, even to most of the scenes on BtVS and AtS.

So if a show airs on the sabbath, you're not allowed to do the "work" of programming the VCR ahead of time, even though the VCR is doing all the actual "work" when the show airs?

The problem is not in that. In a nutshell, it's in the fact that by having tv programs on shabbat, it means that people have to work on the tv station providing the services needed for them, so it's forcing Jewish people to break the rules of shabbat, without it being anything concerning life-and-death situations (which allow for the electricity to run, for example, for hospitals and the like).

But it may be enough for me to ask T for the downloaded copies of those episodes, now. Hmm. Me and my conscience need to have a conversation and decide how much of a prude I really am.


Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2006 8:00:29 am PDT #664 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

In a nutshell, it's in the fact that by having tv programs on shabbat, it means that people have to work on the tv station providing the services needed for them, so it's forcing Jewish people to break the rules of shabbat

So does no TV air on shabbat?


Nilly - Jul 31, 2006 8:09:48 am PDT #665 of 10001
Swouncing

So does no TV air on shabbat?

Of course it airs, all the time, because not everybody in Israel cares about the Judaism rules concerning these matters. But there's a religious question regarding enjoying such acts, when you do care.

[Edited for two things I forgot to mention earlier, because, yes, three posts really aren't enough. Anyway.

The wife in "Pre Filer" was the nun from "Wound Up Penguin"! By the time she showed up I was "No Way"-ing myself into realizing that it's not just a whoe lot of coincidences just happening at once, but it was still a bit of "hey, she, too?".

And we did't get Allyson's logo! At the end it said "reamworks", but in blue letters on a white background, with two blue stripes above and below it. Kinda like the Israeli flag, with a production-company name instead of he star of David. Patriotism and all, it was escapism, so I really wanted the beagles.]


thegrommit - Jul 31, 2006 6:58:08 pm PDT #666 of 10001
Um.

However, for the remaining 10, I've already programmed my VCR

I am amused that someone whose principles didn't allow her to *ahem* the episodes gets to do this.

The beagles show up in later episodes.


Kristen - Jul 31, 2006 7:08:44 pm PDT #667 of 10001

And we did't get Allyson's logo!

I think the new logo started the week after that. (Loneliest Number.)