Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!

'Dirty Girls'


Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."  

A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Consuela - Sep 13, 2006 6:27:34 pm PDT #1371 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Voting methods.

Grammar.


Dana - Sep 13, 2006 6:32:48 pm PDT #1372 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

you guys have no idea how indispensible this feedback is. It goes right to the top and we all discuss it.

...huh. Anyone else a little scared? You already have nonplussed covered.


P.M. Marc - Sep 13, 2006 7:09:11 pm PDT #1373 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

So, Plei, how's the Farscape re-watch going? Inspired to fic?

Hampered by my desire to actually watch The Iron Giant, I fear. (It's a Netflix thing for me, and I'm queue stuck.)

Though I did find myself reading transcripts and thinking wistfully of all the Chiana/Jool that people didn't write.


WindSparrow - Sep 13, 2006 8:19:08 pm PDT #1374 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I don't have a "teensy" head. I think in normal circles I have normal sized head. But among the bobbleheaded-lollipop-gang that is The Screen Actor's Guild, a normal sized melon is.... why am I even answering this....

Guys with those giant heads freak me out in the same way that the freaky Burger King King-thing-guy freaks me out, which is similar in some ways but not identical to the way I get seriously, seriously creeped out by those modern three-tyned wind turbines. Luckily, Colin does indeed have a normal-sized head, and is therefore vastly more enjoyable to watch.

Tall men are fun to look at, but a pain in the neck for engaging in extended lip-lock with. Not that this has anything to do with anything at. all.

ETA: I really enjoy Stark as a foil and adversary for Carter. It's great that he is such a complex character, that he is not evil, and that in spite of the adversarial nature of the character, he is not the enemy.

Also, I agree with the others who felt that the fake-kissage at the end was not as bad as we were fearing. There was enough reluctance, necessity, as well as delicately drawn enjoyment to make this scene loads less insulting to the characters and the viewers than the magnet scene. Is the science behind the necessity better, or are we less annoyed by scientific plot-holes in the dance/kiss bit because it was written with a less heavy hand?


Juliebird - Sep 14, 2006 1:40:17 am PDT #1375 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Next season we're going to discover that Sheriff Carter is now being played by Ian Somerhalder, and when asked what happened to Colin, the network will reply that the Buffistas filled his head with crazy ideas...

Belatedly want to take back my misinterpretation of the show. Misunderstanding the first scene with Allison and Nathan messed up the rest of the ep for my viewing experience.

What still bugs is Salli's portrayal of Allison. Now I understand the irritation that flowed through the rest of the ep in regards to Allison's emotional state, but there was still something off. Was it a deliberate choice to have Allison fronting her heartbreak over the divorce by trying to be aggressive and short-tempered but having it come out awkward and stiff and a little hysterical?

Also, starting to appreciate the "mood-ring" because all those times that Nathan was at his "threshold tolerance", he was cool as a cucumber. Which makes me kinda scared of him that you can't really tell when he's angry. I also picked up lots more cool bits of Ed Quinn's performance where he's, pardon the cliche, seeming kind of a shell of himself. The energy is just a little off, the voice a little sluggish, the shrugs and slightly less composed posture. After he's done fronting his anger and irritation, he just seems... smaller. Was having him sitting while everyone else was standing a deliberate choice?


DXMachina - Sep 14, 2006 2:45:39 am PDT #1376 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Anyone else a little scared? You already have nonplussed covered.

Not scared. I am, however, thinking that we have an opportunity to suggest that "foamy" is just the sort of adjective the folks in Eureka (especially the crowd Zoe hangs out with) might use to describe people who are, er, foamy.


Laura - Sep 14, 2006 4:25:21 am PDT #1377 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Looks around Eureka, yep, foamy!


WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2006 4:28:28 am PDT #1378 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I also picked up lots more cool bits of Ed Quinn's performance where he's, pardon the cliche, seeming kind of a shell of himself. The energy is just a little off, the voice a little sluggish, the shrugs and slightly less composed posture.

I just figured that the times Stark did not seem his usual, focussed self were due to times when he was absorbing more information from the computer. It was enough to make me wonder if the nanogeneids had taken over the computer, and if the computer had taken over Stark. At first I thought that what turned out to be Nano!Stark was Real!Stark as controlled by the big 'puter and the Nanoids. The Nano!Golems were far creepier than a Hal!Stark would have been, I think.

Also, why was anyone (I'm looking at you, Stark) blaming Fargo for the mess with the neural interface? Seriously, what kind of flaming idiot agrees to be the first human trial for a thing like that - and don't point out that Fargo had installed one on himself. Unless the point of it was that Stark's tasty, ruthless exterior truly hides a far bigger inner geek than we have yet guessed, even taking the ultra-advanced android creation into account.

ETA: the end of a sentence for the purpose of sense-making.


Jesse - Sep 14, 2006 4:31:14 am PDT #1379 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That would be so fucking funny if "foamy" were the new hotness for the high school set in Eureka.

And by the way, you guys have no idea how indispensible this feedback is. It goes right to the top and we all discuss it. Even the phrasing of ideas in the posts gives new insights and fleshes things out better.

We're very fancy.

Oh, speaking of heads and whatever, I just saw pictures of Gillian Anderson from that Last King of Scotland (?) movie, and not only is she a midget, her head is enormous. FYI.


§ ita § - Sep 14, 2006 4:48:53 am PDT #1380 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

GA is kinda the gold standard for industry midgets, isn't she? Well, her and Tom Cruise.