Oh, giant dork is a term of endearment, believe me.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Dana - Sep 15, 2006 5:23:35 pm PDT #1447 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ailleann - Sep 15, 2006 5:41:23 pm PDT #1448 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I have no doubt. (Though he still can't put his glasses on straight, damn him.)
Ailleann - Sep 15, 2006 5:47:31 pm PDT #1449 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Ok, that was pretty f'ing creepy.
Dana - Sep 15, 2006 5:50:16 pm PDT #1450 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
They're doing a pretty decent job with the fake-outs here, particularly with Carson.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 15, 2006 6:33:50 pm PDT #1451 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
Who are these people who know how to write subtle and creepy scenarios, and what have they done with the SGA writers?
DebetEsse - Sep 15, 2006 7:04:52 pm PDT #1452 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
They've tied them up in the basement, allowed only to write fic.
Don't tell the authorities. I beg you.
sumi - Sep 15, 2006 7:14:42 pm PDT #1453 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
How many episodes of MI-5 are there to look forward to?
Kalshane - Sep 15, 2006 8:16:59 pm PDT #1454 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The Cylons built a backdoor into the nav program in the miniseries, yes. What happened in S2 was something different. The Cylons transmitted a virus, presumably via the comms. Normally that wouldn't matter, but this time everything (not just FTL and nav) was networked, and the virus spread into other systems before the connection was broken. The Cylons weren't directly issuing commands to the ship via a backdoor, as they did in the mini; they were getting the front door to unlock itself.
I'd have to re-watch, but I am almost positive they didn't network the entire ship (which I imagine would take a whole lot of work, considering everything is isolated by design) but just the two or three (I'm thinking it was three, now, but I can't recall the third) systems Gaeda needed to plot the jump quickly. Power and life-support would have nothing to do with that.
I'm also unsure how something coming in over the comms would be recieved by the Nav or FTL computers.
Edclipsed goes into my favorite list of informal TV terms, along with Scully Box and Spinering.
Spinering?
Primal:
I found it really interesting that Stark's emotions showed as angry when Allison left after dropping off the divorce papers. I would have expected sadness.
As someone else mentioned, we were getting a lot of green for depression, just not nearly as much as the anger.
Overall, I thought the episode was okay, but the main plot didn't really grab and the generic horror cut away to off-screen screaming thing just didn't work. However, the dance at the end wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it would be, after Colin's warning, though I do agree that it was a silly way to fix the problem. I'd much rather see two characters in romantic situations because they want to be there, rather than because of weird circumstances forcing them to.
Strega - Sep 15, 2006 8:34:09 pm PDT #1455 of 10001
I'd have to re-watch, but I am almost positive they didn't network the entire ship (which I imagine would take a whole lot of work, considering everything is isolated by design) but just the two or three (I'm thinking it was three, now, but I can't recall the third) systems Gaeda needed to plot the jump quickly. Power and life-support would have nothing to do with that.
When Gaeta is describing his plan he says, "We network the FTL computer with a nav, DC, and fire-control computers."
As far as I know, power and life-support have never been mentioned as totally separate systems. They might be, I guess, but there's no reason to assume they are. The only other computer on Galactica that's been mentioned is the mainframe, which has to be what is used for the comms (since that's the context in which it was mentioned).
I'm also unsure how something coming in over the comms would be recieved by the Nav or FTL computers.There has to be some connection between information received from comms and navigation. They detect that a ship is there, and they detect friend-or-foe. It may not be a direct link, but at the very least one is feeding information to the other.
Consuela - Sep 15, 2006 9:41:48 pm PDT #1456 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana, you killed him!
I swear, you don't want to be an SGC Colonel unless you're on SG-1; cause otherwise, you're just dead.
That SG-1 ep was kind of all over the map, but Daniel-and-Vala were very funny. Daniel's adorable when he smirks, I have to admit. Brings out his dimples.