You might not like the term "genre" as it's being used in the header, but it's pretty clear what's meant.
I was joking.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
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.
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Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2006 8:10:38 am PDT #2002 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kalshane - Sep 29, 2006 9:15:11 am PDT #2003 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.
I was thinking about last night's Supernatural, and I think the end result of the episode is that Sam screwed up big time by not shooting his father in the season finale. Not only is his father now dead anyway, but the Colt is gone and the demon is still free, which might be why it bugs me. And I realize, people make mistakes and there's not always a happy ending, nor do I always want there to be in my fiction, but, I don't know. I'm not sure how to explain it.
It could be I'm just a major cranky-pants these days and it's interfering with my ability to enjoy certain things.
Nutty - Sep 29, 2006 9:31:42 am PDT #2004 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Although it's a tactical mistake for Sam to have refused to kill his father, it was a decision that supported the familial political situation going on. If Sam had done it, Dean would never have forgiven him, and the family would have been destroyed. (Presuming Dean would have survived, which is a shaky presumption to go with.)
I have come around to the argument (from Micole) that John's solitary death -- rather than its facilitation by anyone else in the family -- allows the family to remain a unit. Dean's death -- end of family. Sam's murdering John -- same. (Sam wasn't in serious danger of death at all, although I can imagine ways in which his death might have split the family, or kept it together, depending on circumstances.)
Also, allowing things to end up as they have allows for more plot-thickener at later dates, as Marble-Eyes breaks his deal with John, or Dean tells Sam what was whispered in his ear, or smartypants Sam puts two and two together and gets five, or -- etc. etc.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 29, 2006 9:31:49 am PDT #2005 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
Jeffry Dean Morgan just can't catch a break, can he?
Nutty - Sep 29, 2006 9:34:56 am PDT #2006 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, he probably should stick to lawyer-show roles for a while; that way he can end up disbarred or in prison rather than in flimsy buttless cotton outfits and then dead.
SailAweigh - Sep 29, 2006 9:41:20 am PDT #2007 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I've only watched a couple of episodes of Supernatural, but it sounds like a heck of a lot happened in one season. The show is starting to sound a lot more attractive. I may have to ahem a few episodes to check it out.
Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2006 9:43:00 am PDT #2008 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've only watched a couple of episodes of Supernatural, but it sounds like a heck of a lot happened in one season.
Heh, really? I actually got the opposite impression, but that's what happens when you condense a season into fifteen seconds.
sumi - Sep 29, 2006 9:44:09 am PDT #2009 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Nutty -- I agree with you.
And yeah, JDM needs to stay out of hospitals while appearing in dramatic series.
sumi - Sep 29, 2006 9:44:46 am PDT #2010 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Sail - you can Netflix or otherwise rent or buy the first season on dvd.
SailAweigh - Sep 29, 2006 9:45:50 am PDT #2011 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yeah, see, I thought is was going to be another MotW kind of show. Now it turns out it's all about family. Which is much more interesting because then the monsters are the family itself. Fun!