The brunette?
I saw her in the credits but I didn't recognize her.
Buffy: Dancing with you is way better than trying to hook up with some good-looking guy. Xander: I think I liked it more when you were kicking me in my puffy groin.
'Get It Done'
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.
sumi - Oct 03, 2006 4:37:21 am PDT #2120 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
DXMachina - Oct 03, 2006 4:57:55 am PDT #2121 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That was Claire's dad, wasn't it?
The guy taunting in the cab was. The pest control guy in Mohinder's apartment was someone else. (Claire's dad was in the father's apartment in Madras, which also seemed a bit clumsy. I mean, leaving your cell phone on whilst lurking about?)
Strega - Oct 03, 2006 6:09:41 am PDT #2122 of 10001
I find the super-solemn treatment of Heroes off-putting. But I guess that's why I don't read superhero comics.
And the evil conspiracy of Anti-Heroes, meh. I'd like someone to stop the conspiracy of people who want every TV show to feature a conspiracy. I imagine the creators saying, "Turns out that building up plausible conflict takes a lot of work, so how about instead we throw in an omniscient, omnipotent, ill-explained cabal, and then we can take a long weekend?"
Theodosia - Oct 03, 2006 6:10:58 am PDT #2123 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
He thought he was in a no-coverage area, but those darn Indian telecomm companies foiled him? :-)
Jessica - Oct 03, 2006 6:15:48 am PDT #2124 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm disappointed mostly because I assumed that the freaking premise would be more or less established by the end of the 2-hour pilot. In a more specific way than "There are people with powers who are important for some reason, and some other people want to kill them."
bon bon - Oct 03, 2006 7:32:24 am PDT #2125 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I watched last night's Heroes for the first time. When Bob asked me what happened I was like, "uh..." because nothing freaking happened!
amlai - Oct 03, 2006 8:07:27 am PDT #2126 of 10001
The pacing of last night's Heroes seemed really slow. Slower than molasses... more like glass. Other than introducing Grunberg's character, I don't recall much progression beyond the first episode. And I agree that I thought we'd have figured out what the premise was by now. Hopefully it picks up a bit or I think it's going get old fast.
machall - Oct 03, 2006 8:25:08 am PDT #2127 of 10001
"Would you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?" - Doctor Who
I'm disappointed mostly because I assumed that the freaking premise would be more or less established by the end of the 2-hour pilot. In a more specific way than "There are people with powers who are important for some reason, and some other people want to kill them."
Too true. We really didn't see anything we didn't suspect about the characters and their powers. The only real plot advancement was the algorithm for locating genetically advanced individuals.
I was relieved to see that the comic book was drawn by the seer and not by someone outside the story. Last week's previews gave me the impression that it would be something like the Will Farrel/Emma Thompson movie "Stranger Than Fiction".
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2006 8:25:18 am PDT #2128 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think the pacing of Heroes is slow to us, who are used to this people-with-special-powers fantasy genre. But having talked to some of my co-workers who normally eschew genre television, it seems right on for them. Most of them got pulled into the fantasy setting by Lost, and now they're ready to give other fantasy-based television a try, but they don't have the training in fantasy/SciFi/comics that we do. One of my friends at work was all, "Now what did that cop do? He could hear what they were thinking, right?" and she was utterly confused when Hiro went forward in time as well as moving around in space. I realized it was taking her longer to get up to speed with the concepts than it took me (which was basically, y'know, instantaneous). I think this show is being written for people like her, at least at first - it's moving slowly, giving them a chance to adjust and catch up. If it makes more genre fans, I'll be happy to wait on it.
Jessica - Oct 03, 2006 8:51:31 am PDT #2129 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The only real plot advancement was the algorithm for locating genetically advanced individuals.
But even that, we didn't really learn about. We were told in one line that it existed, and we saw that it kind of looked like the Matrix, only sideways. We didn't learn why it's worth being murdered over, or what exactly can be done with it, or why.
I was relieved to see that the comic book was drawn by the seer and not by someone outside the story.
DH and I were both rolling our eyes at the comic book. We decided it must have been self-published (and that the artist is a personal friend of the newsstand owner). It seemed the only possible way to explain the writer's name and home address being printed in the back of the book.
But having talked to some of my co-workers who normally eschew genre television, it seems right on for them.
Huh. That surprises me -- I'd have thought that the talkiness would turn non-genre fans off.