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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Mind, they don't exactly stop by and say, "Hey Let's talk about your superpowers over coffee." Instead, they go straight for the kidnapping and, apparently, branding.
I wonder why they
don't,
though. I'm serious. What are they really doing to these people? Why wouldn't they go willingly, if they are presumably "helping" them? Especially because most people seem to be rather perplexed and confused by the development of their powers, so wouldn't they be receptive to someone coming and saying, "I know what you're going through. We can help"? Supply some fake OWI credentials, and there you go.
How can this organization be considered "good" if they let an extremely deadly radioactive dude back out on the street?
Maybe that dryness is his hook, but I can't distinguish it from a piece written in all seriousness about the clichés that irritate him. How can you tell?
This is in the opening paragraph:
Some of these, like the ridiculously sexy female scientist/alien/robot/whatever, detract from the realism -- but no one is complaining about it. Not me, anyway. Hooray for Jeri Ryan!
When you start out with "Here's a thing that doesn't make sense either, but I don't care because it results in hot chicks," I don't know how it can be taken as a manifesto. I don't mean that he's not at all serious. But... again, I think of recaps. Do I think Wesley is an ass? Sure! Do I care as much about that as people seem to think? No, but it's an easy thing to make jokes about.
So, to me it sounds like: is he tired of these things? Sure! Is he going to stop watching a show or a movie just because they turn up? No, of course not. Hell, I've been complaining about the way spaceships all seem to agree on a universal "this way is up" for ages, but it doesn't stop me watching things with spaceships. 'Cause that'd be crazy, with spaceships being so cool and all.
Yeah, I certainly didn't take it as a deliberate "We kill them" statement. It was more of a "Sometimes, er, bad shit happens."
People are dying cause they got too tough resisting being kidnapped. Considering that a "tragic accident" is taking their right to kidnap anyone you choose for granted. . That sure sounds evil to me.
NBC/Universal is making big cuts company wide.
Yeah, I hear they are making cuts in their entertainment division. Maybe next season we'll be watching Hero or, more properly, Hiro.
I don't see the nuance you do, Strega. I'm reading the piece like those ten things piss him off every time he sees them now, and my responses are to that. I don't see what difference being witty when pissed off makes--I certainly don't see the automatic "Well, I'm not
that
pissed off if I can be a smartass about it" that I think I'm getting from your reading.
Smallville- So Clark gets saved by Deus ex Martian Manhunter?!?
The OWI certainly seems very dark grey at best to me. There's the catch and release on radioactive man. I don't know if they know about Niki/ikiN, but if they do that's another person who they know is a danger to the general public that they just let wander around on the streets.
So Clark gets saved by Deus ex Martian Manhunter?!?
Oh, is that who that is? Cool.
