The books are fun, and the universe depicted in them is interesting. My only problem with them is that they seem to get more and more romance novel-y as the series progresses.(Romance novels aren't my cup of tea.)
Thanks, Sheryl!
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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.
sj - Feb 26, 2007 10:37:42 am PST #7253 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2007 10:59:02 am PST #7254 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
Amazon keeps recommending those books to me, are they any good?
I bought one and stopped reading about a third of the way in. And that's coming from someone who finished the Anita Blake books that he's bought.
sumi - Feb 26, 2007 12:25:45 pm PST #7255 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Apparently, that really was Sarah the ingenue from season 2 of Slings and Arrows as Bianca the Vampire on Dresden Files.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2007 1:21:03 pm PST #7256 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
when you fake up a rural/working class English accent, and use it for dramatic purposes to speak about social class in a different context, the aristocracy is not the first target that comes to my mind
What is?
Nutty - Feb 26, 2007 3:02:58 pm PST #7257 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Evil industrialists who ensnare nice, upstanding country boys in their hellhole factories and build the city of Manchester on their bones? Also, the petit bourgeoisie and anybody who would say Boo to Silas Marner. Perhaps I have been reading too much 19th century literature, but I think "the aristocracy" is the sort of thing one hears out of Russia and other, more serf-y parts of the world than out of rural Britain.
sumi - Feb 26, 2007 3:40:37 pm PST #7258 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, no matter what his accent is/was he (Baltar) isn't British and I think that we can't assume the same sort of history for Airelon as for Manchester.
Jon B. - Feb 26, 2007 3:44:06 pm PST #7259 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
OK - so the same woman as last night. So Dresden is in a continuing relationship with her?
Last night's ep felt to me like it was written to air earlier in the series than it did. Both the waitress stuff at the beginning, and also the way Morgan was introduced. Are they airing them out of order?
Juliebird - Feb 26, 2007 4:00:41 pm PST #7260 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
they are airing them out of order (Robert Wolf keeps claiming that this doesn't cause continuity glitches, but I think he's trying to make himself feel better, or so I hope. I sure do hope that there *is* continuity to mess up, or else I might start fading on this show)
Didn't like the actress playing Bianca half the time, hated the music whenever Harry and her started getting flirty. And the flashbacks didn't work for me. I'd rather be seeing what happened with Harry five years ago as a complete set of stories unto themselves, rather than shoe-horning them in (I hope we at least see more backstory throughout the season).
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2007 4:01:52 pm PST #7261 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I knew it! Mr. Muggles is behind everything!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2007 4:09:06 pm PST #7262 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Goooood opening. Also, DR. WHERE!