The BSG promo that aired during this week's Eureka.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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 - Aug 24, 2006 7:57:25 am PDT #762 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Katie M - Aug 24, 2006 8:30:09 am PDT #763 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
SG-1 was down around 1.4, 1.5 this year, though for 200 it bounced back up to a 1.9 (which is about its average from last year, if I remember correctly). SGA was running one or two tenths higher.
DebetEsse - Aug 24, 2006 12:58:46 pm PDT #764 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Vonnie, PCR=Post-Creative Rationalization. aka wank.
sumi - Aug 24, 2006 7:14:47 pm PDT #765 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Watched tonight's Eureka repeat. Loved it EVEN more.
ETA: I noticed that the BSG promo (NOT the same one as Tuesday) says that the premiere is October 6th at 8 pm central. Is it a two hour premiere? Or have they moved it up an hour?
If Doctor Who is at 7, what is at 9?
CFerg - Aug 24, 2006 7:56:08 pm PDT #766 of 10001
You guys aren't the only ones hoping there aren't guest appearances in the ECW ring. I'll be killed.
Strega - Aug 24, 2006 8:13:19 pm PDT #767 of 10001
Is it a two hour premiere?Yup. They're two separate episodes, but I think they're packaging them together.
Beverly - Aug 24, 2006 8:43:47 pm PDT #768 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, just have Erica show up in her Jo uniform. She'll protect you.
There would be such an outcry if you came to any damage! So not happening.
tavella - Aug 24, 2006 9:07:34 pm PDT #769 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
Wow, the plot was painfully forced on this one. Even in the beginning; head-guy (I need to actually remember their names, don't I) doesn't seem stupid, so why the hell put Fargo down there? If you want to reward him for something, give him a real office, if you want to keep an eye on him because he's trouble, don't put him a zillion miles away from everyone. When West Wing pulled the same trick with the steam pipe distribution office, it was funny because of the fact that they *were* dissing Ainsley, combined with the fact that... was it Leo? was right when he pointed out that it was in the *White House* and a grungy office in the White House was still ten times the prestige of a giant EOB office.
However, as usual, the actors saved it, plus the funny little moments (Eve of Destruction is a favored music sequence piece, but the geezer power walk was still damn witty).
WindSparrow - Aug 24, 2006 9:49:54 pm PDT #770 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
You guys aren't the only ones hoping there aren't guest appearances in the ECW ring. I'll be killed.
On the bright side, that would be one time when I wouldn't be yelling at the tv, "Who gave mics to the damn wrestlers? They've got more drama than Shakespeare. Tell 'em to shut up and start bodyslamming something." Not that I watch wrestling all that often. Because they keep freakin' giving mics to the damn wrestlers.
Right. I'm ok. Really.
Deena - Aug 25, 2006 12:28:19 am PDT #771 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Greg and I watched the most recent ep of Eureka last night (I say last night because it's after 5 in the morning) and I thought I'd drop in here and see if I can't make hanging out in this thread a habit.
It's funny to read everyone else's responses, because the particular thing I handwaved is that Zoe is always somewhere important when things are happening.
When Eugenia and Jack are talking in the park, and she explains how Irvin used to talk to her about the universe, I didn't find that incongruent with her being with him at the end. I assumed he was using that as a metaphor, to explain to her how important she was to him, and that she didn't actually need a science lesson.
A show has to resonate emotionally for me to really like it. This one has been good at getting the laughs, and it's made me really happy to see it. I love the faces, and the way they all talk to one another, the interactions between the various characters, but when Jack kissed Eugenia, the look on his face was so perfect. Even afterwards, while they talked, there was a tenderness on his face.
I was primed by the kiss, but I seriously fell in love with the show during the old geek power walk. I know I'm a pushover, but I laughed and laughed, and there were tears in my eyes at the same time. I love that Thatcher was able to swim back up to reality and take on the problem, return to his Eugenia; that he brought in his "crew," that the solutions were so simple, but incomprehensible. I loved, loved, loved everyone's reaction when the machine stopped. old geek crew one, with his little dance, and the hugs, and the crazy--and then, "did someone cut the BLUE WIRE?" and the look on Henry's face. Awesome.
I assumed the death ray was built under the main street because it was Eureka and Eureka's safe. The outlying fields might be someone's farm, or belong to someone outside the government. If the MAD ray had to be somewhere, better for it to be within the city limits. I didn't think about it much, though. I just loved "Death RAY? It's a death ray?"
I didn't find it incongruent that Fargo was given an office in the basement. The previous episode, he'd done a favor for Stark, and Stark knew he owed Fargo, and vice versa. Stark told Fargo he'd done a great service with his research. It seemed perfectly reasonable to farm Fargo out somewhere with a storage closet as an office, selling him with the, for want of a better term, corporate speak, than to give him a real job or improve his working conditions in any tangible way since Fargo seems to screw up more than he does right.
I also don't find it surprising that the death ray was lost. It seemed to me that there have been hints that Eureka had been funded more easily in the past, especially Global Dynamics, and that if a scientist was considered one of the great minds, he could easily find a corner to potter about in and get paid for it. It looked to me as if the paper was z-fold paper fed with the traction holes, which would indicate some age, though it's not been 40 years since people stopped using it. Still, having tried to deal with government bureacracy myself, I can imagine things getting lost, misfiled, erased or otherwise folded, spindled or mutilated from yesterday, much less more than 40 years previously.
As for Fargo and turning on the machine; I'm an idiot. I would have done the same thing to see what it would do. I wouldn't assume that it would start things immediately. I would have assumed that turning the keys would allow me to start something, or, since it was in the back of a basement storage room, do nothing at all, but the thrill of the moment before the keys were turned, that possibility, would have been worth it.
So, haven't posted much about the show because, for whatever reason, actors, writers, humor, timing, I don't have a lot of judgement about whether or not it's really a good (meaning coherent and scientifically accurate and realistic) show. I love it for the crazy people who could all be Buffistas. Except maybe (continued...)