It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.

Xander ,'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.


chrismg - Mar 27, 2007 4:56:20 pm PDT #8888 of 10001
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Hey guys. About the question of who left the note -- I wasn't thinking so much in the sense of it being an important question that needed to be answered, as an old plot thread that might be picked up, and now had possibilities it hadn't before.

But the discussion reminded me of something I'd been thinking about for quite a while....how we tend to come up with highly complex theories to explain what we're shown on the screen, overlooking that the people who make the show have much less time to think about this than we do, since they're so busy, y'know, making the show.(I'm thinking of stuff like Giles=Ethan, and "It's Angel pretending to be Angelus", neither of which I think were proposed too seriously, but I've seen people elsewhere come up with similar theories and get bent completely out of shape when the explanation was much simpler.)(I once had a friend give me an impressive rant on the temporal mechanics of Sailor Moon.)

t /abusing parentheses

And of course, shows like Jossverse and Heroes and BSG encourage this , because sometimes there are spoilers in plain sight, or complex allusions or metaphors. People pick up on that, and get into the habit of assuming everything fits into a pattern, when sometimes it just seemed like a good idea at the time.

And I'm about to start rattling on about my Theory of Joss, so I'll shut up now.

(PS, does anybody else remember "Ivanova is in league with the raiders"?)


§ ita § - Mar 27, 2007 5:33:10 pm PDT #8889 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm talking as someone who ADORED S1 and know S2 is awesome, but I am so behind in my media, it's not even funny

Moi aussi. I mean, about Life On Mars--I kept replacing the content of my clipboard as I caught up in thread, and get this far to discover I have no context.

I shoulda mearaed.

As for BSG, I was spoiled and let down. I thought too much of it was stupid. I loved Lee's speech and am aghast he got to deliver it. Which undercut the drama, but not the point.

I thought it'd be cool for those four to be Cylons, with ripples of ramifications and all that, but the actual execution made me eyerolly. The choreography of them in that room quite especially, but the leap to "We're all Cylons" felt unearned and ass-grabby, but I'm willing to buy it as the panic of some freaked out people. To give the writing the benefit of the doubt.

And the lyrics felt terribly cheesy, because they all looked like they were reciting. I do not know the lyrics to the song, but I could easily tell when they were saying them.


Vortex - Mar 27, 2007 6:21:26 pm PDT #8890 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Okay, so I finally watched that ep of Supernatural from last week with the werewolf. Glad I knew about Sam's power, otherwise that would have been very confusing. It was really good, I liked the interaction between the brothers. Story was good, nice twist.

Now, if it only didn't go up against two other shows I already like. summer, I suppose.


sumi - Mar 27, 2007 6:27:06 pm PDT #8891 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Just rewatched "Crossroads, Part 2" and was Keegan Connor Tracy (previously of Jake 2.0 among others) the woman who brought her child's picture to Baltar to bless, the one who was sitting behind him (you could see her over his shoulder) when the verdict was read and the leader of the group of acolytes who came and got him in the chaos at the end?


Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 6:37:31 pm PDT #8892 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yep, sumi. I recognized her in her first scene, so I knew she would end up playing an important role, since you don't cast Keegan Connor Tracy for a bit part. She's got A Name! Three, in fact.

I finally bought the SPN DVDs. I say this for the benefit of those who would rejoice at such an event.


sumi - Mar 27, 2007 6:41:59 pm PDT #8893 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

And it was Patrick Currie who played Enzo in the Passage playing Madison's ex in "Heart."


sumi - Mar 27, 2007 6:48:01 pm PDT #8894 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

And the guy playing "Glenn" is also "Hoshi" on BSG. (But I didn't recognize him. I just found him at tv.com.)


Cass - Mar 27, 2007 6:49:10 pm PDT #8895 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I say this for the benefit of those who would rejoice at such an event.
Toaster! (Not for me, but still every time a SPN toaster is created, I smile.)

Me and Supernatural are not unlike Xander and linoleum.


P.M. Marc - Mar 27, 2007 6:55:50 pm PDT #8896 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Keegan Connor Tracy (previously of Jake 2.0 among others)

Hey! It's the Dead Wife Karen Giles from The Usual Suspects (SPN)!

Or,

Me and Supernatural are not unlike Xander and linoleum.

What Cass Said.

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAST!


§ ita § - Mar 27, 2007 6:57:20 pm PDT #8897 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Me and Supernatural are not unlike Xander and linoleum.

You look at it and want to have sex? That doesn't make any...oh. I see.