I mean, I have come to realize there are meta reasons for how that scene was shot
What meta reasons?
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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.
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Lee - Apr 02, 2007 7:55:01 pm PDT #9469 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Cass - Apr 02, 2007 7:55:51 pm PDT #9470 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.
"Really? You're showing that? You do know exactly what they're doing there, right? I mean... um. You can show that? If you can show that, can't we just see them actually doing it?"Like when Wesley went down on Lilah? Ah, good times.
Beverly - Apr 02, 2007 8:07:51 pm PDT #9471 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Madison was fracturing as a personality, being pulled at by different forces from her old life and her new life. She was a mirror for how Sam sees himself possibly becoming. So rather than have a slow build, and a steadicam pan, there were lots of cuts and fast fades, odd angles, interspersed with some soft-focus teasers of what one expects a love scene to be, then cut again, abruptly. There wasn't any cohesion, no through-line, no build to resolution. It was all a jumble, and not so much a connection as sort of bumping into each other at points and moments.
Also, rather than the softer romantic lighting, this was white sheets , white walls, stark and colorless.
Not that JP isn't a damn pretty sight, my ghod, that man has put time in the gym to good use! But the style of the scene just wouldn't let you settle and enjoy--or even recognise what was happening, before another cut, another fast fade. It may not have been Manners the director's intent when he filmed it, but I think it was a deliberate choice to tie into the emotional tone of the ep.
I'm sorry for the error, Charles Beeson directed this ep, according to IMDb.
Lee - Apr 02, 2007 8:27:12 pm PDT #9472 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah, for some reason I thought you meant meta as not show driven, but forces outside of the show driven.
It's clearly time for me to go to sleep.
Cass - Apr 02, 2007 10:16:10 pm PDT #9473 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.
Something Wicked?Technically we are at Hell House except I dragged Lee and then Bev to watch it with me over the weekend, but it was just me being "SPN, shiny!". So, basically, I am happily game to see it again or game to go to Something Wicked.
Group consensus rules.
esse - Apr 02, 2007 11:08:40 pm PDT #9474 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Heh. Only here could SPN talk eclipse Who talk.
Cass - Apr 02, 2007 11:35:10 pm PDT #9475 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.
Who is ahemed. SPN is in our hot, sweet porny hands. Was there doubt? Cause porny....
That said, damn I want new Who.
Fiona - Apr 02, 2007 11:37:06 pm PDT #9476 of 10001
Yeah, it's not often there are more posts in Boxed Set than in Natter.
Anyway, going back 200 posts or so.... Sorry, yes, I posted in Spoilers and not Spoilers Lite. I'm not even subscribed to Lite, though I could have sworn I was.
DWC: I'm another one who didn't realise who the narrator was. Bad fangirl! No biscuit!
According to what I've read, the Face of Bo (and his secret) is the episode after next .
esse - Apr 03, 2007 12:13:00 am PDT #9477 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
DWC well, it was a very understated voice part. We're not trained to listen to narration without proper planning! I do have a DW audiobook that's narrated by Tony, though, which I have been saving for a special day. Bless Tony.
Also, Face of Bo! I wonder if they've just been keeping this enormous FoB in a prop trailer somewhere.
sumi - Apr 03, 2007 5:36:41 am PDT #9478 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I don't know if there are any Kyle XY fans here but ABC Family is repeating the show now and season 2 is set to start on June 11th.
(So, I guess I'm happy that Drive's season is split and we don't know when it's coming back?)