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Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'


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Juliebird - Jul 20, 2009 1:00:41 am PDT #2376 of 7329
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

bonny, Ed Quinn was the Dallas vampire in the stetson. I now understand why he loves his costume so much.

At first I thought Daphne's scar had something to do with her being a shifter (it's what tipped me off that that's what she might be) but now it seems to be separate.

The ep as a whole seemed off. The humour wasn't there (not that it always has to be a comedy) but it also seemed a bit dreary (man, Lafayette was bringing me down!).


Vortex - Jul 20, 2009 5:29:03 am PDT #2377 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

You know, I was a little saddened by Lafayette's return to Merlotte's. He seems to have lost his fire. I can't wait until he gets it back.

At first I thought Daphne's scar had something to do with her being a shifter (it's what tipped me off that that's what she might be) but now it seems to be separate.

It still could be. She could be a shifter that can shift into more than one shape. Or maybe she's a wereshifter (by which I mean normally she shifts into a cute little doe, but sometimes she shifts into the creature). Or she could shift into a harmless little doe as a fakeout to disarm people.


beekaytee - Jul 20, 2009 5:33:51 am PDT #2378 of 7329
Compassionately intolerant

bonny, Ed Quinn was the Dallas vampire in the stetson.

Ah. I is dum.

"Quinn" is another character in the books who would not...canonically...appear this soon, so I was thrown off.


Juliebird - Jul 20, 2009 7:15:28 am PDT #2379 of 7329
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I see the confusion now. Haven't read the books, otherwise I would have clarified my squee.


javachik - Jul 21, 2009 3:58:39 pm PDT #2380 of 7329
Our wings are not tired.

Anyone here watch Weeds and have a Bly-Ray player? I accidentally bought the Blu-Ray version of Season 4 and can't get a refund because I already opened it. :(


Java cat - Jul 21, 2009 7:06:43 pm PDT #2381 of 7329
Not javachik

I do not, but Noise Design might want it. However, I have the complete Season 4 on DVDs made from a DVR that you are welcome to borrow, if you just want to see it and not own it.


javachik - Jul 21, 2009 8:10:55 pm PDT #2382 of 7329
Our wings are not tired.

Thanks for the offer. This series in particular I like owning on DVD because the extras (audio commentary) are so enjoyable.


erikaj - Jul 21, 2009 8:48:15 pm PDT #2383 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Entourage, Deadwood, and The Wire all have good ones, in different ways. Entourage ones are good mostly cause by now those guys really are friends and they break balls and so forth.Not terribly *instructive* but fun as hell. Which kind of means they match their material perfectly, if you think about it. Deadwood: I learned so much from David Milch on those, but really I think McShane and Olyphant should have some kind of roadshow. Like "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie" with more expletives. The Wire: Despite my incredible Simon "spousal delusion" (and, yeah, still love him and how seriously he takes the Commenting process, especially compared to how sad all but, say, two, of the H:LOTS commentaries are. Like I really needed to spend forty bucks to hear Anya Epstein say "I really don't remember much about this." about everything...my favorite is the one with the teens from Season Four...they're hilarious. But there really is an art to the commentary thing and I think it's too bad that sometimes they get put on because people expect them, not because somebody has something to say.


javachik - Jul 21, 2009 8:52:56 pm PDT #2384 of 7329
Our wings are not tired.

erika, good observations. I still haven't watched Deadwood, but I own the dvds (gifts). I think what keeps me away is the knowledge that it just up and ends. I hate truncation.

I love my Wire dvds, especially because of the commentary.


erikaj - Jul 21, 2009 9:28:36 pm PDT #2385 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, it all ends, right? But I know what you mean, that last season was so crowded, with the showfolk and all, and then it's like that part in the Princess Bride, and David Milch is sitting on our beds as we're like

"Uncle Dave, tell us something awful happened to Hearst? Right? It's like a Vader thing...Swergin kills him and is redeemed?"

And then, we might need to repeat that, because Uncle Dave used to *really* love heroin and maybe his short-term memory isn't quite what it used to be.

But it whets our anticipation, so it's a bummer when Uncle Dave looks over his glasses at us and says "Nothing happens to him. He's the same shitbird as ever, except worse. And I have to go make up a story about a surfing alien now."

Or something like that. Right?