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'War Stories'


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sumi - Aug 18, 2011 7:34:45 am PDT #4002 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

Richard Madden (Robb Stark) and his non-GoT paramedics drama j Sirens in which he plays what is described as a "laddish" gay character. (Not sure what that means.) Clip and picture at the link.


sj - Aug 19, 2011 5:48:48 pm PDT #4003 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I have been enjoying Miracle Day but tonight's episode really feels like a Torchwood episode.


sj - Aug 19, 2011 6:10:26 pm PDT #4004 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I just went back and checked and Jane Espenson wrote this weeks episode.


Vortex - Aug 19, 2011 8:15:51 pm PDT #4005 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I was not impressed until the end. I hate that they keep doing that -- having a lackluster episode with all kinds of random shit that doesn't make any sense (and even when you find out what it is, it was drawn out and unnecessary), but the end of every episode drops something new and possibly intriguing.

Good to see Didi Cohn again.


sj - Aug 20, 2011 5:30:50 am PDT #4006 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I really loved the whole episode, but I'm a sucker for spending more time on Jack and any Gwen and Jack interaction.


§ ita § - Aug 20, 2011 11:36:57 am PDT #4007 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I liked this episode more than any of them in the series so far. I didn't think it was lacklustre at all. I liked Angelo and his story with Jack, and I was finally interested in something Gwen wanted to do.

I agree, -t. This is the most Torchwoody of them so far, by far.


beekaytee - Aug 20, 2011 1:31:13 pm PDT #4008 of 7329
Compassionately intolerant

Not that I mind tasteful sex scenes, but the STARZ mandate seems to be that there has to be a certain number of minutes of skin friction in every episode aired on their network...Spartacus, for instance...regardless of its service to the story or actual sensuality.

It's becoming less stimulating and more uncomfortable to me. Sort of like gazing into my neighbor's windows.


§ ita § - Aug 20, 2011 1:33:54 pm PDT #4009 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Haven't there only been sex scenes in less than half the TW episodes so far? Which, the explicitness of the scenes might be more than we're used to, but the frequency less.


sj - Aug 20, 2011 4:47:23 pm PDT #4010 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I agree, -t. This is the most Torchwoody of them so far, by far.

That was me, not -t.


§ ita § - Aug 20, 2011 5:10:03 pm PDT #4011 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oops. Sorry. Misread two characters. Not a great hit rate.