Eh, there's two Brandeises. Wont for confusion.Indeed. And the one in Mass is Brandeis University, and it has a the Brandeis International School of Business. Yet another reason for the confusion.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
AirstreamNA - Oct 24, 2006 3:57:50 am PDT #5245 of 10001
When you're racing - it's life. Anything that comes before or after is just waiting.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 24, 2006 3:59:20 am PDT #5246 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
So...how about that Holiday Crate & Barrel catelog? Anyone else get that today
DH knows me well enough to toss that thing into the recycling bin before I see it if he gets the mail.
For REALS. Lord knows we spend enough money on Christmas-related things that we have no control over. Also, lord knows I spend little enough time able to keep on top of controlling the crap that is already inside my house, before bringing Christmas crap on top.
Fred Pete - Oct 24, 2006 4:15:27 am PDT #5247 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthdays, Kate and LaLizard!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 24, 2006 4:23:49 am PDT #5248 of 10001
What is even happening?
AmyLiz, I think the story about the old man was supposed to show us that networks have always feared the government, failed to allow their artists to make the kind of commentary that they should make, and that governments have always oppressed the arts. I didn't get that at all, 'til the old man said they couldn't do much political humor back in those days, and Danny echoed his, "in those days" with what I think was supposed to be irony. It doesn't work for me, because it ties back into the whole falseness of this impassioned crusade. SNL, which is really Studio Sixty, has not shied away from political humor. Comparing these times (which certainly have bigass flaws of their own) to McCarthy era was dumb. Do a sketch about librarians or poets and I'll buy it, but so far, nobody's coming for the sketch writers.
And I also think we were supposed to get how much our S60 crew identifies with the writers during the McCarthy era, because old guy wrote good to get the attention of the girl on his staff, and we know Matt got started trying to impress Harriet. And there was the writer on that staff that only ever talked to one other guy. It was like an anvil, only worse-- sort of lobbed into a crowd, rather than aiming for a direct target.
Feh.
Still? Matthew Perry is the yum.
Amy - Oct 24, 2006 4:40:04 am PDT #5249 of 10001
Because books.
Matthew Perry is totally the yum. It's surreal to watch reruns of Friends on TBS for the hour preceding Studio 60, in a fun way.
I got the war veteran stuff as you explained it, but I guess that was my point -- there *was* no point to it other than to outline things we're supposed to know about these characters. And it was done in a monologue rather than through action, which grates.
And the bit about the networks fearing government censure, and blah blah? Yawn. I don't know why it matters so much to me, but as others have said, they're not saving lives. It's TV. It's sketch TV. It's ... art about art. TV about TV. And it's boring me.
Also, I was never a West Wing fan, so this is the first Sorkin show I've ever watched.
sumi - Oct 24, 2006 4:50:51 am PDT #5250 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
You know, stuff happened on the West Wing. Nothing really happens on this show.
sarameg - Oct 24, 2006 5:06:53 am PDT #5251 of 10001
From Tom's article
"Once, when we radioed her to please leave the lecturing and hypothesis-making to the mission project team, she responded by forming her robotic arm into an obscene gesture," Banerdt said. "That arm contains a state-of-the-art spectrometer meant to provide crucial mineralogy data."
lori!
Jessica - Oct 24, 2006 5:16:49 am PDT #5252 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I would really like S60 to be cancelled so I can stop watching it. It's not even a love/hate relationship at this point, it's an unhealthy-fascination/hate relationship. And I haven't even seen last night's ep!
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2006 5:31:50 am PDT #5253 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica, you've got to start being more responsible with your television intake. You're watching for two now.
amych - Oct 24, 2006 5:42:08 am PDT #5254 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What ita says is true, but I really think you do them a disservice by overprotecting them too much -- If they're not exposed to some bad early on, they'll never build up a good immunity and learn to snark properly!