Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


bon bon - Dec 12, 2006 8:27:50 pm PST #5899 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

One of the things that is compelling about Lost Room and its mythos is that there are theories. It's not a 22 episode arc where there's time for Internet geeks to get together and make guesses--and I don't think that's a bad thing. There are events in the show, and theories within the show, which is only natural. Internet geeks aren't the only people that make things up.

You know what there's a lot of? Communication. It's not one of those shows (and Heroes is pretty free of this too) where you're left irritated that people just hadn't shared or explained or contradicted. They're not caught up with that soap opera stutter/silence that you see so often.

Also, the viewpoint character has about the knowledgebase (effectively) of the viewer. So problems aren't solved with his extensive knowledge of biotech, or anything.

You can play along at home.

Yes, EXACTLY. I always appreciate being as smart as the characters on the show, and everyone being on the same page-- that's one reason I love the episode of Friends where people find out that Chandler & Monica are doing it and figure out immediately that the other party knows, and etc. etc., and use it to their advantage.

I do think this could have been a decent full-season series, though. We could learn more about Joe, about Jennifer, all of the key players. Maybe it couldn't have gone more than one season, but this is one show I'd actually like more of, based on what I've seen.

It's definitely a premise that has a lot of staying power, and I suspect that the mini is intended partly to gauge the interest in a series, even though I imagine they won't be able to cast Krause/Margulies. I doubt they will find all the objects and explain what the room is about. I think they'll just end things by tying up Krause's problem. Which I am a little frustrated by, honestly. The idea of tying up all these loose ends tomorrow has a lot of appeal.


Allyson - Dec 12, 2006 8:51:29 pm PST #5900 of 10007
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Somehow, I've developed this bizarre habit that my mom has that always drove me nuts: no matter how bad I have to pee, I have to finish washing the dishes before I can go.

Um. Just sharing. On the internets.


Lee - Dec 12, 2006 9:02:35 pm PST #5901 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Seeing the rss feed in LJ reminds me--

You know, ita, if you did feel like creating a scruffy men web site, I could help you out. It might require lots of hard work and sacrifice, but I would be willing to go that distance.


aurelia - Dec 12, 2006 9:06:20 pm PST #5902 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Lee, you could go ahead and do the research in anticipation of a time when ita might want to do that. I'd be happy to take a look at anything you might find.


Lee - Dec 12, 2006 9:15:37 pm PST #5903 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Hmm....


Cass - Dec 12, 2006 9:54:15 pm PST #5904 of 10007
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

My tv watched House on the wrong channel. Again. Cass Smash!

Yes, EXACTLY. I always appreciate being as smart as the characters on the show, and everyone being on the same page-
Yes! Because while people are stupid, they aren't that stupid.

Jonas Blane is the anti-Jack Bauer. Jack's a yeller and a screamer, always trying to bludgeon any given situation by screaming louder and louder.
But then he purrrrrrrs... Sorry, I have a Keifer Sutherland thing. And a Keifer Sutherland's voice thing. More the voice thing than the guy thing even. It's a thing. He should call me. Just to talk. Really.

You know, I have three episdoes of Nip/Tuck on my tivo, and I don't feel particularly inclined to watch them. I don't know when the show jumped the shark, but I just don't give a damn anymore.
I've kind of kept up but god knows why. I mean, when Kimmy is the most interesting character to me?

There's been some shark jumpage. Mako.


msbelle - Dec 13, 2006 2:04:11 am PST #5905 of 10007
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

We have acheived sleep until6am! YAY! Disturbing discoveries of the day: 1) mac was exposed to Barney already and he likes it. 2) Having never really watched tv, mac does not understand commercials and yells for a channel change everytime they come on.


Kat - Dec 13, 2006 2:19:19 am PST #5906 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

mac does not understand commercials and yells for a channel change everytime they come on.

This is a sane and normal reaction.


Cashmere - Dec 13, 2006 2:30:16 am PST #5907 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.

mac does not understand commercials and yells for a channel change everytime they come on.

This is a sane and normal reaction.

I still do this sometimes.


Kat - Dec 13, 2006 2:31:38 am PST #5908 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I would do this, but with the wonder that is Tivo, it's much less necessary.

I've been awake since 2. I'm almost done with my blessed Chaucer paper. Well, the writing of it. Not the revising and the fixing citations bit. That will take longer.