The bit where Giles is explaining the what to Faith and sez
"But according to every augur in my employ, including the great bearded wizard of Northampton...
Hee.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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JoeCrow - Sep 09, 2007 9:39:50 pm PDT #897 of 5059
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Sep 09, 2007 9:46:18 pm PDT #898 of 5059
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yep, that's the one, JoeCrow.
Laga - Sep 10, 2007 12:05:59 pm PDT #899 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I got the old MTV show Aeon Flux on DVD. Man I used to love that show. I think back in the Liquid Television days they only showed a half an episode at a time. Maybe in small doses it was better. Has anybody else tried watching it? I'm 1.5 episodes in and thinking about stopping. It seems purposefully byzantine while lacking in actual plot. Is it just me?
Strega - Sep 10, 2007 12:27:14 pm PDT #900 of 5059
You're thinking of the shorts -- after the pilot, there were a half-dozen or so shorts on Liquid Television, and then it was spun off into a separate half-hour program. All of that stuff is on one of the disks.
It seems purposefully byzantine
Yes! Er, but if that isn't your thing, I believe that the first few episodes are fairly straightforward compared to what comes later on. So yeah, if you're not enjoying what you've seen so far it's probably not going to improve.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2007 12:58:08 pm PDT #901 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
From what I recall of it, people who require sensical plots that are explained within the narrative for their TV enjoyment should run far, far away.
Liese S. - Sep 10, 2007 2:52:14 pm PDT #902 of 5059
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I adored Aeon Flux. However, that was probably during the phase when I thought emulating chemical alteration was a good thing. Plot? Who needs a plot?
However, I currently have Charlize Thereon Aeon Flux hair, so I am probably not the most objective person to ask.
Laga - Sep 10, 2007 3:04:00 pm PDT #903 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
It's gone back to Netflix today.
Glamcookie - Sep 10, 2007 3:06:54 pm PDT #904 of 5059
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
The Aeon Flux shorts on Liquid Television were so great. NSM the show, IMO.
I also have Aeon Flux hair. Yay for points!
Laga - Sep 10, 2007 3:15:07 pm PDT #905 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think when I was a teen Aeon Flux was the closest thing on TV to Heavy Metal magazine (or indeed the eponymous movie) for my graphics-hungry brain to consume. These days stylized cartoons are everywhere and most of them learned a trick or two from Aeon Flux. Going back and trying to get that feeling back is kinda like watching Battlestar Galactica TOS after having experienced the Sci Fi reimagining. It gets me in my primal urges but not in my intellectual center.
Liese S. - Sep 10, 2007 3:43:26 pm PDT #906 of 5059
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It gets me in my primal urges but not in my intellectual center.
This is a fair statement, I think. I was really captivated by the highly stylized look at the time, but yeah, things have moved on since then. Now we have things like characterization and plot, too!