Fay, did you see the special a fortnight or so ago? It undid me; I was undone.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
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IAmNotReallyASpring - Nov 16, 2006 7:59:00 am PST #8175 of 9843
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Fay - Nov 16, 2006 4:45:38 pm PST #8176 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Fay, did you see the special a fortnight or so ago? It undid me; I was undone.
Sadly I don't have TV set up in my flat at present - pretty much all my TV viewing is via DVD (presently rewatching Alias season 4, with a view to appreciating my newly-purchased Alias season 5.)
Well, plus I'm in Thailand, rather than Blighty, so it probably wasn't viewable on whatever the cable telly here is.
Was it the Christmas ep? With the bathroom scene? That reduced me to a blubbering wreck. (Are you in the UK or the States, btw? Or elsewhere?)
IAmNotReallyASpring - Nov 16, 2006 5:08:16 pm PST #8177 of 9843
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
No, no, it was a new episode. Baby David as a seven year old, the first glimpse of Anthony's child, "All I ever dreamed of was being laminated throughout" and a bunch of other quotes that have already insinuated themselves into my speech and the most quietly devastating scene yet.
I'm in Ireland but receiving the BBC is par for the course here now.
Fay - Nov 16, 2006 5:10:53 pm PST #8178 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
OMG, really? An all new episode? Is Caroline Aherne back from Australia then?
Argh!
Want. Take. Have!
IAmNotReallyASpring - Nov 16, 2006 5:16:30 pm PST #8179 of 9843
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
It's ahemable. You must want. take. have it because it was freakin' brilliant. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it and I'm a manly man.
There was also a talking heads piece on after it with J.K. Rowling, Peter Kay and Noel Gallagher geeking out over it in the most affectionate ways.
Fay - Nov 16, 2006 10:17:28 pm PST #8180 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
There was also a talking heads piece on after it with J.K. Rowling, Peter Kay and Noel Gallagher geeking out over it in the most affectionate ways.
OMG. Bless.
Seriously, I could wax lyrical about The Royle Family at length. It's seriously fantastic writing and acting and it deserves to be studied alongside late 20th Century drama on University courses - it's really much more in the theatrical tradition than using the medium of television.
Christ, that sounds shockingly pretentious. But what I mean is that Aherne used only a handful of sets and it's all dialogue-based, character revealing stuff rather than action-y stuff. It could totally be done on stage with the most minimal changes and not lose anything, which isn't true of most television. And it's so painfully funny and funnily painful and just spot on... yeah. Go Team Aherne.
esse - Nov 17, 2006 1:32:40 pm PST #8181 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm in Ireland but receiving the BBC is par for the course here now.
You are? So am I! So is Jars! Where are you?
Fay - Nov 19, 2006 10:12:34 pm PST #8182 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I smell F2F!
Nilly - Nov 19, 2006 10:17:36 pm PST #8183 of 9843
Swouncing
Poking head to post that according to the Buffista Calendar, today is moonlit's birthday. Happy birthday! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
evil jimi - Nov 20, 2006 1:31:02 am PST #8184 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
crap, I knew I shoulda asked Nilly
if you need me, I'll be in the doghouse until the 22nd ... which is when I thought her birthday was ... d'oh!