A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
I was thinking of the Farscape episode "A Human Reaction" -- in which the outside controller
is
in charge of every little detail, trying to make it up from the contents of the protagonists's subconscious, and eventually that outside controller screws up and the protagonist catches on.
Not before exposing the dark underbelly of Crichton's psychology, as regards aliens on earth, anyway. Dude was probably deeply scarred by too many viewings of E.T.
If the genie were in control, even on a macro level, then it would have performed a short-circuit right after the graveside scene: put Carmen in danger, do something to distract Dean from his new/old hunt for the genie itself. (Also, if the genie were in control, it would have pre-empted the TV news just in time to avoid that reminder of the crashed airplane.) If Dean is in control, then it's just a question of how conscious he is of his own conflict as he unintentionally constructs reality around himself.
Notably, none of the stuff in the unreal universe is totally implausible; events develop logically from the assumptions. In an arbitrary/outside-created universe, there would be more "wait, that makes no sense" stuff, like when Crichton recognizes his grade-school teacher on a boardwalk in Australia. If it's all in one person's head, then there isn't that mad scramble for details that tends to undo the whole illusion. The brain just fills in the holes, like a puzzle of cognition.
If it's all in one person's head, then there isn't that mad scramble for details that tends to undo the whole illusion. The brain just fills in the holes, like a puzzle of cognition.
Yes, exactly.
You know, I kind of wish I were kidding when I say that I think I could fill a Tolstoy-length book picking things apart in this episode, but it's managed to turn my entire head into one huge Dean-centric tl;dr. More so than usual, I mean.
Having already done Chapter One: The Zeppelin Trilogy, or, A Tale of Two Crises, I'm dangerously close to starting Chapter Two: Brother, Mother, Sister, Lover, or, Aspects of the Deanon. (Y'know, like canon or fanon, and calling back to that whole Earshot episode of Buffy, with the aspect of the demon? Because one vague bad pun can be excused, but two show they're possibly habit forming, especially when the second one's a reach.)
I'm seriously in need of a hobby.
New Who: so who is this
Saxon guy
talking to
Martha's Mum
? Are we supposed to know him?
I'm seriously in need of a hobby.
Capybara fic!
Err-- sorry- that was mostly for Cass.
Are we supposed to know him?
Only if you've been paying attention to casting spoilers.
Are we supposed to know him?
Only if you've been paying attention to casting spoilers.
Or the first episode of the season when
a Vote Saxon poster
was very prominent.
also here's a link to some previous hints [link]
(Semi-Spoilery for s3 Dr Who, including runaway bride, but not majorly)
dude! i'm so excited about the Who casting spoiler.
Also, with the official preview at the end of this week's episode, we can officially speculate on
Captain Jack Harkness,
as the character was shown.
I'm seriously in need of a hobby.
I thought that all of this WAS your hobby?
(Hee, I'm not reading the Who whitefont -- but I BET I know what it's about.)
Re. the Doctor Who casting spoiler:
So, do I need to
finish watching Torchwood season 1 for me to grok the episodes where Captain Jack shows up? 'Cause... uhm, I kind of *violently* loathed what I've seen of Torchwood and I'd rather not revisit the show unless it's necessary. Maybe I can just watch the final two-parter...?
