Has anyone else seen this take on Tony Blair's response to political obsolescence?
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
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.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 28, 2007 8:01:16 pm PDT #1965 of 10001
"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
DCJensen - May 28, 2007 9:05:08 pm PDT #1966 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh lordy.
Polter-Cow - May 28, 2007 9:16:54 pm PDT #1967 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A hundred more years!
Fiona - May 28, 2007 11:19:45 pm PDT #1968 of 10001
Has anyone else seen this take on Tony Blair's response to political obsolescence?
I'm guessing that's the Dead Ringers thing with David Tennant, right?
I don't think anyone's mentioned thatthe Doctor's new squeeze is Jessica Stevenson/Hynes from Spaced!
Um, I did, Polter-Cow, in my very first post on the episode. S'okay, just go on ignoring me.... I thought she was great in this too.
Re the Jeremy Baines actor - he also plays Will Scarlett in the new BBC Robin Hood, which airs in the Doctor Who slot during the summer. Check out this picture. He's unrecognisable (and HOTTT!). Also, I just thought he was excellent, full stop, didn't find him bug-eyed at all. Quite underplayed and just very creepy. As ita points out, he was a bit weird beforehand anyway.
Edit: oooh, missed my birth-year by one post.
Kate P. - May 29, 2007 5:31:49 am PDT #1969 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate! I just finished the first season just now! Are we British TV twins or what?
Rock on! What did you think of it? Thanks for the vid rec; I'm downloading it now.
They're all in the Closed TV threads section.
Oh, duh, I forgot there was a separate folder for closed TV threads. Thanks!
Dana - May 29, 2007 5:40:10 am PDT #1970 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kate, you should also watch the other Life on Mars vid that ran at Vividcon that year. Let me find a link.
Dana - May 29, 2007 5:41:58 am PDT #1971 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, vid site is here:
You'll need to e-mail for a password if you don't have one (it's autoreply, so it should come quickly). The vid is called "Crazy."
Polter-Cow - May 29, 2007 5:43:26 am PDT #1972 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Rock on! What did you think of it?
I wasn't totally enthralled initially, but after a few episodes, I got more settled into the world (as Sam did) and enjoyed the stories and characters for what they were. Post-VM, it was fun to have some more mysteries to watch being solved, and in a morally ambiguous manner, to boot.
A lot of the time I was thinking about the American remake and how this concept would be hard to sustain over a twenty-two episode season because it's difficult enough to keep Sam's situation ambiguous in eight episodes. After a while, it would just get irritating (although that's what I thought for the first couple episodes until I shifted perspective and saw the show as a cop show with sci-fi elements and not the other way around).
Kate P. - May 29, 2007 5:53:10 am PDT #1973 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Thanks, Dana! I'm downloading it now.
A lot of the time I was thinking about the American remake and how this concept would be hard to sustain over a twenty-two episode season because it's difficult enough to keep Sam's situation ambiguous in eight episodes.
Oh, right, I remember hearing about an American remake. I have the same reservations as you about sustaining the concept over a longer period of time. It's not really the kind of thing you can stretch out forever. At a certain point, it seems like there's going to have to be some kind of revelation about the exact nature of Sam's situation and/or how he can get back home. Maybe one 22-episode season would be a good length of itime, but I don't see it working for much longer than that.
Nora Deirdre - May 29, 2007 5:56:27 am PDT #1974 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Tom and I watched several LoM season 2 eps. We still have 3 more eps to go, I'm very excited! IMHO, the show's awesomeness is due to Gene Hunt. LOVE.
Would like a rewatch of Season 1 too, but I have so many things I need to watch before I can get to that.
Dr. Who, 3.8: creepy! I was very aggravated/upset at the cliffhanger, which was a sign of it being well done. Very engrossing and tense and sad.