I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


juliana - Jun 20, 2007 8:10:02 am PDT #2775 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

The inability to separate character from actor happens with people who attend stage plays, too. I've had friends who are actively avoided or booed at in public situations after they've played a particularly nasty character. I think it's the fact that an emotional response gets triggered, and seeing the actor in a different setting can still recall that response. Of course, acting on the response is what separates the fidiots from the normal people.


§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 8:14:52 am PDT #2776 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

On rewatch of Dr. Who's Blink, I still don't get exactly how the weeping angels will stay frozen forever, but I don't really mind. The drama held up very well, and it was nice not to be so scared.


Amy - Jun 20, 2007 8:22:38 am PDT #2777 of 10001
Because books.

Of course, acting on the response is what separates the fidiots from the normal people.

This, exactly.

I know I've sais this before, but after I saw Martin Sheen as a pedophile in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane when I was about eleven, I've had a very hard time watching him in anything else, because he really creeped me out.

If I saw him on the street, though? Not a word. If I was introduced? I would politely shake his hand. I'm sure he's a perfectly nice person.

I just don't get how that disconnect -- the acting on it part -- happens more than, like, once in a blue moon.


Polter-Cow - Jun 20, 2007 8:34:18 am PDT #2778 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

ita, it doesn't work if someone moves a single one of them, but if you look at the orientation, each statue is being looked at by another statue (sometimes more than one). Because they are being looked at, they remain stone, and because they remain stone, they can't move out of a line of sight. You have to accept that their stony glares count as stone-inducing glares, but that was already set up when the Doctor explained the "weeping" pose.


§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 8:40:42 am PDT #2779 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

PC, shouldn't turning the light off accomplish the same thing, though? And it will happen.


Jon B. - Jun 20, 2007 8:48:37 am PDT #2780 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Dr. Who: Maybe the statues have really good night vision?


§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 8:51:01 am PDT #2781 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, they did opt to turn out lights in their final attack, so perhaps. But the same thing goes for a couple of drop cloths. Lalala! Doesn't matter. Lovely ep.


Polter-Cow - Jun 20, 2007 8:54:11 am PDT #2782 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

waves hands


sumi - Jun 20, 2007 9:11:01 am PDT #2783 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Things aren't looking very bright for The Dresden Files:

The network was supposed to decide last week whether or not to give "The Dresden Files" a second season, and as time wears on, things are looking a little bleak for the show.

"SciFi mostly responds to their own internal marketing studies, several of which they've already done on the show," executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told fans on author Jim Butcher's official Web site. "Their research hasn't said what we've been hoping for, unfortunately."


Dana - Jun 20, 2007 9:13:56 am PDT #2784 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Does Sci-Fi make sure to actually talk to sci-fi fans? It seems like an obvious question, but judging from their programming decisions...