Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.

'Safe'


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.


JenP - Aug 11, 2007 8:43:00 pm PDT #5252 of 10001

See, there is an upside to this after all. It is better on rewatch, and I can't think of a beloved show that didn't have an episode or more that weren't brilliant. Shame that more time wasn't spent on whacky science fair fun than Carter humiliation.

I am Laura in this. (Love it when that happens!) American Idol Science Fair would've made my week, I think. Snarky Stark makes me happy. And on a shallow note - Zoe looked so pretty this ep! I mean, she's a gorgeous girl, so she always looks good, but especially so this ep, I thought.

I think Dr. Finn maybe played a scientist on SG-1. Off to IMDB. ETA: Yep - [link]


DCJensen - Aug 12, 2007 5:28:38 am PDT #5253 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

Speaking of unexpected cast members. Andi and I were watching a movie last night that had an airport scene, and one of the guard guys was played by the guy who played young Lt George Hammond in the 1969 episode of SG-1.


Laura - Aug 12, 2007 6:23:49 am PDT #5254 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Zoe looked so pretty this ep!

I like her character a lot. Generally teen roles bug me. She is everything I like about the teen girls that hang around my son. I wasn't an instant fan, but she has won me over big time.

the guy who played young Lt George Hammond

He did look natural in uniform. Of course, one of my favorite eps. He totally sold being Hammond for me.


DCJensen - Aug 12, 2007 6:59:18 am PDT #5255 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

I would like for some future ep to have it be revealed that Carter was lowballing his number deliberately to make sure she came out higher than him.

I want it to be Stark that calls him on it.

Retcon can serve a noble purpose.


§ ita § - Aug 12, 2007 7:23:27 am PDT #5256 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. I like Martha better than I liked Rose, and I can't tell you if that's because of episodes I've seen that haven't been aired in the US yet. I don't quite think so--I warmed to her pretty early. She's bright and takes initiative more than Rose did.


Tom Scola - Aug 12, 2007 7:27:07 am PDT #5257 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I like Martha for the same reason I liked Ace: She's having fun. Travelling with the Doctor ought to be fun.


WindSparrow - Aug 12, 2007 8:16:32 am PDT #5258 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I like Martha as the Doctor's companion a lot. One thing I did see is that sometimes her native intelligence plus extensive education got overlooked in the writing. There were times when the script called for her to act like pretty much any other companion, when one would expect her scientific/medical training to come to the fore. But then again, if the writers had emphasized that, Martha would not be an effective proxy for the audience, so I can see why. Still, there were times that after an ep was over, I would look back and think Martha had gotten the short end of the stick.


sumi - Aug 12, 2007 8:46:50 am PDT #5259 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Torchwood is on the front page of the BBCA website!

And it has a nice little promo too.


askye - Aug 12, 2007 3:11:58 pm PDT #5260 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

Tonight at 9 EST Universal HD is showing Flash Gordon. In case anyone wants to rewatch it.


sumi - Aug 12, 2007 4:31:54 pm PDT #5261 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

4400: Woo hoo! THIS is the thing I've been waiting for all season.

Also, wasn't Isabelle's dress cute?