It seemed to be my purpose in the troop for a while to be the 18 year old goof.

Hey, now. Partial nudity was more a side effect. Kinda win/win, I guess. Audience certainly enjoyed it.

Ed and I were very confused about having to take off our clothes when the ladies never have to

Just doing a little bit to nudge the balance far away from the cheesecake side of things. Is there more (she asks abstractly)? I mean, did it happen a lot, or just once or twice a season?

It is odd, but mostly because it's usually the other way round--but it's so much easier to play male nudity for laughs than it is female nudity.

Ha! Painkiller Jane NOT picked up.

Good.

I was going to be really po'd if DF is killed and this dreck lives on.

How did that score an initial 22 episode order?

I don't know -- how did Flash Gordon?

Why NOT 22 episodes for DF?

Sadly, FG did well ratings wise. We'll see if that lasts.

I assumed that living in Eureka was like signing a blanket consent form "people may do weird shit to me. If it's ok with Global, it's ok with me. I just really want to work here." That's the best handwave I've got.

You know, I'd be willing to give them that, but it's not a "double blind study". Additionally, it's against all of the tenets of responsible research. But, I think that Eureka is not known for responsible research.

I haven't heard anything good about Flash Gordon, but I haven't watched it myself.

Still thinking about gender nudity. Naked women are desirable. And vulnerable in a different way than men. Mostly naked men are blunders and goofs, even when they're eye candy. You don't so much laugh at naked and attractive women, and they're probably more scarred than the viewers, because of the power differential.

Yes, of course there are a million exceptions to this, but it feels applicable enough a generalisation.

I agree with your assessment of gender differences in public nudity, ita. I'd delve into the why of it, but I'm supposed to be editing.

Painkiller Jane NOT picked up.

Just when I'd lost all hope, a glimmer of sanity.

According to Robert, Lionsgate loves TDF and would still like to do something with it. Whether that means they're actively TRYING to do something with it, I don't know.

Oh, oh -- USA!!! TNT!!! Someplace where I can see it please.

Flash got a 1.5 on Friday. I didn't see whether they kept that throughout or whether thousands turned away after the first 30 minutes or something.

Anyway, that 1.5 beat PKJ's 1.3 and DF's 1.4 debuts.

It is odd, but mostly because it's usually the other way round--but it's so much easier to play male nudity for laughs than it is female nudity.

There's also the practical consideration that blocking for male nudity is much easier than for female nudity in long shots. If you have a woman wandering nude through a scene and don't want to show the goods, you have to use close-ups or engage in Austin Powers-level subtlety in the use of intervening objects.

Flash got a 1.5 on Friday. I didn't see whether they kept that throughout or whether thousands turned away after the first 30 minutes or something.

It's hard to change the channel once you've been knocked into boredom-induced slumber on your couch.

Did Eureka debut over 2? For some reason I seem to recall that.

I bet Flash Gordon derived a fair part of its numbers for people who're thinking of the original. Remains to be seen if it can pull a BSG and recreate itself compellingly.

Which is also a Bionic Woman question, but that has a less distinctive original.

Still thinking about the nekkid. A man's virility is to be flaunted, a woman's fecundity to be hidden once she has found herself a virile protector.

Or something, she says waving her hands airily.