a.k.a. Magical.
Ick.
When I saw him healing Alison I immediately thought, "He's a black, autistic kid who understands things others can't and has magical healing powers. How did Cuba Gooding Jr. not snag this role?"
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 12, 2007 3:35:38 am PDT #6305 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
amych - Sep 12, 2007 3:37:07 am PDT #6306 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
How did Cuba Gooding Jr. not snag this role?
... aaaaand I need a new monitor and keyboard.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2007 4:51:35 am PDT #6307 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
perpetuating the misconception.
I thought the point of the ep was exactly the opposite.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2007 4:52:12 am PDT #6308 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As for the magical kid, I think his colour is irrelevant to the trope, so he's just magically handicapped.
machall - Sep 12, 2007 6:53:47 am PDT #6309 of 10001
"Would you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?" - Doctor Who
>perpetuating the misconception.
I thought the point of the ep was exactly the opposite.
Yeah. Go check out the Wikipedia entry for "Akashic Records". Very mystical/new-agey stuff that scientists have glommed onto as a possible "unified theory". Funny how they'll accept a mystical solution to the problem as long as it doesn't include the big "G" word.
Jon B. - Sep 12, 2007 6:58:26 am PDT #6310 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Funny how they'll accept a mystical solution to the problem as long as it doesn't include the big "G" word.
Who is this "they" of which you speak?
sumi - Sep 12, 2007 7:35:14 am PDT #6311 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Amazon finally fixes the pricing error on their listing of the Razor dvd.
I bet when it ships I'll get a message showing the price dropping from the original wrong price all the way down to whatever it is now.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 12, 2007 9:29:03 am PDT #6312 of 10001
What is even happening?
Can I change CFerg's user name to "Hot Lunch"? It's a little too perfect.
Oh please yes please ita please. Of course then my husband will never let me post here again. I came home from a bad, hard, long meeting last night and he started asking me about it. I finally said, "I don't want to talk about it. I just want to eat some cookies and watch Jack." I didn't even have the diplomacy in me to say, "Eureka."
fialka - Sep 12, 2007 10:26:36 am PDT #6313 of 10001
I am leaving. You are about to explode. ~Teal'c, 'Talion'
Humorless? That wasn't Torchwood and you weren't watching at a Legion of Rassilon meeting.
Um...yes it was and no I wasn't, but I have seen the whole season (I'm in the UK) so my opinion is cumulative, a result of things that happen further along. I was certainly willing to love it, hoping that each ep would change my opinion for the better. Unfortunately, quite the opposite. I'll be interested to see what people here think as the season moves along.
Mikey - Sep 12, 2007 12:54:31 pm PDT #6314 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Ok. My bunch saw the season as a group (about 20-25) and our reaction was quite different than yours. Generally Torchwood was a real crowd pleaser for us.
Ausiello had something Smallville in his weekly report:
- By the middle of the premiere, one woman will be officially pronounced dead.
It's got to be Chloe, which saddens me, because Chloe kicks ass and I'm tired of Lana. But I can't see anything else playing out. Lana and the others are all canon, and Chloe isn't.