I think Duncan with a monkey named Connor would have been comedy gold.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
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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.
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sumi - Sep 16, 2007 6:54:04 pm PDT #6564 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
WindSparrow - Sep 16, 2007 7:06:52 pm PDT #6565 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.
We named the monkey Connor.
Bwahahahah. I'm willing to bet that that version would have been far more watchable.
If you were sufficiently drunk, whereas no amount of mind-altering substances would forgive what they did film.
Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2007 8:13:33 pm PDT #6566 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I dunno: as I said it was pretty much comedy gold anyway. Two minute summary of entire series. Villain in bad professional wrestler costume who sings the series theme song! Cannibals who crucify their enemies! Really bad astrophysics! Stereotypical priest/hypocrite as secondary villain. 2nd grade morality centered around "purity". Complete retcon of the "there can be only one" phrase to Duncan being able to get his wife pregnant. Plus some strong hints said child will be some sort of messiah. At the very least comedy silver...
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2007 8:16:11 pm PDT #6567 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Having watched the 4400, I was wondering how much it'd suck for Marco to have the power to appear anywhere there was a picture of Jordan Collier.
But only those places. I mean, if they're really having a new power for each person, they're going to have to be pretty specific.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 16, 2007 8:21:03 pm PDT #6568 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
When I got my first look at the Guardian (when he was fast-forward dicing the guy at the farmhouse), my immediate thought was "One of Pinhead's buddies is tweaking on crystal meth!"
That strobe light fast movement effect that looks so eerie on Samara and the ghost from Stir of Echoes? Looks ridiculous when Edgar Winter's chunkier cousin is using it to zip around like Speedy Gonzales.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2007 9:11:18 pm PDT #6569 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee! I wanted Marco to hold up his hands as the camera spun around and yell, "I did it!"
Ha! So true.
Having watched the 4400, I was wondering how much it'd suck for Marco to have the power to appear anywhere there was a picture of Jordan Collier.
But only those places. I mean, if they're really having a new power for each person, they're going to have to be pretty specific.
Hee. And, what, Meghan can turn random things into flowers? Reeeeal helpful there. Although I suppose she can turn people's guns into flowers all the time now.
The 4400 seems to be taking its cues from Lost. Each finale, they shake things up and basically reinvent the premise. Now, instead of a world full of promicin shots, it's a Seattle full of p-positives.
Theresa - Sep 16, 2007 10:04:20 pm PDT #6570 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Meghan can turn random things into flowers? Reeeeal helpful there.
Because she looked surprised and it seemed out of her control initially, I was wondering if her power was going to be a Midas touch thingy. She was using the pen at the time, and it turned, which can't have been real convenient. I would enjoy a future more if everything she touches turns to plants. But I want her to find this out before she gets into bed again with Tom.
Jon B. - Sep 17, 2007 3:27:25 am PDT #6571 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Chuck: The thing I don't understand about it is how it can maintain itself. The premise is that he has had all this government intelligence downloaded into his brain. But won't much of that intelligence be outdated in a year or two?
The best thing about the pilot was noticed by FAQWife. Near the beginning of the show, you can see a poster for North By Northwest in his room. Later, at the LargeMart, there's a homage to the film with the forklift-cart thingies blocking his way from the terrorist guy (like the train in the movie).
Jessica - Sep 17, 2007 3:36:29 am PDT #6572 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Chuck: The thing I don't understand about it is how it can maintain itself.
Yeah, that was my big question too. Among other things which I've now forgotten, but that was the big one.
amych - Sep 17, 2007 3:39:17 am PDT #6573 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Me three. I thought it was fun (more so than I expected, even), but it felt like a movie premise rather than a series premise.