Looks like them Duke boys got themselves a mess of trouble.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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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Laga - Oct 18, 2007 11:27:35 am PDT #7654 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Kat - Oct 18, 2007 11:34:56 am PDT #7655 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just got to see last night's PD.
Did anyone else find the sword fight delightfully Princess Bride-ish?
sumi - Oct 18, 2007 12:27:56 pm PDT #7656 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Did you notice the Star Warish music during the sequence?
Theodosia - Oct 18, 2007 1:43:59 pm PDT #7657 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Aside from needing an on-set fight choreographer (they had one for Malcolm in the Middle! ), it was quite nice.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2007 1:59:26 pm PDT #7658 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
an on-set fight choreographer (they had one for Malcolm in the Middle! )
One of the krav guys did that for the Scrubs swordfight. I'm kinda assuming there was just the one. [eta: Scrubs swordfight, I mean]
hippocampus - Oct 18, 2007 2:09:47 pm PDT #7659 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Aside from needing an on-set fight choreographer
seriously - any show with a good fight could use one, especially after certain scenes from certain movies (Serenity) & shows have shown again and again that this approach just kicks ass. makes it more watchable - and, Kat - TPB had one too. dance and fight. not to mention, an albino, under a wheelbarrow
hippocampus - Oct 18, 2007 2:36:22 pm PDT #7660 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
... and well-choreographed post slays thread.
amych - Oct 18, 2007 2:40:18 pm PDT #7661 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Did anyone else find the sword fight delightfully Princess Bride-ish?
The PB one was also rather delightfully competent. And knowingly so, with delightful fencing-nerd shoutouts not to be equaled until the first PoTC movie. This one was... remember how completely painfully horrendously did I mention painfully FUCKING awful the spaghetti-wristed bag work they had Buffy do in closeups was when they couldn't shoot with the double? And then FUCKING SHOWED IT IN SLOW-MO TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE OBVIOUS? It was that kind of painfully awfully horrible. PB and Empire references notwithstanding.
I mean, all that aside from the bad fight choreography. I'm just talking about the technical skill, the likes of which makes me disarm small children and tell their parents that they should try a different sport before they harm themselves, because they sure as hell aren't going to hit anyone else.
The "Southern" accent is a whole separate rant, unless I've stopped watching the show before I get to it.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2007 2:43:12 pm PDT #7662 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know not everyone's not cut out for everything, but it amazes me why they never made SMG throw a decent punch. Forget the claims of her having a brown belt in anything other than leather (which was what pulled me to the show in the first place)--a convincing punch under choreographed conditions at a standing target with the ability to repeat takes?
I shudder to think what hit the cutting room floor.
amych - Oct 18, 2007 2:45:17 pm PDT #7663 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I know? "Don't worry, Sarah, take as many takes as you need. Just extend your arm straight out without, umm, flopping? it like that."