I wish they'd dump the voiceover.
I'm hating the voiceover, too. I just caught up on both episodes and I'm running around the internets making Paul Gross Arms.
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shrift - Jan 14, 2008 7:48:53 pm PST #9422 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Consuela - Jan 14, 2008 8:20:09 pm PST #9423 of 10001
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Thirding the desire to kill the voiceover.
The whole mimicry scene outside Carlos' house was awesome. But I'm very sad that Tony Amendola was only on one episode. He's so awesome. (I saw him onstage last year: he makes a terrifyingly believable corrupt cop.)
I suspect that Cameron knows adult!John very well indeed; like, maybe they gave her his lover's memories? Or his own? Something like that: she's far too knowing.
Her social skills are a bit too erratic, though: she was awkward but not offputting in the first high-school scenes in the pilot; now all of a sudden she can't communicate with anyone?
I did love "Please remain calm," though. Hee.
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Polter-Cow - Jan 14, 2008 8:32:10 pm PST #9424 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't mind the voiceover! Although it's an overused technique, I really liked her closing monologue.
yeah. i love this show.
It was way better than the pilot.
The whole mimicry scene outside Carlos' house was awesome.
That was terribly amusing.
I cracked up hysterically when I noticed that the address of the computer store was 1337.
tiggy - Jan 15, 2008 2:41:38 am PST #9425 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I cracked up hysterically when I noticed that the address of the computer store was 1337
me too!! my family didn't understand why i was laughing.
Dana - Jan 15, 2008 4:33:04 am PST #9426 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Her social skills are a bit too erratic, though: she was awkward but not offputting in the first high-school scenes in the pilot; now all of a sudden she can't communicate with anyone?
Yeah, that's my other complaint. She's got to be able to fake it somehow, because we already saw her doing it. Even if she can only act like a teenager, that would have been perfect for the scene where they ran away from the cop.
sumi - Jan 15, 2008 7:00:07 am PST #9427 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Glamcookie - Jan 15, 2008 7:16:09 am PST #9428 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I liked the SCC pilot better than the 2nd ep, but it was still enjoyable. I agree that there is too much narration. I loved both scenes with the Latina (did they say her name?) and Cameron, especially the makeover. Ha!
Jessica - Jan 15, 2008 7:18:49 am PST #9429 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I figure "high school student" was one of her presets, but in situations she's not programmed for she's going to seem awkward and robotic. t /wank
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2008 7:20:43 am PST #9430 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I figure "high school student" was one of her presets, but in situations she's not programmed for she's going to seem awkward and robotic. </wank>
I was kinda' doing the same wank myself - I figure in their attempt to enable her to pass as human, it's gonna be kind of hit-and-miss.
Juliebird - Jan 15, 2008 7:39:26 am PST #9431 of 10001
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If they can let up on the emo (and I speak mostly of this new character of Sarah) and the voiceover, I may just keep this show. There's still too much handwringing and the mother-son dynamic is still hitting awkward beats. It's not like she hadn't seen her son for three years because she just got out of a mental institution.
Speaking of emo, John's strong desire for a father coupled with his violent reaction said father figure reached epicly psychotic and WTF?! proportions. And yet, I kinda got it. I think I can understand it from him more, cuz he's still a boy, but both of them should be a lot tougher than this. "Mommy, make the mean robots stop coming after me!" Seriously? That's how they propelled the thrust of the show?
ETA that's how I was wanking the have and lack of social skills. The highschool persona was just for that one mission in that school. That situation is gone, so is the persona.
But I don't think that explains moments like at the end of the pilot where she's all coy and munching on potato chips.