Yes? I can't remember. I downloaded whatever episodes I could find. God, I loved that show.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
esse - Dec 10, 2008 6:21:03 am PST #1932 of 11998
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2008 4:42:12 pm PST #1933 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a caper/heist slut myself, but grew out of love with Hustle because I thought they were getting too tangled up trying to justify their "not stealing" mandate and just failing. S1 was good, though.
Leverage doesn't seem as similar to me as to many people. Makes me think of Mission Impossible, but with profit.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 12, 2008 6:10:34 am PST #1934 of 11998
"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
Does that make Tom Cruise the Underwear Gnome?
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2008 10:01:12 am PST #1935 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am missing a pop culture reference.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 12, 2008 10:08:22 am PST #1936 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ita, this will explain: [link]
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2008 12:35:04 pm PST #1937 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. Still don't get it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 12, 2008 2:42:10 pm PST #1938 of 11998
"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
I was playing on the source Frank linked, Cruise's stature, and his archetypeal image from Risky Business.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2008 4:18:58 pm PST #1939 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, right. M:I movies. I always forget they exist.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 13, 2008 5:59:46 am PST #1940 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I knew ita was talking old school MI, as they were far more about the "con" than the movies.
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
Vortex - Dec 13, 2008 11:28:12 am PST #1941 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
I refuse to remember them because they were TERRIBLE. They made no sense, and they were not at all true to the series.