Holy crap, Gravity Falls just keeps getting better every episode.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Tom Scola - Sep 14, 2012 4:45:08 pm PDT #5983 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sj - Sep 14, 2012 5:44:38 pm PDT #5984 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Holy crap, Gravity Falls just keeps getting better every episode.
I haven't watched this week's episode yet, but I will still agree with that statement. The time travel episode was brilliant.
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2012 3:45:45 am PDT #5985 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
On the topic of the value of rewatching, i had not realised they played music from The Breakfast Club at the end of the first ep of Community. And that there was no tag on the first ep. Made me impatient.
sj - Sep 15, 2012 1:43:15 pm PDT #5986 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has anyone here watched "Bullet in the Face" on IFC? We're watching it now. It's a weird little show with bonus Eddie Izzard.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2012 4:57:55 pm PDT #5987 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I made at least three Community converts this weekend, which is way better than I was expecting, since, tropical beach vacation. Gave the three seasons to my sister even though she insisted she'd download them, and two of her friends who live in the US said they're planning to buy. We made it through the first six eps-- with subtitles on. The sound system was very muddy. Music loud, words not, and somehow unclear. My sister said she thought she was missing 30% of the words. I kinda felt like I had too, reading them.
It was weird. Some jokes were spoilt, since the timing was jiggered, others made clear how much the delivery contributed, and, shit, i missed a metric crapload of asides and stuff.
But i think I won't watch with them on anyway. Visually they ruined the shots, unless it's a DVD player specific thing.
Now I need to work out a Better Than Ted pitch. First thing is to work out my favourite invention. On the spot, all I can remember is the orders to weaponise pumpkins.
Wikipedia ho!
Lee - Sep 18, 2012 5:26:22 pm PDT #5988 of 8624
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
First thing is to work out my favourite invention.
The non-cow beef
Rayne - Sep 19, 2012 12:14:50 am PDT #5989 of 8624
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Do the subtitles have a grey background? I usually love watching everything with subtitles on, but I can't stand it when they have a background color. It blocks too much of the screen or something. Too distracting.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2012 5:09:02 am PDT #5990 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They had black, actually, which I blame on the DVD player. and could take up to a 1/4 of the screen's height.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2012 6:30:27 pm PDT #5991 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, I just read this article about the rise of multiple camera sitcoms: [link] and it made me feel like a snobby hipster for disagreeing with everything they have to say, even including their singling out (ha ha pun) of New Girl as breaking the formula. I mean, the article is just 180 for me.
I want community¹ (no pun this time) and I want the single camera things, and I don't actually want them to do reshoots based on the studio audience. Good lord.
eta ¹: I'm not sure what the position on community is--it would seem it's a multi-camera artefact, but the placement in the article confuses me.
-t - Sep 20, 2012 8:06:02 pm PDT #5992 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Parks and Rec is back, hooray!
I don't really have anything to say about tonight's episode, but it was delightful.