I gave up on Bones. It's been going in a direction I'm not crazy about and when I realized I had no interest in watching the last five eps(which were on the TiVo) I deleted the season pass.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Sheryl - Sep 18, 2009 3:28:04 pm PDT #3499 of 11831
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Burrell - Sep 18, 2009 8:06:13 pm PDT #3500 of 11831
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
WRT the Death card: Yeah, I know it means change, but I always think of the one time I got that card when my grandma was ill and I thought "oh no." I mean, I kinda knew she was dying before I did the reading, but still, it was a deeply uncanny moment.
msbelle - Sep 19, 2009 1:36:54 am PDT #3501 of 11831
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
WRT to the death card, the psychic never said it meant death, she let Angela come to that on her own and then just sat there looking knowingly. Still one would think a woo-woo thinker like Angela would know that it didn't mean death.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2009 10:23:17 am PDT #3502 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But that's not responsible reading.
And she sent Booth off running on the Devil card, which doesn't mean "someone's in deep doo doo" either.
It's just cheap shorthand, using cards with words that have simple negative connotations in the West in the 21st century and tying them to whatever bad thing the writer wants to happen. The world wouldn't collapse from a correct reading--the universe withstood Criminal Minds Low Fi correct interpretation of the Death card.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 12:25:48 pm PDT #3503 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The world wouldn't collapse from a correct reading--the universe withstood Criminal Minds Low Fi correct interpretation of the Death card.
But they weren't read by Cyndi Lauper, were they? That casting alone made up for a multitude of sins.
Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2009 12:30:58 pm PDT #3504 of 11831
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And Booth and Bones orchestrating a way to get the bad guy's DNA didn't suck--and Cyndi's character was smart enough to know she was being played.
It's interesting that Angela was sort of filling the role of Wise Friend who will get Brennan in Touch With Her Feelings in the beginning, but now she's in the position of advocating Damn the Torpedos while calmer heads are advising Booth to be very sure of what he might do in regards to Brennan. Angela is more reckless than wise now.
I wonder if we'll see Zach this year.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2009 12:56:57 pm PDT #3505 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That casting alone made up for a multitude of sins.
Eh. I'm cold on the show, never liked her acting, and am really irritated by Tarot sensationalist shorthand.
aurelia - Sep 19, 2009 6:23:00 pm PDT #3506 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My favorite part was the virtual facial reconstruction of the skull that looked just like face-lifted Cyndi.
§ ita § - Sep 20, 2009 4:02:18 pm PDT #3507 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe she got the face lift so she could look just like her sister. That was creepy.
Looks like next week's Psych will be Gus-focussed. I'm excited. I think he's so wasted so much of the time. Shame I hate Jaleel White and that Keenan guy.
Vortex - Sep 20, 2009 5:14:23 pm PDT #3508 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It might be the one from that cool photo.