After viewing FlashForward, I am all about OMG JOHN CHO. For obvious reasons, this could prove problematic.
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shrift - Sep 24, 2009 6:53:08 pm PDT #10071 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Dana - Sep 24, 2009 7:19:12 pm PDT #10072 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I also liked FlashForward, though wow, they have a whole lot of English and Irish actors there. At least Jack Davenport gets to play English.
I would like to point out that after a catastrophe of that magnitude, no way they'd have consistent power and cell phone signals. That kept pulling me out a little.
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2009 8:42:38 pm PDT #10073 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am all about OMG JOHN CHO. For obvious reasons, this could prove problematic.
Word. He got me more than anyone else, and in a cast with Jack Davenport (even though he had little to do beyond the obvious reveal) and Joseph Fiennes that's good work.
I hope it goes more Lost than Heroes.
I'm irrationally bothered by the Oceanic Airlines poster they showed. You can't have that and Dominic Monaghan and whatstername too. It's like when CSI and L&O recycle their actors. It's just wrong.
I missed Fringe tonight, didn't I? I've hit the Thursday pileup.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2009 8:50:09 pm PDT #10074 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fringe was a little meh in comparison to last week's, although there's an interesting new development for Olivia.
And I am also very pro-Cho. Even though I was spoiled for his plight, he got me.
Monique - Sep 24, 2009 9:14:12 pm PDT #10075 of 30001
After viewing FlashForward, I am all about OMG JOHN CHO.
Ditto. So it's not just me!
Fringe was a little meh in comparison to last week's
Did I miss something about why the guy would create a kid like that? Sure, it helped him live, but there really can't be an upside to such a thing.
I am assuming, though, that Walter's allusions to the repercussions of inter-dimensional travel mean that that's what made him ... the way he is.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2009 9:48:14 pm PDT #10076 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did I miss something about why the guy would create a kid like that? Sure, it helped him live, but there really can't be an upside to such a thing.
He had clearly never seen an episode of The X-Files before.
I am assuming, though, that Walter's allusions to the repercussions of inter-dimensional travel mean that that's what made him ... the way he is.
Oooh. I didn't think about that!
Laura - Sep 25, 2009 2:34:09 am PDT #10077 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Haven't seen FlashForward, yet. This will be remedied.
Fringe: Walter is breaking my heart. He is clearly very worried about Olivia. She isn't usually my favorite character, but his concern for her drags me along.
Theodosia - Sep 25, 2009 3:12:45 am PDT #10078 of 30001
'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"
I'm wondering if the problem isn't GOING to an alternate dimension so much as COMING BACK. Which would explain why his son hasn't had such problems.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 25, 2009 4:02:14 am PDT #10079 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Eureka is on hiatus again, isn't it?
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2009 5:56:12 am PDT #10080 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I would like to point out that after a catastrophe of that magnitude, no way they'd have consistent power and cell phone signals. That kept pulling me out a little.
I've been reading Slacktivist's critique of the Left Behind books, and one of the big criticisms is that, after the first 50 or 100 pages, the authors simply ignore what the actual, real-world implications of billions of people disappearing would be (plane and car crashes, cleaning up same, economic meltdown, martial law, anarchy).
That's what I kept thinking of last night -- like, by the end of the show, the hospital ER was quiet and there seemed to be no more incoming patients, which doesn't seem possible in an event of that magnitude.
Also, how the hell did Joseph Fiennes and not!Penny make it home? I cannot believe that the roads were cleared by the end of the day, or that they walked.
I'm willing to handwave that, though, because for a work of fiction to deal with that realistically, the result would be boring as shit. Same reason we don't generally see characters in fiction going to the grocery store, or using the bathroom.