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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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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"
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.
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2009 6:12:50 am PDT #10081 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Same reason we don't generally see characters in fiction going to the grocery store, or using the bathroom.
But, hey, bonus crapper scene last night!
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2009 6:25:29 am PDT #10082 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was in a MEETING.
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2009 6:30:34 am PDT #10083 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
He was in a MEETING.
Oh my god, I'm 12, because that scene (particularly his pause before "...a meeting") made me do my loud donkey laugh.
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2009 6:47:32 am PDT #10084 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hope we get more of that. I was expecting that to happen with Olivia's too. I want people to lie about what they saw. It could be fun.
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2009 7:35:17 am PDT #10085 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe there will be some running gag where every episode, John Cho ALMOST dies. And every episode he exclaims, "Yeah! I'm not gonna die!" Next week: a piano almost falls on his head.
le nubian - Sep 25, 2009 8:45:57 am PDT #10086 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C, hahaha. I know right? Poor Cho.
megan walker - Sep 26, 2009 7:28:02 am PDT #10087 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
They sold the premise well enough that the security footage at the end creeped me out the way a just-off-kilter-from-realistic nightmare will creep me out.
My dvr cut off just when Cho comes over to watch. What's on it?
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2009 7:35:17 am PDT #10088 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's a stadium in Detroit where a man is up and walking when the rest of the world is blacked out. The episode's on Hulu if you want to see the footage for yourself.