'Dirty Girls'
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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Yeah, I was surprised how upset I was when Sarah whispered "Awesome's dead." For once I was glad of a spoilery preview.
And I was quite glad to see (1) no stupid Buy More subplot, and (2) Chuck acting more like a spy instead of a bumbling idiot (this time poor Devon got to be the bumbler, but at least he didn't do anything *stupid*, just, let's say, ill-conceived. And he knows when he's out of his depth. We were kinda seeing Chuck from an outside perspective, and that was neat.
Yeah, I was surprised how upset I was when Sarah whispered "Awesome's dead."
I thought I heard, "Devon is in a coma."
And I didn't know what she whispered. I knew it was not good news about Awesome, but not for a minute did I think they could kill him off like that!
I thought I heard, "Devon is in a coma."
Really? We'll see next week who was right!
Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
I completely missed that was the name of the country, but it is hilarious.
Yes, that was hilarious.
BSG fans: TV Shows on DVD has news about an individual Blu-ray of season 2.
Am I the only one who thought naming a country "Costa Gravas" was hilarious?
The grave coast? Or the similarity to the name of Costa Gavras, who I have never heard of?
I read it was Costa Gavras, after the director.
Weren't we discussing zombie origins in here?
From a letter to the Economist (scroll down) [link]
A grave letter SIR – When I was a medical student one of the most popular lectures was given by an expatriate Haitian professor who explained the pharmacology that created real zombies (“Invasion of the living dead”, December 19th). Unrepentant troublemakers in small Haitian villages were sometimes dealt with by a shaman, who would prepare a powder from the skin of a blowfish mixed with ground glass. This was surreptitiously placed on the doorstep of the home of the victim, whose bare feet rubbed and absorbed the toxin.
The active ingredient of this poison was tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin which can paralyse and reduce breathing and heart rates to undetectable levels while preserving consciousness. The victim fell ill and “died”, to be buried in a wooden coffin. The night of the funeral, the shaman exhumed the “corpse” and took it away to his home. If the victim was fortunate (or maybe not) the toxin wore off, but the shaman then kept him stupefied with “zombie cucumber”, or jimson weed, which contains the hypnotic drug scopolamine. Zombies were used as slaves by the shamans, but occasionally escaped and returned to their villages. Imagine the power this gave to the elite: anyone who crossed their path could not merely be killed, but punished in the afterlife as well.
Dr Philip Early Fresno, California