God talking via abnormals. Hmm. And the tie to Big Bertha?
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§ ita § - Jan 17, 2010 4:17:22 pm PST #11860 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Jan 17, 2010 5:21:30 pm PST #11861 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I took the connection to be that BB is the physical manifestation of the goddess. Why the goddess would allow herself to be controlled/influenced by a human via an extension entity was a bit vague to me.
Typo Boy - Jan 17, 2010 5:30:29 pm PST #11862 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Umm I took it that Big Bertha IS Kali. That is: Big Bertha is a giant undersea intelligent immortal spider with ultra-powerful telekinetic powers to cause earthquakes and destroy continents. The small Macrea(SP) spider allows "Heralds" working for the cult of Kali to communicate with the big spider and warn when earthquakes and other disasters are coming, and maybe sometimes talk the big spider out of (or maybe into) causing these disasters. The giant spider in dream talking to Heralds takes the dream form of a seductively beautiful human shaped goddess - at least in the minds of Heralds.
The show leaves room to interpret this as the Giant Spider being an avatar of the true Kali, but that is not the way I read it, and at some point maybe I'll give the arguments for it.
Incidentally, a friend asked what Sanctuary was about and I reduced her to helpless laughter just by first describing what the sanctuary network was, then who the major characters were, then the plot of this episode 100% straight. No humorous spin needed. Try it yourself.
le nubian - Jan 17, 2010 8:45:51 pm PST #11863 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The Bollywood part would probably send everyone to the laughter house.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2010 5:59:13 am PST #11864 of 30001
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I think "And the butler is Bigfoot!" is about all you need to say to reduce a non-watcher to hysterics, actually.
beekaytee - Jan 18, 2010 9:41:13 am PST #11865 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Whoa. Being Human was intense this week. Sad to see everybody is miserable again, so soon. But hey, we need a story to follow, eh?
I honestly had my hands over my mouth, agape with horror while Saul was dragging her into the corridor...of DOOM! That was nicely directed.
One thing I'm a bit confused by... were the voices the ones that gave Annie her visibility in the first place and they took it away again because she resisted hell? And what did Saul say as he backed into the corridor. I replayed it a couple of times but could not make it out.
Mitchell's story this week was intriguing. I'm thinking the doctor is more than the eye can see. And Carl...so tragic.
George and Nina? Much as expected. Dangit.
sumi - Jan 18, 2010 10:12:18 am PST #11866 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, come on, the Bollywood number was fun. Actually, this season finale (I've only seen half of it - the other half isn't up On Demand yet) is (so far) a pretty good episode.
ChiKat - Jan 18, 2010 10:17:00 am PST #11867 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I've only seen half of it - the other half isn't up On Demand yet
You know, I watched it On Demand yesterday. And, it said it was only the first part and 47 minutes. But it wasn't. It played the whole thing.
sumi - Jan 18, 2010 10:23:36 am PST #11868 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Apparently, the LA Times is doing a "Countdown to Caprica" - here is an interview with Bear McCreary and some video clips of the music. Here is a new trailer. And here is an interview with Sasha Roiz.
(That was the whole thing? Huh.)
Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2010 3:07:15 pm PST #11869 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Chuck - this could be fun.