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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.

Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.

Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


victor infante - Mar 31, 2008 6:18:24 am PDT #1364 of 30001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I'm still wondering about the level of Ianto's investment. He seemed way weepy way fast.

Yeah, Ianto's that weird combination of strong reaction and obscured root cause, which I think is part of what makes him so compelling. There's always a sense of stiull waters running deep with him.

So we see the full-fledged delight in the old movies and old-time cinema, but get nothing about it's causes. Which with a lot of characters would annoy me, but with Ianto? It all kinda seems Ianto-ish.


victor infante - Mar 31, 2008 6:18:31 am PDT #1365 of 30001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Fred Pete - Mar 31, 2008 6:34:06 am PDT #1366 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

We've known since Cyberwoman that Ianto leads with his heart. (Which I expect to create eventual complications in his relationship with Jack, but that's another story line.) Here, I think there was the added push that he spent happy childhood days in the Electro. So there was an added nostalgia factor for him, even if the films weren't what he saw back then.

Ringmaster was nicely creepy. Pearl wasn't so creepy. And I'd have liked to see more explanation of her obsession with water.

I called Owen's not-breathing as a plot point as he was going upstairs to the projection booth, which is pretty good for me. But now that it's established that he's dead and doesn't have the usual human bodily functions, it's time to stop highlighting it every episode and make it just an ordinary part of life around Torchwood.

All in all, acceptable filler. But not one of the great eps.


lisah - Mar 31, 2008 6:40:18 am PDT #1367 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I was just sad that it wasn't creepier. Carnival freaks chasing after you should totally have been creepier.

That was exactly my reaction. It was a little creepy but mostly I thought it was stupid.


sumi - Mar 31, 2008 8:06:04 am PDT #1368 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Jericho season 2 dvds are coming out on June 18th.

Hmmm, the beginning of the episode creeped me out so much that I haven't really watched the rest of it. (TW 2.10, that is.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2008 8:52:50 am PDT #1369 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Maybe RTD's shows are just desensitizing us to creepiness? I already feel that a workable strategy for surviving a sequel to The Ring would be to run "Blink" on continuous loop so Samara is scared to go into the TV.


Dana - Mar 31, 2008 8:54:15 am PDT #1370 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Maybe RTD's shows are just desensitizing us to creepiness?

No, I'm pretty sure this episode failed. I did think it was creepy at the beginning, but the plot (and the creepy) fell apart as it went along.


lisah - Mar 31, 2008 8:57:10 am PDT #1371 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

It wasn't creepy to me because the writing was just so bad. When the barker and the water girl were all "bwahaha our evil plan" at the old pool all the creepy was drained out of the ep for me. so to speak.


Juliebird - Mar 31, 2008 4:15:23 pm PDT #1372 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

So, on top of teepees on the east coast, we have "they're from Brooklyn, typical New England Stock".

Really?


DXMachina - Mar 31, 2008 5:30:17 pm PDT #1373 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think that was meant to be a joke.