Colin, if you peek in here in the near future, could you kiss whoever wrote tonight's hallucination-sparked realization by Jo for me?
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2010 6:46:17 pm PDT #14035 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
quester - Aug 27, 2010 6:49:03 pm PDT #14036 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
HA! Callis' character claimed to be hallucinating "a tall, lanky blonde in a slinky red dress"!
-t - Aug 27, 2010 7:13:19 pm PDT #14037 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh - oh James Callis, never stop hallucinating.
Ha! Yeah. (also directed at quester's comment. Nice)
I missed the first 8 minutes or so of Eureka. Anything important in that? I came in just before the bridge collapsed.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2010 7:28:34 pm PDT #14038 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm sad that Stark's not back for real, though. I miss him.
Seriously. I'll take the limited Ed Quinn, but yeah (I miss him on True Blood too, even though he was only in a couple of episodes).
Which begs a few questions: a) why did Jack immediately assume it was HIS timeline Stark (even the "miss me" line could have referred to events this Jack wasn't around for, b) why haven't either Jack or Allison bothered to check if Stark was dematerialized in this timeline, and c) why WOULD Stark have been dematerialized in this timeline?
Finally, how much abuse can a poor deputy take? I mean, really.
ETA - I still haven't even gotten around to watching the new BSG, and the James Callis gags were killing me.
le nubian - Aug 28, 2010 3:41:05 am PDT #14039 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think ita, Cindy and I are the only ones watching "Haven." This isn't the best show in the world, and yet here I am every week watching the show!
Isn't there a difference between "not feeling pain" and "not feeling anything?"
I think it is ridiculous that he can't feel anything. How does he function normally? How does he touch anything?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 28, 2010 3:59:35 am PDT #14040 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
It's my understanding that real world people who have diminished or absent senses of touch (like lepers) have to function mainly through visual cues. Also, monitor themselves constantly for cuts and abrasions to avoid the infections that used to lead to rotting and amputation.
le nubian - Aug 28, 2010 4:02:45 am PDT #14041 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right, but I thought he just couldn't feel pain, not that he couldn't feel anything at all.
I know about the checking one's self for cuts and abrasions...
§ ita § - Aug 28, 2010 4:38:45 am PDT #14042 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He started out by saying he couldn't feel pain, and the condition he named was idiopathic neuropathy which is hugely general, and from googling doesn't match his life.
It's wildly ill-considered and I find it very irritating.
I did like that the French chick left--not him, but Haven. I see why people stay in Eureka, despite the calamity of the week. It's wonderful as well as weird. Haven just looks like a waiting room for absurd death, no matter how picturesque.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 28, 2010 4:42:31 am PDT #14043 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
I do think my reaction to the sincere belief that I was living in a cursed town where people can die in freaky supernatural manners at a moment's notice would be to move away from the damn town.
Theodosia - Aug 28, 2010 6:38:04 am PDT #14044 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"
Out of morbid interest, I looked up The Colorado Kid which was published by King in a short-lived paperback original series of hard-boiled crime - not one of his well-known properties.
Anyway... the points of correspondence it has with Haven ? A) Female protagonist who B) comes to a small Maine coastal town and C) works as a newspaper reporter intern for the two old journalists who run the local paper. And they tell her about the one mysterious death that occurred many years ago and that can't be solved.
And that's, literally, all that it has in common.