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'Beneath You'


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.


Ginger - Nov 12, 2010 10:22:04 am PST #14814 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

There are things from Season 5 of B5 that I would have hated to have missed, particularly "The Fall of Centauri Prime" and the evolution of Vir, Molari and G'Kar. It was badly marred by the fact that Tracy Scoggins can be out-acted by an ottoman.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2010 11:21:23 am PST #14815 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 assume that the guy who played Byron was able to act, since if that were his personality in real life he'd have been killed long before he could have been cast in the show.


Connie Neil - Nov 12, 2010 12:49:02 pm PST #14816 of 30001
brillig

I keep dipping my toe into Supernatural, but I like the boys too much to want to watch them suffer so much without getting a little fun. I'm not in the school of "Pain! Then More Pain!" for characters. The every-now-and-then episode of (somewhat) lightheartedness isn't enough to offset the brothers being at odds with each other. Though the Winchester fandom twist was highly entertaining.


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2010 12:53:37 pm PST #14817 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm never going to deny Supernatural is exquisite emo-torture-porn, but they do rise very often above (somewhat) lightheartedness. It can be funny in the same insane intense way that Farscape was. And they don't go many episodes without good laughs.


Dana - Nov 12, 2010 12:57:56 pm PST #14818 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Deep Space Nine! Everyone should watch Deep Space Nine!


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2010 12:59:28 pm PST #14819 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Also, selected Highlander (don't go near the final season, for instance). But it was pretty fun, if not as actually good as many of the series listed her so far.

There is a lot of good genre TV to sink your teeth into. I kinda wish I hadn't watched most of it at the time, so I could mainline shit fresh now.


Jars - Nov 12, 2010 1:00:54 pm PST #14820 of 30001

Deep Space Nine! Everyone should watch Deep Space Nine!

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Best Trek ever.

I watched the first half of the first series of Supernatural and got kind of bored. Should really give it another shot I guess.


Connie Neil - Nov 12, 2010 1:05:18 pm PST #14821 of 30001
brillig

The first season has a lot of damsel saving. Then they get their act together and start saving each other most of the time.


Ginger - Nov 12, 2010 1:22:41 pm PST #14822 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I assume that the guy who played Byron was able to act, since if that were his personality in real life he'd have been killed long before he could have been cast in the show.

I note that much of his work since B5 has been voice work, presumably to hinder people from hunting him down.


sumi - Nov 12, 2010 1:41:02 pm PST #14823 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

TVD: Why are we getting no new episodes until after Thanksgiving!!!???!!!

Fringe: I'm sad that the AU-verse people seem to be so far ahead of the our-verse people. And that Peter slept with FauxLivia before he slept with Real!Livia.