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.
Shir, it was seen in the US the same night, so it's okay to blackfont.
- ****Caution! Spoilers for "A Christmas Carol"******
"A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens in a nutshell:
- Miserly old grump of a man makes his life and employees and relatives lives miserable.
- He gets visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. One for the past, one for the present and one for the future.
- They show us and him when he was a nicer person, how he was affecting everyone around him, and his dismal future and death.
- He is transformed by the experience and wakes up to find only the night has passed.
- He shocks relatives and employees by a complete turnaround and no one checks for an aneurysm.
The end.
no one checks for an aneurysm.
Snerk!
You're right, logically Scrooge should be in a hospital being checked for depression or a brain injury.
Oh, thanks! I knew the basics, but some things were new to me.
Alternatively: Abused child grows up, is told it's his own fault that he's unlovable, and finally is convinced that he should bribe people into liking him.
Even shorter summary: "Money can't buy happiness! -- Oh wait, it totally can!"
Radio 4's 'Thinking Allowed' sociology programme today was about Doctor Who. Interesting stuff. Podcast can be downloaded here. I can't work out whether it's internationally available, but some of the BBC podcasts are, so it's worth a try.
It is - it's one I subscribe to. I'm so addicted to podcasts now that I finally have me a device. I listen to all kinds of shit... way more than I listen to music, which I wouldn't have guessed.
I listen to all kinds of shit... way more than I listen to music, which I wouldn't have guessed.
Me, too, JenP. I'm hooked on RadioLab, Stuff You Should Know, Stuff You Missed in History Class, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, On the Media... and a Narnia fanfiction podcast I found on a Narnia forum. Which is goofy fun.
Also, a friend in the UK sent me a tiny 2GB drive loaded with audiobooks and BBC radio material, and I'm having a blast listening to all that.
Podcasts are just copies of regular broadcasts that you can listen to over the computer, right? Or any recorded talky stuff on the computer?
(oh, yes, I am the mistress of the tech jargon)
Podcasts are digital files which (once you subscribe) automatically download to your computer where you can listen to them, or load them onto your iPod to listen to (or if you have a smartphone you can automatically load them there).
There are podcasts which are radio shows (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, TAL, Fresh Air, RadioLab), and there are podcasts which are never broadcast, like Stuff You Should Know, which is hosted by the Discover-Channel website Stuff You Should Know. There are even fiction podcasts, like the SF short story podcast Escape Pod, or the fantasy podcast PodCastle.
If you have iTunes, you can find all of these through the iTunes store, and most of them are free. The nicest thing is they update automatically so after the first time you subscribe, you don't have to do anything special to get them.
I think that`s the most important aspect of podcasts, that it`s push technology. It comes to you. I underutilize them because of my bandwidth limitation.
