Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.

'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.

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.


Strega - Feb 11, 2011 8:18:20 am PST #15889 of 30001

I kinda like Nick Stahl. I do not like Joe Hill. A friend loaned me Heart-Shaped Box to read and: woof. After a couple of chapters I was skimming. After a couple more I flipped to the last third, on the premise that if peaking ahead made it seem more interesting, I would go back and read the rest of the thing.

So I returned it the next day.

He is probably a better stylist than his dad, but that's a low bar. It was a very Stephen King book, with individual scenes that were effectively creepy in a book that seemed to have more padding than a couple of sofas. And characterization that relied heavily on revelations about abusive parents because I guess that's still a surprising twist to someone in the world? Ugh.

I cannot spell names today for some reason.


Vonnie K - Feb 11, 2011 11:30:27 am PST #15890 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Oh, that's disappointing about Joe Hill's books. I'm hoping a good show-runner can take the premise and develop the characters further independently. Not sure whether Friedman is going to be on board for the long-haul, but if he signs on as the show-runner, I'm going to give the show a chance just to see him do his thing. [/still not over TSCC being cancelled]

Every time I see Nick Stahl, I have to curb an urge to yell out, "YOUNG MAN, stand up straight! And go take a bath!"


Strega - Feb 11, 2011 11:50:40 am PST #15891 of 30001

Heh. So you watched Carnivàle, then?

(Ugh, I can't spell anything at all today. Time to go home...)


Vonnie K - Feb 11, 2011 12:05:40 pm PST #15892 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

So you watched Carnivàle, then?

Yeap. It really took me out of the show to watch him make out with various women, 'cause I kept thinking how bad he must be smelling. I didn't have that problem with Jonsey, but y'know - it's Tim DeKay.

It makes me laugh to think of Friedman working with Nick Stahl given the Terminator connection, esp. via this vid: [link]


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2011 4:38:22 pm PST #15893 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

Every time I see Nick Stahl, I have to curb an urge to yell out, "YOUNG MAN, stand up straight! And go take a bath!"

If he'd taken a bath on Carnivàle he'd have needed someone to rescue him from the resultant tub full of mud.


aurelia - Feb 11, 2011 5:25:47 pm PST #15894 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

OMG Fringe! I anticipated the key plot points, but damn the revelation was intense. I did not anticipate finding a line Walternate won't cross. That was interesting.


dcp - Feb 11, 2011 5:38:02 pm PST #15895 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Fringe:

I missed something -- what disease was the vaccine for?


quester - Feb 11, 2011 5:50:07 pm PST #15896 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I've been mainlining Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Hulu. This series is so much better than the first one! Much better use of the core characters, but I think they have introduced so many that it will be a heck of a resolution! I'm about at Episode 36, I think.


le nubian - Feb 11, 2011 6:37:34 pm PST #15897 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

dcp

Avian Flu.


erin_obscure - Feb 11, 2011 7:15:12 pm PST #15898 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

I'm with Theodosia, no idea V was still on the air. How is it still running when clearly only one person is watching?