Fringe catch up continues. I knew from reading this thread that Walter stole Peter from the alterverse, but I didn't realize it was because he couldn't save him over there. Damn. This show piles hilarity on top of tragedy, and vice versa so much I'm not sure whether I should be laughing or crying. So I do both.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2011 8:02:17 pm PDT #16611 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Consuela - Apr 17, 2011 8:13:13 pm PDT #16612 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I finally watched this week's Fringe: holy cow, that was crack-addled. And such a way to deal with the fact that Nimoy doesn't want to be on camera anymore! Hah!
aurelia - Apr 17, 2011 8:48:17 pm PDT #16613 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Consuela, I suspect the crack episode will be next season.
Ah, Frank. That episode is so beautiful and heartbreaking. And I wonder why Walter hasn't fixed that window. You'd think that would come in handy now.
If these were cheaper, I might be tempted. Cortexiphan Trials Pajamas
sumi - Apr 18, 2011 7:58:50 am PDT #16614 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
i09 says that Rockne O'Bannon tweeted the following:
Great meeting at Syfy yesterday. New project. HUGE. New series. Very excited. Very, very excited.
Consuela - Apr 18, 2011 8:04:59 am PDT #16615 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Very, very excited.
I'm only going to get excited about an O'Bannon project if he brings Ricky Manning back on board. Rockne needs Ricky and David Kemper for the evil.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2011 8:06:27 am PDT #16616 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did I not know Tim had been working on an Alien Nation reboot?
Tom Scola - Apr 18, 2011 8:06:43 am PDT #16617 of 30001
hwæt
I'm only going to get excited about an O'Bannon project if he brings Ricky Manning back on board.
And maybe also Brian Henson.
Kathy A - Apr 18, 2011 8:21:52 am PDT #16618 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2011 5:01:09 am PDT #16619 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
EX-TRA-PO-LATE! Moral philosophy and the Daleks
They’ve had viewers cowering behind the sofa since ‘Doctor Who’ began – but what exactly is it that makes people so frightened of the Daleks? A new study by a Cambridge researcher claims to have the answer.
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His answer has nothing to do with their often-cited, non-human appearance, nor their weird, electronic voices. In fact, Dr Bunce believes that the Daleks succeed because they offer us a moral lesson in what it means to be human in the first place. They terrify us because the evil they represent is a more precise definition than that of philosophers stretching from Socrates to Kant. They are chilling, he argues, because they are a vision of what we ourselves might become.
“The reason the Daleks are evil is because we recognise that they were once better,” Dr Bunce explained. “They are the nightmare future we dread.”
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Almost half a century later, their popularity shows little sign of subsiding. A 2008 survey by the National Trust found that while only 53% of children could identify an oak leaf, nine out of 10 could identify a Dalek. In 2010, readers of the science fiction magazine SFX voted the Dalek as the all-time greatest monster, beating both Godzilla and Gollum from The Lord Of The Rings.
tiggy - Apr 19, 2011 11:17:27 am PDT #16620 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
apparently Elisabeth Sladen(Sarah Jane, Doctor Who) has passed away. sad day. [link]