Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.

'Sleeper'


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.


§ 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

47 years of Doctor Who recapped in 6 minutes.


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]


Jon B. - Apr 19, 2011 11:34:44 am PDT #16621 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

How sad! That link is currently down, but here's a brief BBC mention:

[link]


quester - Apr 19, 2011 11:52:53 am PDT #16622 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

RIP Ms Sladen, you were the best Companion ever!


Barb - Apr 19, 2011 12:36:56 pm PDT #16623 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Sarah Jane, you will be missed.


§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 1:06:06 pm PDT #16624 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Goodbye, my Sarah Jane.


sj - Apr 19, 2011 1:12:49 pm PDT #16625 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

apparently Elisabeth Sladen(Sarah Jane, Doctor Who) has passed away. sad day. [link]

How sad. She was too young. Were they still making new episodes of the Sarah Jane Adventures?