I liked it. Thought the pro bending was a cool concept.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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.
JenP - Mar 24, 2012 2:33:13 pm PDT #19767 of 30001
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2012 2:40:56 pm PDT #19768 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Bryan Konietzko explains your whitefont.
The show is SO GOOD already, and I know it's going to get EVEN BETTER. So incredibly excited. And I love Korra as a character already. Also, all the other characters. And the Phonograph Merchant, who was thiiiis close to exclaiming, "MY PHONOGRAPHS!"
JenP - Mar 24, 2012 3:10:59 pm PDT #19769 of 30001
Bryan Konietzko explains your whitefont.
Love it. And I agree with the rest, too -- very excited and like the characters and the modernity they've added while still keeping the same feel to the world. And that there's still a connection to the original, but it doesn't overshadow .
Typo Boy - Mar 24, 2012 5:19:19 pm PDT #19770 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In terms of Nightstalker - It was good and often funny. And Kolchak was both a crank and smart and had a big heart. He also was a lying liar who lies. But while it had had some stuff in common with the shows that followed, I'm not sure I'd describe it as a prot-buffy or proto-x-files or proto-supernatural. It had a nice consistent Noir style that none of them had. It was quite a good show, but it own thing, and Buffy, x-files had and supernatural has lots of good stuff that the Nightstalker did not have. NOt saying there may not have been influence. (Note:*may*) If you have not watched what few episodes of the nightstalker exist it is worth watching. Except the zombie episode was extremely problematic, so skip that one. But other than that, really good . But not the essence or whatever of any of the shows mentioned.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2012 5:21:52 pm PDT #19771 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What is "problematic" about the zombies? That's such a loaded term in fandom discourse these days.
Typo Boy - Mar 24, 2012 5:25:05 pm PDT #19772 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Er while maybe it is just me, but in the zombie episode the zombie was a dead black man who could ultimately be stopped only by hanging him. Given the history of lynching in the U.S. that bothers me. Especially since I'm pretty sure that was the writer's invention. Is there actual Zombie lore where hanging is a way to kill a zombie?
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2012 5:50:13 pm PDT #19773 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have no idea if it's just you--like I said, I've never watched the show, so how could I have a clue?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 24, 2012 6:15:17 pm PDT #19774 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've always heard fill the mouth with salt and stitch it up. Hanging does seem to be a singularly unfortunate and symbolism-charged choice of destruction method, if it wasn't intentional.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2012 6:30:11 pm PDT #19775 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I only know how to kill movie zombies, which involves fucking with the brain/brain stem in some way--head shot, decapitation, other gestures of that ilk.
I don't know what lore suggests.
Typo Boy - Mar 24, 2012 6:40:00 pm PDT #19776 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The questin about zombie lore was rhetorical. Bascially I don't think there was a good reason for the choice.