Dark Angel got remarkably better in its second season, not in the least because of Baby!Jensen Ackles, but also in better writing and characterization because of an improved creative team. I'm actually kind of bitter we didn't get a third season.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
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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.
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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.
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Theodosia - Nov 24, 2014 11:51:14 am PST #26489 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Vortex - Nov 24, 2014 4:17:47 pm PST #26490 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I can't have lunch without peril -- NATLBSB.
Connie Neil - Nov 24, 2014 5:24:40 pm PST #26491 of 30001
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He's definitely getting the hang of his phone.
Steph L. - Nov 24, 2014 5:32:55 pm PST #26492 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
We stopped watching when the news cut in and decided to just watch the whole thing on Hulu tomorrow. I hate missing a chunk of a show.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2014 5:53:45 pm PST #26493 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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DCJensen - Nov 24, 2014 9:34:14 pm PST #26494 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Pumps?
What doesn't make sense about that word?
AFAIK, pumping brakes has two meanings. One is trying to stop on slippery surfaces, ice, gravel, etc. when you don't have ABS. Second is to adjust brakes after putting new pads or replacing the brake lines/etc. to "bleed" the air out of the lines.
To use it as a metaphor to mean stop seems incorrect to me. A better brake metaphor would be "slams the brakes" or "puts the brakes on..." instead.
It seems that if one was pumping the brakes on a show, it would stop for a wile, then show an ep, then stop a couple of weeks, show an episode.
I may be far too much a mechanic's son for their metaphor.
Steph L. - Nov 25, 2014 3:26:46 am PST #26495 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
A better brake metaphor would be "slams the brakes" or "puts the brakes on..." instead.
I've been driving since I was 16, so I know what pumping the brakes means. I took the metaphor to mean the network was slowing down (i.e., only airing the initial 13 and not filming a full season) but not yet canceling it.
Metaphors aren't exact comparisons; if they were, they wouldn't be metaphors. They'd be exact descriptions.
beekaytee - Nov 25, 2014 6:08:19 am PST #26496 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I took 'pumping the brakes' as exercising caution and seeing what works.
My DexH taught traffic school. I helped. We used that term a LOT.
Before anti-lock brakes were a thing, pumping the brakes could actually save your life!
Or, what Steph said. Metaphors aren't exact comparisons.
Perhaps the producers are hoping to save the show by, I dunno, doing focus groups or trying new writers...etc.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 7:06:45 am PST #26497 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, they aren't slamming the brakes on, or anything involving a full or stubborn stop.
Steph L. - Nov 25, 2014 7:18:00 am PST #26498 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Unrelated to driving, it's interesting to be catching up on S1 of Sleepy Hollow while concurrently watching S2. Because we already know from S2 that Henry is (1) Ichabod and Katrina's son, and (2) evil. So we're watching S1 unfold, and I've been expecting him to bust out with the full-on mwah-ha-ha evil ever since he was introduced, but (as you know Bob), the show has played it straight all the way through episode 12 (which we just finished).
If I weren't also watching S2, I wouldn't have guessed yet that Henry is evil as shit. And I kind of like him as a good guy. Except for the fact that he's so marvelous as a bad guy.