Since I'm a spoiler whore who has not actually seen the latest, the
Bernice S. reference is a joke. They don't actually mention her in the episode, correct? Not that I would not totally love seeing her character onscreen.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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.
Typo Boy - Jun 04, 2008 11:56:14 am PDT #2741 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.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2008 11:59:56 am PDT #2742 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Correct.
Torque - Jun 04, 2008 12:50:34 pm PDT #2743 of 30001
Bad Wolf
I can't stand that image.
I thought that image was pretty cool when they were doing the initial promos.
WindSparrow - Jun 04, 2008 12:55:12 pm PDT #2744 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Bwah! LOLtardis!
Tamara - Jun 04, 2008 2:04:38 pm PDT #2745 of 30001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
I like the image too. It was pretty impressive on a huge billboard near my work last January.
Fay - Jun 04, 2008 3:57:53 pm PDT #2746 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'll grant that it's a very arresting and iconic image and it communicates succinctly the idea that the show is about human-looking robots. And that Summer Glau is hot. I think it's very effective as an advertising tool.
But it's also hellishly misogynistic, which is particularly unforgiveable since the show is primarily about strong, intelligent, capable and empowered female characters.
The image is titillating (oooh! sexy nekkid girl! maybe a good breeze will move her hair out of place and show us her tits!) and it juxtaposes her unwelcoming expression and evident physical strength (robot! look!) with the total fucking vulnerability of her position. She has been literally disarmed and bereft of agency or defence. (Hey guys, if you want to go up and grab hold of those pneumatic tits, you can! How's she gonna stop you?)
The design itself echoes a lot of similar brutally-dismembered-hot-woman imagery out there in the world of tattoos. (Unpleasant but not atypical example here.)
It's one of the most thorough objectifications of a woman I think I've seen - hey, it's okay to have a brutally dismembered woman on a poster, because she's really NOT a person. She's a thing! She's a robot! No harm, no foul!
...and I'm not buying that. It's still an image that uses the tension between desire and misogyny to make an impact, regardless of whether the female figure that's been torn up has intestines or wires dangling from her torso.
Jessica - Jun 04, 2008 4:01:40 pm PDT #2747 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What Fay Said.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2008 4:16:31 pm PDT #2748 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
goddamn Fay. Word.
Dana - Jun 04, 2008 4:19:38 pm PDT #2749 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, Fay, I am fond of you.
SailAweigh - Jun 04, 2008 4:20:15 pm PDT #2750 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
::nods like a rear window full of bobble head dolls::