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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.

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.


Steph L. - Oct 30, 2015 6:55:46 am PDT #28600 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Oh, and Sara chained to the wall totally reminded me of Angel back from Hell.

Also Faith in whatever episode that was. (I used to know this. It makes me a little sad that I don't.)


Calli - Oct 31, 2015 5:32:02 am PDT #28601 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I watched the Bones-Sleepy Hollow crossover last night. The filming seems different for the two shows, and Abby and Ichabod seemed, I dunno, washed out, maybe, on the Bones set?

Also, while it's been years since I watched Bones regularly, I remember it being a science, not magic, kinda show. Inserting Sleepy Hollow, where magic is demonstrably real, into that universe seems like cheating somehow.


Jessica - Oct 31, 2015 8:23:10 am PDT #28602 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The filming seems different for the two shows, and Abby and Ichabod seemed, I dunno, washed out, maybe, on the Bones set?

Definitely - the lighting is completely different, and Ichabod's clothes looked much more costume-y on the Bones set. (Also, Bones uses mostly static camera shot/reverse shot staging, while Sleepy Hollow uses a lot of slow pans across two-shots. Totally different feel for the characters.)

I question whether the creators of either show know how far apart Sleepy Hollow and Washington DC are - was it just me, or did Abbie and Ichabod drive down for a single conversation and drive back the same day? All in daylight?


Zenkitty - Oct 31, 2015 8:46:10 am PDT #28603 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I question whether the creators of either show know how far apart Sleepy Hollow and Washington DC are

Isn't this the show that put Roanoke in Massachusetts? What's one more geographical impossibility.


Jessica - Oct 31, 2015 8:58:55 am PDT #28604 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yeah, but those were ghosts. They didn't have to drive through I-95 NJ traffic to move up the East Coast.


Hil R. - Oct 31, 2015 9:36:43 am PDT #28605 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

That show also renamed the Tappan Zee Bridge, and had the Roanoke colonists speaking "Chaucer's English." I think that expecting any sort of accuracy from them is expecting too much.


Steph L. - Oct 31, 2015 9:43:24 am PDT #28606 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I question whether the creators of either show know how far apart Sleepy Hollow and Washington DC are - was it just me, or did Abbie and Ichabod drive down for a single conversation and drive back the same day? All in daylight?

I actually looked it up on Google maps during a commercial break, and Google's most optimistic estimate was 4 hours. So even assuming traffic went perfectly (ahahahaha), that's still an 8-hour round trip. So...handwavium.


sj - Oct 31, 2015 9:50:24 am PDT #28607 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I watched both shows despite the fact that I gave up on Bones a couple seasons ago. It wasn't as painful as I expected it to be.


Ginger - Oct 31, 2015 11:04:37 am PDT #28608 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Sleepy Hollow also has people zipping about between the colonies in the Revolutionary era at improbable speeds.


Hil R. - Oct 31, 2015 11:15:22 am PDT #28609 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I actually looked it up on Google maps during a commercial break, and Google's most optimistic estimate was 4 hours. So even assuming traffic went perfectly (ahahahaha), that's still an 8-hour round trip. So...handwavium.

I've driven roughly that trip dozens of times (when I was living in DC, and my parents are maybe half an hour from Sleepy Hollow), and never made it in less than five hours each way, and that was in the middle of the week and managing to avoid all rush hours. Usually, at least six hours each way.