Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think it was bad; it might have been Latin.

'Selfless'


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.


aurelia - Oct 31, 2015 5:28:57 pm PDT #28612 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

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.

Yeah, they didn't mesh very well. It did get me to watch Bones for the first time in 3 years or so, which just confirmed why I stopped watching. Let's hope they don't make a habit of that.


Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2015 7:28:31 pm PDT #28613 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.

Maybe there's a secret FBI-only superhighway that THEY don't want us to know about.

Nope, they used the Nanda Parbat subway system.


DCJensen - Oct 31, 2015 10:46:26 pm PDT #28614 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.

Maybe there's a secret FBI-only superhighway that THEY don't want us to know about.

Nope, they used the Nanda Parbat subway system.

Or black helicopters.


billytea - Nov 01, 2015 1:49:05 am PST #28615 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Doctor Who, Zygon ISIS: finally, we have learned the Doctor's real name. Doctor Funkenstein.

In every story this series so far, I've liked the first episode more than the second. (In only one case is that because I thought the second ep was dreadful, namely Before the Flood.) There is a lot of room for me to enjoy next week's ep and have this rule still hold. (That said, I think that more than any other Part 1 this season, this one doesn't stand on its own.)

One comment I've read this may be the first Doctor Who ep that not only passes the Bechdel Test, but fails the Reverse Bechdel Test.

Another thought: there've been a lot of callbacks to past adventures lately. The Girl Who Died of course had the Flashback to The Fires of Pompeii, and also a callback to the Third Doctor ("I'm reversing the polarity of the neutron flow. I bet that means something, it sounds great.") and the Seventh Doctor ("Time will tell. It always does.") And this week, along with the Day of the Doctor flashbacks we had 4th Doctor Osgood and 7th Doctor Osgood, and the conversation about the question marks. The 'naval surgeon' who developed the Zygon nerve gas was probably a reference to Harry Sullivan, who stopped travelling with the Doctor in Terror of the Zygons. Oh, and a picture of the 1st Doctor in UNIT.


billytea - Nov 01, 2015 3:04:19 am PST #28616 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Oh, my favourite possible reference, if it was intended as a reference. I've heard it suggested that the Zygon, Bonnie, was named after Bonnie Langford.


sj - Nov 01, 2015 5:03:12 am PST #28617 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

The new season of The Librarians starts tonight with two episodes.


Steph L. - Nov 01, 2015 5:05:39 am PST #28618 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I didn't get around to watching the first season, but it just came to Hulu, so I'm going to have to get on that.


askye - Nov 01, 2015 10:08:27 am PST #28619 of 30001
Thrive to spite them

The Librarians is fun. It's a shut off your brain and look at the pretty type thing more than analyze the plots but it's fun.


Vortex - Nov 01, 2015 11:33:12 am PST #28620 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yes, it is. I was surprised that I missed Christian's long hair from the Elliott character.


askye - Nov 01, 2015 12:25:22 pm PST #28621 of 30001
Thrive to spite them

I kinda missed his long hair but from the first season or 2 of Leverage by the end it was looking rather...frazzled.