Sleepy Hollow note: for once the bad guy has an ideology. Humans are a cancer on the planet and need to exterminated. So basically Derrick Jensen with a skin condition.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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.
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Typo Boy - Nov 22, 2015 5:48:49 pm PST #28783 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.
billytea - Nov 22, 2015 6:15:08 pm PST #28784 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.
Here's some unexpected trivia: the writer of Face the Raven, Sarah Dollard, is an Australian writer who used to be a script editor on Neighbours.
SailAweigh - Nov 23, 2015 12:45:31 pm PST #28785 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I didn't know that Jenna Coleman was leaving the show. All I thought was, how is the Doctor going to bring her back? What's the twist?
Still, a pretty creepy episode. I kept expecting the raven to caw out a "nevermore" a time or two. I might have been slightly disappointed that didn't happen.
sj - Nov 23, 2015 1:37:06 pm PST #28786 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So, Sleepy Hollow just went full-on Gift.
I found it very annoying because it felt more like outright stealing than a homage. The protagonist goes against a God and sacrifices herself to save her sister, and it the same episode where we find out that there are Witnesses in every generation.
Vonnie K - Nov 23, 2015 3:07:12 pm PST #28787 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Mostly I found that singularly devoid of dramatic tension. The new villain is boring (I have enjoyed Pandora for her campiness at least but I'm all ~whatever~ about this dude) and there is zero chance Abbie is dead. I mean, they could have milked it more, tugged at the heartstrings, etc., even if her recovery is inevitable. But for what was supposed to be a dramatic mid season finale, I was left with, "eh, I guess that happened."
DXMachina - Nov 24, 2015 9:13:57 am PST #28788 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
-t - Nov 25, 2015 5:38:53 pm PST #28789 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OUAT has the most magical thing ever! A jukebox that plays Yaz! Please tell me Henry is about to get his new wave look on! Can't you just imagine him with a 1984 Howard Jones look?
OK, and I just actually got to that. I'm guessing if that actually happened someone would have mentioned...but the magical jukebox is pretty magical.
Calli - Nov 26, 2015 10:13:39 am PST #28790 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm binge watching Gotham today. The actor playing young Bruce Wayne would be great as young Emperor Gregor Vorbarra if they ever made a movie of Bujold's Vorkosigan books.
Typo Boy - Nov 26, 2015 1:42:25 pm PST #28791 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.
As an actor I think he is OK. But I am so over the portrayal of smart, traumatized people (plus aliens) speaking very [beat] very [beat] slowly, [beat] pausing [beat] between[each] word. It was somewhat fresh when Leonard Nimoy did it, and he could carry it off. A few others can. But most actors, IMO even most good actors, don't really do SpockTalk that well.
-t - Nov 26, 2015 6:38:26 pm PST #28792 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like that, Calli. I think I see what you mean.