Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.

Willow ,'Help'


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.


Kalshane - Jan 05, 2016 12:49:52 pm PST #28993 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

What for? It's not like they can actually hurt him (at least until they figure out the fire thing), and while he's there he can gather intel.

So the DEA doesn’t get blown up trying to rescue him or give up Astra. I mean, I agree that being captured helped him gather intel, but I don't know if it was worth the lives of those soldiers or Astra being freed.


Vortex - Jan 05, 2016 11:04:16 pm PST #28994 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yeah, even at Man of Steel power levels rather than Donner movie lift-the-San-Andreas-Fault-to-avert-giant-earthquake ones, multiple Kryptonians who can run interference for each other would be able to overwhelm just about any military on the planet.

Well, they are trying to say that they are/were a resistance army and they have honor.

I thought it was interesting that Astra is the general, but none of the soldiers obeyed her order to stand down until her husband repeated it. Was that a handwave for narrative tension, or does she not control her people?


Kalshane - Jan 06, 2016 5:19:01 am PST #28995 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I thought it was interesting that Astra is the general, but none of the soldiers obeyed her order to stand down until her husband repeated it. Was that a handwave for narrative tension, or does she not control her people?

That struck me as odd as well.

ION, I had only the mildest interest in the Shannara TV series (never read the books) but it appears the male lead is played by the smarmy blond DJ/assassin from Arrow, which dropped my interest to zero. That and all the promo pics look terrible.


Jessica - Jan 06, 2016 11:01:56 am PST #28996 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I watched the Shannara pilot out of loyalty to my 11 year-old self. It was pretty terrible.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 06, 2016 11:40:31 am PST #28997 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Fortunately my 11 year-old self thought the first Shannara book was a cheap Tolkein ripoff, so I feel no urge to see how badly the SciFi Network can execute the story.


Una - Jan 06, 2016 11:43:21 am PST #28998 of 30001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

WHY IS THERE NO NEW ARROW TONIGHT. *pout*


-t - Jan 06, 2016 4:30:11 pm PST #28999 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK, I was kind of ambivalent about the X-files reboot or whatever it is but I just saw an ad and now I am full of squee!

I never saw the movie, do I need to hurry up and see the movie?


Polter-Cow - Jan 07, 2016 8:19:04 pm PST #29000 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

No, it was boring and terrible.

(I presume you mean the second one. The first one was good!)


-t - Jan 08, 2016 4:14:02 am PST #29001 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Do I? I don't remember either one, but that doesn't mean anything.


Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2016 9:35:19 am PST #29002 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You probably don't need to watch them, but Fight the Future is the good one and I Want to Believe is the bad one.