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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.


Invisible Green - Jun 13, 2008 5:34:54 pm PDT #2954 of 30001

Was there something in the first half more traumatic than Melanie Griffith singing?

Traumatic, no. It was just duller, flatter, and more predictable than just about anything I've ever watched. And it featured some of Eric Roberts' worst "acting." It was pretty much your typical haunted house story, without any chills. Melanie Griffith singing was at least amusing in the train wreck sort of way.


§ ita § - Jun 13, 2008 5:39:25 pm PDT #2955 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So far it's very dark (visually), and it's not making me want to do the work to see it properly.


§ ita § - Jun 13, 2008 5:50:33 pm PDT #2956 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If your thermal camera can see graffitti on the walls, your house is very haunted and you should leave ASAP.


quester - Jun 13, 2008 5:58:22 pm PDT #2957 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

BSG: No fraking way! That did NOT just happen!

It's the Planet of the Apes!


sj - Jun 13, 2008 5:58:52 pm PDT #2958 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I liked the first half of Fear Itself this week, but the second half was predictable and lame. I'm also wondering if there is going to be a former Guiding Light star in it every week. Last week Rachel Miner and this week Cynthia Watros.


sumi - Jun 13, 2008 6:00:59 pm PDT #2959 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Man, I KNEW it couldn't be good when they made it to Earth!!!!

I kept looking at the clock and waiting for the next shoe to drop.

(Meanwhile, I LOVED DW this week - what a very fun episode.)

I'm still all tense from BSG.


Juliebird - Jun 13, 2008 6:05:05 pm PDT #2960 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I was biting my nails, waiting for the other (both?) shoe to drop, and OMG Earth has been decimated!!! (Now I am of course totally self-concious of the proper usage of that word since DW, and I still don't know if I'm using it right).

All the speculation of what they would find, and they're last hope of Earth has been worn away by time/war/catastrophe and emptied.

SO not expecting them to have gotten to Earth this soon, but in a way I'm relieved. Although this still leaves the final fifth hanging over our heads (and it seems pretty clear that the fifth was on the basestar, and not within the RTF, which narrows it down to Roslin, Baltar, and the unnamed pilots). As well as the new mystery of what the frak happened to Earth. Eeeeee!!! (Loved the completely disgusted look on D'Anna's face on Earth.)


Kathy A - Jun 13, 2008 6:06:32 pm PDT #2961 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I kept on yelling at the tv "When are they? When are they?!?!!" as they were flying through the atmosphere.

I still love the jokey speculation I read a few years ago, that they would get to Earth in the final ep, and then George Bush would blow them out of the sky, shouting "Terrorists! Terrorists!".

Speaking of love, loved tonight's Doctor Who. What fun! In addition to all the '20s Christie-mystery aspects, the fact that the reverend bore a remarkable resemblance to a Doctor-Who-era Peter Davison gave me a big flashback to "Black Orchid," the last 1920s DW ep I remember.


Juliebird - Jun 13, 2008 6:06:40 pm PDT #2962 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

So when does the next Fear Itself air?


Jessica - Jun 13, 2008 6:07:02 pm PDT #2963 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have to get up with the baby in the morning, so all I have to say is

Hell.

The.

Frak.

YEAH.

(DH and I were expecting the Earthlings to launch a nuclear strike on the fleet while they were in orbit. But finding it a wasteland is so much worse...poor Adama...)