Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.

'Not Fade Away'


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.


sumi - Jun 17, 2008 4:20:42 am PDT #3043 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

I enjoyed Middleman. I agree with P-C that it's a good summer show.


sj - Jun 17, 2008 5:39:00 am PDT #3044 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I liked Middleman. It reminded me a little bit of Reaper and a little bit of Eureka.


sumi - Jun 17, 2008 6:10:36 am PDT #3045 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

BSG: from EW "12 Things We Learned This Year."


Juliebird - Jun 17, 2008 4:07:51 pm PDT #3046 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Started watching Jeremiah, about halfway through the pilot. So far it's a combination of good, okay and really?

I enjoy Luke Perry, MJW is a bit annoying (or bland, one of those. Maybe both. Annoyingly bland. Blandly annoying.) Kinda digging some of the takes on the whole Beyond the Thunderdome, and yet a lot of the characters have way too much information and education and finer concepts for a pre-pubescent kid to have retained, let alone held onto.

But is it an overall worthwhile show? Does it get less talky after the pilot? Because monologue after monologue after monologue is not the smoothest way to establish a world. And not that fun to watch.

Also, very important, does it have resolution?


DebetEsse - Jun 17, 2008 4:49:20 pm PDT #3047 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

eta: Crap, wrong show.

Jeremiah, right, yes. I got through the first season of that, and haven't gotten around to the second. I enjoyed it, but I don't know that I can say that it's good, per se.

Still can't speak to resolution.


le nubian - Jun 17, 2008 4:53:49 pm PDT #3048 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Julie,

I dropped out of the show around the 4th or 5th episode. Something happened that I found absolutely absurd and I never went back.

I hope you keep watching because I'd love to know if you have the same reaction. I have no comment on resolution.


Juliebird - Jun 17, 2008 5:04:26 pm PDT #3049 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I just really wish they'd kept the cute blond guy Simon who tried recruiting Jeremiah instead of Malcolm Jamal Warner . Because even up to the end of the pilot he annoyed the crap out of me (but blandly so).

That's what MJW is: a White Mulberry fruit. Described as boringly sweet. I never knew sweet could be boring before eating a white mulberry.

I'll give the show another one or two eps, unless I get some rave reviews telling me it gets better. I was really hoping it would be a bit bleaker and more hard, but it's a bit too touchy-feely, do the right thing, honor and promisecakes. On the plus side I can make an excellent drinking game out of "Spot the BSG actor".


Consuela - Jun 17, 2008 5:30:48 pm PDT #3050 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I liked MJW in Jeremiah because he gives Jeremiah shit.

But the show is written by Straczinsky, which means the dialog is Really Really Bad. Even the "good" episodes are unbearably clunky.

I got about ten episodes in and have no incentive to keep going, and I'm a big apocalypse fan.

OTOH, it's a great source for Canadian Actor Bingo.


Juliebird - Jun 18, 2008 12:36:14 am PDT #3051 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

But, but, Kurdy's such a whiny bitch!

Why don't I remember the dialogue being this bad on B5?


Strega - Jun 18, 2008 9:02:40 am PDT #3052 of 30001

Because on B5 the characters were making a lot of poetic speeches and proclamations, which masked how clunky the more casual conversations were.