And he is very amusing and refers to himself in the third person. With great emphasis.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2008 12:52:23 pm PDT #3273 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
victor infante - Jul 03, 2008 4:34:27 pm PDT #3274 of 30001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
So ... I've finally finished season two of BSG. And wow. And yes, I wish I had started earlier.
My question is, does anyone know, with the two parts of season four being segmented the way they are, if they're going to release them on DVD as 4.0 and 4.5, like they did with two. Because I would love to be able to watch the first half of Season Four and then watch the rest live when it comes back on.
Theresa - Jul 03, 2008 5:02:08 pm PDT #3275 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Okay, this week's Middleman was definitely the best yet. The gag with the time chirons was awesome, and the reverse subtitling cracked me up. The show is so silly.
Also furries! I blame this site for so much of my education.
Completely unrelated: I have a tiny crush on Jake Smollet every time Natalie Morales walks through her hallway and they do their thing.
Juliebird - Jul 03, 2008 5:35:54 pm PDT #3276 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Quantum Leap is available for instant playing from Netflix, so I thought I'd give it a go again. Except, Disc one, ep one I'm thrown right into the middle of it! Is that how the show actually began? No pilot, no establishing of the premise and how our hero became a time-traveling... time-traveler? I mean, if so, wow, amazing that this show caught on and lasted five seasons!
I can think of only one other show that didn't follow the formula of "Teaser/Act One: set up the plot" and that was Farscape and that was well into the show. There they threw you right into the action and expected to you to sprint to catch up. But, a pilot episode? Does Netflix not have the pilot, or did they really just throw the viewers into the week-to-week premise and expect them to sprint? Fucking ballsy! I don't know whether to admire this or be pissed, because I'd never seen the beginnings of the show, even though I'd watched tons of eps, and had always thought/hoped that there were goodies that I'd missed.
DebetEsse - Jul 03, 2008 5:39:09 pm PDT #3277 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The first time you saw Al, was the wearing a bathrobe, and Sam didn't remember anything? Oh! There's a line about things going "A little caca." I remember that.
I seem to recall that he was a pilot in the pilot and thinking it was funny, but I think the actual name of the first episode was "Genesis".
If you give me more detail I can almost certainly help (I'm on a Mac and can't Watch Now on Netflix), but there's not, that I recall, a lot of up-front exposition.
§ ita § - Jul 03, 2008 5:39:38 pm PDT #3278 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you mean starting with the ep where he's in the 60s or so and an air force pilot?
Dana - Jul 03, 2008 5:41:43 pm PDT #3279 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm pretty sure you at least see Sam step into the magic hand-wavy thing. Don't you? Or do you learn the story when Al shows up?
§ ita § - Jul 03, 2008 6:02:17 pm PDT #3280 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't remember seeing him step in.
DCJensen - Jul 03, 2008 6:58:10 pm PDT #3281 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Neither do I.
Maybe in the opening explanation/theme but not before the teaser.
Juliebird - Jul 04, 2008 2:44:02 am PDT #3282 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Okay, I see now that the title of the ep is "Right Hand of God" which is the second disc, and that the player refuses to play the first disc which has Genesis et al on it. Grrr.