Family Show. That's it. Good term, that.
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Juliebird - Jul 28, 2008 8:53:17 am PDT #3861 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Nora Deirdre - Jul 28, 2008 8:55:23 am PDT #3862 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Apparantly Stephen Moffat was quoted at Comic-Con that he wants to bring back Who to how he remembers it in his own childhood- scaring the shit out of him.
I think it's a show for everyone. It's well written (mostly) and well acted (usually) and everyone on it seems to love it and have lots of fun making it. I think the genre of "children's tv" is pretty marginalized and comes from this (relatively new) theory that children ARE DELICATE FLOWERS and WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN? and how they shouldn't be exposed to loss or death or fear or unfairness or unpleasantness.
I love reading the Fear Forecast on the BBC site- those kids, even the young ones, love the show and get the show. Kids aren't stupid and can actually be remarkably empathetic and insightful, even when it comes to a TV show.
(I know I'm sort of stating the obvious in this particular community but I think that people denying kids their intelligence and emotional depth is what leads us to the ghettoization of "children's TV.")
Vortex - Jul 28, 2008 9:18:02 am PDT #3863 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I can't think of anything that I wouldn't have let my (imaginary) kids watch in Who, but I wouldn't call it a kids show.
SailAweigh - Jul 28, 2008 9:28:23 am PDT #3864 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It's no more a kids show than classic Star Trek was and I watched that when I was eight years old. There was nothing there that was overtly inappropriate (other than the occasional shot of a bare-chested Kirk or a little kissy face), the same as Who today.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 28, 2008 9:30:36 am PDT #3865 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
There was nothing there that was overtly inappropriate
There was that shot of Kirk pulling on his boots...
SailAweigh - Jul 28, 2008 9:33:31 am PDT #3866 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Which totally goes over any eight-year-old's head, unless they're mighty precocious.
What can I say, my parents slept in separate beds.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 28, 2008 10:03:36 am PDT #3867 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
Apparantly Stephen Moffat was quoted at Comic-Con that he wants to bring back Who to how he remembers it in his own childhood- scaring the shit out of him.
He's certainly made a good start with his episodes of the first 3 seasons. Though I wasn't left with a particular fear of drumstick-eating shadows the way I was with gas masked children or mobile religious statuary.
lisah - Jul 28, 2008 10:13:07 am PDT #3868 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
thanks, WindSparrow !!!
Juliebird - Jul 28, 2008 10:23:07 am PDT #3869 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My doorbell rang! Eureka is here! DVD extras here we come!
Glamcookie - Jul 28, 2008 12:30:21 pm PDT #3870 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
From waaaay back:
Finally got back to Avatar after a brief hiatus, with Tales of Ba Sing Se, Appa's Lost Days, and Lake Laogai.
Saddest string of eps ever. Don't mess with Appa!