Interestingly, I can't remember what happens in this one. Kind of fun.
t Waits for other shoe to drop.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
DCJensen - Aug 18, 2008 6:50:32 pm PDT #4213 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
JenP - Aug 18, 2008 7:17:31 pm PDT #4214 of 30001
I tell you what, that Patrick Stewart is a fine, fine actor. Poor Jean Luc. No more smoochies for you. Nice the way the flute just doubles its bittersweet quotient after this ep.
Vonnie K - Aug 19, 2008 6:11:42 am PDT #4215 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
OK. I don't know how many people here watch vids, but there was a DW vid about the Tenth Doctor from the Vividcon this weekend (set to The Flobots' "Handlebars") that completely blew my mind. [link]
Seriously. The song is so perfect, the narrative told so well, and the progression so brilliant, it'll probably work for you even if you've never watched vids before -- hell, even if you've never watched Doctor Who before. The economy of the storytelling in vids, how you can pack so much into three and a half minute of a song, better than you can tell in a 50,000-word fic sometimes, is one of the reasons I love watching vids. And this is one of the very best.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 19, 2008 6:14:54 am PDT #4216 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
Any other watchers of The Middleman catch last night's episode? Apparently animated vampire puppets are the surest way to my funny bone - I was gasping for air from the laughing throughout much of the show. (And the female lead had a great reference to "at least three Canadian vampire detective shows.")
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 6:34:06 am PDT #4217 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Even though Javi can only identify two!
lisah - Aug 19, 2008 6:34:49 am PDT #4218 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I've totally missed the boat on this Middleman thing. So it's good, eh?
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 6:36:56 am PDT #4219 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, it is. It's great fun and totally lovable. It's like Pushing Daisies meets The X-Files. Or Men in Black meets The Avengers. Or Wonderfalls meets Due South. Characterwise. That last one is Vonnie.
Vortex - Aug 19, 2008 6:42:35 am PDT #4220 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've totally missed the boat on this Middleman thing. So it's good, eh?
good's kind of a stretch, I think. Enjoyable, sure. I think it's a bit simplistic, though can be entertaining. It sometimes requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief about the "normal" stuff*. To me, it's the kind of show that you watch if you remember to, but don't bother to set a season pass.
* I blame Joss for raising the bar for this. It used to be that if you were watching a fantasy/sci fi show about something completely unrealistic (say, monsters), the rest of the environment was often unrealistic as well, and people would say "well, you're watching a show about monsters, what do you expect, realism?" But, then, along came Buffy with its consistency and throughline and complete characters, and ruined it!
sumi - Aug 19, 2008 6:45:14 am PDT #4221 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm so happy that I now have TWO vampire puppet shows to do a nice little double feature with.
Which Canadian Vampire Detective Show did he miss?
And two American Vampire Detective Shows!
lisah - Aug 19, 2008 6:49:13 am PDT #4222 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
It sometimes requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief about the "normal" stuff*.
oh, yeah, that bothers me.
But, then, along came Buffy with its consistency and throughline and complete characters, and ruined it!
Exactly!