Aw, Daniel! I'm surprised and pleased.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
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.
JenP - Sep 26, 2008 5:02:20 pm PDT #4855 of 30001
Theodosia - Sep 27, 2008 4:45:40 am PDT #4856 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wow, Linda Hamilton has a whole lot of sun damage! Others in that gallery have fared better, for sure.
Juliebird - Sep 27, 2008 5:40:03 am PDT #4857 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I don't know where to post this, so I'll put forth the nebulous Journeyman connection and declare my dismay that Kevin McKidd was in the first two episodes of the new Grey's Anatomy --and he's deliciously intense! ( McKidd is so very good at the intense, but here he was also ridiculously wonderfully YUM!)
Linda Hamilton looks like she's ninety! I thought sun damage made you all spotty? Are we sure that's not some makeup for a movie? Because damn!
le nubian - Sep 27, 2008 5:59:49 am PDT #4858 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Some in the gallery look pretty good, but some (like the guy from Welcome Back Kotter) look really bad. I think that guy just needs a makeover and that would go a long way.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 27, 2008 6:01:53 am PDT #4859 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
I do appreciate actresses who eschew plastic surgery and botox in favor of retaining facial expressions (and thus, ability to act), but that's a lot more character than I would have expected someone's face to have to have in her fifties. If I didn't know better I'd have guessed late sixties or even well-preserved early seventies.
Wearing hats to go out in the sun would probably be a good idea at this juncture.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2008 6:47:18 am PDT #4860 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mr. McKidd was smoking in GA, for true. Need to see more of him--I wonder if I can watch Rome online from Netflix.
Way to go, SGA, for deflating much of the explosion cliffhanger by showing the in 2 weeks trailer right away
le nubian - Sep 27, 2008 7:51:42 am PDT #4861 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
matt,
Wearing hats to go out in the sun would probably be a good idea at this juncture.
no doubt. I think she also needs to moisturize more. I know Hamilton has had pretty serious mental health concerns, so I wonder if medications she's been taking has done a number on her skin. Does she smoke? because that would explain a lot also.
Invisible Green - Sep 27, 2008 1:09:59 pm PDT #4862 of 30001
Linda Hamilton looks like she's ninety!
She looked about her age on Thief just a couple of years ago.
Juliebird - Sep 27, 2008 4:13:42 pm PDT #4863 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm not familiar enough with the characters on Fringe to identify who the guy was on the stretcher at the very end. Was it Olivia's boyfriend? Was it the guy who got shot in that ep?
I have to say that I'm really hating that it's the same composer from Lost, because it conveys "awesome cliffhangers that lead to nowhere!" except that these haven't been that awesome --they don't need to be, I'm not expecting them to, but the show seems to go out of it's way to be all OMGWTFBBQ!1! and it doesn't need that. Because I'm somewhat sold. Lost has taught me that as cool as the HSQ factor is, I'd rather have solid stories and characters than awesome edge-of-the-seat cliffhangers for the end of every act that 85% of the time lead to nowhere special. I'm good with a generic button.
But I liked the ep, and agree that some of the scenes (the funeral, especially) place this as the second ep, and not the third. Although that does bring to mind the weirdness of the second official ep with the backwards scenes of Olivia & Co. being hired onto the team and later with Massive Dynamics (I keep wanting to say "Global Dynamics") head honcho and the interviews (or something that made it seem backwards and randomly flashbacky)
Fay - Sep 28, 2008 3:19:15 pm PDT #4864 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
So I've been mainlining Avatar. Have watched Books one and two, and now have only four or five 'chapters' left before I get to the end of the series.
Thoughts so far: Katara is totally awesome. Toph? Also awesome like an awesome thing that inspires awe. I love the fact that Sokka isn't just a fall guy, or comic relief - that they've let him grow and develop and mature just as the others have, and that he does get to have moments when he's all heroic, take charge and idea-having. He isn't the Zeppo. This is nice. I continue to adore Zuko and Uncle Iroh, and am also thoroughly enjoying Azula, May and Ti-Lee (because this is what you'd get if Daria was an evil princess).
....actually, thinking about it, as with Buffy, I seem to be all over the supporting characters more than the lead. Not that I dislike the lead! Aang is cool, and likeable, and I've enjoyed watching his story unfold. But I'm more invested in the supporting characters.
And I have to say - I was UTTERLY SLAIN when Aang's Fire Master Teacher made his 'Hi, I'll be your fire teacher?' speech.
Slain.
Dead.
Bless.