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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.

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Vortex - Dec 16, 2008 7:52:43 am PST #5825 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Just finished watching Chuck. I'm getting more than a little tired of Chuck's whole "I have to save Sarah" bullshit. Too many times, she sends him away to be safe, he comes back because he's "worried about her". What. the. fuck. She is a trained CIA agent, he's just some guy who opened an email, and he's supposed to protect her? @@ Maybe this time, he will learn his lesson.

I don't know why she lied though. She could have just said "we got the agent. I had to shoot him, though". Which is technically true. This bullshit about arresting is stupid. Oh yeah, and your dog got sent to a farm in the country where he can run and play all day.


esse - Dec 16, 2008 8:56:02 am PST #5826 of 30001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I think it's just that, for Chuck, it was so clearly an assassination-style murder from someone who usually insists to Casey that they bring in the agent/suspect/criminal for justice. But I liked the unbalanced implication that Chuck cares enough about Sarah to give her something that belonged to his mother, and Sarah cares enough about Chuck to kill a clear and dangerous threat to him. I found it fitting, and also why Chuck/Sarah will never, ever work out. I agree that I'll be very bored very fast if they milk Chuck's angst about it for longer than an episode; he's clearly starting to go from playing at being a spy to understanding (and accepting) what being a spy means, which is one of the things I've liked about this season. And I'll be annoyed if they try to have Chuck shy away from that out of some unreal sense of fear--I just won't buy it anymore, not after all the things he's seen and done.


Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2008 9:02:13 am PST #5827 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm curious as to what Alan Parker meant by saying that he was really a waitress

Someone on my flist figured it out at the same time I had my question answered by my friend on the show: that wasn't Alan Parker. That was Sarah mentally filling in the blanks after the recording stopped.


Vortex - Dec 16, 2008 9:45:24 am PST #5828 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think it's just that, for Chuck, it was so clearly an assassination-style murder from someone who usually insists to Casey that they bring in the agent/suspect/criminal for justice

Yeah, he wouldn't have blinked if it had been Casey.


JenP - Dec 16, 2008 1:53:16 pm PST #5829 of 30001

Oh, my god, the nomad hippie/stoner musicians. You fabulous show, you.


§ ita § - Dec 16, 2008 3:34:12 pm PST #5830 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Avatar raceFAIL bingo.

but his hair is brown!


Theresa - Dec 16, 2008 6:32:17 pm PST #5831 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

It didn't bother me either. We had five women who featured in last night's storyline. Six if you count Shirley Manson. Seven if you count Cameron. That's pretty extraordinary.

This was what I was thinking. At first it was oh, no, here they go killing a woman again. Then I was thinking--well, there really aren't an abundance of men to kill off. Kick ass. For once women outnumber men on an action show and they don't report to Charlie.

Did no one else explode from the awesomeness that was in the previews? Is that something for Spoilers because it is so far away in February even though they showed it last night?


Consuela - Dec 16, 2008 7:02:21 pm PST #5832 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I don't remember the previews. They showed previews? I assumed they wouldn't...


Theresa - Dec 16, 2008 7:09:29 pm PST #5833 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

Yes, it was this is what is coming in February. And then my head exploded. I'll go say it over in spoilers.


Consuela - Dec 16, 2008 7:17:46 pm PST #5834 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, wait! I did see them!

Kyle was in them!

I thought that was a ballsy choice on their part. Talk about fucking with the canon...