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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Well - I loved Virtuality and am pretty bummed that it didn't get picked up. Showing us that pilot when there's no more coming is just mean, Fox.
I also am really curious why Universal sold this show to Fox instead of putting it on Syfy or USA. This is WAY more up their alley than Caprica, and has just about as much to do with BSG. (I realize it takes place on a spaceship and therefore has no place on Syfy, but hope springs eternal.)
Also beyond amused at the layers of meta in the main character.
Cpt Pike? Who is only the captain in the pilot? And whose first name is Frank and is "accidentally" airlocked by a malevolent computer program during an EVA? And rides a virtual horse on his spaceship in his show airing on Fox at 8pm on a Friday???? I really hope Ron Moore won some kind of "how many references can I cram into one character" bet with him. I mean, bravo.
After having watched the whole thing - I liked the Virtuality pilot alot. It would have been an interesting show. And possibly too actually Scifi for Syfy. (It does have that reality show aspect. . . surely, they'd like that. . .also, kind of a ghost. . .well, a ghost in a machine. They like that too.)
I thought
Virtuality
was terribly slow and boring for most of it, but it did start to raise some interesting questions about the nature of reality, which I always enjoy. It had potential, but I can see why Fox would have passed on it. Like Glamcookie said, way too many characters and hard to get a feel for them.
I am utterly bemused by the Australian girl expecting people to know she was Starbuck sans wig. I mean, if there
weren't
any other character who wears that same outfit and has long dark hair, then, okay, it would be a different matter. But if she doesn't want to be taken for Boomer, she needs the iconic blonde bob, or an approximation thereof.
Looked like a fun day, though! (And I thought it was a pretty good outfit, wig aside.)
I thought it was pretty obvious that she was joking about being disgruntled over being mistaken for Boomer. She cracks me up, especially when she plays other characters in the scene and mocks herself. "Cylon."
Plus, if she's in love with the Chief, she's totally Boomer.
I thought it was pretty obvious that she was joking about being disgruntled over being mistaken for Boomer. She cracks me up.
I loved that her friend was Asian Hermione Granger. "What, like Hermione Nguyen? What, Hermione's sponsor child?"
OK, now I'm pissed at BBCA--I finally got around to watching last night's Doctor Who just now, and it got cut off after the fake Doctor was shouting "Bravo, Doctor!" What happened after that?
But they showed all of it. Huh.
The fake Doctor invites Ten to Christmas dinner. Ten says no and opens the TARDIS. Fake Doctor gets to see the inside of the TARDIS which overawes him.
Fake Doctor asks him why he doesn't have a companion and Ten tells him because they break his heart so fake doctor insists that Ten join him for Christmas dinner - And manages to change Ten's mind. It ends with Ten and FD walking off to have dinner and remember their losses.
There is a YouTube segment of the last 8 minutes here [link]
How did I manage before YouTube?
