I wouldn't have minded if Andy became a deputy, but no biggie.
Sadly, I saw the preview for next week, and Poochie is still around. I was kinda hoping they'd Chuck Cunnigham him out of existence.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2009 5:15:49 pm PDT #8765 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
SailAweigh - Jul 10, 2009 5:20:14 pm PDT #8766 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ha, my TiVo cut off before the preview finished. Well, maybe they'll off him this season. Something we can all root for!
Juliebird - Jul 10, 2009 5:22:06 pm PDT #8767 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Yeah, Andy really avoided a lot of the pitfalls of 1) new character that you're not supposed to root for over the character they are "replacing" and 2) a Eureka signature experiment.
JenP - Jul 10, 2009 7:15:27 pm PDT #8768 of 30001
Torchwood:
Yeah. So. Screw that.
Theresa - Jul 10, 2009 7:20:53 pm PDT #8769 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Eureka: I didn't like when they said Dr. Blake was involved in the wreck and then went to the accident scene. It reminded me of Roswell and Alex and then turned out to be nothing. They should have saved such a powerful psych out for something more significant.
Strega - Jul 10, 2009 8:46:56 pm PDT #8770 of 30001
Based on the flailing here and praise for it in highly unexpected quarters elsewhere, I spent the evening watching Torchwood. As someone who's never been able to sit through an episode before: hey, that was pretty good, mostly.
RTD did basically do Buffy S5 without the "they made her out of me" cheat. And I genuinely salute him for that. I can't judge the character stuff, because I've never been able to sit through an entire episode before. There are certainly bits I could carp about, starting with the score, but as far as doing "The Cold Equations" writ large, well done.
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2009 8:49:02 pm PDT #8771 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did you watch all 5 days already?
Fiona - Jul 10, 2009 9:06:05 pm PDT #8772 of 30001
Torchwood Day 5:
Jeez, that was hard to watch .
Can anybody else imagine the show actually continuing after this? Because it's one of the most effective wind-ups I've ever seen. They've blown up the hub, disappeared the pterodactyl, put Gwen in a state where she effectively can't continue, morally compromised Jack and, worst of all, KILLED IANTO and made him stay dead. Which, while it might have been the right creative decision, is still WRONG, much like using Steven was, in fact.
Disappointed in Mr. Dekker generally. Not especially evil, oh actually not dead either, just a walking plot device. Hmmm.
Everything else was brutal. Except PC Andy. Maybe PC Andy can join the team now. Then I might keep watching .
Strega - Jul 10, 2009 9:20:35 pm PDT #8773 of 30001
ita -- yup. Well, I was doing other things during some talky portions, so "watching" is probably stretching the term. I'm sure that viewing it as a one-off rather than as part of an ongoing series changes a lot of things; I had to pause a couple of times early on and go to Wikipedia to figure out who was who.
Anne W. - Jul 11, 2009 2:54:36 am PDT #8774 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Torchwood: A friend of mine found the ending satisfying. I was surprised, given the reactions I've seen around here, and she said it reminded her of the ending to things like Blake's Seven, Sapphire & Steel, etc. Very old skool dark British sci-fi. I'm still not planning to watch.