Why WHY is Fringe going up against Supernatural?
AND CSI!!!! Hateful. Luckily, I am a greedy/lucky SOB who has two tivos so that I can record two things on the living room DVR and one on the bedroom DVR.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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 - Sep 11, 2009 6:26:07 am PDT #9922 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Strega - Sep 11, 2009 7:12:25 am PDT #9923 of 30001
But, see, Joss and Minear do it in service to the story. And they make it work, usually. I'm pissed Ianto died because Jack's plan was fucking stupid
I dunno, I'm fairly sure that episodes by both Whedon & Minear have sometimes depended upon characters doing inexplicably stupid things.
I'm not saying it's fine, or that it shouldn't bother you. I just think that it's a rather common problem, especially when the story's got a strict time limit.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2009 7:28:08 am PDT #9924 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I dunno, I'm fairly sure that episodes by both Whedon & Minear have sometimes depended upon characters doing inexplicably stupid things.
Well, the larger point for me is that Jack has done things this stupid before and had them work (or at least work out eventually). Which is probably why Ianto was enthusiastically along for the ride.
Liese S. - Sep 11, 2009 7:32:54 am PDT #9925 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I just dreamt I met John Barrowman (and was surprisingly wellbehaved)
Did you lick him? That counts as well behaved, right?
I'm pissed Ianto died because Jack's plan was fucking stupid and Jack isn't wracked with guilt for the right reasons.
Yeah, this. And it's the same inexplicably stupid thing that Jack always does. Which I suppose makes it in character for him and for the story. But I am angry at Ianto's death because there were a lot of other ways it could have gone narratively and been successful.
Also I feel that they kill Jack too much. It's losing its strength and it's cruel to the character. I don't think we need quite so much evidence of his immortality to contrast with everyone else's quite evident mortality.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2009 7:34:01 am PDT #9926 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also I feel that they kill Jack too much. It's losing its strength and it's cruel to the character. I don't think we need quite so much evidence of his immortality to contrast with everyone else's quite evident mortality.
"We Keep Killing Jack"
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 12:02:55 pm PDT #9927 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't believe Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries are on the same network. But I think that's basically a disbelief that Supernatural is on the CW, I guess.
That was...addictively appalling. Can Ian Somerhalder act Or does he always get by on a twinkle of his louche brown eyes?
But it was quite bad. Humour--I miss it. Dopplegangers of lost loves--I do not miss it. Journal-keeping teenaged vampires? I wouldn't have missed it if I'd thought of it.
Now I have to wikipedia the book and read up on it.
Vortex - Sep 11, 2009 12:05:03 pm PDT #9928 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I kind of liked it in a "I know this is horrible, but I'm somehow amused" way. Like any new show, I give it three eps.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 12:08:08 pm PDT #9929 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"I know this is horrible, but I'm somehow amused"
I know they didn't mean to put humour in it, but I did laugh quite a lot.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 12:15:34 pm PDT #9930 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, having read the summaries on Wikipedia I feel quite dizzy and confident that the CW has no intention of going there.
Atropa - Sep 11, 2009 12:21:01 pm PDT #9931 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
"I know this is horrible, but I'm somehow amused"
Exactly my reaction to it.
Okay, having read the summaries on Wikipedia I feel quite dizzy and confident that the CW has no intention of going there.
Oh, there's no chance of the CW going there.