I was kind of vaguely thinking I wanted to watch that because I think Charlie Jane Anders was writing for it but I haven't gotten around to it and there are higher priority shows in front of it in the queue
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
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-t - Oct 26, 2021 2:24:08 pm PDT #1354 of 2216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
dcp - Oct 26, 2021 5:41:25 pm PDT #1355 of 2216
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Another Cowboy Bebop trailer: [link]
I have held on to my grudge against (and boycott of) Netflix for over two decades. This might be the show that makes me give it up.
Kalshane - Oct 27, 2021 6:41:56 am PDT #1356 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm still on the fence about this. I mean, Jet is pretty much perfect from what we saw in the trailer, but Faye and especially Spike, seem off. Spike should be cocky, not broody.
Toddson - Oct 27, 2021 8:54:01 am PDT #1357 of 2216
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Is there a rule that characters named Spike have to be cocky? just asking ....
Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2021 11:45:14 am PDT #1358 of 2216
What is even happening?
I was kind of vaguely thinking I wanted to watch that because I think Charlie Jane Anders was writing for it but I haven't gotten around to it and there are higher priority shows in front of it in the queue
Assuming it doesn't get picked up, I don't believe there will be any resolution at the end of season one (I'll let you know next week, but I don't see how there could be), so I'd put it way at the bottom of your queue, -t.
In re: Charlie Jane Anders: Yes. She is on staff and was credited for at least one episode. The writing has taken care with its treatment of trans characters (and makes a note to emphasize how many women and non-binary people died when all the Y-chromosome people got wiped out).
I didn't read the comic, but my understanding is that was a conscious choice by the showrunner, because it was something less fleshed out in the comic series. It's a big cast, so it's difficult to classify main versus secondary characters, but one of the characters who had a significant role in 8 of the first 10 episodes of season one is a trans man played by a trans man (and his issues are recognized, such as getting hormones, not to mention his precarious position, when he and his friend end up bunking with an anti-man group of survivors ).
-t - Oct 27, 2021 1:30:43 pm PDT #1359 of 2216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good to know, Cindy, thanks!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2021 1:41:23 pm PDT #1360 of 2216
What is even happening?
It's one of those shows that I watch and think, "This would be really good if they fixed these 400 things."
Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2021 1:51:23 pm PDT #1361 of 2216
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Brian K Vaughan has not had very good luck with TV shows. When he was on Under the Dome, I commented he was simultaneously writing the best comic book (i.e. Saga) and the worst TV show in America.
Kalshane - Oct 27, 2021 2:11:08 pm PDT #1362 of 2216
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
This is from the movie, but this is the quintessential Spike scene for me: [link]
ETA:
Is there a rule that characters named Spike have to be cocky? just asking ....
Maybe? Trying to think of other Spikes beyond Bebop and Buffy. I don't remember the one from the old Transformers cartoon being particularly cocky, but it's also been like 35 years since I last watched it.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2021 4:46:21 pm PDT #1363 of 2216
What is even happening?
Brian K Vaughan has not had very good luck with TV shows. When he was on Under the Dome, I commented he was simultaneously writing the best comic book (i.e. Saga) and the worst TV show in America.
Did you read the Y: The Last Man comic, Tom? Was it any good?
Maybe? Trying to think of other Spikes beyond Bebop and Buffy. I don't remember the one from the old Transformers cartoon being particularly cocky, but it's also been like 35 years since I last watched it.
Before there was Chachi (ptui, we shall speak of it no more) on Happy Days, there was Spike, who was Fonzie's nephew. Some fan wiki: [link] ; YouTube highlights: [link]
Spike is a phallic sort of name.