Is there a rule that characters named Spike have to be cocky? just asking ....
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Toddson - Oct 27, 2021 8:54:01 am PDT #1357 of 2158
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2021 11:45:14 am PDT #1358 of 2158
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 2158
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 2158
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 2158
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 2158
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]
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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 2158
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.
-t - Oct 27, 2021 4:47:54 pm PDT #1364 of 2158
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My college roommate was nicknamed Spike the Warlord. She exhibited cockiness while in that persona, I would say.
DavidS - Oct 27, 2021 5:03:57 pm PDT #1365 of 2158
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Snoopy's sad sack brother was named Spike.
dcp - Oct 27, 2021 5:09:45 pm PDT #1366 of 2158
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Spike Lee
Spike Milligan
Spike Jones
Toby Daye's rose goblin is named Spike.