Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Boxed Set, Vol. VI: I am not a number, I am a free thread!

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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Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 28, 2021 8:00:26 pm PDT #1827 of 2020
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I thought Claudia Christian was awesome, and I really liked Michael O'Hare as Sinclair in the first season. Though Boxleitner always struck me as a lightweight in his role, and Doyle belonged in some film noir as a stock private eye.


Toddson - Sep 29, 2021 7:56:50 am PDT #1828 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

My favorite character was Vir.


bennett - Sep 29, 2021 8:33:31 am PDT #1829 of 2020

Vir, and his character arc, was great. I'm glad he got to be happy.

I liked Sheridan/Sinclair and Delenn during my first viewing, but it was the secondary characters that I fell in love with during re-watches.

My primary concern about a remake is that the CW's audience skews so young. I don't know how well the network will handle grown-up story lines.

I'm also, personally, much less optimistic (in general) than I was back in the day. While I love the idea of the Earth Alliance building and re-building the Babylon station and the way Sheridan crafts the new alliance in the last 2 seasons, I'm too cynical now to think it would actually work. I will be interested to see how JMS' views of interworld politics has changed over time.


Toddson - Sep 29, 2021 10:26:33 am PDT #1830 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I did love the moment in the first Boxleitner episode when he asks after Delenn and is told she's in a cocoon ... "about so high".


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 29, 2021 6:12:18 pm PDT #1831 of 2020
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I will be interested to see how JMS' views of interworld politics has changed over time.

Oh God, there's going to be a Space Trump, isn't there?


-t - Sep 29, 2021 6:15:43 pm PDT #1832 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, no, please not that.

I mean, I suppose it might be possible to do in a thought-provoking and not stab-my-eyeballs way but Do Not Want


Consuela - Sep 29, 2021 10:32:58 pm PDT #1833 of 2020
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

yikes


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 30, 2021 8:24:09 am PDT #1834 of 2020
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I mean, in the original Clark was in league with the Shadows, became President under questionable circumstances, and shepherded in an era of authoritarianism/fascism and xenophobia. He was just competent and mostly unseen rather than a spotlight-chasing buffoon.


bennett - Sep 30, 2021 9:49:37 am PDT #1835 of 2020

It's less the space Trumps that concern me - agreed that we already had that with President Clark - it's how the divisions within are handled that worry me: now as red/blue; mask/anti-mask; etc. I'm not seeing much in the way of "the better angels of our nature" in the world today and wonder how that will play out in space. JMS had that conflict in the original, but the good guys always won. I'm less confident of that now.


Toddson - Oct 21, 2021 5:19:44 am PDT #1836 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Well, it turns out that Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman have started a new series; on Wednesdays. I checked them out and wasn't all that impressed.