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'Out Of Gas'

Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape

Closed Film and TV threads

A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

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meara - Oct 23, 2003 11:52:34 am PDT #1425 of 10000

In the WashPost TV chat someone said this:

Smallville, Va.: Actually, I'm a fan of the show along with my 10-year-old son. I see it as a training ground for him to be a teen, deal with angst and the idea of being different from others. But how long can this type of show last? One more season? How long can 20-somethings look like high schoolers?

I'm shocked. THIS is a good plan???

Madrigal Costello - Oct 23, 2003 11:53:28 am PDT #1426 of 10000

It's a remora, dimwit.

I think she means that she's trying to raise her son to be gay, so that when the time comes, she won't be losing a son, she'll be gaining another son.

amych - Oct 23, 2003 11:53:50 am PDT #1427 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Well, I suppose she has a point -- I mean, it really is all about learning to deal with the fact that you're different from the other kids....

Cass - Oct 23, 2003 11:54:09 am PDT #1428 of 10000

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I think she means that she's trying to raise her son to be gay, so that when the time comes, she won't be losing a son, she'll be gaining another son.

Preferably Lex.

§ ita § - Oct 23, 2003 11:54:37 am PDT #1429 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it really is all about learning to deal with the fact that you're different from the other kids....

But Clark's an idiot. As a "how not to" it's a pretty good object lesson, I suppose.

meara - Oct 23, 2003 11:55:06 am PDT #1430 of 10000

Well, I suppose she has a point -- I mean, it really is all about learning to deal with the fact that you're different from the other kids....

And GAY. Or a FREAK.

tina f. - Oct 23, 2003 11:59:15 am PDT #1431 of 10000

But how long can this type of show last? One more season? How long can 20-somethings look like high schoolers?

This person also seems to be completely unfamiliar with the concept of the teen drama...Dawson's, 90210, - 40-somethings can pass for high schoolers in TV land.

Madrigal Costello - Oct 23, 2003 11:59:53 am PDT #1432 of 10000

It's a remora, dimwit.

Or her son is an alien. Or at least part alien. According to the X-Files, the 90's was a time full of alien inseminations.

Katie M - Oct 23, 2003 12:04:33 pm PDT #1433 of 10000

I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

I think I understood it just fine, unless understanding is meant to imply not hating it with a passion.

Yeah, that's the one. I mean, I understood the point. I think. Kind of. (I did end up thinking of a quote I read recently from a guy who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived; he said that he realized about half a second after he jumped that he had no unsolvable problems except for having just jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.) It was the plot that I was hopeless on. I'm fairly certain there was some sort of plot twist about who bounced and who splatting, but I have no clue what it was.

§ ita § - Oct 23, 2003 12:06:14 pm PDT #1434 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

a quote I read recently from a guy who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived; he said that he realized about half a second after he jumped that he had no unsolvable problems except for having just jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Not everyone gets to use that epiphany -- how injured was he?

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