Y'know, that last Trek movie finally killed the franchise for me. I actually kind of enjoyed parts of it, but it left me with no desire to ever see another Trek movie, which isn't what I came in with. After Babylon 5 you just get so tired of their reset-button framework. And Enterprise was the first Trek I didn't bother watching from the start, it's a downhill slide.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
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.
helentm - Sep 10, 2003 12:48:39 pm PDT #254 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre
tina f. - Sep 10, 2003 1:02:47 pm PDT #255 of 10000
His hips move like sex, and he's got a nice voice, and his facial expressions are sublime.
Catching up here before I go home, and this and the mental image it conjured of MR are a perfect ending to my work day. Thank you.
Consuela - Sep 10, 2003 1:06:31 pm PDT #256 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of B5, I finally saw the real finale last night.
... can I say, "yawn"? Oy, with the endless leave-taking and the speechifying. Also, did Sheridan lose his memory at some point? Why didn't he remember what happened on his little time-trip to the future, and recognize what Londo was saying at dinner? Stupid.
I missed a couple of episodes, though: where did G'Kar go?
helentm - Sep 10, 2003 1:15:03 pm PDT #257 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre
Hopefully not a spoiler. G'kar left to explore the universe with the red-head telepath chick whose name I've forgotten, cause his fanatical band of religious followers were getting on his nerves.
Regarding the season finale, I actually enjoyed quite a few of the bits where Sherdian wasn't talking. But it might be less painful for all concerned if we just pretend the last episode of the fourth season was the series finale.
Jars - Sep 10, 2003 1:32:23 pm PDT #258 of 10000
New conjoined thread. Nice.
I'm a little late to the game, I know. I watch Smallville, though I missed quite a bit of the second season. It lost some of it's sparkly gay joy, imo. MR is still a joy to behold however. And I do like to look at TW.
I watched the original run of Due South back in the day, but by virtue of being about eleven, the HoYay completely passed me by. Some years later I came across the fic and realised just how blind I had been. BBC were repeating the RayK series for a while last year, but then stopped for no particular reason. Not before I'd witnessed the not-quite-sub-text with my own eyes though. It was a quality show, with much beyond the Big Gay Love to reccommend it.
Farscape I've never really watched. When I do catch episodes, I always make a note to watch it again, because it's really very good, and I enjoy it, but then the next episode I manage to catch bears absolutely no relation to what I remember having seen. Either I'm too dumb, or the show's too clever.
I am also very much with the DS9 love. Even moreso after seven long hard years of Voyager. I watched pretty much every episode and after the finale all I could say was "What the sweet fuck was that?" This is the reason I gave up on Enterprise after about three episodes.
The Sentinel I have seen only a few times, as it's only recently started airing over here. It's...not...good. Seven of Nine was in it today though. Sci-fi is so freaking incestuous sometimes.
I watched Highlander when it was on, but not religiously. Mostly because its scheduling was... eccentric, to say the least.
I also watch Stargate, and read fic in most of these fandoms.
And apparently I need to get out more.
Sean K - Sep 10, 2003 1:36:35 pm PDT #259 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Either I'm too dumb, or the show's too clever.
Not necessarily either, Jars. But the show is dense enough that if you're not watching episodes sequentially, you can feel really lost in a hurry.
Jars - Sep 10, 2003 1:41:24 pm PDT #260 of 10000
Quite possible. I'm pretty sure that I know who most of the characters are, but whether they're good, bad, or another version of a character I thought I had down remains a mystery most of the time.
Pinwiz - Sep 10, 2003 1:41:58 pm PDT #261 of 10000
Missing in action since 2002...
But it goes really well with the show! It's all about context!
Which is why I wished DS9 would have gone radically different with their theme music after the war started. B5 freaked me out when I realized the theme for the third season was the Requiem for the Line.
As for Enterprise, I like the theme song. On the show, it's fine. Hearing it in Walgreens at 3 am when you are drunk and shopping for Ben and Jerry's... NSM.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2003 1:43:48 pm PDT #262 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pin, maybe being drunk in Walgreens is your main problem here.
Sheryl - Sep 10, 2003 1:54:16 pm PDT #263 of 10000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Popping in to the new thread to say that I watch Smallville for the cheese factor, I watched Farscape(though I came in late. Sorry, I had been put off of it by the burbling raves of a friend of mine who also kept telling me Voyager's getting better. Riiight).
I've never seen Due South I wish it were available on DVD so I could Netflix it.(Did I just use Netflix as a verb? Eesh..)