"Bird Boy," anyone?

No comics story was as bad as Bird Boy.

Emily, the whole thing just got posted in my LJ.

Now Destina has to give Firefly another chance.

Also, Stargate pissed me off with the ridiculous unnecessary mislead, but totally broke my heart. Sniff.

Amen. I was pissed off mostly because I knew I was being misled. It might have been better for the audience to be told, for example, that Jack's wounds were so serious that he only had a 10% chance of surviving. That way, the audience could have been in real suspense, while still being shocked at the other events in the story.

What was interesting to me, however, was the contrast between the slo-mo, you-can-see-it-coming, atmospheric-music-playing set up for Jack being shot, with a lingering shot just before the cut to break, versus the complete shock and speed of Janet getting killed, with that horribly brief yelp of surprise and pain, being shown in a manner that was no doubt carefully crafted to look like crappy amateur video, with no composition, sound editing, etc. Rather than "seeing it coming," it actually took me several seconds to process what had happened, even though I had been thoroughly spoiled.

I still haven't fully processed watching her get shot. I rewatched the last 15 minutes (for the hugging and the speech and the crouching in the dark corner).

Should redo the whole thing.

I still haven't fully processed watching her get shot.

I think that was the goal. It was swift, brutal, and unpoetic. She was alive one minute, dead the next. No warning, no foreshadowing, nada. That footage was as close as I think I've ever seen a television show come to mimicking what actual combat footage would look like.

Paradoxically, the fact that we didn't see the death "live" on the show made it seem much more immediate, since most of us experience combat and its like second-hand, through video footage, just as Bregman and his crew did. Rather than seeing that death as part of a fictional story, it had the feel of something that actually happened.

Although the fake-out was really annoying, the contrast between the way the two shootings were portrayed was pretty damned brilliant, IMO.

Carl Lumbly (Marcus Dixon on Alias) voices the Martian Manhunter on Justice League

He also played M.A.N.T.I.S. on the short lived live action TV series about the paraplegic who invents a suit and becomes a superhero.

He also played M.A.N.T.I.S. on the short lived live action TV series about the paraplegic who invents a suit and becomes a superhero.

That was him? I loved that show!

Okay, I'm watching the SG-1 ep about some race, and it's like the stupidest episode ever.

It has its moments.

I'm not sure I'm prepared to rewatch to refresh my memory, though.

Okay, I'm watching the SG-1 ep about some race, and it's like the stupidest episode ever.

That the one with Dr. Carter co-piloting with an alien, so she can learn about his fusion engine technology?