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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.


Dana - Feb 25, 2004 10:00:25 am PST #3880 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

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

Now Destina has to give Firefly another chance.


Anne W. - Feb 25, 2004 10:01:53 am PST #3881 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

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.


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 10:53:11 am PST #3882 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.


Anne W. - Feb 25, 2004 11:15:06 am PST #3883 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

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.


DCJensen - Feb 27, 2004 4:51:48 am PST #3884 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.

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.


Wolfram - Feb 27, 2004 5:42:51 am PST #3885 of 10000
Visilurking

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!


DXMachina - Feb 27, 2004 3:36:47 pm PST #3886 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

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


§ ita § - Feb 27, 2004 3:38:06 pm PST #3887 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It has its moments.

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


Thomash - Feb 27, 2004 3:39:42 pm PST #3888 of 10000
I have a plan.

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?


DXMachina - Feb 27, 2004 3:53:02 pm PST #3889 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yup.