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.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 10:53:11 am PST #3882 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Thomash - Feb 27, 2004 3:56:01 pm PST #3890 of 10000
I have a plan.
I never really thought that one fit into the whole Stargate universe. Or my personal concept of it anyway. So it doesn't rank very far up there on my list of favorites either.
Katie M - Feb 27, 2004 4:25:24 pm PST #3891 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
Well, Jack and Daniel are kind of funny in that one, and Teal'c wears a bellhop uniform.
...yeah, I got nothing.
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.
Late - I've been out of town - but that's a really good point, Anne.