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This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'

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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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.

Vonnie K - Feb 27, 2004 4:39:38 pm PST #3892 of 10000

Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Yeah, Space Race sucked and blowed but compared to Avenger 2.0? It was a frickin' masterpiece. I hate that stupidhead "scientist" whose name I won't credit by learning.

I'm trying to watch "Resurrection", except I'm having a wee problem reshaping myself from the puddle of goo I was reduced to by the last scene of Joan of Arcadia. ::grumbles:: Stupid show, turning me into a 15 year-old.

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