And there was this whole, "On our home planet, we're royalty, except we all fight each other, and we lost power anyway, and how the hell are we supposed to go back since these human bodies were built for us to just live on Earth?" I mean, it reminded me of how kids like to fantasize that their "real" parents are out there somewhere, and they're rich or famous or nobility and just waiting to whisk them away to a better life.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:03:28 am PST #3947 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Katie M - Mar 01, 2004 7:07:21 am PST #3948 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
"Sliders" dipped into the monkey crack after the first season or two, and it snorted constantly until the very end.
Oh, but I have so many fond college-era memories of this show! Especially when it was the lead-in for X-Files, so twenty or so of us used to warm up by mocking Sliders ruthlessly. So much fun. ("Look! This week they're doing a takeoff on Anaconda!")
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:07:37 am PST #3949 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It was like they came up with a nifty idea, and then let a bunch of 13-year-olds write the plots from then on in rotating shifts. Alternating boys and girls.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:09:10 am PST #3950 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
And Sliders also had fans everywhere constantly yelling, "Quinn, you're a physics genius and you've considered duct taping that damn controller to your wrist!"
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:42:22 am PST #3951 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'm impressed that they never ever landed on anything sharp or spiky or a long way down.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:44:23 am PST #3952 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Yeah, they always seemed to find a convenient field. Maybe their sort of physics abhors things like oceans and cars and brick walls.
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:45:55 am PST #3953 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, heck, Connie Willis's version of time travel actually locked out landings that were dangerous to the traveller (or important events in time). I kind of liked that. It so neatly did away with all those niggling "reality" type questions.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:50:02 am PST #3954 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
And with Stargate they've got the fact that they're just going from gate to gate, so unless the gate they're travelling to was built in the middle of a busy highway, it's pretty much guaranteed safe. (Though just once I'd like to encounter a gate that had been sealed from the other end with planks of wood or drywall or some crude barrier with lots of "Go Away" signs on it.)
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:52:01 am PST #3955 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Those would be the ones where the seventh chevron won't engage. Or, I guess, where the MALP is lost without ever sending back any information.
God, I'm such a big geek. Such a big, honking geek.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:53:12 am PST #3956 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
I thought that only kicked in if the other gate itself was damaged.