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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.


P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2003 11:27:14 am PDT #70 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

True, but at the same time it's something of a let-down to realize Blair doesn't have big old collagen-enhanced lips and ever-moist BLUE eyes a la Frodo and silken hair to his butt and nor is Jim a giant of a man with a jaw like granite.

Hee. I was expecting lots of weeping and Mpreg, so the fact that it had lots of snark and cheese? Blew me away.


Katie M - Sep 09, 2003 11:27:50 am PDT #71 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

Me too. And me too. See, I'd like to see more of it in order because otherwise I'd feel strange writing fic for it. On the other hand... it would require watching more Sentinel, and so far I only tend to really enjoy the last five seconds. You know, when they do The Joking Around. Oh, and the bit at the beginning, too, where they go, "In the jungles! Of Brazil," and I always say it along with it and then feel really stupid because I'm not only watching a really bad TV show, I'm SINGING ALONG....

Well, it did lead to a couple of funny crossover snarks after the Daniel Goes To The Jungle episode of Stargate. ("Look! It's the Jungles of Peru!") Also it adds to the "what are there, like three actors in Vancouver?" factor.

Seriously, somewhere in S2 I realized it was going to be a slog. I won, though. Watched the whole damn thing, beginning to end. (Well, actually from the second episode - I saw the pilot last.) On the plus side, the guys were good-looking, and I got to think "oh, for fuck's sake" a lot about the show's choices when it came to the characterization of women.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2003 11:28:37 am PDT #72 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

nor is Jim a giant of a man with a jaw like granite.

No, wait, he is!

I watched Sentinel the first time round, because I watched all genre. The second time round, I only lasted five eps.


P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2003 11:34:34 am PDT #73 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Sentinel withdrawl is my main reason for wanting Tivo


meara - Sep 09, 2003 11:35:31 am PDT #74 of 10000

Sentinel withdrawl is my main reason for wanting Tivo

...and getting post 69 was her main reason for wanting to post that!


Theodosia - Sep 09, 2003 11:36:09 am PDT #75 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hi, my name is Theodosia and I watch Due South, Smallville, and Farscape. (Was, in fact, just watching a TiVo'd episode of the latter this morning... which is backed up on the TiVo since late April. I'm a little behind.)

DS, to my mind, has far more in common with Farscape than with Smallville -- for one thing, a more ensemble-type casting than you might perceive at first glance -- yeah, you'll see the Buddy setup, but the secondary characters all have full and purposeful lives, and their own arcs. DS is seemingly set in the same world that's as much like Smallville's as ours, but Fraser might as well be able to control wormholes for all the chance and coincidence that swirls around him. His Dad shows up a lot, too.

I'm home sick today, otherwise I'd be able to think of a lot more....


P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2003 11:36:25 am PDT #76 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Actually, I didn't even notice the number. I just really am that lame.


Theodosia - Sep 09, 2003 11:38:28 am PDT #77 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Oh, and another thing about dS/Farscape -- strong women don't scare the producers. Thatcher practically is a Peacekeeper....


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2003 11:41:11 am PDT #78 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, and another thing about dS/Farscape -- strong women don't scare the producers. Thatcher practically is a Peacekeeper....

Which makes me think about female characterisations on SG1. Is anyone (regular or semi-reg) less than asskicking on that show, of either gender? Sheesh.


Emily - Sep 09, 2003 11:41:53 am PDT #79 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Peru! Peru! Aw, fuck. I don't know where Brazil came from, sneaking in while Peru's back was turned. I'll say this for Brazil, it's awful light on its feet for such a big country.