With Andromeda, you'd be 50 minutes in, all our loved ones (ie not Dylan Hunt) are in peril, and then they show the trailer for next week, with everyone sipping daquiris around a pool. Couldn't they pretend there wasn't a great big reset button? At least till the end of that episode?
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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 § - Oct 03, 2003 6:46:27 am PDT #917 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
UTTAD - Oct 03, 2003 6:50:37 am PDT #918 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
It was particuarly noticeable with how the S3 premier of Smallville ended
Consuela - Oct 03, 2003 7:23:05 am PDT #919 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And in Dead Like Me as well as Smallville they were grimly determined to make sure you know what's going to happen the next week
Well, since nothing much ever really happens on Dead Like Me, no harm done, right?
(And yes, I say this as a fan.)
Pinwiz - Oct 03, 2003 7:28:23 am PDT #920 of 10000
Missing in action since 2002...
With Andromeda, you'd be 50 minutes in, all our loved ones (ie not Dylan Hunt) are in peril, and then they show the trailer for next week
whistles over in non-preview land
Actually, I first encountered this with B5. The last thing I wanted was any hint for the following week's action, like finding out that Anna was back.
B5 started it. It's all that show's fault.
Toddson - Oct 03, 2003 7:32:39 am PDT #921 of 10000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Minor correction - H.L. Mencken is the source of the quote about underestimating the intelligence of the American people. P.T. Barnum is credited as saying, "There's a sucker born every minute." Both apply.
UTTAD - Oct 03, 2003 7:34:30 am PDT #922 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
Well, since nothing much ever really happens on Dead Like Me, no harm done, right?
A good point well made.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2003 7:35:11 am PDT #923 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
whistles over in non-preview land
It must be a bitch to avoid them when they run during the show, though.
Pinwiz - Oct 03, 2003 7:38:49 am PDT #924 of 10000
Missing in action since 2002...
It must be a bitch to avoid them when they run during the show, though.
Not if you know they are coming. B5 used to show them right after Act Four, so if you were on your feet you could close your eyes and sing "Lalalalalalalala" while your fingers were stuck in your ears.
Or, you know, use TiVo.
Theodosia - Oct 03, 2003 7:47:40 am PDT #925 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"
Thanks, Toddson. I shall beat my brain with a rolled-up newspaper until it stops bringing me the wrong names.
Sean K - Oct 03, 2003 8:14:05 am PDT #926 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thought if he wanted the car, and was going to pay for it with stolen money, why not just steal the car? Surely they've got the keys in the back, somewhere not terribly difficult for Superman to break into?
OMG!!! Jess is so exactly me! That was the very thing I thought when I saw that scene, Jess. Especially when he went and stole money in a stupid way. May as well just go steal the car, at that point. Otherwise, try and steal the money in a more subtle, less "standing right in front of the ATM security cameras" sort of way.
But, as has already been established Clark != really smart. (which is kind of comics canon, anyway. Bruce always liked him that way - the only thing more dangerous than an all-powerful alien being is a really smart all-powerful alien being.)
(Edited to not say "anyway" twice in two sentences)