I wish I could. lol. I, ah, short circuit when I try and think beyond Hamri Al-Assad is an Immortal. But it would start with establishing flashbacks to Duncan and Assad meeting sometime in the past in the middle east, CLEARLY. And in modern times, then Duncan has to be mixed up with CTU, OBVIOUSLY. And, well, it contines from there. :D
I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel
YES. That. *makes big eyes at you*
I was so disappointed that it wasn't actual canon in the book! I was sure it was, and well, pretty much is despite the ending, but still. whatevs. *g*
So, you know what's hilarious is when you go to Wiki 24 to remind yourself of the details of the plot, and then you start reading the plot summaries. OMG, show, could you be any more implausible or complicated? *giggle*
I think most shows sound ridiculous in the abstract, even more so than in regular viewing. *g* I was reading Angel episode synopsis (don't ask me why, I was bored and had read that article about Cordelia you linked to and wanted to understand the plot) and reading and viewing clips out of context made it even more campy than I'm sure it was.
and reading and viewing clips out of context made it even more campy than I'm sure it was.
I don't know, that whole evil!Cordelia/Connor thing was Pretty Bad.
You know what's funny is how so many shows try to do some Big Reveal where a Big Secret comes out after it's drawn out for x number of episodes, and it just almost never works, you know? I really think, like, 2 episodes is the limit of how long most shows can really sustain that. Lost might be the exception, but the jury's still out.
Personally, I prefer the "Comes a Horseman" method, where the Big Reveal comes completely out of left field and still makes total sense. The Cordelia article is right about that, too -- the "gotcha!" episode she mentions is so well done. I can just imagine if they'd try to draw that out for 5 episodes or something -- oh, no, wait, I don't have to imagine it, because that's exactly what they did with evil!Cordelia.
ETA: Oh, and I added Nate & Hayes to my Netflix queue. :)
Tell me more of this opus. :D
I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel
YES. That. *makes big eyes at you*
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Tell me more of this opus. :D
I wish I could. lol. I, ah, short circuit when I try and think beyond Hamri Al-Assad is an Immortal. But it would start with establishing flashbacks to Duncan and Assad meeting sometime in the past in the middle east, CLEARLY. And in modern times, then Duncan has to be mixed up with CTU, OBVIOUSLY. And, well, it contines from there. :D
I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel
YES. That. *makes big eyes at you*
I was so disappointed that it wasn't actual canon in the book! I was sure it was, and well, pretty much is despite the ending, but still. whatevs. *g*
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I think most shows sound ridiculous in the abstract, even more so than in regular viewing. *g* I was reading Angel episode synopsis (don't ask me why, I was bored and had read that article about Cordelia you linked to and wanted to understand the plot) and reading and viewing clips out of context made it even more campy than I'm sure it was.
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I don't know, that whole evil!Cordelia/Connor thing was Pretty Bad.
You know what's funny is how so many shows try to do some Big Reveal where a Big Secret comes out after it's drawn out for x number of episodes, and it just almost never works, you know? I really think, like, 2 episodes is the limit of how long most shows can really sustain that. Lost might be the exception, but the jury's still out.
Personally, I prefer the "Comes a Horseman" method, where the Big Reveal comes completely out of left field and still makes total sense. The Cordelia article is right about that, too -- the "gotcha!" episode she mentions is so well done. I can just imagine if they'd try to draw that out for 5 episodes or something -- oh, no, wait, I don't have to imagine it, because that's exactly what they did with evil!Cordelia.
ETA: Oh, and I added Nate & Hayes to my Netflix queue. :)
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