... in which it's all a load of Boffle

[soupytwist]

So, my life right now basically consists of snow and work, which is boring, especially as I am, uh, not doing much of the working. I have, however, watched the first season of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and most of the first season of Scrubs. This means that I am going to geek.

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[snowgrouse]

The Depp pic is FREAKY. Eeeeek. Storming his attic now.

[soupytwist]

Dude, so much. Nobody should look exactly the same for more than about five years in a row. O_O

[penguin2]

I wonder if he comes from ~cough cough~ another dimension :D

[soupytwist]

OK, now that is a creepy thought. :)

[angua9]

Five years? That's sixteen. That's just spooky.

[soupytwist]

Totally. Exactly the same! For sixteen years!

[prettyannamoon]

Three questions about Fry and Laurie from someone who has never, ever downloaded tv eps before-

1. What program/s would I need to play these?

2. How long do they usually take to download?

3. Is it even possible to download with dial-up?

I'm on season 4 of Black Adder, and can't express how much those two ROX. Also, I'm highly in favor of the 'evil portrait' theory. The last ten years are especially disturbing.

[soupytwist]

1. They're .avi files... I use VLC media player cause it was free and works fine, but I'm not sure which others do.

2. For me on cable they took about eight minutes each.

3. Yeah, might take a while though.

Oh, man, season 4 Blackadder. So. Good. And have I said yet how glad I am that you share the F&L love? Cause I am. :) It's awesome and yaymaking.

[prettyannamoon]

Eeps! With dial-up, it would take over six hours to download. o.0

[soupytwist]

Oy, that's harsh. o_O

[alili]

oh my god! johnny doesn't age! i love that man ^_^ i've decided that he may infact actually be Dream. it makes sense except for the tan.... my only other theory is vampire which again is foiled by the tan 0_o

i love Scrubs. i need to get it on DVD at aome point. Dr Cox is the bestest character!

[scoobygang63]

Two words: Fake Tan.

Maybe Wilde actually based the story on Johnny, huh? And he's actually been around for centuries...

Carla ROX in Scrubs, as does Dr. Cox and the Evil Janitor. It used to be on after Buffy on Sky1 (which is how I watched Nip/Tuck too)... I think it's probably the closest an American comedy could get to Spaced (with the possible exception of anything touched by Joss Whedon, who is my God).

[soupytwist]

My favourite theory was that Johnny was actually Crowley from Good Omens, who then inspired Wilde. :D

I hope a really good weird American comedy comes along soon. I still don't entirely get why one hasn't already, but the Americans are clearly deprived in this respect. *nods* And ooh, talking of Teh Joss.. have you seen Firefly yet?

[scoobygang63]

Me and my brother caught an episode on Sky1 the other day, and I was determined to give it a go since (a)it's Joss and (b)it's Katie. It was the episode where Mal has a wife (Saffron, who isn't what she seems and tries to steal the ship or something)?

And it was pretty good! It had all the marks of the Hand of Whedon (like being well written and fairly obviously character driven) and was pretty funny (Jayne and the gun called Vere, the special circle of hell for those who talk in theatres)... I loved Wash (as an Alan Tudyk fan how could I not?) and got over my initial dislike of some of the female actresses (they all seemed a bit bland at first, except for Zoe who is just cool, I recognised her from Angel)...

Yeah, I'm looking forward to the film, and I'll try and get my Dad to pick up the series from China if he can!

[mooetta]

Have you got the Boffle episode with the Red Hat of Pat Ferrick? Apart from being hilarious, it's set in Amersham, where I used to live.

I've thought of another reason why shipping tends to get up my nose: I am a great believer in the principle "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." So when people ship characters who are actual or potential friends and don't unambiguously fancy each other, I can't help feeling that they're trying to diss platonic love. Especially in Harry Potter, where platonic love has saved Harry's lofe repeatedly and romance has hardly done anything meaningful.

[soupytwist]

I think they mention Amersham quite a few times, actually. :D

And hmm... while I do tend to get rather irritated at "any two people just cause they're hot" shipping, I don't see it as an attempt to diss platonic love. More examples of different kinds of non-romantic love would be nice, but I don't think it denegrates what's already there to speculate that maybe there's also some romantic and sexual aspects to it. I also think we disagree about "unambiguously fancy each other"; my guess is that for you that means some kind of declaration in some way, whereas I'd say that doesn't let you see subtext which is quite often actually intentional, even if not necessarily leading to a Big Relationship OMG. I might have to go on about this at greater length in a proper post soon, actually...

[mooetta]

Hmmm...I'm not quite so unsubtle that I necessarily require an actual declaration, but I tend to be very picky about how to tell if people fancy each other. For instance, with Ron/Hermione, I don't think the bickering is necessarily a sign of Lurve, since they've bickered ever since they became friends. Likewise Hermione's empty seat strengthening Ron's resolve in COS - how do we know Ron wouldn't do the same if Harry's seat was empty? The real sign of Ron's feelings is the fact that he's jealous of Viktor even though he isn't ruining Ron's dynamic with Hermione, and is still jealous even after Hermione smashes all his platonic explanations for the feeling.

[mooetta]

BTW, I know I might come across as trying to stifle the quest for subtext and ruining the fun. Now I think that's because (correct me if I'm horribly wrong) subtext tends to be about attaching the same interpretation to particular actions with little regard for the characterisation and context. I find that kinda lazy.