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asta77

Odds and Ends

Apr 22, 2008 18:54

My dentist has a revolving door when it comes to hygienists. I've been seeing him for 25 years, but I've lost count of how many people have cleaned my teeth. So, today, there was another new one. Very nice woman and thorough, to the extreme. Yes, my gums hurt right now. I treated myself to a post cleaning hot chocolate from Starbuck's, a ( Read more... )

bsg, tscc, doctor who

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cephalophore April 22 2008, 23:57:45 UTC

" I know they can sense other Immortals, but can they do so before they become one?"

There's this one where a teenager gets hit by a car or something and comes back that establishes that they can spidey on pre-immortals.

And shut up, I love Joan Jett. She's no Roger Daltrey though. Cameos are 90% of the fun.

I didn't understand S2 of Torchwood. "Hey, let's pretend we didn't make the entire cast unlikeable in season one. Never happened. You like them now. So they die." I still think the show is homophobic even though it pisses homophobes off; gay love isn't real love, it's just slapstick silliness and sexcapades.

asta77 April 23 2008, 01:13:53 UTC

I'm not bad mouthing Joan the musician, but she can't act! :p

I have issues with the Jack/Ianto storyline. I don't think the show is homophobic, but their relationship smacks of, "Look! We're cool and progressive because we have two guys making out every week!" Yet, for me to care or find it the least bit hot I need to understand WHY they are together. It's very forced to me.

beccatoria April 23 2008, 01:06:31 UTC

Torchwood - I watched the finale and it wasn't terrible.

You wound me. Deeply.

...but I forgive you.

:p

asta77 April 23 2008, 01:10:16 UTC

I didn't say it was good! Just, not as bad as I feared. I liked Gwen and Rhys. Are they going to make him part of the group? He hangs out with them enough now. And I don't know how Owen could possibly come back. Unless he fell through a rift or something. Sigh.

beccatoria April 23 2008, 13:20:40 UTC

Yeah...I'm just bitter enough to resent anything that suggests it was better than the worst hour of television EVAR!!11!!!1!

But...you have a point. Gwen and Rhys were better than usual and I honestly hadn't considered the possibility of Rhys joining the team.

And yeah. It wouldn't surprise me if Owen fell through the Rift or something. The other option I can think of (see? I can't help it: I create nightmare scenarios!) is where his body's gone but his consciousness isn't...somehow. Since he was immortal but with a never-fixing-itself body. Is he still attached to his brain? But at least then he wouldn't really be back.

And I have devoted too much time to thinking about this! ;)

asta77 April 24 2008, 02:49:04 UTC

Oh, great, now you've given me images of Ghost!Owen! Ugh. And the team can spend next season trying to re-corporalize him!

::has 'Angel' flashbacks::

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asta77 April 23 2008, 02:17:09 UTC

There is! But I'm not sure it's available on every cable/satellite system. It only popped up on Comcast here recently.

lynnb April 23 2008, 03:25:31 UTC

We had the same dental experience this weekend. I'll have to try the hot cocoa next time, since we'll be going again in November.

I haven't been reading anything about Dollhouse. I'm just going to watch the first few episodes and decide whether or not I think it's trash ;)

I can get Sci-Fi HD on Direct TV as well.

brokenmnemonic April 23 2008, 08:45:38 UTC

In possibly a first for me, I'm avoiding the casting sides for Dollhouse. I'm still getting my head around the idea of Joss having a new series ( ... )

asta77 April 24 2008, 02:56:54 UTC

I was expecting Zarek to make things a little more gray than they currnetly are, but in this first encounter it's seemed as if they tried hard to put Lee in the right and Laura in the wrong.

I get what your saying, but it's interesting to me that Zarek was put into the gray in this episode. I expected his motives to be clear cut. I've always seen what he was attempting to do in the past and why, but this is the first time I've been left to wonder if there is selflessness involved.

Is it wrong I enjoyed seeing Laura snark at Adama?

Nope. It was one of the highlights of the episode for me. ;)

It doesn't help that 99% of all Highlander episodes follow exactly the same plotline...

Especially during the first season when the general plot is Bad!Immortal targets Duncan, over long sword fight ensues, Duncan wins. Occasionally, Tessa and Ritchie are imperiled so Duncan can play hero.