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I watched many True Bloods in a row. Am really starting to get hooked on that show.
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Thu, 04 December 2008 07:39 |
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 handyhunter
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When is Dollhouse supposed to air?
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January 2009 Huh. February, evidently. Along with the awesome Sarah Connor Chronicles, in the Friday Night Deathslot on FOX. I suspect SCC is probably going to get cancelled too. Boo. I should stop falling in love with shows (and comic book series); they keep getting cancelled.
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Dollhouse premieres February 13 at 9pm on FOX.
..... they're starting a series on Friday the 13th??? O.o Unusual.
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So, two episodes before it's cancelled, then?
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6886 is a reply to message #6881 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 10:27 |
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There was a Save Dollhouse Campaign started months ago, because Joss Whedon fans predicted that it would be prematurely cancelled(something about a trend...), so they started a movement before even seeing any of it at all...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6887 is a reply to message #6886 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 10:52 |
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| Reading Angel wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 10:27 |
There was a Save Dollhouse Campaign started months ago, because Joss Whedon fans predicted that it would be prematurely cancelled(something about a trend...), so they started a movement before even seeing any of it at all...
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I know; I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been cancelled before it aired, though it's not February yet, so fox still has time.
Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside, Drive... Yeah, those Whedon and/or Minear shows, all of which aired on FOX, for about 2 days, aren't doing all that well. I can't imagine Dollhouse, with its rather off-beat/sketchy premise, is going to do much better; it sounds more suited to a comic, I think.
But Firefly's cancellation gave way to Serenity and Astonishing X-Men, so I probably shouldn't still be complaining about that, especially with AXM.
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head - No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6891 is a reply to message #6889 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 11:30 |
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handyhunter
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| L.R.K. wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 11:04 |
I used to read (my brothers') X-Men comics in the '80s - and you've mentioned the Astonishing X-Men now a few times, so I'm getting curious - anything particular happened in those comics? (I don't mind spoilers  )
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Yes, Scott Summers is awesome! I picked it up because it had Whedon's name on it, and I still think it's some of his best work. All the stuff that interests him, that he wrote about on Buffy, Angel and Firefly, he continues in AXM; it's about family, friends, leadership, working together despite (or because of) fractuous previous relationships. Whedon does this thing where he takes characters that would otherwise be boring - the straighlaced leader types who want to stay on the straight and narrow because it's safer or whatnot - and makes them not boring. Scott, here, is written a bit like a combination of some of Whedon's other great characters (or, well, the ones I love: Buffy, Mal, Wesley). He's a tactical genuis, and Whedon actually shows him as one, even while he struggles to be a good X-Man and man; it seems to be a bit rare to find a good Scott story, though current titles are continuing this trend of showing him as a competent leader who sometimes makes mistakes and questions himself, but isn't completely awful or boring.
The rest of the cast is great too; of course, there's a coming of age/power story of a young girl -- two of them actually, with Hisako, who is a teenager and sort of accidentally becomes a fully-fledged X-Man and Kitty Pryde, who is a bit older and returning to the X-Men after not a great separation from them earlier.
It works as an introduction to the X-Men comics too, and draws on previous events that Whedon probably grew up on. If nothing else, the attention to detail to the characters - what makes them who they are and why they do the things they do - and touching on their history (because they have so much of it, individually and as a team) while creating his own story is fantastic. I find it's a bit rare to find a story (in any format) that is that good with both plot and character.
As for specific events, Toggle Spoilerthere's the mutant "cure" plot, Colossus being brought back from the dead (I guess they wrote him off earlier on?), Emma confronting her survivor's guilt and associations with the Hellfire club and Cassandra Nova (GREAT use of Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix Saga in this too, imo), X-Men go to space and prevent the Earth from being destroyed by the Breakworld and their Death Missile, Kitty Pryde dies/gets lost in Space (this is sort of the only off note in the series; it's a pretty major one, but I'm not sure how much of this was mandated by Marvel and their sometimes wacky decisions to kill off characters, and I still love the rest of the story).
I would so watch Joss Whedon's X-Men movie. It would be all about Scott, and only about 4 other people would watch it.
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head - No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6906 is a reply to message #6891 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 13:41 |
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I was intrigued by the Astonishing X-Men before now, but now I really want to read it/them! I would be one of the four to watch the movie...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6919 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 15:58 |
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They seem to be good at ferreting out (hi Jodi!) all the clothes!
Oh and I would be the fourth, I think. The X-Men Whedon movie, I meant. Yum.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6948 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 19:22 |
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i like the x-men too and wolverine[yowza]he is hot.i also watch what not to wear sometimes.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6956 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 20:37 |
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Hugh Jakeman is bite-worthy.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6960 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 20:47 |
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Who cares if he can sing? He has muscles.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6968 is a reply to message #6899 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 21:20 |
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| L.R.K. wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 12:43 |
I must say I have a great deal of difficulty believing in the good Emma Frost...
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My introduction to Emma was in Whedon's AXM, so I hadn't previously encountered her as the White Queen before (though I have read Dark Phoenix now) and I'm still not sure when her path to redemption began (or why Mavel thought it was a good idea to pair her with Scott), but one I've noticed is that Whedon doesn't really push forth the idea that she's "good" (or "good for Scott") per se, only that she's trying to do better, to atone, most of the time, while still being her cold, aloof self, which she wears as a shield as much as she does with her secondary mutation (turning into diamond form) and provocative clothing; she uses her body as a weapon. I like the way he writes her.
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To keep more on topic - I wonder what they have done with the Wolverine movie? I'm rather curious as to how that will turn out...
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I'm a little more interested in Deadpool, one of the (I think) secondary characters in this film. And the rumour about young!Scott Summers being in it as well...
Speaking of superhero movies, I still haven't seen The Incredible Hulk, which I only really want to watch for one scene; maybe I'll get to it this weekend. And then watch Iron Man for the umpteeth time.
| Melissa Mead wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 20:38 |
And he can sing!
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MARVEL MOVIEVERSE MUSICAL. (Written by Joss Whedon.)
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with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head - No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6973 is a reply to message #6968 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 21:38 |
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OMG! I just had a flash of a Dr. Horrible/X-Men Crossover!
Wolverine's Sing-Along-Blog! I am so very amused right now...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #6987 is a reply to message #6910 ] |
Thu, 04 December 2008 23:08 |
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| Lianne wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 13:40 |
| shalea wrote on Wed, 03 December 2008 09:06 |
| ssshunt wrote on Tue, 02 December 2008 20:16 |
I have What Not to Wear in the background, but I'm not really watching. Really.
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Don't tell anyone, but I actually TIVO it.
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*grin* I admit to watching and sometimes TIVO'ing it, too. I have actually picked up some good hints from it when the victim is someone of my body shape. I always think there's no way I'd actually take ALL of my clothes with me for them to throw out, though. I would hide the most important ones.
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I totally adore that show. I actually often hear Stacy and Clinton in my head when I'm clothes shopping. Is that something I should be concerned about, ha?
Also, I would LOVE to have Nick do my hair!!
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| What Not To Wear [message #6994 is a reply to message #6987 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 00:12 |
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Trimming out the other admissions of watching What Not To Wear...
| ArtfulMagpie wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 20:08 |
I totally adore that show. I actually often hear Stacy and Clinton in my head when I'm clothes shopping. Is that something I should be concerned about, ha? Also, I would LOVE to have Nick do my hair!!
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I'd be scared to have Nick cut my hair, mostly because what he calls easy maintenance I call way too much trouble. He respects when people don't let him cut short, but he usually wants to. He usually wants to color it, too, and there's no way I'd keep that up (for monetary reasons as well as being a hassle). And I'd never blow-dry my hair on a daily basis (it takes forEVER with my thick hair plus the hassle). That said, I like a lot of what he does. I wish there were a way to experiment with hair that didn't take as long to fix as growing out does.
I'm not sure about hearing voices in your head while shopping. =) Could be good? I've stopped myself from getting things because of their advice and been glad of it.
I do wish they wouldn't push jackets /quite/ so much, though. Those who live in warmer climates are not going to want to wear jackets very often.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7003 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 00:29 |
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In Salt Lake you can wear jackets about 8 months of the year. Yay!
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| Re: What Not To Wear [message #7005 is a reply to message #6994 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 00:40 |
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| Lianne wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 23:12 |
I'd be scared to have Nick cut my hair, mostly because what he calls easy maintenance I call way too much trouble.
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Mostly, I want Nick to do my hair because currently, I HATE my hair, ha. I think if I spelled out my particular definition of low-maintenance, he might be able to do something I'd be happy with!
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I'm not sure about hearing voices in your head while shopping. =) Could be good? I've stopped myself from getting things because of their advice and been glad of it.
I do wish they wouldn't push jackets /quite/ so much, though. Those who live in warmer climates are not going to want to wear jackets very often.
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Ha, I think it's a good thing. It helps me pick shapes for my body, you know? Like, I love the idea of tunics, but I'm short and curvy...and I know, from having Stacy and Clinton pound it into my head, that the last thing I need is something long and structure-free like that!
And, as much as I do love a nice jacket, I agree with you in wishing that they'd show other ways to look put together, that don't involve quite as many layers and suchlike.
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"...nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library."
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7043 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 15:16 |
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In the summer you can use a short sleeve shirt or blouse (made of light, breezy material but structured) over a tank or cami to get the same layered look. Ahem. Not like I'm a fashion guru or anything--I picked this up on their site.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7695 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Thu, 11 December 2008 21:06 |
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I almost bought this the other day. Is it really good?
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7733 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 12:40 |
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Ooh I like that book. It made my Mom cry. I also love the new movie that they made of it. The movie almost made me cry.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7749 is a reply to message #7728 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 16:36 |
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| L.R.K. wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 07:59 |
I liked "The Bridge to Terabithia" - it was really well made and I think it was also a very good adaptation of the book (although it was a long time since I read it, and I only read it once). But the children felt like children instead of either small adults or film-children, if you know what I mean. Have you read the book Shelley?
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No, I haven't read the book or seen the movie. Maybe I should.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7758 is a reply to message #7712 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 16:58 |
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Not heard of that one. There's a fabulous (and LONG!) fractured fairy tale type movie called The 10th Kingdom that's one of my absolute favorites, though.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7763 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 17:08 |
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I haven't heard of that one--will look it up!
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7782 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 19:40 |
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I ordered it! Well, at least part of it...
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7784 is a reply to message #1889 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 20:06 |
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I've just watched the first four episodes of Doctor Who! They were great. I especially like the one where the Doctor meets up with Donna.
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Fri, 12 December 2008 20:42 |
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| Beauty/Anna wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 18:06 |
I've just watched the first four episodes of Doctor Who! They were great. I especially like the one where the Doctor meets up with Donna.
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That is a great moment! I think you'll like Season 4--it's quite good.
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7795 is a reply to message #7788 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 22:18 |
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| ssshunt wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 20:42 |
| Beauty/Anna wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 18:06 |
I've just watched the first four episodes of Doctor Who! They were great. I especially like the one where the Doctor meets up with Donna.
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That is a great moment! I think you'll like Season 4--it's quite good.
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DoctorDonna!
Waaaahhhh.
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: What are you watching? [message #7796 is a reply to message #7749 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 22:30 |
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| ssshunt wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 16:36 |
No, I haven't read the book or seen the movie. Maybe I should.
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Bring tissues. I've read the book a couple times, and seen the movie. It isn't easy no matter how much you're preparing yourself.
It's wonderful, though.
Smooshes!
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