Heather, I think your 1905 self has a Boston Marriage!
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2003 1:29:27 pm PDT #4276 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jim - Apr 29, 2003 2:21:07 pm PDT #4277 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
OK, please tell me if I'm insane. go to [link] and tell me if you see a) a page allowing you to select large or small WMVs of a film called "ScaryToys From Hell 5" c or c b) Just a page with a WMV embedded.
No matter how much I clear caches, it's still showing me a), but ftp tells me b) is there.
Dana - Apr 29, 2003 2:22:53 pm PDT #4278 of 9843
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I see A, Jim.
Any chance your FTP is looking at a funky directory?
Hil R. - Apr 29, 2003 2:22:59 pm PDT #4279 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm seeing a), Jim.
Daisy Jane - Apr 29, 2003 2:23:05 pm PDT #4280 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Heather, I think your 1905 self has a Boston Marriage!
I know! And then I get to go to war and earn a medal!
evil jimi - Apr 29, 2003 2:23:33 pm PDT #4281 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Jim ... I'm getting a)
Daisy Jane - Apr 29, 2003 2:26:04 pm PDT #4282 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Me too. Cool little film too.
Fuffy - Apr 30, 2003 1:26:31 pm PDT #4283 of 9843
You're insane.
Julie - May 01, 2003 2:36:34 am PDT #4284 of 9843
Heather, I think your 1905 self has a Boston Marriage!
I know! And then I get to go to war and earn a medal!
Heather is me! Or .. erm .. possibly in 1905 Heather and I shared a fondness for sewing kneeler covers :)
Jim - May 01, 2003 3:53:20 am PDT #4285 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
OK, another batch from Jon, and I have a new Angel manifesto:
1 No more guns. Wesley pulls the guns on the Beast? Cool. All Guns, all the time? Boring.
2 If you know that the show's become a "turgid supernatural soap opera", don't make sly meta references, fix it. Do some MOTW eps, cut down on the big arcs, get some variety of tone.
3 Enough with the BadInflation: "I'm the Big Bad, pulling the strings for my evil law firm!" "No! I'm the Bigger Bad - I manipulate the Evil Law Firm to prevent Connor killing me!", "Ha, you think THAT's bad? I'm so Big and Bad I not only manipulated the last 2 bads, but I set up THE WHOLE PREMISE OF THE SHOW to fit my non-specific Evil Plan! Bwahahahah!!!!". It's verging on David Eddings.
4 If you must have endless invincible bad fighting guys (timetravel demon bloke, The beast, Skip), then bite the bullet and have them off some core characters. What happened to Butcher Tim? Cordy (or better still, Connor) should have killed Lorne, and Skip should have killed Fred or Gunn.
5 Vary the tone. This is a point which is most true about Angel, but Firefly and (even) Buffy suffer too. Every episode consists of: they hang around the hotel lobby. Something Bad happens. They go somewhere dark, and get their arses kicked. They come back and mope in the hotel lobby. They go somewhere and do something mystical. Wesley is morally ambigious. They come back and mope in the hotel lobby. They go soemwhere dark, and have a big fight. There's a twist and a cliffhanger.
6 Look at why the 3 Faith eps were by 10 miles te best in the last 2 seasons. They had jokes, action, sex, wit, variety. Get some non-broody characters in, and cull the dead wood.