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Spike ,'The Killer In Me'


All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

Discussion of episodes currently airing in Un-American locations (anything that's aired in Australia is fair game), as well as anything else the Un-Americans feel like talking about or we feel like asking them. Please use the show discussion threads for any current-season discussion.

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Fiona - May 22, 2003 1:37:28 am PDT #4817 of 9843

SPOILER WARNING:

the front page of Salon (the blurb for Stephanie Zachareck's review of the Buffy finale) is extremely spoilery for UnAmericans!

I'm so pissed off. You'd think they couldn't possibly reveal about four major plot points in 25 words, but they manage. Avoid, avoid!


Leigh - May 22, 2003 2:34:13 am PDT #4818 of 9843
Nobody

You'd think they couldn't possibly reveal about four major plot points in 25 words, but they manage

See, this is why I never managed to be anything other than spoiled--internet addiction and spoiler virginity are mutually exclusive states of being if you live anywhere that's not America. Well, there's also the issue of me being a slave to my own curiosity, but the non-Americaness is a less pathetic excuse and helps me avoid annoying questions like 'Well, surely you must have some form of self-control?'


Fiona - May 22, 2003 2:53:37 am PDT #4819 of 9843

See, I've managed to avoid most spoilers pretty well this season, and I really prefer it that way. I've had my know-every-episode-backwards-before-I've-seen-them seasons too, but for me, this way is better. If you know where to expect spoilers, they're pretty easy to avoid, which is why it makes me all the more angry when the blurb on a magazine site gets me.


Angus G - May 22, 2003 6:53:20 am PDT #4820 of 9843
Roguish Laird

Thanks so much for the warning Fiona! (Not that I tend to visit Salon much these days but you never know).

t edit And grrrrrr on your behalf!


Holli - May 22, 2003 8:18:17 am PDT #4821 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Emlah, I think that might have been me.


Betsy HP - May 23, 2003 11:14:14 am PDT #4822 of 9843
If I only had a brain...

The remake of The Italian Job (heresy!) is previewing today. Seth Green is in it, billed below the title. There was an interview with Michael Caine about coming to the U.S. to promote the movie, seeing a poster with a naked woman sitting on the lap of a man with a tommygun, saying "There are no naked women or tommyguns in this movie", and flying right back home again.


Emlah - May 24, 2003 1:10:33 am PDT #4823 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...

Emlah, I think that might have been me.

Thank you Holli. Would it bother you if I quoted you in an essay I'm writing about author ownership versus reader ownership (who, if anyone, 'owns' the ultimate meaning of a text etc.)?


evil jimi - May 24, 2003 5:14:38 am PDT #4824 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Pity Caine didn't do the same thing for the risible remake of Get Carter.

A pic of Seth in the movie.


Holli - May 24, 2003 8:27:28 am PDT #4825 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Would it bother you if I quoted you in an essay I'm writing about author ownership versus reader ownership (who, if anyone, 'owns' the ultimate meaning of a text etc.)?

Um. Sure, I guess, although I wasn't thinking much beyond the geekiness of us when I said it.


Fay - May 24, 2003 8:11:01 pm PDT #4826 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Anyone else catch The Eurovision Song Contest?

Some classic entries, from what I could see - I missed the first 12, sadly, but the Israeli entry was pretty damn funny, and Romania was very much in the spirit of Eurovision. Bless 'em. Our entry sucked like the proverbial convention of whores, and I'm glad we didn't get any votes. We didn't deserve any votes. But it was also a great relief when Latvia finally got some. Phew. I was quite happy with Turkey winning, although I was kind of hoping for Belgium. Still, not to worry. Wish I'd seen German and Austria in full, though, because their entries looked hilarious.