(Man. Next he's going to ask Jilli "Who died?")
I was well aware that it was a half-step above "BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!1!" but I guess my ability to transmit the humor fades after midnight. sigh.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Jon B. - Jun 17, 2003 3:02:21 am PDT #5164 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Leigh - Jun 17, 2003 3:10:53 am PDT #5165 of 9843
Nobody
Somewhere, in a parallel universe where I am Supreme Ruler, Channel 7 is screening four weeks worth of Angel in one night and then just getting on with the rest of the episodes for both shows as normal.
In my parallel universe where I'm Supreme Ruler, not only do I have a becoming tiara, but ch.7 delivers the entire seasons of both Buffy and Angel, on dvd, to my snazy frontdoor at the beginning of the season and I then proceed to watch them all in a row, in my bathroom, on my widescreen television, while enjoying a lovely bubble bath.
Parallel universes are the best! Pity I don't actually live in that one, though.
Emlah - Jun 17, 2003 3:19:50 am PDT #5166 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
In my parallel universe where I'm Supreme Ruler, not only do I have a becoming tiara, but ch.7 delivers the entire seasons of both Buffy and Angel, on dvd, to my snazy frontdoor at the beginning of the season and I then proceed to watch them all in a row, in my bathroom, on my widescreen television, while enjoying a lovely bubble bath.
Oh, totally, that's what's happening to me in the parallel universe where I'm a Supreme Ruler in the style of Harmony or Classic!Cordelia. My scenario comes from the parallel universe where I'm a more boring, Buffy-type Supreme Ruler: thinking of all the fans instead of just myself, trying not to use my power to indulge myself. I probably make lots of boring speeches, too.
evil jimi - Jun 17, 2003 4:07:08 am PDT #5167 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
... thinking of all the fans instead of just myself ...
don't panic! There is a cure for this.
Leigh - Jun 17, 2003 5:23:45 am PDT #5168 of 9843
Nobody
You get Angel on Thursday, don't you evil jimi? Don't miss this one, it's a thing of beauty. Most fun you can have with something not relying on batteries.
Angus G - Jun 17, 2003 5:29:41 am PDT #5169 of 9843
Roguish Laird
9 usually airs Wimbledon.
Yep, and they will be again, hence no Sopranos for the next few weeks!
Welcome Emlah! I think you're our only active Sydneysider at the moment, although John H (who isn't currently posting but is still very much alive and well) is also from Sydney. I was just about to introduce you to all the other Aussies, but if you've been lurking you know us already, right?
Leigh - Jun 17, 2003 5:37:47 am PDT #5170 of 9843
Nobody
hence no Sopranos for the next few weeks!
Boo, hiss. I am unpleased. Stupid Nine ruining my post-Players after-glow.
brenda m - Jun 17, 2003 5:47:04 am PDT #5171 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Different and evil. It'd drive me nuts watching a television season all cropped up like that.
This past season of Angel in the U.S., they ran the last ten or twelve eps without any breaks or reruns, and it really made a difference in amping up the tension and momentum of the arc. Buffy, OTOH, had several instances of two, three, or four weeks between new eps, and it contributed, in my eyes, to some of the issues people had with (spoiler for tone but not plot) feeling like everything was dragging and nothing really happened in the run up to the end. Sucks.
The scheduling can get really funky sometimes, and it has more to do with tradition and finance than with any considerations of the particular show, I think. Certain time periods are key for setting ad rates, so the networks want to have their big eps fall in those periods, and it means fucking with the schedule sometimes. Also, there's this idea that the season must start and end at a particular time - Firefly got screwed by this. FOX used to delay the start of the season for X-Files until very late in the fall. With Firefly, starting at the traditional time (early September) meant that the show got frequently preempted for baseball games and stuff that really hindered it in building a viewership and drawing the kind of numbers it might have otherwise.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 17, 2003 5:54:22 am PDT #5172 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Re. the whitefonted tone issue: I can see how slow schedule would add to that, but I got that feeling and we got them in a regular one a week slot. So the schedule's not totally to blame for it.
Edit: I hope that's obscure enough.
Leigh - Jun 17, 2003 6:02:47 am PDT #5173 of 9843
Nobody
Buffy, OTOH, had several instances of two, three, or four weeks between new eps, and it contributed, in my eyes, to some of the issues people had with (spoiler for tone but not plot)feeling like everything was dragging and nothing really happened in the run up to the end
Eh, I see your point, but having watched them all in a run, for what we've seen so far the pacing was still crap, imo. It'd be much worse watching them spaced out, though, espcially if there was a break in the middle of that 'Buffy gets her ass kicked in a poorly orchestrated fight scene and then gets up a pontificates about it' string of episodes.
Edit: X-posty goodness with Am-Chau. Great minds recognise off-pacing when they see it, or something.