We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]


Tom Scola - May 28, 2009 9:33:30 am PDT #3296 of 11840
hwæt

"the history of a TV series, like the history of a nation or an art movement, falls into four periods -- primitive, classic, baroque and decadent."


Burrell - May 28, 2009 10:15:21 am PDT #3297 of 11840
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That is a fun article, Tom. It made me relive every stage of my affair with X-Files, from discovery, to love, to bitterness and betrayal.


Vortex - May 28, 2009 10:51:57 am PDT #3298 of 11840
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

(However, let me take a minute to pimp Fay's Supernatural fan fic with, um, a messiah, I think.)

Oh, you mean Wee John the Messiah? Hilarious! It's about Dean and Castiel (the angel) having a kid and raising it together. They're delightful [link]


Toddson - May 28, 2009 11:06:43 am PDT #3299 of 11840
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Yes, Wee John (he has wings!)


§ ita § - May 28, 2009 2:54:21 pm PDT #3300 of 11840
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Penelope is Derek's god-given solace. Not every chick gets to be that to a stand-up take-down sort of guy.


§ ita § - May 29, 2009 4:47:25 am PDT #3301 of 11840
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

NCIS: LA recasts female lead. I feel bad for Louise Lombard.


Connie Neil - May 29, 2009 6:31:58 am PDT #3302 of 11840
brillig

I feel bad for Louise Lombard

Sorry for the actress losing a job, but I'm not surprised. I don't know if it was acting, directing, or writing, but the female lead made me antsy, she struck me as too desperate to be perceived as competent, with a bad case of "I must always remind them that I can do this even if I am a woman." I know that angle is considered an easy source of drama for writers, but I long for a female commander who doesn't feel compelled to apologzie/explain/account for her vagina and breasts.

I didn't like Jenny at first, it seemed a cheap plot twist to bring in Gibbs' old lover, but the conflict quickly when from "can A woman do this job" to "can THIS woman do this job".

I fondly remember Gina Torres being a police captain in a hostage negotiation unit--Standoff, was it?--and I never got the idea that her competence vis a vis her gender was ever a topic.


Vortex - May 29, 2009 6:37:03 am PDT #3303 of 11840
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I long for a female commander who doesn't feel compelled to apologzie/explain/account for her vagina and breasts.

amen.

I fondly remember Gina Torres being a police captain in a hostage negotiation unit--Standoff, was it?--and I never got the idea that her competence vis a vis her gender was ever a topic.

yeah, one of the few things that show ever got right.


aurelia - May 29, 2009 8:03:01 am PDT #3304 of 11840
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I might have been interested in watching for Reiko Aylesworth.

Recent Lostie Reiko Aylesworth can forget about being part of The Forgotten, as the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced ABC drama is recasting not just her amateur detective but also the lead character played by British actor Rupert Penry-Jones.


sumi - May 29, 2009 8:10:10 am PDT #3305 of 11840
Art Crawl!!!

No Rupert Penry-Jones?

There goes my incentive for watching that show.