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i met Frakes at a party recently, and had to find him a few minutes later and humbly confess that i didn't realize who i was talking to for about the first minute and a half of our conversation. fortunately we were drinking so he just laughed about it and shook my hand telling me the pleasure was all his. #house
@ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: Pre-empted for baseball. At least it was scheduled. House was late last night, and I didn't realize it until later. I wish TiVO would recognize sports programming screwing with regular programming. :( #house
Ok folks, I know a lot of people don't like the ET phone home part of SGU, but say you were stuck on Destiny which was god doesn't even know where in the universe. Just how would you break it to your loved ones?
Me? After explaining I was talking through some guy from beyond the beyond, I'd have to break out the boombox blasting the Farscape opening music while I did a variation on the John Crichton Narrative to just break the tension.
Completely serious too. Hey it definitely prove it was me.
a) Unfortunately, yes, she will be part of the cast, and I agree, she's way annoying. They should kept inviso-girl instead of killing her off for no apparent reason.
b) Far, far too often. Almost as bad as any title using "hunter" and "pray/prey" in the title. #house
All we need now is for the Music Meister to start appearing in comic books and Neil Patrick Harris's bid to become king of all sci-fi fans will be complete. #house
I am enjoying SGU so far. I think the whole communication brick side stories should be scrapped though and the show concentrate solely on their predicament in space. Sure, he's having trouble with his marriage but who cares? #house
@omnibus_spiritus: Ditto. I've enjoyed SGU so far; so much so that it's the only non-comedy I'm watching. The only thing that really irks me is the use of the communication stones.
I haven't watched more than a few minutes of any of the previous SG series*, but are the cameos from SG alumni really important enough to force the viewers to swallow this bitter pill of an absurd plot device? The characters-confronting-family bit certainly isn't worth it.
[*I tried! but they were just too campy/B-movie-esque.] #house
Thank god Sylar is back from the dead. He was gone for almost 3 episodes (except when he wasn't). That's some sort of record on Heroes. I'm sure Nathan will come back from the dead somehow too. Nobody ever dies on Heroes. #house
@SGU: 20 bucks says the ship aimed itself at the star to somehow recharge itself. A couple thousand (million?) year old ship probably doesn't have infinite energy batteries. #house
@Log1c: This is exactly what I was thinking. They've already used absorption shields a few times during the other series. The growing bubble the Ori used to create the supergate is one example. #house
@Log1c: thats what Ive been thinking. Although I like the idea of a few people jumping ship, only to watch from a distance as the ship powers up and makes a last second jump to safety. great "what have we done" moment potential there #house
I like the show, but any sense of isolation and the struggle against the unknown is completely lost with the lame "communication stones". Just seems a cheap way to include past SG-1 actors in the show, and totally undermines the drama.
@TemporalSword: I actually like the stones. As a long time SG fan, I like it when they actually use and adapt the tech they've been picking up all these years.
I like how they didn't make a big deal about having them too, like it's part of stuff they they take with them when they set up off-world bases.
I think it really works the drama angle as well, since you're never more alone then when you talk to others, but they can do squat to help you. Also really like the "oh hey, gonna borrow your body so I can go say some good byes to my folks," it's creepy for everyone involved and depressing!
Also putting money in the pot that the sun dive is just an emergency recharge maneuver. It's so predictable I hope it isn't actually. #house
@TemporalSword: Plus, they're not interesting at all. I mean, I haven't watched almost any other SG and almost fall asleep when they do that, it's just not interesting seeing McGyver dropping a couple witticisms when there are people who are characters of, you know, the show you're watching, and who seem to be about to die. #house
@RoboBagins: I watched most of SG-1 and Atlantis, but I don't remember: do the stones show up previous to this series? At least that would show some kind of continuity. #house
@TemporalSword: This confuses me the most out of anything on the show, because it just seems so pointless. (Using the Dollhouse as a long-distance telephone service just doesn't make any sense to me.) The only time it worked as a dramatic device for me was on the last episode where Lou Diamond Phillips's character had another officer in his body and shifted back into his default personality in midsentence, and then was demanding to know what his body's previous occupant was saying.
Granted, I haven't been able to make it through either of the other SG series, so I thought getting in on the ground floor with this series would be good, but I haven't been able to get attached to any of the characters. Every time a character looks like he or she is going to die, my instant reaction is, "Well, that's one less person to keep track of," and that both makes me feel bad as a person, and screams "overcrowded cast of characters." #house
@TemporalSword: The stones showed up in the Ori arc of SG1 - They're how Daniel and Vala make their first trip to the Ori galaxy. IIRC they also appeared in Atlantis, but were used by a thief to escape in new body.
Also originally the stones were used/housed with some sort of looks-like-a-mini-hookah device, but it looks like it has been replaced/reverse engineered by the modded up mac mini or whatever they put them on now. #house
@RoboBagins: Ah, that's why I didn't recognize them. Soon as you said "mini-hookah" device I knew what you meant. Guess even Ancient tech can't escape the apple effect. #house
@RoboBagins: They showed up in an even earlier episode. Probably one of the funnier episodes where O'Neil and a midwest barber communicate with eachother. The episode was "Citizen Joe" from season 8.
@GreyHammer: Heroes may not be the great show it once was, but it doesn't drive me nuts like FlashForward. There's nobody whining "I was with another man!!!" 1000x, each time followed by the same flashback footage.
@GreyHammer: Let's face it, all our shows suck now. Smallville, Heroes, Dollhouse... Fringe is OKAY, though the whole "supersoldiers" thing is so overdone and boring (Smallville, X-Files, Heroes) and it never goes anywhere.
Our only hope is The Venture Bros... and eventually LOST.
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anyone know? It's not on hulu. #house
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Me? After explaining I was talking through some guy from beyond the beyond, I'd have to break out the boombox blasting the Farscape opening music while I did a variation on the John Crichton Narrative to just break the tension.
Completely serious too. Hey it definitely prove it was me.
10/19/09
*How many times has "Tabula Rasa" been used as a episode title?
10/19/09
a) Unfortunately, yes, she will be part of the cast, and I agree, she's way annoying. They should kept inviso-girl instead of killing her off for no apparent reason.
b) Far, far too often. Almost as bad as any title using "hunter" and "pray/prey" in the title. #house
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I haven't watched more than a few minutes of any of the previous SG series*, but are the cameos from SG alumni really important enough to force the viewers to swallow this bitter pill of an absurd plot device? The characters-confronting-family bit certainly isn't worth it.
[*I tried! but they were just too campy/B-movie-esque.] #house
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I like the show, but any sense of isolation and the struggle against the unknown is completely lost with the lame "communication stones". Just seems a cheap way to include past SG-1 actors in the show, and totally undermines the drama.
10/19/09
I would not take this bet. #house
10/19/09
I like how they didn't make a big deal about having them too, like it's part of stuff they they take with them when they set up off-world bases.
I think it really works the drama angle as well, since you're never more alone then when you talk to others, but they can do squat to help you. Also really like the "oh hey, gonna borrow your body so I can go say some good byes to my folks," it's creepy for everyone involved and depressing!
Also putting money in the pot that the sun dive is just an emergency recharge maneuver. It's so predictable I hope it isn't actually. #house
10/19/09
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Granted, I haven't been able to make it through either of the other SG series, so I thought getting in on the ground floor with this series would be good, but I haven't been able to get attached to any of the characters. Every time a character looks like he or she is going to die, my instant reaction is, "Well, that's one less person to keep track of," and that both makes me feel bad as a person, and screams "overcrowded cast of characters." #house
10/19/09
Also originally the stones were used/housed with some sort of looks-like-a-mini-hookah device, but it looks like it has been replaced/reverse engineered by the modded up mac mini or whatever they put them on now. #house
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flashforward im giving a chance to but it sucks a huge one right now.
can anyone actually watch heroes without gagging now a days?
10/12/09
I only use it for purging purposes now.
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Our only hope is The Venture Bros... and eventually LOST.
10/12/09