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SeeingI
10/08/09

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By the way, the zombies in "Re-Animator" aren't cannibals, just berserk.
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SeeingI
10/08/09

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The "Undead Owen" plotline on Torchwood was just idiotic. No breath, no heartbeat - so why didn't his muscles seize up from oxygen starvation? He's obviously taking breaths in order to speak, but he can't perform CPR because he's dead. Stupid, stupid, stupid. "Children of Earth" couldn't come a moment too soon.
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Sorcha
10/06/09

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When Buffy came back to life the second time she wasn't fully human. Spike had that chip in his brain that wouldn't allow him to hurt human, only demons, and when Willow brought Buffy back to life Spike was able to hurt her, meaning, she wasn't human.

So i guess that could fall under "They Come Back, But Not Quite Alive" or maybe "You Bring Them Back Wrong" (I think they used the same spell Dawn tried to use on her mother, but it worked better on Buffy).
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ZaxxonQ.com
10/07/09

@Sorcha: Nope, sorry, she WAS human. The chip was just confused. Tara explained that bringing people back from the dead and funneling all of that essence back into a corporeal body isn't exact, so it might be a little off. She is human, but the chip is WAY confused by the amount that is "off" and registers her as non-human.
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Sorcha
10/07/09

@ZaxxonQ.com: Oh i see. thanks.
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Alizarin
10/06/09

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Woot on the Carnivale shout out. I am just finishing the series. It's fantastic!
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bookwench
10/07/09

@Alizarin: Except for the whole "cliffhanger last episode it never bloody ends because they canceled it" bit. I really wish someone'd told me that beforehand - I loved it unreservedly but would have liked to know I was getting an unfinished tale.
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Alizarin
10/07/09

@bookwench: I'm used to getting show assed (Angel springs to mind) and thankfully I know it's going to end unlike they wanted it too. It's the first time I've been happy to come to a show late. I think it ending the way it did (or for me will) would have broken my heart had I been there when it happened.
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RavenNemain
10/06/09

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THe X-Files Ep with the genie, "Je Souhaite"? She brings a guy back from the dead, and he definitely has an odor problem; he also can't talk, so his brother uses another wish for speech, resulting in nothing but screaming. Also, lacking a pulse or body temperature, he inadvertantly blows up the house trying to warm himself in the oven. Brilliant.
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veeerules
10/06/09

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Duncan Idaho was a successful brought-back-to-life story. The original ghola overcame the desire to kill that was programmed into him. Leto is over 3000 years old in God Emperor of Dune, Idaho revolting a only a few times in that much time is pretty damn successful statistically speaking... (If I recall correctly Idaho was accidentally smashed a few times, too)
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starjade
10/06/09

@veeerules: Clearly I need to read more Dune books because I have no idea what you are talking about.
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veeerules
10/06/09

@starjade: I think the first ghola is in the second book. Duncan Idaho is the only character in all six books; a new ghola is created every time he dies..
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
10/06/09

@veeerules: Of course

SPOILER

He does kill Leto II eventually. But Leto wanted it to happen so its all good. The moral really should be, "if you want to free humanity from the controls of prescience and prepare them for Kralizec you have to bring your dad's friend back to life to kill you".

But I think we all know that lesson.
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veeerules
10/06/09

@OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: Just make sure you pick the sexy-master-swordsman friend.
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Ghede
10/06/09

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I've always like the Ray Bradbury story about the guy who comes back from the dead after they start digging up graveyards and cremating the remains. He really wants to take his vengence, but it ends a little sadly. It's meant to be a story about the triumph of science over superstition, while I'm all for that, it just read like a sad story about an angry dead man left behind by the world.

I can't for the life of me remember the title, or even if it was really Ray Bradbury. Little help please?
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Chuck
10/06/09

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Lexx plays it both ways -- sure the Divine Order got their comeuppance for resurrecting Kai, but Lyekka brought back Zev as Xev, arguably no more evil than her previous love slave / cluster lizard self...
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bookwench
10/07/09

@Chuck Lawson: Lexx plays everything both ways. And then a third way if they can manage it.
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CarrerCrytharis
10/06/09

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Another Venture Brothers example (from '¡Viva los Muertos!'): "Could bring up irreconcilable feelings of moral confusion and guilt"
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
10/06/09

@CarrerCrytharis: PROSTITUTE!
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jbq
10/07/09

@OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: You got it V-stein, that's the game plan.
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Elle
10/06/09

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But, but, I miss Ianto. ;-;
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Chuck
10/06/09

@Elle: You should aim more carefully...
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ktoth04
10/06/09

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As for FMA, I'm not sure if Ed lost his left leg or his right arm while resurrecting his mom (and the other while tying his brothers soul to the armor), but I'd count them both as a result of trying to resurrect his mom, because its a direct consequence... just a thought.
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ZaxxonQ.com
10/07/09

@ktoth04: Ditto
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/06/09

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#11: The smell. Let's face it, they're past their expiration date...and nobody likes being the one who has to sniff the milk and see if it's still good.
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Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 10/06/09 4:11 PM

AngriestGeek
10/06/09

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They inadvertently give birth to a new, particularly intolerant religion whose biggest target is ironically the very faith they [the deceased] followed when alive?

All the things you disliked about them when alive become their dominant traits? Oh, and they hate you.

One of those is Jason Todd the other is Jesus Christ. Guess which is which.
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it must be bunnies
10/06/09

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The best repercussion of bringing Buffy back from heaven was "Once More with Feeling" so that was a win.

Thanks for mentioning Full Metal Alchemist - great Anime.
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bookwench
10/07/09

@it must be bunnies: Ok, so I just found Full Metal and love it, but I've been out of the scene for a while and I'm hoping for more recommendations. Know any others that are as good? (Currently watching "Ghost Hunt", which is different but nice.)
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TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
10/07/09

@bookwench: One Piece is great, and if you like Sci-Fi (d'uh!) then "Gost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex" is an awesome series. (the 2nd season is called "GitS: 2nd Gig" and is also awesome).

Planetes, Full Metal Panic, Black Lagoon. Etc. Etc.
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laughingacademy
10/06/09

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Another reason: You Do Too Good a Job and Now They May Never Die — see Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf’s resurrection of Jack Harkness, and his subsequent experience of being repeatedly tortured to death, buried alive, and blown up. (Though I guess this may be a subset of Came Back Wrong or Were Okay with Being Dead.)
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