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gorehound
09:51 AM

In reply to Commie Fringe Scientists Bring Back Deadly Space Souvenir
Yes they should let Astrid out into the field once in a while would be nice.she is smart and is a great sidekick.
I loved the effect in this show.The shadow effect and the death effect was great.People dissolved to ash.
Was like a creepy b-movie. #fringe
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Bootknife-Jackson
11/06/09

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aw crap, now i GOTTA watch smallville! form of AWESOME! #avatar
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aubreyf
11/06/09

In reply to Commie Fringe Scientists Bring Back Deadly Space Souvenir
I will never understand the love for Astrid that I continually see in discussions around this show (on io9 at least). What am I missing about her that makes her so interesting? #fringe
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Ghost_in_the_Machine
06:35 AM

@aubreyf: I've always been fond of good sidekicks/buddies. Astrid is smart, competent and an island of normalcy in Walter's lab. With Charlie gone (another great buddy character BTW) she's the only one there that's firmly grounded and not lugging a lot of personal baggage.

That's my two cents anyway. #fringe
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lukeoneil47
07:03 AM

@aubreyf: Agreed. She doesn't do anything. She's cute, is that it? #fringe
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aubreyf
11:48 AM

@Ghost_in_the_Machine: Thanks for the cents. :) I do think that she'd probably be just as weird and baggagy as the rest were she given more screentime. #fringe
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DrMathochist
11/06/09

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Not much to say except, "Happy anniversary, honey. I dusted." #fringe
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
11/06/09

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We for sure need more looks at Russian Fringe science -- you know they'd have gotten into it even more than we did. Who is the Rooski Walter? Or was it a cadre of relatively normal folks, under tighter supervision than Walter and Bell? #fringe
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twophrasebark
11/06/09

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Next Week on Stargate Universe!!!

Lt. Scott: We've run out of toilet paper.

Rush: Dammit, don't you think I already know that?!?!

Colonel Young: We should have dialed Earth!

Chloe: I'm horny!

Eli: Gratuitous movie scene reference.

Lt. James: I can haz giant boobies?

Rush: Dammit, don't you think I already know that?!?!

Sgt. Greer: I was cast as a dick, so you know at some point I will go against type and do something heroic.

Col. Telford: I think I'm the one that actually turns out to be wacko.

Chloe: I'm horny!

Rush: Dammit, don't you think I already know that?!?! #avatar
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MargaretMoony
11/06/09

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Wait, is that Claudia as a wonder twin? Also, when ever I hear Wonder Twins I think of that episode of Family Guy. #avatar
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GreyHammer
11/06/09

@MargaretMoony: claudia is hot. i dont have anything else to add to this what so ever, but i think its enough. #avatar
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acrobatic rabbit
11/06/09

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this was a a good episode. I especially liked the Russian involvement. And I really liked the ash effects. But I'm ready to take on more of the arc and less of these standalone eps. I am still curious about Olivia's mind powers from Cortexiphan. And where William Bell fits into all this. Alas, knowing J.J. Abrams, these questions are answered slowly and far between eps in any given season, only raising more questions along the way. #fringe
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psychiccheese
11/06/09

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RE: Scream Queens
While I'm aware that some men will be compelled to emit a high-pitched scream at something like this, I doubt most would. Personally, I'd probably jump back shouting "holy shit", if anything.
Although the same could probably be said about quite a few women, in that they will not emit a high-pitched wail in such a moment of surprise. #fringe
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J_Frank_Parnell
11/06/09

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Overall I'd say the ep was solid, if not action packed. I do hope that we see some more CIA shenanigans in the future. Broyles' meeting with that mysterious guy at the end seemed a bit too ominous to be a throwaway event.

On another note, I was quite impressed with the crumbly ash effects, even if the way they did Mr. Shadowman was a bit meh. #fringe
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mattycakes
11/06/09

@J_Frank_Parnell: Did somebody say "shenanigans"?
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Ruthless, If you let me
11/06/09

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DAMNIT! Moving blows. I missed this last night. I guess I'll have to try to find it online.

I enjoyed the recap that much more than usual today Lauren. #fringe
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capnrob
11/06/09

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Do the Quatermass serials really count as "B" movies? #fringe
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blackoak
11/06/09

@capnrob: Depends. You could argue that the first two serials, along with the 2005 version of the first series, had a b-movie feel to them (especially the second series with John Robinson). The first two movies with Brian Donlevy? Definitely yes. Either version of 'Quatermass and the Pit'? No, both the tv serial and the Hammer film are genius (and the tv series is better than the film). Finally 'Quatermass' or 'The Quatermass Conclusion'? Possibly - although in all honesty it has been a while since I watched it - since, even though it has the same basic storyline as 'Torchwood: CoE', I seem to recall thinking the last series 'missed the mark' or felt dated somehow.

[wow. that was a long - and long winded - opinionated answer to a short question. sorry.] #fringe
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capnrob
11/06/09

@blackoak: Heh; when it comes to long-winded, you ain't got nuttin' on me.

Personally, I always think of the British film industry as a whole as distinct from the A/B Hollywood paradigm. Quatermass - particularly The Quatermass Experiment (original serial, not the film version), which is what I was thinking of, although I could understand if people didn't agree that there's a TQE feel to this episode - just wasn't made under that system. The BBC is, well, the BBC, and Quatermass was ... well, I could be wrong, but I always thought that, at least the original one was a *prestige* presentation, not a cheapie made to fill out the back half of a double feature. #fringe
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Lassus
11/06/09

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The episode itself was almost the most X-Files of all, and as much as I loved it anyhow, felt vaguely watered-down somehow. The last line of the episode was pretty awesome, however. That I didn't expect.

I'm still waiting to the episode with the clip from the NIN trailer with Peter whipping around to keep from getting shot in the head. Next week looks like a decent bet. #fringe
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DraconisXC
11/06/09

@Lassus: So...I watched the first handful of episodes of this show and wasn't blown away by it or anything. Is it too X-Filey or just enough these days? And is it early X-Files creature of the week stuff, or later on 'giant hard-to-follow over-arching plot' nonsense? I require enlightenment here. #fringe
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Chuck
11/06/09

@Lassus: It felt a bit more "The Outer Limits" than X-Files to me, but maybe I'm dating myself...

(I have to date myself; who else would have me? :-) #fringe
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blackoak
11/06/09

@Chuck: I couldn't help thinking it was the 'Global Frequency' pilot with a guest appearance from the Doom Patrol's Negative Man (not that I didn't enjoy it). #fringe
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Chuck
11/06/09

@blackoak: ...dang, and here I was just about over Global Frequency (again!) after Amanda Zero's run on True Blood last season... #fringe
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Chuck
11/06/09

@DraconisXC: Without going back and counting to make sure, I'd say it's been about evenly split between MotW and story arc episodes so far. #fringe
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Bigdamnhero
11/06/09

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Smallville, pic #12: "Jayna, show us your teats!" #avatar
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firstanointed
11/06/09

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There should be a law against Stargate franchises ever again being as dumb as SGU.

If the general in Avatar had been like The Boss with the reflective shades in Cool Hand Luke, he'd be %1000 scarier than he is. #avatar
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lesferris003
11/06/09

@firstanointed: What's been so dumb about it?
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