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On 12/21/2019 at 1:39 PM, illdoc said:
Never slept with Cordelia (implied that they were going to, but got interrupted by a werewolf). He slept with Faith (and, in case there was doubt, it's made clear that he lost his virginity to Faith).
"Implied they were going to" its overstating it a bit. They were parked to make out. How far they would have gone is open to speculation, but I find if hard to believe that they were on there way to home plate in that moment, but after being interrupted that one time, they then NEVER did get there in almost a whole year following.
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So many wtf's about this episode.
How exactly would being a potential be such a big change to Dawn's life. She'll be surrounded by the paranormal and her life wall be in frequent danger? Cause that never happens...
She is at some risk to inherit a short lifespan IF... Buffy dies? A lot to unpack here. So do the scoobies believe that Buffy's death will trigger another slayer? Did they forget that she just died a little over a year ago for three months, and no other slayer was called? Or, are they under the impression that there was one called that's out there somewhere(it did take them a while to meet Kendra)? If that's the case, why aren't they looking for this third slayer, seems like they could be helpful? I guess it makes sense that the council wouldn't gave bothered to give them any insight in this, they didn't feel the need to give a heads up to Buffy, Giles, Kendra, or Kendra's watcher about the existence if two slayers, because... some reason. But it seems like something Giles would have the intuition to look into, especially once he's forced to travel the globe gathering up potentials. "Hey, witchy coven friends, there wouldn't happen to be a third slayer out there, would there?"
And back to Buffy's death, if they DO believe if will trigger another slayer, Dawn wasn't called when that happened, so why the panic as if she's the odds on favorite now? Sure, the talent pool has been drained a little by the bringers, but not that much.
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Finely coming back to the show after a while, wasn't really pulled into this season but figured I'd go ahead and finish it now that all the episodes are available.
Biggest take away...
Wow, I haven't always been John Henry's biggest cheerleader, but everyone else on this show can completely fuck the hell off right now, he's completely in the right.
1. No Clark, there wasn't another way. John should already be dead from the blows he took, he was COMPLETELY justified in using the means he had to defend himself. Miller just kicked Clark's ass, and he expects John to do what else...? Not everyone has the luxury of being invincible, Clark.
2. Not only are Bruno and his wife murderers, they have stolen potential WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. Imagine if a terrorist was in possession of a stolen nuclear weapon or enriched uranium and someone floated that lame "but he should see his dying wife argument" without using it to leverage the return of those weapons. And that goes for his son, too. Idgaf if he's "innocent", you use any and all leverage you have. The person preventing Mateo from seeing his mother is Bruno, not John Henry. Natalie even said it, but was too stupid to understand she did. She asks John Henry, "Wouldn't you have done anything" for them to get a last chance to see her mother before she was killed. Apparently the answer is no for Bruno, because he clearly has a means to do that. And honestly, fuck Mateo, with his "your dad's not that great, either" line. Your parents are fucking murderers, asshole. Wah, John won't let you see your mom. Your dad could solve that at any time, blame him. And blame you parents for being FUCKING MURDERERS, otherwise there wouldn't be an issue at at all. And fuck Natalie for not shooting that bullshit straight down because she's... in love? With some dipshit she's been on like one date with? And he's clearly a dipshit it he didn't know about his parents. Honestly, I have no idea how this works. Bruno seems to be a pretty well known, public figure. But he had secret wife and child. But this almost adult child has never noticed that he and his mother were kept secret from the public?
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On 9/11/2018 at 3:08 PM, Halting Hex said:
I have a feeling Sarah Michelle Gellar was flexing her muscles behind the scenes on the casting front, looking out for her old peeps from All My Children. Perhaps with the need to renew the contracts at the end of the season, she was able to angle for getting some friends jobs.
After all, Dawn was meant to be 11, but Sarah got 14-year-old Michelle the gig. And Dracula was played by Rudolf Martin, a great friend of Sarah's from AMC.
(In case you don't know that story, Sarah was 15 when she was cast to play Kendall. And then the AMC fans were like "Hello? We were watching back in 1977, we know that Erica Kane wasn't having any kids that year." So, all of a sudden, Kendall was 23-24, instead. [AMC premiered in 1970, so retconning Kendall into being born in 1968 or so made sense.]
Problem was, Sarah was still 15. So she was doing bedroom scenes with Rudolf before she'd even been kissed in real life. And she was grateful that he wasn't a douche about it, and they stayed friends. And it makes sense that SMG might do Rudolf a favor this way.)
would like a grunt with you. Yes, it has one good scene
…but just the one.
I always assumed it was a bit of stunt-casting/cross promotion, since he was playing Dracula in Dark Prince-The True Story Of Dracula, which aired later that month on the USA network.
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On 6/2/2019 at 3:03 AM, Halting Hex said:
Liam Duke became one of the few reactors to cover this episode (anybody listening to a conventional "episode guide" for the "key episodes" scorns this one and yet wastes time on crap like 4.03) and one of his commenters pointed out that the Cave!Snobs deserve our scorn.
Not merely because they're jerks, but because they think they're the people who "run the world"…and they're attending UC-Sunnydale. Yeah, that's a fast-track to the circles of power, no doubt.
As someone who spent the 90's and early 00's as a bartender in campus area bars, two things I can say for certain.
1. If Xander had kept that job, he would have had a pipeline of college girls throwing themselves at him.
2. The person that I can guarantee isn't picking up anyone in that bar is anyone who is discussing "the geopolitical ramifications of bioengineering"
The whole premise of those goons believing that girls were showing up at a bar looking for blowhards spouting pseudo-intellectual bullshit is delusional. And bartenders, for whatever reason, seem to hold an uncanny allure for younger women. They don't even need to be particularly good looking or have much in the way of "pick up" skills. Xander is certainly a decent looking guy, he would have caught a lot of attention.
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On 6/8/2023 at 9:45 PM, twoods said:
I guess they found a way of giving Paxton some face time this season. Interested to see where this storyline is going.
Im excited to see Pati dating. And I’m guessing Margot’s dad may be Nalini’s new love interest?
1. In the most ridiculous way ever. As someone who's been a high school assistant coach both during and after college, non-faculty assistant coach is a seasonal, part time job. They aren't giving you an office, even a shitty one, to hang around school all day for no reason. They don't particularly want you on school grounds until practice time after school even if you're an adult. An 18 year old that has dated current students and is going to student parties....😅😅😅
And a young sub love interest for him...🙄
2. That was obvious from the first meeting in the principal's office. I guess this contractor has never heard if giving an estimate or getting consent for work.
Not loving this season. It's always had it's share of ridiculousness, but it was fun. This just feels lazy and stupid.
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On 11/22/2020 at 7:12 PM, Halting Hex said:
Well, yeah. But talk about low bars to clear…
Possibly, but I didn't the feeling they much liked each other. And then there's the "rat" phase, and the "deranged-witch" phase.
He never even met two of them. And he never spoke to Beth, or vice versa. I try to keep at least one foot in the realm of possibility.
(Yes, Jenny never met Wesley, for obvious reasons. But since the AU where they did meet is easy to construct [Jenny does her decrypting from her computer at HOME, which is probably best just from the "keep it away from Snyder's prying eyes" viewpoint, never mind the more-tragic aspects], I'm okay with that.)
I mean, if you're opposed to ANY m/m 'ships for Xander, that's one thing. But you'd have to argue with a lot of fanficcers on that. Not to mention the show's own tendency to do Gay Xander Jokes on a recurring basis. (He literally requests that Willow change his preferences at one point, let's recall.)
So I'll take Xander chasing a hot jock over his hooking up with a bigot, a thicko (yeah, yeah "Anne" evolves on the spinoff, but still) or someone as evil as Lilah. (it wasn't exactly a moral high point for Wesley, either.) But JMO.
Xander meets Lily(as Chantrelle) in Lie To Me.
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On 5/12/2023 at 9:11 PM, Tenshinhan said:
They could definitely do a reunion series with limited episodes or a movie. Their age isn't too big a factor. It's just a matter of finding the right story, but it could be done. They could also go the animation route as well.
Welling and Rosenbaum have been shopping an animated continuation for a while, with the support of Miller and Gough and a lot of original cast members.
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On 4/27/2023 at 8:24 AM, jah1986 said:
How old is Sophie supposed to be? I'm not sure if she's tall for her age or if Sara is just short. But that baby voice got on my nerves. But Sara and Sophie are not little children who can't be left home alone for a couple hours, I didn't get Lana's anger, other than she was panicked.
The Sophie thing... Ughh.
Shoe looks like she's in middle school but they are treating her and she's acting like a toddler. She's old enough to be on her own for a bit, even more so with a 16 year old sister. Jfc, Kyle was at a convenience store within walking distance.
And asking if the fair is going on? Ok, we know it's a month after the Valentine's dance, so mid March. She's asking if the fair, that takes place in the summer, is going on when it's not even really spring yet? She's way too old to not have any concept of what season it is or when events like that happen. Hell, when I was in like first or second grade, I understood that those were some of things(fairs and festivals) that happened over summer break that i looked forward to.
Also, this is still the kids sophomore year. The whole Kyle/Lana breakup began after the school year started and divorce was finalized by February. That's really, really fast.
Weirdest, unnecessary dialogue.
"I'm late for an interview with Chrissy Beppo from the Gazzette"
1. Way more information than your kids have any interest in.
2. Way more information than we need in a town with one publication in town and basically 2 reporters,
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16 hours ago, Affogato said:
Chrissy runs the local paper and doesn't have a lot of staff, in this case everyone would want their pictures in the paper, it would make sense for her to cover the event.
No, I just can't buy that. I've literally never seen or heard of journalist showing up at a high school dance to cover it. That includes growing up on the 80's in a rural/suburban area, when papers really mattered to people, had decent size staffs, and everyone didn't already have a camera on them 24/7. Prom might get a small blurb in the local paper compiled of attendees accounts and submitted photos, but no one sent a reporter to cover if.
Almost none if these kids or their families would care about getting their pictures in a paper that has a tiny circulation when they can reach an exponentially larger audience and choose the photos to want to display on Instagram or whatever. I don't think my son or any if his classmates could even name local, community newspaper. Honestly, I don't think most adults in this area could right now, unless they grew up in this community.
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Anyone else find Kyle's pullback on Jon's offer weird?
He seems so encouraging to Jon, then later when Jon asks about revisiting their completely informal and hastily suggested schedule that they discussed on the side of the road for 10 seconds, he quickly becomes pretty dismissive.
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On 4/11/2023 at 10:25 PM, cardigirl said:
Very well done. And then the show sets up a Valentine's Day dance where most of the adults of smallville attend, and it's super hokey again.
Lois's cancer storyline has been so well done, there must be separate writers for it.
Came here for this.
Why in the everlasting fuck is Chrissy at a high school dance?
Grandpa Lane? Jfc...
And enough with the "chaperone" trope. My son graduated from high school a couple of years ago. I never chaperoned a dance. I don't know a single parent who ever did. They had school staff to take care of that, no need to horrify your poor child by hanging around their dance watching them, taking pictures, not giving them any freedom.
I especially loved Lois harping to Clark to "get ready", because he certainly couldn't go to a high school Valentine's dance held at the local Moose club lodge just wearing a sweater and a pair of slacks, that's clearly a formal wear event... Jfc 🙄
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On 4/4/2023 at 3:46 PM, blackwing said:
I really can't stand Sarah, I don't care for Jordan, but when the two of them are together angsting, it's the worst. So I was surprised at how much I still disliked her even after she and Jordan had no interaction together. She's a brat, she was awful to her mom.
Also, I know there was an episode last season or maybe during the first season where she rediscovered her Mexican-ness and changed her last name to the original "Cortez". But it's odd to me because I think Kyle is still "Kyle Cushing" and I thought that Lana was recently still being called "Mrs. Cushing" by Jordan.
Still dislike Chrissy but I guess she kind of gives Kyle a storyline.
Candice's dad calls her "Candy Lane"... is Lane really her middle name? He was a creep, and looked like a real life version of Cletus from the Simpsons.
Did she dump him? I know she did when she was mad that Jon suggested her dad stole his truck. But then didn't she come crawling back to him at the end and tell him he was right? Seems to me that they are still together.
I didn't see anyone here commenting about Jon saying to her "hey, there's something I have to tell you". Was it that 1) he kissed his Metropolis ex-girlfriend last week, or worse 2) his dad is Superman. Seemed really ominous to me, he wouldn't be so stupid to tell her the family secret, would he?
Why would anyone would think Jon was telling her about Superman? There's nothing to suggest he had any plan to do that, he's never even shown any desire to do so. And clearly, in the context of the scene, he was telling her something "bad" that he had done, not sure how being Superman's son would fit that bill.
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On 3/28/2023 at 9:21 PM, cambridgeguy said:
J&J seem to have the same aversion to masks that Clark has. I hear they're actually pretty good at hiding your identity, especially in a smoke filled room.
Not sure how helpful masks or anything else would be, considering the only thing they took was Jon' s truck. Especially once Jon starts driving it around town again.
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On 3/21/2023 at 9:00 PM, scarynikki12 said:
The somber music in the opening scene let us know it was bad news before Lois got her test results.
Go to Bali Lois.
I like Natalie and Sarah going to the party but Metropolis is not a good idea since Natasha and her family are there.
If we can't have flashbacks to Lois and Clark reporter fun then I at least want a story in each episode. They're fun when they reminisce. Agreed on the paperweights Crissy but there's still a chance Clark's speed will make them fall off the surfaces.
I'm calling our current Bad SpiralFace until we get an actual name. Damn, George, you were mixed up in whatever SpiralFace has going on?
Clark's enthusiasm at working with Lois in Metropolis again is adorable.
So SpiralFace killed George in Smallville. Why did I think he'd gone to Metropolis?
I want to reiterate Nat's Travis and this Travis are not the same...ok looks like this one is a douche so that's done. Go find someone new Nat!
Eliza's dress is super cute. If I were still in high school or college I'd want it.
Sarah and Nat have great friendship chemistry. HA! I love Sarah just flat out calling herself Nat's WingWoman. The direct approach is the right one.
Aw, Jordan's social awkwardness is endearing. He's not usually this bad in Smallville so maybe there's something in the Metropolis air that enhances it? Like Clark's dorkiness which also seems greater in the city.
I really love how Clark gives Lois space when she needs it. Too many real and tv husbands pressure their partner because they're too impatient to know what's going on.
Uh oh, he thinks you're Natasha. LEAVE NOW NAT!
I like Sarah offering Jordan her shirt. Nice reversal of the trope.
Is Lana going to date Irons??? Tortellini does sound good though.
Careful, Supes, SpiralFace is in his employ so he may have access to something that can hurt you.
How Jon didn't realize Eliza was ready to make a move I don't know. She was practically wearing a sign.
I'm always impressed by people who can give out clues seconds before they die/are killed. I doubt I'd be able to do anything other than sputter in real life, not that I'm eager to find out.
Man SpiralFace has some serious power. Nice to leave Lana and Irons alive.
It's good for Supes to hear some harsh truths. It makes him a better person and better at superheroing.
Yep Lois has cancer. If it's not pregnancy it's always cancer. Now I'm wondering if she'll die and get resurrected by Dr Frankenstein.
Surely someone is watching or filming this hug between Lois and Superman?
Tyler is doing a fantastic job showing Clark's heart shattering and Bitsie's channeling Lois' own fear perfectly.
Ok SpiralFace is clearly a woman so...maybe this Earth's Iron's ssi
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On 3/21/2023 at 9:22 PM, cambridgeguy said:
Why does it feel like they've retconned the distance between Smallville and Metropolis? They seem a lot closer together than they did back in the first season if it's possible to just drive there and back in a couple of hours.
Maybe Clark should give Lana one of those signalling devices. I can't remember if John already has one.
Agree. The football team stayed overnight for a game there last season, that's probably only going to happen if the drive is well over 2 hours. Now they're just cruising up there to go to a party where they don't know anyone and aren't invited...🙄
They seem to be sticking to the Smallville tradition of nonsensical geography. Where Metropolis is a 3 hour drive away, but you can see the skyline from the Smallville water tower and all the characters eventually commuted 6 hours a day from Smallville to Metropolis and back.😂
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On 3/11/2023 at 11:52 AM, iMonrey said:
I thought the second half of the season was better than the first, but that's not saying much. The first half bored me to tears, it was a real struggle just to get through it. The new cast of characters just didn't grab me and the overall premise wasn't working for me. Joe is supposed to be the antagonist, the driving force, not the passive victim of someone who is messing with him.
The second half managed to correct that. And we got to see more of the old Joe. But the gimmick of Rhys talking to him wore thin and didn't really make sense anymore. I never understood why he zeroed in on Rhys as his alter ego or why he kept seeing him even after realizing he was just an hallucination. Why does he identify with Rhys?
There doesn't need to be another season. I don't need to see Joe get any kind of comeuppance. I'm fine with leaving him where he is now, I think it's in keeping with the theme that he gets away with it all.
To get into the lower area where the cage was you needed that key he had hidden inside the book. What wasn't realistic is that Nadia said she made a copy of it and put it back. That's like an old-fashioned skeleton key, I don't think you can just go to the local Ace Hardware and have a copy made like you can with a modern doorknob key.
How could they prove it though?
How could they prove it? Victim testimony about Joe attacking them with a mallet when they tried to flee his house would hold up pretty well, imo. It would pass the reasonable doubt bar for me.
And, iirc, the stepson next door found and saved surveillance footage of Joe coming out of the back of the bakery and driving his step mother's car away. And his rich, tech-mogul sound like be would be chomping at the bit to take down Joe as an accessory in his wife's murder.
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On 3/10/2023 at 11:36 PM, LtKelley said:
Ok, so here is my problem.
I figured Rhys was a hallucination when none of the socially snobby people would ever acknowledge him. I thought Joe let Marianne get away too easily. But these aren't flaws in the story, I was still having fun every time Barbara from Call the Midwife said "fuck" and I generally like how Joe only kills rich obnoxious people *except when he doesn't.
But here's my complete "wtf?" disconnect. Once again, its made very very clear that Joe while not struggling to put food on the table, is not a wealthy man and can't use money to make his problems go away. So, who paid for the glass cage in London? Who BUILT the glass cage in London? Who built the glass cage in London IN AN ABANDONED TUBE STATION? That Joe can't possibly have owned? How could no one notice this happening?
In season one I could buy the whole glass cage for rare book storage. In season two, it was in a storage unit, and Home Depot is a thing, and Joe seems good with his hands. In season three, Love had money and it was in a private home so people would just think they were remodeling. But this season, the glass cage was built in an abandoned tube station that had an obvious and apparently unlocked street access.
You're more accepting of the cage than me, it was over the top in season 2 (though it did progressively become more so each season). That thing would cost 10's of thousands in just materials, and you aren't finding glass panels like that at Home Depot. And being good with your hands isn't going to make moving the parts/assembling that a one person job, even two people is a huge stretch.
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Oh, jfc, the cage has just catapulted into a entirely new level of ridiculous, which it already was completely. He disassembled and removed that gigantic glass cage, made of huge glass panels, in the middle of London in a matter of hours, by himself and without anyone noticing🙄
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On 2/16/2023 at 11:35 AM, Llywela said:
I can imagine how confusing it must have been! S3 picks up in such a hugely different place than S2 left off, so if you didn't know that was coming, you must have wondered what in the world was going on.
If you ever do a rewatch, I do recommend slotting Defenders in between S2 and S3 just to experience the story in order. That's what I did, having watched Defenders first before going on to the individual shows. I watched Daredevil S1-2 and then re-watched Defenders to see what I would make of it now I understood more about the characters and their world - and it did hit different, having that background knowledge. It doesn't have as much impact on the other shows, missing out on the team-up in the middle, but for Daredevil the impact is huge - as you discovered!
I always do that, I basically regard The Defenders as Daredevil season 2.5, makes for a pretty coherent storyline (except for the retconning of The Hand/The Chaste/Madam Gau that started in Iron Fist and continued into The Defenders).
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Rewatching this after many years. Have some mixed feelings about it, but it is a fun show most if the time.
The one thing I am absolutely certain about after 3 seasons is that I can't stand Chuck's sister. Not one bit. Jfc, she is insufferable.
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On 1/21/2023 at 1:17 PM, Kel Varnsen said:
Wow when the scenes with Fez are the best thing about your episode that is not good. Also am I remembering wrong or did Fez marry Eric's sister at one point to avoid getting deported? I don't think I was watching the show a lot at that point so it is hard to remember. If he did, does that mean they retconned Laurie out of existence? Because otherwise you think that might be something Kitty would mention to the neighbor.
Also I could be way off because I am old, but it seems like a cute teenage girl who wants a guy to make out to with shouldn't have that much difficulty. Especially in what I think is a small town, where a new girl in town would probably be a big deal.
Just lame writing all in the name of setting up Kitty to encourage the neighbor to break up with Fez, and try to pull back when she find out it is Fez. Fez appears to have been dating this woman far a while, has picked her up, but has never mentioned "hey, two of my best friends growing up lived in your house and the house next door! As a matter of fact, I still do your neighbor Kitty's hair, she's a friend of mine!"
Actual humans mention stuff like that in conversation.
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On 1/11/2023 at 1:28 PM, circumvent said:
Nerd thing: the police entered the hall to arrest Georgia Miller, but she was, at that point, Georgia Randolph. Assuming they had a warrant - which they should - and the name was Georgia Miller, would the arrest be invalidated? Nitpick. I have no idea of how warrants are written, if every name ever used is assumed to be accepted, but could that be used as a plot twist?
Simple answer? No.
First, simply the act if getting married doesn't automatically legally change a woman's name. You have to go through several steps with the appropriate state and federal agencies to do that and it's typically done after the wedding. Plenty of women choose not to.
Second, even legally changing your name won't invalidate a warrant.
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Ugh, this is really awful. I went in with low expectations, and it was worse than I imagined.
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All Episodes Talk: Season 5
in Buffy The Vampire Slayer
I don't think we need to assume that the doctor actually believes any of those things are responsible for Joyce's condition, he's just collecting data for studies and watching out for "clusters". There was never any consistent, sold data linking cell phones to brain tumors, but there were enough people raising alarm bells that if would have bean strange not to do such studies, being that they were minimally invasive and low cost. And the cell phone is the only thing Buffy even answers yes to. And if they live near a power line(or anything else)? What's the doctor expected to do, encourage Buffy and Dawn(and presumably their whole neighborhood) to move because there is one incident of a brain tumor?