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Post by Michelle on Jul 27, 2006 15:32:21 GMT -5
So, I suck at life and haven't contributed much to the Episode Festival Party Thread recently. Sorry Lola & Onjel! Forty lashes with a wet noodle are in order. But I was perusing my folder of Spike things and noticed I have a couple pics and icons related to "Dead Things." Maybe these will inspire more people to participate in the discussion! Click on this image to see it play. Unfortunately Photobucket smooshed it horizontally for some reason, but it's still pretty hot! Does anyone know of another site where I could host that clip where it won't be warped?
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Post by Lola m on Jul 29, 2006 23:06:43 GMT -5
Live journal is letting you host links on Youtube - they give you the code for how to post on the home page of LiveJournal.
(According to The Karen.)
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Post by Michelle on Jul 30, 2006 7:50:38 GMT -5
We continue our countdown of the 2006 Sizzlin’ Episode Festival! Buffy : You know what? I should have my own Thanksgiving. I can cook the meal, just like my mom does, have all you guys over. It'll be great. Willow : Buffy, earlier you agreed with me about Thanksgiving. It's a sham. It's all about death. Buffy : It is a sham, but it's a sham with yams. It's a yam sham. Willow : You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one. Buffy : I know... But I want it. It's like Professor Walsh was saying about sense memory. I smell a roasting turkey, and I'm 8 years old. I liked having that to look forward to. Everything's different now. Willow : Well, I suppose there could be slight yams. "Hey, can we come rocketing back to the part about me and my new syphilis?" [/b] That’s right, we’re discussing a big fan favorite, Pangs! Written by Jane Espenson, this episode is positively quip-tastic. Discusss some of your favorite lines! Laugh at the slapstick! Take the BBC Entertainment Cult Homepage quiz for “Pangs” here and see how well you do! Ponder some of the deeper underlying themes: the true meaning of family, the melding of different cultures, and the use of cheesy publicity stunts to boost ratings. You can read the transcript here. Oh, oh! And read Spring's very astute analysis here!
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Post by Karen on Jul 30, 2006 8:31:05 GMT -5
Aaaaack! I only got 70% correct. I am so ashamed, especially since 'Pangs' is my all around favorite Buffy episode. Jane Espenson rocks! There are so many quotable quips from Pangs. So much funny! "You made a bear!" And I love the scene near the beginning: Anya : (Inscensed.) What's she doing? Xander said he was going to dig. I want to see Xander dig.
Buffy : That's part's just ceremonial.
Anya : Well, it bites. She's not rippling at all. Oh. Look, there he goes. (We see Xander begin digging in earnest. She sighs.) Look at him.
Willow : Very...Diggy.
Anya : Soon he'll be sweating. I'm imagining having sex with him again.
Buffy : Imaginary Xander is quite the machine. Interesting how we hear about the Anya/Xander sex and then he gets the funny syphillis. Fantastic announcement post, Fotada. Love it!
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Post by Michelle on Jul 30, 2006 10:31:53 GMT -5
Aaaaack! I only got 70% correct. I am so ashamed, especially since 'Pangs' is my all around favorite Buffy episode. It's amazing how much was packed into this episode, isn't it? Don't feel bad, I didn't do very well on the quiz either! Hee, I never thought about that, but you're right! I also love that this led to one of the funniest lyrics in OMWF: "His penis got diseases from a Chumash tribe!" Awww...thanks. 'Twarn't nothin'.
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Post by Michelle on Aug 2, 2006 20:12:30 GMT -5
I just posted some thoughts on "Pangs" here. There's been some interesting comments on that thread. If you haven't checked it out yet, well...you should!
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Post by Onjel on Aug 3, 2006 20:24:18 GMT -5
I took the quiz and got 80% right. I should have gotten an A. ;D
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Post by Lola m on Aug 3, 2006 22:24:50 GMT -5
Another stellar "My Name is Earl" episode tonight. The one with the "Right Choice Ranch".
#rofl1#
The slogans for the camp just crack me up every single time!!
"Touching bad boys since 1963" "Bringing boys to their knees since 1963" "Forcing Boys to turn around since 1963" And then finally landing on: "We don’t do anything inappropriate to the boys"
#rofl1#
Plus we get all the stuff with Randy being afraid of birds, and the kids birthdates tattooed on Joy and Darnell, and every single line out of Catalina's mouth. ;D
Oh, hey! How about a mini-trivia question or two.
What else is Randy afraid of, besides chickens?
What is Catalina actually saying when she appears to be cussing out Joy (in Spanish)?
;D
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Post by Lola m on Aug 7, 2006 21:51:17 GMT -5
OK, I've decided that this week is "mix it up" week. Watching the Buffy eps for the festival and every day on FX has given me a re-appreciation for the outfits they put everyone in. How they change over the seasons to match how the character changes, etc. So, let's play with costumes. What if you were to switch up the outfits of different Buffyverse characters. What Spike or Giles or Angel or Gunn or Wesley outfit would you like to see on Xander, or vice versa? Or what Buffy outfit would you put on Willow or vice versa? Or what outfit would you really like for yourself? Now, personally, I'd have liked to have seen Xander in a classic Spike outfit. But not as vamp!Xander, just regular Xander in black and leather. #liplick# Oddly enough, I don't think I would like to see Spike in Xander's speedo. Not because JM wouldn't look smokin' hot in the suit, but . . . as Spike? Would be very weird to imagine him in a swimming suit. Somehow I think he'd swim naked. **goes to happy place momentarily** I mean, what if Xander in season 4 had worn an outfit like this: And, unlike the swimsuit, I think I'd like to see Spike in this: Or, what if Willow had kept wearing the shirts with stuff on them, even when she was scary!veiny!dark!Willow. Or that "fuzzy pink number with the lilac underneath", which actually I always liked. (I thought that top was very pretty and I'm not surprised Spike remembered it. ) Would it have worked as scary, even turned black, would the fuzzy have . . . . distracted from the scary? How about you guys? What do you think? One more confession. I actually also really like the outfit Tara is wearing in the "Under Your Spell" song in OMWF. I know everyone makes fun of its "fairy princess bodice-y thing" style. But I like it. ;D
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Post by Lola m on Aug 8, 2006 17:01:53 GMT -5
Responses to the mix it up clothing post on the main thread: Anne said: I like Tara's bodice-dress too. It suits her. And Onjel agreed: And Erin added: And with the corsetiness of that top, perhaps the outfit is a metaphor for her being suppressed or hemmed in by Willow tampering with her brain? Or the fairy tale aspect of the outfit means she's living in a dream world due to the brain tampering? To which Onjel replied: You're so thinky! And I said: Oooooh, nice metaphor-y-ness! Definitely "living in a fairy tale" that will be destroyed before long. Plus, I always figured both she and Willow were supposed to look a little . . . stagey . . . in that ep. To fit with the singing and dancing and all?
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Post by Lola m on Aug 9, 2006 7:26:34 GMT -5
So - what "case of the week" on Veronica Mars might be fun to switch or change the outcome on? And what do you think that would have meant to the larger mystery or other relationships?
For example: in My Mother, the Fiend, what if it really had been Celeste's baby? What if that were Trina? I loved the revelations about Clemmons, so I wouldn't want to give that up. But if Celeste had been having sex with a teacher and then the baby was abandoned and . . . . what would that have done to the Kane family? Would Duncan still have taken off with the baby later? Would Celeste have been more sympathetic to helping him raise the baby - or even less?
Or what if Veronica hadn't found a "softer side" to her mother - if she had really been the "fiend" she thought she was discovering? Personally, I liked that they had her mother be not-evil. Lianne as a real person, good and bad and screwed up, is much more realistic. I think it's good for Veronica to see her real mom. Not the idealized perfect mother and not the personification of all badness.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 10, 2006 7:49:17 GMT -5
More commentary from the Main thread regarding the clothing switheroo idea! Karen got us all back on the smutty right track with: I'm still thinking about your last question. I was toying with want Spike to try on Willow's Halloween costume or Angel donning Buffy's pink leather pants. Anne responded to both the VM post and Karen's clothing post - multitasking! Lola, I think that one of the strengths of VM is the grey characters - even Keith and Veronica do things that are not entirely ethical, and even people like Lianne have some good in them. That's why we like the Jossverse, too - the big questions are never easy, and people can surprise you. Karen, you are evil! Bad Karen! It depends - if it's Willow's ghost costume, why bother? If it's the sexy one, absolutely. I think Spike would look good in the Joan of Arc chainmail outfit too, for that matter. Angel in those pink leather pants? Hee! Anne, and today is dentist day Reply to Karen: Oooooooooh feel very very very free to keep ruminating on the last question. **goes to happy place of Spike in Willow's Halloween costume** We can pair him up with Vamp!Xander. ;D Angel in Buffy's pink leather pants is . . . . . well, I'm not sure if my brain will recover. ;D I also think Oz would look very dapper and cute in Gile's Watcher tweeds. Once they were shrunk down a bit. Reply to Lola *Has Spike as a prostitute-ghost envy* *Likes visualizing Willow in just Spike's leather coat* Ran across the following at Katekat1010's livejournal: manip of Willow that is NOT safe for work, but presses several of my buttons all at once.. no brain-o required, though, I don't think. I just find it sexy. NOT SAFE FOR WORK Willow Manip Reply to Anne Hee! Spike would definitely shine in chainmail. Yes - I was thinking the sexy costume for Spike...in a scene with Angel in the pink leather would be interesting. All that leather...But now that I think about it, Spike in the ghost sheet and nothing else, well...
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Post by Lola m on Aug 10, 2006 7:55:54 GMT -5
We could try mixing up characters from show to show. Like, what would Lex Luthor have been like as a "big bad" on Buffy? Or put Starbuck on the SG1 team and what do you think happens? Send Barney (from How I Met You Mother) to work at Dunder Mifflin (from TheOffice) - does he take over, does he make friends, does he crush them completely? Johnny from the Dead Zone visits the Desperate Housewives gang. What visions of the future would he get? House wanders over to The 440o . . . . Or, hey, I know! What designer from Project Runway would you send to the Buffyverse to be the week's "red shirt" victim to be munched by vamps? ;D ;D ;D Speaking of red shirts - I just noticed, or perhaps re-noticed, maybe I have before - that Richard (the work friend that Xander and Anya try to set Buffy up with on "Older and Far Away") is actually wearing a red shirt. We should have known he'd get cut by the demon. ;D
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Post by Lola m on Aug 14, 2006 20:35:04 GMT -5
I declare this week of the Episode Festival to be devoted to . . . humour! Bring on the funny! Feel free to post links to anything funny related to all the shows we watch. Fic or pictures or vids or jokes or whatever!
Me? I'm gonna tease you all with some more trivia! But just to make things a bit more spicy and challenging this time, you CAN’T use any resources. No googling, no Buffyverse Dialogue Database, no books, etc. You can only answer what you remember from the show! Eeeeep!
On the other hand, if you don’t remember, you can always make up your own dialogue. Which is probably much more fun anyway! And fun for the whole s’cubie family!
Ready, steady, go!!
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Supply the missing Principal Snyder word or phrase from Band Candy.
At the Bronze: Ooh! I'm so ________! Hey, did you see Ms. Barton? I think she's wasted. I'm gonna have to put that in her next _______________ 'cause... 'cause I'm the principal!
To Oz: You've got great ______.
About the candy: A _______?! Oh, I've got a ________.
To Ethan She _________ you good, huh? Yah! Wah! I can do that. I took ______________ at the Y.
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Post by Lola m on Aug 15, 2006 7:51:05 GMT -5
From the main board: I declare this week of the Episode Festival to be devoted to . . . humour! Bring on the funny! Feel free to post links to anything funny related to all the shows we watch. Fic or pictures or vids or jokes or whatever! Me? I'm gonna tease you all with some more trivia! But just to make things a bit more spicy and challenging this time, you CAN’T use any resources. No googling, no Buffyverse Dialogue Database, no books, etc. You can only answer what you remember from the show! Eeeeep! On the other hand, if you don’t remember, you can always make up your own dialogue. Which is probably much more fun anyway! And fun for the whole s’cubie family! Heck, even if you DO know the answer, feel free to give us a few "alternate" answers before posting the right one. ;D Ready, steady, go!! _________________________________ Supply the missing Principal Snyder word or phrase from Band Candy. At the Bronze:Ooh! I'm so _ _stoked______! Hey, did you see Ms. Barton? I think she's wasted. I'm gonna have to put that in her next __ performance review_____________ 'cause... 'cause I'm the principal! To Oz: You've got great ___ hair___. About the candy:A __ curse_____?! Oh, I've got a ____ curse____. To EthanShe ____ whupped_____ you good, huh? Yah! Wah! I can do that. I took ______ Tae Kwon Do________ at the Y. Funny thing? I remembered those. That is one of my all-time favorite episodes. Anne, teenage Giles bouncing up and down saying "Hit him", not to mention the bad-boy jeans... *sigh* Yes, I too have great love for Giles in my bad-boy jeans and T-shirt, with the bouncing and the grin. ;D
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