Oh, please.

[icepixie]

RTD: Alien planets are "too expensive."

And a Slitheen ship crashing into Big Ben isn't? Or a massive CGI wereworlf? Or the sun blowing up and incinerating the Earth? I'm sorry, that doesn't fly. Try again.


P.S. Avast, me hearties! *walks around with peg leg and parrot*

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[alto2.livejournal.com]

Alien planets are "too expensive."

Oh, for the love of Pete. What a crock. I shouldn't even go read that article, should I, because it'll just make me want to throw things. What, so one or two establishing shots of a planet or a city are so damned expensive? Funny how the classic series managed to do alien planets on a regular basis, even though it had a crap budget. And as you point out, it's not like they haven't done plenty of other pricey stuff.

GAH. I am really starting to dislike you, Rusty.

[icepixie]

Indeed. There are not enough *rolls eyes* in the world for Rusty.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

There really aren't.

Who's that in your icon? How cool that we have thematically matching icons from totally different sources! :)

[icepixie]

Who's that in your icon?

Mahandra, from the brilliant but short-lived Wonderfalls. This icon, and all my mood icons, are also from that show. Dude, get the DVDs from Netflix (there are only thirteen eps). YOU WILL LOVE IT, I SWEAR.

(No, really. An "overeducated and underemployed" retail clerk, Jaye, gets hit on the head and then inanimate objects start telling her to help people. She's not too happy about it. Brilliant TV, similar in execution to and by the same guy who does Dead Like Me.)

How cool that we have thematically matching icons from totally different sources! :)

Hee!

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Ahh, okay. I think I saw the first episode of Wonderfalls, was somewhat intrigued, and then never managed to catch it again.

[icepixie]

Well, Fox canceled it after four episodes, so... *sigh* At least they wrote it while working under the impression that it would be canceled, so the thirteen episodes are basically a miniseries, rather than an ongoing serial.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Fox sucks so much. It's a wonder House is still on.

[icepixie]

House is on Fox? I had no idea. I hear such good things about it, I figured it must have been on one of the other networks to get this far.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

House is indeed on the Network of Doom. I think the only reason it stood a chance in hell is because it was originally on right after American Idol--the fact that it's brilliant (if, alas, still a bit too formulaic two years in) and stars people like Hugh Laurie would have done nothing for it without that lead-in, I suspect, and it'd have been canned after its original..8 episodes? 13? Not sure.

[icepixie]

Belated response, since I just remembered you're also a Firefly fan--Jewel Staite is in three of four episodes towards the end of the season/series as Eric's (Jaye's vaguely-boyfriend) psycho not-quite-ex-wife. She is hilarious. And her presence also leads to several omgsad moments that kind of punch you in the gut, but in a good way.

*waves Fandom Addiction Fairy wand* Watch it, watch it! *g*