Good
Thing, Bad Egyptians! Or something!
Date: 01/22/2002
From: Blinker
• ThomasMalthus wins two tickets to the set of "Whedon's World," in which the celebrated producer teams up with Beakman to explain black holes AND David Greenwalt's lack of talent!
• MissingSliderRyan wins a signed print of James A. Kisner's "The Rose"!
• DieselMickeyDolenz wins a watch fo-- I mean, a comb!
• Recall317 wins a ramp tall enough to let him stand on Adam Wylie!
• TemporalFlux wins a Bag of Holding Still!
• Callie21V wins an elegant styrofoam cocktail dress!
• Slider_Sarah wins Maggie's silver dress from "The Breeder"!
• Slider_Quinn21 wins a GOLD STAR! I've *never* seen the identity of that building mentioned before! Thanks!
• Joey_Starr wins a recipe book on Tie Cuisine!=== GOOD THING, BAD THING: SLIDE LIKE AN EGYPTIAN ===
SYNTHIA: Good thing?
BLINKER: This ep takes a CRAZY lotta risks. They actually *miss the slide* and adopt a new timer, Quinn is actually *KILLED*, and on top of it all, the show actually dares to DEPICT THE AFTERLIFE.
SYNTHIA: Bad thing?
BLINKER: The first two risks are utterly wasted on an episode as stupid as this. Honestly, they spent more time showing off that ridiculous CGI scarab than they did on the consequences of either. And the afterlife? GACK. A fog-clouded field with perpetually ringing bells? I get the feeling all that stopped Peck from dressing Dad and Son in halos and wings and sticking 'em on a cloud was the budget.
THIRD SEASON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID PECKINPAH: Dingdingding!
SYNTHIA: And you could've done better?
BLINKER: 7>:-# yeah! I would've put them in their house, or some other location that held personal meaning to them. And then use some wacky camera filter like extra glow or a fisheye lens to indicate that all this is Bizarre, Otherworldly and Symbolic.
THIRD SEASON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID PECKINPAH: Oh, like anyone would've gotten THAT. I mean, couldn't you AT LEAST include the bells?!
SYNTHIA: Good thing: in a stunning departure, the new vortex is golden-hued. Bad thing: in an even more stunning departure, the gold is gone within a week.
CALLIE21V: Hey, I only lent the vortex my hair dye on a *trial* basis. If it's too cheap to get its own, tough zucchinis!
BLINKER [turns to BBoard audience]: Your go...
- Blinker 7:-P
http://slidersweb.net/blinker
Ugly
thing...
Date: 01/22/2002
From: SL4ever
Mac Davis, Lyle Lovett, and Randy Newman.Actually, that should be ugly thingS. But two out of three of them are good singers at least.
Good thing: The locals speak English. Can you imagine sitting through the entire ep reading subtitles and watching the Sliders try to pantomime that they want a scorpion burger with super size scarabs?
Bad thing: They speak English????????? WTF???????????????
Hey!
I'm actually not late this time!
Date: 01/22/2002
From: Joey_Starr
and BT couldn't stop me!!!!!!!
Whoo hoo! OK, I'll calm down.
Good thing:
1. Apollonia(I know she's the cliche "chick of the week" but damn she fine!)
2. The Sliders sacrifice their shot at getting home just on a slim chance that Quinn is still alive. THAT'S the family that we all love!
3. The pyramids looked cool in the city like that.Bad thing:
1. That scarab couldn't look more fake if it came from a Cracker Jack Box!
2. I'm sorry, but that new timer(while looks way cool) showed up too conviently!
3. That whole afterlife scene would have been better suited as a coma dream. Oh well, at least they didn't go to kangaroo world and meet sliderseth.
JS
a great idea with so so execution!
"Asps.
Very dangerous. You go first."
Date: 01/23/2002
From: MissingSliderRyan
Maybe it should have read.........."Dumbass script. Very dangerous to our acting careers. Jerry you go first."
"Chicks dig the spacesuit!"
Good thing:
A) Quinn died. I can't remember if he was playing football with his dad or not. Like I'm putting the tape in and watching it again. Not!
B) Caption This! rocked for this episode.Bad thing:
A) Quinn didn't stay dead. How many times had Quinn died or almost died? Jeez.
B) I watched it twice.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~http://cindaanne.home.mindspring.com/poppya.htm
Roses For Rose
by: PoppyK1@aol.com/ James A. Kisner
Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose,
And every year her husband sent them tied with pretty bows.
The year he died the roses were delivered to her door,
The card said, "Be My Valentine," like all the years before.Each year he sent her roses and the note would always say,
"I love you even more this year than last year on this day."
"My love for you will always grow with every passing year."
She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.She thought he ordered roses in advance before this day.
Her loving husband did not know that he would pass away.
He always liked to do things early way before the time.
Then, if he got too busy everything would work out fine.She trimmed the stems and placed them in a very special vase.
Then set the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face.
She would sit for hours in her husband's favorite chair.
While staring at his picture and the roses sitting there.A year went by and it was hard to live without her mate.
With loneliness and solitude that had become her fate.
Then, the very hour as on Valentines before,
The doorbell rang and there were roses sitting by her door.She brought the roses in and then just looked at them in shock.
Then, went to get the telephone to call the florist shop.
The owner answered and she asked him if he would explain,
Why would someone do this to her causing her such pain?"I know your husband passed away more than a year ago,"
The owner said, "I knew you'd call and you would want to know."
"The flowers you received today were paid for in advance."
"Your husband always planned ahead he left nothing to chance.""There is a standing order that I have on file down here,
And he has paid well in advance, you'll get them every year.
There also is another thing that I think you should know,
He wrote a special little card he did this years ago.""Then, should ever I find out that he's no longer here,
That's the card that should be sent to you the following year."
She thanked him and hung up the phone her tears now flowing hard.
Her fingers shaking as she slowly reached to get the card.Inside the card she saw that he had written her a note.
Then, as she stared in total silence this is what he wrote...
"Hello, my love, I know it's been a year since I've been gone,
I hope it hasn't been too hard for you to overcome.""I know it must be lonely and the pain is very real.
For if it was the other way I know how I would feel.
The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life.
I loved you more than words can say, you were the perfect wife.""You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need.
I know it's only been a year, but please try not to grieve.
I want you to be happy even when you shed your tears.
That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.""When you get these roses think of all the happiness,
That we had together and how both of us were blessed.
I have always loved you and I know I always will,
But, my love, you must go on you have some living still.""Please try to find happiness while living out your days.
I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways.
The roses will come every year and they will only stop,
When your door's not answered when the florist stops to knock.""He will come five times that day in case you have gone out,
But after his last visit he will know without a doubt,
To take the roses to the place where I've instructed him,
And place the roses where we are, together once again."
"ROSES FOR ROSE" © 1998 James A. Kisner.
The Poems and Writings of James A. Kisner (PoppyK1) are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without written permission from Fleeting Moments Publishing PO Box 38, Brunswick, Ohio 44212. For online permission Email FleetingMP@aol.com.All copies of his poems MUST include these credits.
MSR
Here
scarab, scarab....
Date: 01/23/2002
From: DieselMickeyDolenz
Beginning Text must be mummified!!!Good Thing: The idea of locking an architect inside the building he's designed. Do you have any idea how many >:-#-ing ugly buildings would *never* have been built if we had this rule in place?
Bad Thing: The original timer counts to zero and is NEVER SEEN AGAIN! </SpaceTime capitalization mode>
Stupid Thing: http://www.slidersweb.net/eustislider/executive/a_diamond_is_a_sliders_best_friend.htm
-- scar·ab [n.] 1. A scarabaeid *beetle*, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.DMD
Those
who don't know their history...
Date: 01/23/2002
From: Recall317
...are doomed to look stupid on TV.Good Thing:
Instead of using the New York Times, the newspaper here is the New Alexandria Times, named after one of the most prominent seats (and former capitol) of Egypt.
Bad Thing:
Not one minute later, Arturo proceeds to tell us that the Egyptians are in charge because they stopped Alexander the Great. Um...hello? Who do you think ALEXANDRIA is named after? I don't know, but not many civilizations name their top cities after VANQUISHED FOES. How many towns in the U.S. are named after Hitler, Stalin, or Emperor Hirohito?
And there you have it. Just three minutes into this episode it had already lost my respect by making such a basic mistake. A fitting beginning for the Tormé-less era.
R317
T minus six...five...four...
Whedon's
World! Party time! Excellent!
Date: 01/23/2002
From: ThomasMalthus
How do you spell Beginning Text in Hieroglyphics?Thanks for the prize, Blinker! It might even speed my pace for writing "The Trouble with Doubles" by a smidge!
Hmm...SL knocked the English-speaking thing and I'm sure Recall did his famous New Alexandria rant (although I can't be sure thanks to the oh-so-popular 'Due to High Board Volume' message), so those two things are out.
Good Thing: I forgot to set the VCR to tape this ep the first time it aired, thus making it the last edition of S3 I viewed. I was sincerely underwhelmed when I saw it eventually (although intrigued by the idea of a spin-off featuring just Wade, Remmy and the Professor if they hadn't missed the slide there).
Bad Thing: Only the S3 writers could make me wish that they would go back to stupid movie ripoff plots and leave the alternate history to the likes of Harry Turtledove and Philip Pullman.
ThomasMalthus
Me.....
Date: 01/23/2002
From: Slider_Quinn21
BT must be destroyed post-haste!Good thing-This episode gives a rational reason why Quinn would turn into S4 Quinn in the Exodus.
Bad thing-Quinn turned into S4 Quinn in Exodus...
Good
Thing Bad Thing eh?
Date: 01/23/2002
From: Vigeant
(person runs from audience)Large Ugly Fat Woman: Oh, Blinker, I love your show, I have it all on tape, and when it's not on tape I have my daughter, Betsy Mae tape it for me, however, she knows how to use the VCR timer, as well as the writer of this monologue knows how to use commas, anyhow, I wrote down a few things, right here, stop the damn commas!
That worked.
Good Thing: I really like the Egyptian Theming thing? Has anyone ever dressed up as Cleopatra for halloween? Really good.
Bad Thing: No wait, on second thought, no actually, no, I don't know what I am talking about the previous thing was a complete lie.
Good Thing: Wasn't this one of those episodes with Quinn's Brother? I love him.
Err No: Oh.
Good Thing: I liked the part where they are running from Scar and then Simba sav..
It was a Scarab: Oh.
Good Thing: I liked the plot structure.
Really?: No.
I'm not going back to Good Thing: Righto.
Bad Thing: Well, I don't like the theming thing.
"It's the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence!"Vigeant
The Incredibly Exciting New Humor Site
or as Blinker likes it
The Incredibly Excitingly New Humor Site
he suggested this title to remove any confusion.
Newly Incredible Humourous Excitement Site
Slide
Like a Seer
Date: 01/23/2002
From: The_Seer
BT is a Bad Thing, not a Good Thing.******
Good Things:
1. The loyalty Wade, Arturo and Remmy had for Quinn by choosing to miss the slide rather than abandon him because of the slightest chance of him being alive. That showed true loyalty and friendship.
2. That this episode didn't come out around the time either of "The Mummy" movies did. Otherwise this would have been ripe for a movie rip-off, complete with a Mummy in place of the Scarab as the main bad guy, a character similar to the Scorpion King (played by either Jesse Ventura or Hulk Hogan) and Maggie strapped down to an altar in her underwear (well, on the other hand ...).
3. This was the first Sliders episode I ever saw.Bad Things:
1. That Quinn never seemed to show any kind of emotion with regards to the other three staying behind for him. FOR GOD'S SAKE, THEY MISSED THE SLIDE FOR YOU. SHOW SOME APPRECIATION! I could be wrong but I don't recall even a "thanks guys" from Quinn. No wonder we got lines from Quinn like "we don't have time" to find Wade in the 4th season.
2. Replacing Quinn's original timer with the Egyptian timer. This was truly the first original "cast member" departure, not JRD. The series was never the same to me after the original timer was replaced.
3. This was the first Sliders episode I ever saw.
Good
edit, bad edit
Date: 01/24/2002
From: TemporalFlux
Brought to you by Peckinsnip - When you need it hacked up fast, come to the man with 20 years experience in hacking it up quickly!Good Edit - The scene in which Arturo was going to have "Eye of Ra" makeup over his eyes because he wanted to emulate that world's Dennis Rodman (and we all know Arturo was a huge Rodman fan...on second thought, maybe this off the wall behavior would have made a good PTSS Arturo clue ;-).
Bad Edit - All things related to the new timer. The new timer would have made alot more sense if we knew they swapped the parts from the old one into it on the next slide, and that the architect stole it from the pharoah's belongings (which goes a long way toward explaining why it was counting down on its own world - it was counting down to the moment of the pharoah's burial the next day).
http://dimensionofcontinuity.com/sldegypt.html
Tf
temporalflux@hotmail.com
http://dimensionofcontinuity.com
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