Something I just noticed

[artiesniecewannabe]

The budding Time Lord is still building his TARDIS -- no really, he's building one on the Minecraft game. It looks really good so far.

[Silver]

Oct 26, 2011 14:37:24 GMT -8 @ace said:

[*Pitch Black monsters all around me!!! Where's a TARDIS when you need one!

*a very scary Sci Fi movie

VERY scary!

[artiesniecewannabe]

Howling Light -- I love the character of Madame LeFarge! She really is a character, isn't she? And the camera angle within her room, just slightly off kilter to point up the fact that so is she. In fact, when Uncle Artie rolls her chair back so he can push her out the door, I keep expecting her chair to roll on its own toward the door, because of the slantiness of the camera angle.

But I can't help wondering -- who's crazier, Madame LeFarge or her doctor? Because not only does the doctor play into her madness by calling her Madame LeFarge (or de la Farge -- which is it?) but for heaven's sake, the woman is allowed to have a tiny toy guillotine in her room!

At least the blade on that thing doesn't seem to be sharp, but really!



Hope Uncle Artie followed up on his promise and sent her the box of chocolates...

[Silver]

I don't doubt for a moment that Artie sent her a BIG box of chocolates. Probably every time he was in town after that! It just seems like something he would do.

[artiesniecewannabe]

Was just watching TNOT Headless Woman and noticed something a trifle bizarre. Right after the guys in the boat load the weevils into the mannikin (and Jim is in the water trailing the boat), the dude who is holding the lady mannikin on his lap starts rubbing his hand up and down the ankle of the mannikin.

[California gal]

Maybe he had a leg fetish.

[Apple]

Maybe he was joking around with his buddy? Trying to make it look like a real date? I don't know, just trying to make it not sound so freaking weird! LOL!

[artiesniecewannabe]

Also in Headless Woman -- Jim is hiding behind some stuff, behind Artie in the old salt disguise (and I loved the scene where Artie/Ross is drawing the disguise just before we first see him wearing it!). As Jim and Artie are talking, Jim ends by saying something is fishy. Very apt pun, but look at Artie right after Jim says it. To me it looks like Ross is trying not to crack up -- which has me wondering did Bob ad lib the line?

[artiesniecewannabe]

And on to Sedgewick Curse. I watched this a coupla months back, shortly after I got the 4th season discs. There was something in it that I couldn't figure out, so I decided today to go back and look again.

Artie is in disguise as the French dude. He is in his hotel room when the desk clerk comes in with a complementary bottle of mineral water, pours a glass and hands it to Artie. Love Artie hamming it up about pronouncing the 'th' in 'thank you' -- no 'th' sound in the French language.

Desk clerk leaves; Artie looks at the water suspiciously. He shakes his hands as if they got wet, gets up, moves the wash basin, pours some water in it. Picks up the glass -- and does what? He moves the glass behind him over the wash basin as he turns around, stares at the glass, then downs it.

But was there water in the glass when he drank from it? He does an excellent job of miming drinking and swallowing. I *think* he dumped the water into the wash basin, but it's hard to tell. The budding Time Lord watched with me (ok, I shanghaied him into watching) and he thinks there's still water in the glass when Artie drinks.

[California gal]

I agree with Ace. He dumped the water. Remember he did the same with the drugged wine in Grand Emir. In fact I wrote in a fan fic--and I don't know if it's one I've posted or an unfinished one--where Artie assures Jim he's an expert at dumping drinks and pretending to consume them. He did it in another episode too... Egyptian Queen?

[artiesniecewannabe]

Yes, I remember both of those, Cal Gal. It's just that when I was watching Sedgewick -- and 4th season was the first set of discs I got; I hadn't watched WWW in years before that -- I wasn't expecting it and he did the dump out sooooo well that I didn't catch him at it. So to me, it seemed that he stared at the glass a lot, then drank the water anyway, leaving me going, 'Whaaaaat?'

[artiesniecewannabe]

Hadn't been around Uncle Artie since I was a teenager -- remember?

[California gal]

I think that the first time I watched Sedgewick after getting the season 4 disks that scene puzzled me at first too.

[Apple]

Nov 15, 2011 13:09:09 GMT -8 California gal said:

I agree with Ace. He dumped the water. Remember he did the same with the drugged wine in Grand Emir. In fact I wrote in a fan fic--and I don't know if it's one I've posted or an unfinished one--where Artie assures Jim he's an expert at dumping drinks and pretending to consume them. He did it in another episode too... Egyptian Queen?

I remember the one from Grand Emir...he isn't as subtle as in Sedgewick Curse.

[Paradox Eyes]

As I recall...Artie was just as good at putting things IN drinks. i.e. Surreal McCoy. When Jim inquires, Artie replys, "He couldn't hold my liquor." Heheheheh...that always cracks me up.

[artiesniecewannabe]

Yeah, in Surreal McCoy, when Artie's in the bar and the jerk hot shot comes in and orders everyone out (and isn't the barkeep the same guy as in Spanish Curse?), Artie looks at the guy, then taps his hand on the bar -- and I thought, wait -- when did Uncle Artie start wearing a ring? And then when he's getting ready to pour Lightnin' a drink, even my son pointed out, 'Hey! What's he doing with his hand? He's turning his ring around, isn't he?'

But of course, out of Lightnin's sight. Love that scene.

[California gal]

Another case of one of them being prescient. "Hmm, I'm going to need to drug someone's drink so I'd better wear my Lucretia Borgia ring!"

I never noticed. Was he wearing it earlier, when they arrived at Morgan's house?

[artiesniecewannabe]

Nov 16, 2011 8:49:35 GMT -8 California gal said:

Another case of one of them being prescient. "Hmm, I'm going to need to drug someone's drink so I'd better wear my Lucretia Borgia ring!"

I never noticed. Was he wearing it earlier, when they arrived at Morgan's house?

I keep meaning to look, but haven't. Oy, research!

[Apple]

I seem to remember that he was, because I looked on purpose...but now I can't remember!

[California gal]

Did you ever notice in Legion of Death, toward the end, when Montgomery arrives to intercept the boys' attempt to spirit the governor away, Jim and Artie are standing at the rear of the train car. Artie takes off his hat and throws it on the platform while Montgomery is ranting away.

A bit later, after Dansby and his men arrive, the view of the boys is from the rear--and Artie tosses the hat on the platform again! This time he had apparently been holding it at his side.

Where's that person who's suppose to watch for continuity? ;D

[MissRedhead]

wow I never noticed! I'll have to watch again!

[artiesniecewannabe]

Nov 17, 2011 11:36:44 GMT -8 Apple said:

I seem to remember that he was, because I looked on purpose...but now I can't remember!

Aha! Finally remembered to have a look. Beginning of Act 1 -- it's hard to see because Artie is mostly turned so that his right hand is in view, not his left -- but as the men take the fake Wellington off the museum wall and carry it away, Artie moves his left hand around a good bit, including putting it up to his face -- and you can see he is, in fact, wearing a ring already.

[artiesniecewannabe]

I was watching TNOT Turncoat just now, and at the beginning of Act 1, when Jim is being accused of attacking the minister in the elevator, then Artie and Col Richmond come in and spirit Jim away -- Artie speaks to the crowd, pretending this was an advertisement for a play called 'Because She's Your Sister, Son' written by Fabian Replogel. It hit me -- that's the same name Artie uses for the British dowser disguise in TNOT Underground Terror!

[artiesniecewannabe]

Nov 21, 2011 15:42:20 GMT -8 California gal said:

Did you ever notice in Legion of Death, toward the end, when Montgomery arrives to intercept the boys' attempt to spirit the governor away, Jim and Artie are standing at the rear of the train car. Artie takes off his hat and throws it on the platform while Montgomery is ranting away.

A bit later, after Dansby and his men arrive, the view of the boys is from the rear--and Artie tosses the hat on the platform again! This time he had apparently been holding it at his side.

Where's that person who's suppose to watch for continuity? ;D

Good catch, Cal Gal! Even when I was looking for it, I nearly missed it. But you're right! He does put his hat on the platform two times!

[artiesniecewannabe]

Watching TNOT Iron Fist now. The scene where the Count tries to steal Jim's horse. As soon as Jim landed on the ground and started laughing, I knew the Count was about to get his comeuppance. And Jim laughing and slapping the ground -- very nice! If the Count had only done things Jim's way, he could have been riding while Jim walked. But nope! And now the Count gets to walk while Jim rides. Serves him right!

[California gal]

I love that scene in Iron Fist. The episode is fun to watch. Only thing that bugs me is how trusting Jim is--time and again. He didn't believe in once-burned-twice-shy obviously.

[artiesniecewannabe]

Still in Iron Fist, when the baddies block the train tracks and the engineer starts blowing the whistle, I noticed it's Artie who alerts to the whistle -- as it should be; he lives on that train. And then his line to the others: 'Places, gentlemen. Curtain going up.' Such an actor's line!



But once again we have supposedly dead bodies that the other side accepts as being dead, despite the lack of bleeding.

Frankly, I'll take 60's-style 'excessive' violence over the 'normal' stuff we get nowadays.

[Paradox Eyes]

I sometimes wish that they had featured that trained horse a little more. I don’t’ want him to be another ‘Trigger’ or ‘Fury’ but the way West handled him and the horse responded was poetry. I love that he always stuck around & came to Jim’s whistle, that he was smart enough to fight back as in Firebrand and that stunt where he drops to the ground with Jim aboard in _____. Help me out here folks. It’s the episode where they shoot rockets as Jim & the horse are galloping down the road. I just think the horse was as important as any of the gadgets in James West’s arsenal and pretty terrific to watch in action too.

[artiesniecewannabe]

It's Gruesome Games, Paradox. I love that scene too! And the horse lies there and waits for Jim/Robert to give the signal, then up he pops.

[Paradox Eyes]

I'm with you Niecie. I'll take the 60's era violence over the current crap on TV any day. With as many emotionally disturbed people in our society these days, the last thing they need are new and inventive samples of horrific things they can copy.