tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795354962718403859.post184691898040192151..comments2024-01-24T14:52:10.421-05:00Comments on Where is Inter-dimensional Dave?: Extant - A Stacked DeckInterdimensional Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02859157830795670649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795354962718403859.post-57182449585370502722014-09-09T13:20:23.938-04:002014-09-09T13:20:23.938-04:00Hey lemoneyes, good to hear from you and sorry for...Hey lemoneyes, good to hear from you and sorry for the late reply.<br /><br />You may be right about any "Offspring" sightings. As of the last episode, the best view we got was of a tyke at the end of a very long tunnel. Wow, thanks for that!<br /><br />You know what? "Cheesie" sometimes isn't so bad for special effects. It has a certain charm to it. It never seemed to stop an alien from the Dr. Who series. Extant seems to take itself seriously so you are probably right about their risk aversion to being laughed at.<br /><br />I hope we learn more about the "thrall" the Offspring exerts over it's subjects. It can't be the intoxication of seeing dead loved ones. Maybe the spores have something to do with it. You know, like from fungi. Maybe the victims are getting a "mushroom high."<br /><br />Good to hear from you!Interdimensional Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859157830795670649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795354962718403859.post-52103868037672968392014-09-05T01:25:05.484-04:002014-09-05T01:25:05.484-04:00I have some doubts about whether we'll ever se...I have some doubts about whether we'll ever see the Offspring. I think the problem is the difference between TV special effects budgets and movie special effects budgets. It seems to me that special effects fans have trouble keeping that in mind and tend to judge TV special effects very harshly. Imagine if they showed us the Offspring and everyone laughed. That would be a huge setback for the show. Although they have laid the groundwork for having it look just like a human.<br /><br />Maybe the reason we haven't seen the Offspring is to remind us that its non-human half is spores. Spores that are invisible to the human eye.<br /><br />For a few minutes I thought Anya wasn't going to see little Katie. But she did and immediately fell under its spell. Isn't it kind of creepy to see a kid version of the adult child you know is dead? Especially when she regularly interrupts her impersonation to make ominous statements about what "he" wants/needs.<br /><br />There's always something interesting happening on this show. It's fun to watch.<br /><br />@lemoneyesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com