Alias "The Shed" 10-13-05

Chew · 10-13-05, 06:27 AM

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wetsprockets · 10-13-05, 07:02 PM

It's Fred~!!!!!

riley_dude · 10-13-05, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by wetsprockets

It's Fred~!!!!!

Noooo, Its Illyria.

areacode212 · 10-13-05, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by wetsprockets

It's Fred~!!!!!

I had given up on this show, but when I saw this post, I decided to check it out, if only to see Amy Acker again. I actually...kind of enjoyed it. The stuff at the end was pretty tense & exciting. Aside from Evil Fred, I like this new blonde, and if they're really going to reboot the show with a revamped cast, I may stick with it. I've gotten so sick of all the Bristow family drama (even Jack & Irina), Vaughn, Sloane, Rambaldi, that a new start with all-new characters would be welcome (though Marshall can stay). There's been so much ridiculousness on this series that I'd love to forget about (like how the files Syd was reading at the end of the S3 finale completely changed into something else entirely at the beginning of the S4 premiere), but I still like the idea of a TV show about a hot globe-trotting spy chick. I'm hoping they can sell me on Rachel Nichols as this character.

Rogue588 · 10-13-05, 08:56 PM

I was going to say that I didn't think this was that bad of an episode...until I saw that Red Sox hat.

Yes Jen, we get that you're fucking Affleck.

chrisih8u · 10-13-05, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue588

I was going to say that I didn't think this was that bad of an episode...until I saw that Red Sox hat.

Yes Jen, we get that you're fucking Affleck.

I think she was the exec producer for this episode. Ill stick with this. I thought it was better than last week.

Rogue588 · 10-13-05, 09:16 PM

Figures you'd say that...

Tscott · 10-13-05, 10:21 PM

I'm shocked. They actually had me hooked and interested tonight. I'm just bummed the new girl blew her cover so soon. I saw a lot of undercover double agent stuff in the future and they blew it all away, literally.

RocShemp · 10-13-05, 10:26 PM

I liked this episode a lot too. It had a great season 1 vibe and I like that Balthazar Getty's character just leds Sydney's bitchy comments roll off his back. The only thing I didn't like was that the new girl had her cover blown. I was hoping they'd shift the blame somehow to the brunette.

Patman · 10-13-05, 11:49 PM

The Sloane subplot seemed to just fill up time.

I guess we can take Rachel Gibson's "history" at face value, a redux of Sydney's intro to SD-6. Rachel has to be pretty tall because she dwarfed Amy Acker, who's around 5'8". It was nice to see Amy Acker again, they gave her a pretty ruthless operative role too.

This whole master-padawan learner direction, it could be good, it could go bad. But I'll stick with it, plus Rachel is pretty easy on the eyes.

Sydney looks like she's at least 6 months pregnant in this episode.

animalmystic · 10-14-05, 12:10 AM

Amy Acker

maingon · 10-14-05, 12:50 AM

So far this season isnt too bad, I am enjoying it

Anubis2005X · 10-14-05, 01:02 AM

Hmm, I'm gonna have to go against the grain. This episode had a major "been there, done that" mixed with the last couple seasons of X-Files (where they were replacing the cast) feeling to it. I was pretty bored with it. I'm always gonna look back on Alias and think "man, what a waste. That was once a great show..."

Chew · 10-14-05, 06:24 AM

I think I was reading a magazine through most of it, but the end was pretty exciting.

areacode212 · 10-14-05, 06:38 AM

Does anyone know if Drew Goddard is still working on this show?

Chew · 10-14-05, 06:55 AM

A side comment from the show I wanted to bring up: Sydney said it had been "13 years" since she had been approached. Does that even remotely seem right? I know we've had some time advances in the show (the 2 year gap, for example), but 13 years?

Patman · 10-14-05, 07:00 AM

Well, this is season 5, Sydney was recruited probably as a freshman in college, and in season 1, she was already working on the tail end of her masters degree, so that's about 6 years, and she disappeared for 2 years, so it's about 12-13 years since her SD-6 recruitment.

MrX · 10-14-05, 02:25 PM

I liked it a lot as well

Great to see Amy play such a badass.

I was skeptical of all the new additions but I haven't had a problem with any of them yet.

guywall · 10-14-05, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisih8u

I think she was the exec producer for this episode. Ill stick with this. I thought it was better than last week.

She was listed as Producer. I counted about 16 people who were either Producer, Supporting Producer, Excecutive Producer, Co-Producer as listed in the credits. I guess Garner threw some money at this episode to say "I'm a Red Sox fan too". lame.

Rypro 525 · 10-14-05, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by guywall

She was listed as Producer. I counted about 16 people who were either Producer, Supporting Producer, Excecutive Producer, Co-Producer as listed in the credits. I guess Garner threw some money at this episode to say "I'm a Red Sox fan too". lame.

I noticed that she is a producer for the season (and in december the show is going on brief hiatis for Garners maturnity leave and

Spoiler:

source the new tv guide.

Rogue588 · 10-14-05, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by guywall

I guess Garner threw some money at this episode to say "I'm a Red Sox fan too". lame.

Yeah, her hubby even talked John Woo into letting him mention the Sox in that cinematic classic "Payback". Then again, I gotta say...I hate it when people wear Yanks hats that aren't fans [ie most rap artists, wanna-be "trendy" people]. Perhaps Sox fans aren't too happy about this?

aktick · 10-14-05, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue588

Yeah, her hubby even talked John Woo into letting him mention the Sox in that cinematic classic "Payback". Then again, I gotta say...I hate it when people wear Yanks hats that aren't fans [ie most rap artists, wanna-be "trendy" people]. Perhaps Sox fans aren't too happy about this?

I dunno about Sox fans, but as a Brewers fan, I HATE all the people that jump on the bandwagon and wear Brewers hats!

Jcheckel · 10-15-05, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rogue588

Yeah, her hubby even talked John Woo into letting him mention the Sox in that cinematic classic "Payback". Then again, I gotta say...I hate it when people wear Yanks hats that aren't fans [ie most rap artists, wanna-be "trendy" people]. Perhaps Sox fans aren't too happy about this?

Close, you have your 'classic' Affleck movies mixed with your 'classic' Mel Gibson movies. Affleck was in "Paycheck", Gibson was in "Payback"

I just watched this and I have to say I liked it a lot more than I liked this week's Smallville, so I know which one I'll be watching live for a while and which will probably sit on the DVR unwatched for a while.

Rogue588 · 10-15-05, 03:39 AM

D'oh! I knew someone was getting paid. Sorry Mel.

And i'd only slightly agree with you regarding Smallville. But that was Lana's fault. Can't stand her. Anyways, i'd rather watch Alias in HD and Replay Smallville..

Count Dooku · 10-15-05, 06:17 AM

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Rachel has to be pretty tall because she dwarfed Amy Acker, who's around 5'8".

Rachel Nichols is 5' 10"

10-13-05, 06:27 AM	#1
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10-13-05, 10:21 PM	#8
Tscott DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,193	I'm shocked. They actually had me hooked and interested tonight. I'm just bummed the new girl blew her cover so soon. I saw a lot of undercover double agent stuff in the future and they blew it all away, literally. __________________ I won't say anything because no one ever listens to me anyway. I might as well be a Leonard Cohen record. -Neil, The Young Ones

10-13-05, 10:26 PM	#9
RocShemp DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 24,040	I liked this episode a lot too. It had a great season 1 vibe and I like that Balthazar Getty's character just leds Sydney's bitchy comments roll off his back. The only thing I didn't like was that the new girl had her cover blown. I was hoping they'd shift the blame somehow to the brunette. __________________ So there's simultaneously a super secret team of giant robots and a super secret team of technologically enhanced super soldiers, and neither team knows about the other? The governments in these movies must be far more effective than our actual government. Well, damn it, I want some realism and mature adult themes in my giant robot and super soldier movies! - Suprmallet

10-13-05, 11:49 PM	#10
Patman DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Duluth, GA, USA Posts: 37,456	The Sloane subplot seemed to just fill up time. I guess we can take Rachel Gibson's "history" at face value, a redux of Sydney's intro to SD-6. Rachel has to be pretty tall because she dwarfed Amy Acker, who's around 5'8". It was nice to see Amy Acker again, they gave her a pretty ruthless operative role too. This whole master-padawan learner direction, it could be good, it could go bad. But I'll stick with it, plus Rachel is pretty easy on the eyes. Sydney looks like she's at least 6 months pregnant in this episode. __________________ PatCave; Flickr; Dragon*Con 2012; Comic-Con 2012 According to DGibFen, I'm a "freaking genius." "Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there." - Roger Sterling

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wetsprockets Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sacremende Posts: 537	It's Fred~!!!!!

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Rogue588 DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: WAS looking for My Own Private Stuckeyville, but stuck in Liberty City (while missing Vice City) Posts: 15,082	Figures you'd say that...

10-14-05, 12:10 AM	#11
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Anubis2005X DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,259	Hmm, I'm gonna have to go against the grain. This episode had a major "been there, done that" mixed with the last couple seasons of X-Files (where they were replacing the cast) feeling to it. I was pretty bored with it. I'm always gonna look back on Alias and think "man, what a waste. That was once a great show..."

10-14-05, 06:24 AM	#14
Chew DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 1999 Location: South of Titletown Posts: 18,628	I think I was reading a magazine through most of it, but the end was pretty exciting. __________________ XBL/PSN: chew1138 Weekly Tuesday Warhawk Night (PS3)

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10-14-05, 06:55 AM	#16
Chew DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 1999 Location: South of Titletown Posts: 18,628	A side comment from the show I wanted to bring up: Sydney said it had been "13 years" since she had been approached. Does that even remotely seem right? I know we've had some time advances in the show (the 2 year gap, for example), but 13 years? __________________ XBL/PSN: chew1138 Weekly Tuesday Warhawk Night (PS3)

10-14-05, 07:00 AM	#17
Patman DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Duluth, GA, USA Posts: 37,456	Well, this is season 5, Sydney was recruited probably as a freshman in college, and in season 1, she was already working on the tail end of her masters degree, so that's about 6 years, and she disappeared for 2 years, so it's about 12-13 years since her SD-6 recruitment. __________________ PatCave; Flickr; Dragon*Con 2012; Comic-Con 2012 According to DGibFen, I'm a "freaking genius." "Jee-sus, it's like Iwo Jima out there." - Roger Sterling

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MrX DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 20,919	I liked it a lot as well Great to see Amy play such a badass. I was skeptical of all the new additions but I haven't had a problem with any of them yet. __________________ Live & PSN tag: MrX5223 "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein My Countdown Counting down to: Summer Vacation

10-15-05, 03:39 AM	#24
Rogue588 DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: WAS looking for My Own Private Stuckeyville, but stuck in Liberty City (while missing Vice City) Posts: 15,082	D'oh! I knew someone was getting paid. Sorry Mel. And i'd only slightly agree with you regarding Smallville. But that was Lana's fault. Can't stand her. Anyways, i'd rather watch Alias in HD and Replay Smallville..