Brief quick note.

[torrain_circles]

Have been watching The Adventures of Brisco County Junior. Highly engaging pulpy western with a dash of mad science. We're two-thirds of the way through the series, and the villainous John Bly[1] has just had his first final encounter with Brisco.[2]

During which he got to monologuing and announced that he's from six hundred years in the future.

Wait. Whut?

I mean, it's still a great series. It's a workable explanation for a couple of things. But it just came out of absolutely nowhere.

(And yes, I did make a kind of not-very-huge leap regarding villains in a steampunk Western. Bly's a little too polished, but looking at Billy Drago, he's not totally inappropriate for the role of Stone. Mind you, I am sadly not holding my breath for the movie.)
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[1] Seriously, this guy is a *great* villain. He keeps giving off this weird Sunlight Gardener vibe; utterly deranged cool despotic preacher with a calling kind of thing.
[2] Professor Coles assures us there will be another. Have no idea if they got to that before the series ended.

Comments

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Wait until you get to the episode where they have a group of pro-football players as bounty hunters or something. Which I think occured, coincidently, right when FOX picked up the NFL broadcast rights. The last season is..not the good. Still better than Bruce's "Jack of All Trades" of course...

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I see.

I think we're getting into the last season, actually. And, you know, I *know* it's hokey. But it's sweet.

(Also? Began watching Twin Peaks. Special Agent Dale Cooper is my absolute favorite institutionally-representative whackjob *ever.*)