Countdown to Ep 4 - "Beyond the Alley of the Dolls"

[unknownrightnow]

Originally Posted by Falanca

Not yet.


..Hey, I think Superball may be a big ugly Golem from another planet!

He's a space gnome, dang it!

[gamer247]

Originally Posted by unknownrightnow

He's a space gnome, dang it!

No your getting him confused with Jay Leno

[tbm1986]

Originally Posted by gamer247

No your getting him confused with Jay Leno

rofl

[DrRocketGenius]

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

- A character who hasn't been seen this season will return.

Hugh Bliss. Right? Right? Please? Right?

[Omegabegin]

Seconding the notion that those Sams are somehow related to Anubis. I've had my suspicions ever since playing the episode, and there was some discussion on the matter over on the Speculation Thread.

Then again, I just really want one of my crackpot theories to be true

[ttg_Stemmle]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

1.What role will skunkape and paperwait have in this episode?

One expected role, one unexpected, not necessarily in that order.

2.will max be able to use the toys of power maximus could use(minus astral projection of course)

Innnnnteresting question. And who said we'll never be using astral projection again?

3.Will we get to abuse more of the foreign guy.

He was the last guy cut from this episode

[GinnyN]

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

And who said we'll never be using astral projection again?

Ohhhhh.... please!!!! That would be awesome!!!!

[ttg_Stemmle]

Originally Posted by tbm1986

Is this the episode where we find out how the power core and Carol the scanner came to be amongst the rubbish in the sewer? I distinctly remember Max asking Sam how the power core came to be down there and instead of saying "that's not important" or "that's for another time, little buddy", he definitely said "that's for another episode".

Answers (of a sort) will be coming in the fifth episode. Promise.

Mike "Nothing Funny to Say About that" Stemmle

[ttg_Stemmle]

Originally Posted by Hungryfreak

Mike: Are those really Sam clones or are they of a different nature (time travel duplicates, relatives, aliens that happen to look like Sam, shapeshifters, etc...)?

That's a very good question. It's answered after the first act.

Mike "Have You Considered an Army of Pastry Golems?" Stemmle

[ttg_Stemmle]

Hey all,

Sorry I've been out of touch for the past couple o' days, but I've been a little busy fixing some hint bugs for episode five, churning out a few pickup lines for Sam, and taking meetings down at Universal for the Other Game with the Cool Car that Starts with a "De."

I'll now pause for a second while you collectively play Vivaldi's Concerto for the World's Tiniest Violins in D Minor...

Now that you're mentally back, here's the title card for episode 4, the first of a few pieces of teaser art we'll be trickling out this week.

Mike "Finally Hydrated" Stemmle

[ttg_Stemmle]

Originally Posted by Gibbeynator

Are we ever going to find out what the Devil's Playhouse is? Or is that just the name of the season, and has no influence on the series at large?

I can guarantee that you will discover what the Devil's Playhouse is by the end of the season.

I mean, aside from the allusion to those beloved old television shows...

Mike "We Love Overexplaining Our Jokes" Stemmle

[Cheri]

Pickup lines for Sam?! HA! I knew that gag in the first episode was gonna be true! I need to go bug Light_Rises about it.

[Hungryfreak]

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

That's a very good question. It's answered after the first act.

Mike "Have You Considered an Army of Pastry Golems?" Stemmle

You have not revealed the answer to my question, yet enticed me so much more to learn the answer. Expertly handled!

And I believe that is my favorite title card so far! Extra stylish.

[ttg_Stemmle]

Originally Posted by GinnyN

While I'm agree with you, I guess Mr. Stemmle now can laugh about how wrong we are (I hope)

I try never to laugh at people who keep my babies fed. It just seems like a bad policy.

That said, a few of your guesses are uncomfortably close, which I'll choose to attribute to our clever foreshadowing rather than our butt-simple plotting.

Mike "Won't Expose 304 to his Sons Until they're MUCH Older" Stemmle

[GinnyN]

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

Now that you're mentally back, here's the title card for episode 4, the first of a few pieces of teaser art we'll be trickling out this week.

I need a high res version of that. Seriously.

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

I try never to laugh at people who keep my babies fed. It just seems like a bad policy.

Fair Enough.

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

That said, a few of your guesses are uncomfortably close, which I'll choose to attribute to our clever foreshadowing rather than our butt-simple plotting.

If you can tell it in a good way, I'll not mind either option. I enjoyed even simpler plots just because that those were handle it right. And, for the moment, I'm not dissappointed by the slightest.

[Remolay]

Originally Posted by ttg_Stemmle

"Won't Expose 304 to his Sons Until they're MUCH Older"

Either his sons are like, 7, or we're going to have to invent T 15+ for this

[Cheri]

It's the shiny underpants, isn't it? Kids can't see that.


Unless those pick-up lines are REALLY dirty.

[GinnyN]

Originally Posted by Remolay

Either his sons are like, 7, or we're going to have to invent T 15+ for this

This was somewhat difficult to find, but here's an idea about how old his Twins are.

[light_rises]

Originally Posted by Cheri

Pickup lines for Sam?! HA! I knew that gag in the first episode was gonna be true! I need to go bug Light_Rises about it.

There is no smiley large enough to express the magnitude of the mental raspberry I'm sending your way. Feel free to use your imagination.

(Also, it could be part of a ruse on Sam's part. It proves nothing, I tell you! Nothing! And you did not notice me visibly shift in my seat once Mike mentioned the pickup lines. Nuh-uh. Nooope.)

Originally Posted by GinnyN

If you can tell it in a good way, I'll not mind either option. I enjoyed even simpler plots just because that those were handle it right. And, for the moment, I'm not dissappointed by the slightest.

Agreed. Simple or complex, execution is still key. And unless or until most (as opposed to a few) people get uncomfortably close with their guesses, I wouldn't worry a whole lot about the plotting starting to show too much of its hand.

Questions ... hmm. I can't think of much I'd want to know about before playing the episode -- I thrive on surprises and mindless speculation! -- buuuuut there's one thing I've been wondering about: Stinky's ability to hear the Alien Brain in 301. Throwaway gag, or something more? Or something that doesn't matter anyway since that timeline no longer exists?

[Zeek]

So I take it I was the only one that read "pick-up lines" as a production term meaning extra dialog that they can insert where needed? I guess my mind isn't as dirty as I thought.