I just like the idea of Adam Baldwin telling people to sit perfectly still in front of a bright light and then cutting little pictures of them out of black paper. For 48 minutes.
What do you mean, not that kind of profiling?
Well, you'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking, because my answer is the same as always — no threesomes unless it's boy-boy-girl. Or Charlize Theron.
Harmony ,'First Date'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:46:20 am PST #3337 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:47:14 am PST #3338 of 10001
it sounds so grim and depressing.
I don't think the pilot is depressing. Grim, maybe. It's kind of hard to not be a little grim given the premise. But I think there's a way to balance the dark with the light and I think Tim has found that balance.
That said, it's not a happy shiny series. It's dark. But not as depressing as those "ripped from the headlines" show. YDMV.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:48:41 am PST #3339 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are some serial killers credited with as many as 600 victims on this list. It makes it seem weird that someone who's killed 3 is in the same category.
Consuela - Dec 03, 2004 8:54:00 am PST #3340 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But I think there's a way to balance the dark with the light and I think Tim has found that balance.
Good to know, Kristen. It's funny -- in a genre show, I can go waaay into dark and be okay. But the closer something is to reality, the harder it is for me to take a lot of violence and psychological trauma. Which is why I can cheer for death and angst on Farscape and Firefly but don't watch L&O: SVU.
Beverly - Dec 03, 2004 8:54:40 am PST #3341 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hell, just dust them with arsenic powder. You could pretend you're Harriet Vane.
Ahem. Or The Brewster Sisters. IJS. (Thank you, Cindy!)
ETA: And now that I think of it, AB would make an awesome updated Jonathan.
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 8:56:28 am PST #3342 of 10001
I should have also said this:
Keep in mind, I'm kinda bloodthirsty.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:58:11 am PST #3343 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You can't be much bloodthirstier than the inhabitants of this thread.
t goes for Advil; double-checks seal on package
Liese S. - Dec 03, 2004 8:59:30 am PST #3344 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, we're all kinda bloodthirsty, or we wouldn't be Tim fans to begin with. Heh.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 9:00:27 am PST #3345 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can't be much bloodthirstier than the inhabitants of this thread.
She has a gift.
Kristen - Dec 03, 2004 9:01:44 am PST #3346 of 10001
Awwww. ita's making me blush.