That was a very Mal Reynolds moment.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Anne W. - Jun 08, 2005 5:29:06 pm PDT #8261 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Kevin - Jun 08, 2005 5:30:27 pm PDT #8262 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The front page of TI.org has a poll on the first episode now.
Edit: and it's getting about 30 visits a minute from Yahoo, the only search engine which has indexed the site so far. Looks like the show made an impact.
DXMachina - Jun 08, 2005 5:30:57 pm PDT #8263 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That was a very Mal Reynolds moment.
Yes it was, but Mal Reynolds is not sworn to uphold the law.
JenP - Jun 08, 2005 5:31:03 pm PDT #8264 of 10001
For me, it was an "Oh, no he didn't... oh, woah. He so did," line.
Ginger - Jun 08, 2005 5:31:37 pm PDT #8265 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm looking forward to next week. I don't really expect to get a good feel for all the characters in the first episode.
I was cheering Tim's credits and then clapping and going "Yay, Allyson's the fourth victim." That's not usually something to cheer about.
DXMachina - Jun 08, 2005 5:32:34 pm PDT #8266 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Speaking of Allyson, anybody seen her around? t he said, ominously...
askye - Jun 08, 2005 5:33:01 pm PDT #8267 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
If it were Firefly and that was Mal it would be one thing.
But Web's an FBI agent and there are rules and that bothered me. Maybe if I liked Web I'd feel differently but I don't and that made me like him a lot less.
SailAweigh - Jun 08, 2005 5:33:07 pm PDT #8268 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
coming out of other women's mouths
I liked the use of the mirrors and changing reflections. It showed you that Rebecca's identity isn't fixed. Hence, the shifting use of first/second person. She puts on identities like a woman trying on hats.
Tim Minear - Jun 08, 2005 5:33:11 pm PDT #8269 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
by the way, east coasters -- now that you've seen it, doesn't all this hand wringing by the MSM critics about the gore seem a bit overwrought?
Amy - Jun 08, 2005 5:33:30 pm PDT #8270 of 10001
Because books.
I don't like Web and not in the love to hate him but in the die die die get rid of him way.
See, I *loved* Web. He's one of those guys who's super-focused. Get the job done, no matter how you have to do it. (Or almost no matter, I guess.) The rules don't apply to him, because he's smarter, he's better. He's arrogant as hell, but he's also very good at what he does. And what he does is taking serial killers off the streets, not flippling burgers, so I'm willing to give him wiggle room.
Oh, and the other thing I loved was Rebecca ignoring Web's order. The DH was confused because he thought it was just going to be a simple arrest, and why was she putting herself at risk, but I thought that was one those things that's going to make her so good at this -- with her history, she probably *shouldn't* be a field agent/profiler/whatever (see: denied admission to behavioral sciences program), but Web knows she's going to get "inside" both the victim and killer's heads because of it.
And I forgot to mention the one-liners! My favorites were, "You think I'm scary?" and "Damn. I did that backwards." Oh wait, and "There probably won't be a trial." Heh.
Wow, thanks, AmyLiz.
You're more than welcome. I'm just glad it was as good as I wanted it to be, you know? I had a lot of faith after Wonderfalls, and your work on Angel (and, um, Buffy...) rocked, but I hate to get my hopes up for naught. You totally delivered. So, um, keep it.