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Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?

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[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.

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Consuela - Jun 09, 2005 5:49:05 am PDT #8455 of 10001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Here's my issue with the bit at the end where Web shoots the guy: if this were Firefly, I'd be all over it. But this is supposed to be the mundane world, not 500-years-in-the-future. You can't pull that shit now and get away with it, and if you do, the label you get isn't "efficient", it's "corrupt", and "steamrolling over civil rights". You do that stuff, they call you "The Oakland Riders" and put you on trial for human rights/criminal procedure violations.

Web made me laugh, but he didn't make me like him. Which is what happened when Mal shot that guy in The Train Job.

Does that make any sense?

Allyson - Jun 09, 2005 5:49:24 am PDT #8456 of 10001

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

My favorite part was when she said, "The fourth victim, Allyson Beatrice."

Jessica - Jun 09, 2005 5:49:28 am PDT #8457 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm unsure how physically she could continue to hold the knife even in that state

That's my issue. I don't have a problem with the psychology of it, but that kind of precision's gonna be difficult for anyone not a surgeon even with all nerve endings intact. Plus, slippery.

Ginger - Jun 09, 2005 5:50:18 am PDT #8458 of 10001

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

My favorite part was when she said, "The fourth victim, Allyson Beatrice."

Hey, that was one of my favorite parts too.

Allyson - Jun 09, 2005 5:50:55 am PDT #8459 of 10001

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

You do that stuff, they call you "The Oakland Riders" and put you on trial for human rights/criminal procedure violations.

What makes you think it'll be dropped?

I keep seeing stuff like that, and I wonder why folks think their questions won't be addressed.

msbelle - Jun 09, 2005 5:51:38 am PDT #8460 of 10001

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

makes Total sense Consuela. Exactly what I couldn't put into coherent words last night when cutiehead Mal was maligned. issues.

Allyson, ok if I just call you #4 now?

Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2005 5:51:54 am PDT #8461 of 10001

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Okay, it's Web, short for Webster, right? Not Webb? Cause seeing it both ways is already starting to bug. (cf. Lily, Leanne, Lynne)

Consuela - Jun 09, 2005 5:52:07 am PDT #8462 of 10001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

What makes you think it'll be dropped?

What makes you think I thought it would?

IJS, I liked it but at the same time, it bothered me about the character.

DXMachina - Jun 09, 2005 5:53:32 am PDT #8463 of 10001

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Web made me laugh, but he didn't make me like him. Which is what happened when Mal shot that guy in The Train Job.

Yup. Web is supposed to represent the law. Instead, he murdered a suspect. There's no excuse for that. If he resists, then you can shoot him. Rebecca ought to turn him in to Internal Affairs, or whatever the FBI equivalent is.

Sophie Max - Jun 09, 2005 5:54:23 am PDT #8464 of 10001

I loved it. Totally hooked.

What I found really interesting about the final scene, after the "Damn I did that backward" bit (Webb is evil, in a way that should make for interesting watching), was the glimpse into the relationship between Web and uhhhhhh conscience guy (Paul?). Webb tells him 'take care of it' and Conscience guy says something like "I'm on it" - and the look on his face was...interesting.

It's just - he's conscience guy, but he's also "clean-up" guy. I'm thinking that'll be an interesting tension as well.

eta: I need to find more words for 'interesting'.

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