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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.


DXMachina - Jun 10, 2005 10:38:59 am PDT #8625 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

How was Danny to get from one station to the next in time to meet the same train?

That was a problem. I don't know the LA system at all, but I can't imagine them being able to do it, especially if they start from the platform. The train doesn't have to worry about surface traffic or traffic lights. You certainly couldn't do it in Boston.

The only fan wank I can think of is for Web to have arranged for the train to be held up by signals between each stop to allow the others to catch up.


Burrell - Jun 10, 2005 10:47:29 am PDT #8626 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I have a question about the ending of the episode

I wondered about the same thing, then decided that I didn't need to care. It wasn't like her fate was ever in question anyway. Okay, but the other thing I wondered about was how Web figured out who the perp was. And why the audience was left out of the loop--or were there enough clues earlier in the episode to piece it together for oneself?


sumi - Jun 10, 2005 10:50:08 am PDT #8627 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I thought that the patsy said something about "Simon says" and that "Simon sees everything" and then Web (who obviously noticed that the security guy was named Simon) looked at the security camera and put 2 and 2 together.


Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 10:51:50 am PDT #8628 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

sumi is correct.


§ ita § - Jun 10, 2005 10:56:08 am PDT #8629 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

sumi is correct.

But Web had already put her on the train that didn't go to LAX. So he must have been sure he didn't have the right (or only) guy. Or else he's a pointless prick, which'd surprise me.


Sophie Max - Jun 10, 2005 10:58:32 am PDT #8630 of 10001

Web (who obviously noticed that the security guy was named Simon) looked at the security camera and put 2 and 2 together.

That's how Paul figured it out, isn't it? But Web must have known before that, to do the whole charade of firing Rebecca and putting her on a train that didn't actually go to the airport. I may be remembering wrong, but wasn't the firing of Rebecca before all the "Simon says" stuff? (or at least during).

And then Paul and Web both end up at the right station - maybe it was the end of the line, no other choices for the train. yeah, that works. (as long as you don't actually know the LA subway system).


beathen - Jun 10, 2005 11:11:47 am PDT #8631 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.

I'm starting to think that Web figured out that someone in the control room was the killer. Simon told Rebecca that Web was going on and on about the killer. It's possible that Web is good at reading people and was watching everyone in the control center. He probably figured it was Simon just before or right around the time the hooded guy showed up.


Kristen - Jun 10, 2005 11:12:01 am PDT #8632 of 10001

"Simon says" and that "Simon sees everything" and then Web (who obviously noticed that the security guy was named Simon) looked at the security camera and put 2 and 2 together.

I'll need to rewatch to hear what he actually said but, in the script, it was "Skyman says." With a look to the surveillance cameras.


smonster - Jun 10, 2005 11:47:11 am PDT #8633 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

maybe it was the end of the line, no other choices for the train.

Except that Rebecca tried to talk the killer out of getting off the train there.


Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 11:48:42 am PDT #8634 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'll need to rewatch to hear what he actually said but, in the script, it was "Skyman says." With a look to the surveillance cameras.

Huh. I distinctly heard "Simon says," but maybe my ear was trained to hear that since we'd just learned the killer's name was Simon.