I started downloading it -- apparently it's going to take 21 hours.
Sigh.
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
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.
sumi - Jun 12, 2005 7:11:29 am PDT #8711 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
aurelia - Jun 12, 2005 7:17:31 am PDT #8712 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I mean, if that were even vaguely ethical.
Of course.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2005 7:19:02 am PDT #8713 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ethics, schmethics.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 12, 2005 8:11:56 am PDT #8714 of 10001
What is even happening?
While I know that there's some overlap between the two terms, a lot of what gets discussed as misogyny strikes me as more correctly described as chauvinism.
I think that's true. Damsel storylines can be chauvinistic. I think when a series does girl-in-peril stuff too often (particularly when the girl is in peril largely because she's a girl) and sadistic, it has potential to move into the territory of misogyny.
Despite "Billy," I don't think there was much misogyny on Angel, but the show and character were often guilty of chauvinism.Yeah. I agree. Billy, the character, was a misogynist, but I don't think Angel (the series) was. I really liked the Billy episode though, so what do I know.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2005 8:22:28 am PDT #8715 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You know a good episode when you see one, that's what.
smonster - Jun 12, 2005 8:42:25 am PDT #8716 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Just watched the GF pilot. Boy, that had potential. Talk about "fighting the good fight." Can't remember many pilots that have made me sniff.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2005 8:52:25 am PDT #8717 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I got sniffly too, though it wasn't even for the idealism inherent in the project, which normally would hit my buttons. It was the fact that Sean, who just stumbled into this mess by accident, had to pull the trigger to shoot a man who just created this mess by accident to save himself and the entire damn city. And the guy even helps him aim. It's so damn tragic.
smonster - Jun 12, 2005 10:05:03 am PDT #8718 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Both the idealism and the finale got me.
Also? I can imagine some buffy/angelverse characters being in on the frequency.
Allyson - Jun 12, 2005 10:17:58 am PDT #8719 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
From TV Guide:
Hits and Misses:
The second episode of this new series is less gruesome than the premiere, but it's no day in the park. It's more a night in the dark, as our crack FBI team, led by the preternaturally intelligent Peter Coyote as Virgil Webster, investigates the world of S&M. There's an encounter between a suspect and Agent Rebecca Locke involving handcuffs that are not FBI issue, and there's an explicit rape scene. Inside is essentially a TV take on The Silence of the Lambs, but thanks to Coyote's malevolent monotone, it has a sleazy charm all its own.
My score: 7
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2005 10:31:45 am PDT #8720 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also? I can imagine some buffy/angelverse characters being in on the frequency.
You know Giles would be on it. And Fred.
My score: 7
So it's a Hit? Cool.