I too had forgotten about that episode. I had to look it up on wikipedia:
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2008 4:17:49 am PDT #6340 of 10467
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 5:50:07 am PDT #6341 of 10467
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hadn't forgotten Happy Anniversary, but I don't see the similarities. Billy never wanted to use the freeze ray on Penny, he wanted to use it on Capt. Hammer.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 5:54:56 am PDT #6342 of 10467
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Vortex - he use it on her, in a way. In the laundromat song, in his imagination.
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 5:59:39 am PDT #6343 of 10467
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But did he actually shoot her with the freeze ray or did he just sing to her while she wasn't moving? Which is a common musical tactic.
victor infante - Jul 23, 2008 6:02:19 am PDT #6344 of 10467
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I don't know if we should hold metaphorical freeze-ray usage against him.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2008 6:07:08 am PDT #6345 of 10467
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Vortex - given the subject matter of the song, I'd say shooting her with the freeze ray was implied.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:10 am PDT #6346 of 10467
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, now I remembered (iTunes doesn't like my country, so I have no way to watch it now) - he points at her while singing about his freeze ray, so I agree with tommyrot it was implied.
sumi - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:31 am PDT #6347 of 10467
Art Crawl!!!
I read that as more, " If my freeze-ray were operational, I could freeze time until I could think of the perfect thing to say to Penny because when I see her I can't talk to her" - you know?
Vortex - Jul 23, 2008 6:10:33 am PDT #6348 of 10467
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I wouldn't, but perhaps I'm not remembering the lyrics. It is a classic musical tradition to sing to your unrequited love while he/she is frozen in time.
Shir - Jul 23, 2008 6:14:14 am PDT #6349 of 10467
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I agree, sumi. Only by what I could see, the freeze ray doesn't freeze time, but it freeze the person in time (while Penny is "frozen", the other laundromat people are still in motion).