Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.

'Jaynestown'


The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People  

[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.


Allyson - Jun 24, 2005 11:37:37 am PDT #114 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

I have to either accept that she's right until I'm shown otherwise.

On this one, I believed she could absolutely be wrong, as could prefiler. I always think she could be wrong. Profiling is a guess, not an absolute. She's saying, "this is the likely scenario/description according to my understanding of things."

Which isn't a good enough reason to execute someone.

There's a "get out of my gene pool!" response I have to it, but he's already seeded it with his whiny video game playing kids who should get offa my lawn.


§ ita § - Jun 24, 2005 11:55:22 am PDT #115 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Which isn't a good enough reason to execute someone.

If she was right, to me, it still wouldn't be a good enough reason. The execution is separate from the guilt, morally.

As for her accuracy -- I'm waiting to be shown she's wrong. Either she's been right, or it's been untestable. I don't have the information to second-guess her. Only Tim does here, so I'm going to leave it be.


Kristen - Jun 24, 2005 12:52:58 pm PDT #116 of 10001

Profiling is a guess, not an absolute.

I want there to be an episode where they're all completely wrong a la Gary Ridgeway.


alienprayer - Jun 24, 2005 2:21:41 pm PDT #117 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce

I had the feeling that the pre-filer was altering his standards through the episode. Then he sees and investigates Rebecca, and once he finds out about the kidnapping, pushes her at the pedophile that he's noticed.

So if the FBI still had the de-gloved profiler from the first episode, he would have found a bipolar target to taunt her with.


JadeHand - Jun 25, 2005 5:12:32 am PDT #118 of 10001
"Waiting to be recognised, quite applause will do. They shower you with flowers, when they bury you." -Brave -Marillion.

ahhhhh......Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 25, 2005 5:37:30 am PDT #119 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

ahhhhh......Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff.

Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff PORN, thank you very much. Never forget the porn around here.


Jessica - Jun 25, 2005 6:03:03 am PDT #120 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

To conform to the Buffista standard, it should really be Gay Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff Porn.


joe boucher - Jun 25, 2005 8:56:51 am PDT #121 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff PORN, thank you very much.

Isn't PORN redundant? Cuz there's not much hope for you if the snuffing of an ice cream sandwich doesn't get you hot and bothered.


JadeHand - Jun 25, 2005 9:23:17 am PDT #122 of 10001
"Waiting to be recognised, quite applause will do. They shower you with flowers, when they bury you." -Brave -Marillion.

To conform to the Buffista standard, it should really be Gay Ice Cream Sandwich Snuff Porn.

Ah.... Ice Cream Sandwich on Ice Cream Sandwich action until they just melt all over each other.....to death, got it.


lilserf - Jun 25, 2005 5:19:02 pm PDT #123 of 10001
Friends don't let friends dismiss Veronica Mars unjustly.

Just to chime in late on the four-on-the-door issue, the main reason I was pulled out of the scene was I thought to myself "Oh no, not the TV cliche where there's a decoy at the door while the killer sneaks in the back!". The following scenes I kept expecting the killer to show up in the house.

So I'm not sure whether to feel: a) happy, because the writer was smarter than the killer-comes-in-the-back-door cliche, or b) sad, because the characters didn't appear to consider the killer coming in the back door.

All previous posts about possible complicated explanations for their actions are valid, but in the heat of the moment my brain said "somebody think of the back door!" and I saw nothing on screen to satisfy it :)

All in all, a pretty minor nitpick. I was pleased, though I think I liked last week's slightly better.