They'll always have Buffy.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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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.
quester - Jul 15, 2005 3:42:59 pm PDT #1465 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Typo Boy - Jul 15, 2005 7:47:53 pm PDT #1466 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The first episode shows every sign of continuing in Whedon's tradition of producing TV fiction that is not just liberal, but radical in its political sensibilities, though with a minimum of overt politics.
I forced myself the to skim the entire article. (Could not bring myself to read it carefully.) The examples it gives of radical leftism seem to be:
A) noting that women are people,
B) noting that good and evil can exist side by side while remaining distinct.
Uh yeah. Those are radical leftist positions all right. Cause no one not a radical leftist has ever noticed either one of these things. It is not possible, for example, that a libertarian Heinlein's admirerer who has written a mini-series based upon "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" would be aware of such things without having become a radical leftist.
Gus - Jul 15, 2005 7:55:56 pm PDT #1467 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
The politics of The Inside do not interest me so much. If you have the FBI, you are starting out on the Right.
Typo Boy - Jul 15, 2005 8:00:23 pm PDT #1468 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Gus - I agree. The chance to snark at someone trying to read politics into it that were not there interested me, at least for one post.
On edit. On second thought I'm not sure locating it in the FBI automatically locates the politics on the right. But I agree that an extended discussion of the politics of The Inside would not be interesting.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2005 8:01:26 pm PDT #1469 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Personally ... the politics of The Inside don't interest me because they don't interest me. Any extrapolation I might do is me projecting, not me knowing.
Gus - Jul 15, 2005 8:13:47 pm PDT #1470 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
What ita said. The FBI being right of center is a projection on my part.
Still, the presumption of guilt seems to be a thing (to me, maybe only to me) in The Inside.
brenda m - Jul 15, 2005 8:39:54 pm PDT #1471 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What ita said.
That said (yeah, shut up) am I reading it wrong in thinking that the article (which I skimmed until about the half-way point) is actually praising the "radical" viewpoint? Not so much what I'd have thought from the comments. But Gus's point about the presumption of guilt and just the show in general - I feel a much more rightist vibe than lefty.
Kristen - Jul 15, 2005 8:46:42 pm PDT #1472 of 10001
No, I think it's praise too. I just think it's really weird praise and kinda like that other review that was very positive but made me wonder what show they were watching.
brenda m - Jul 15, 2005 9:00:07 pm PDT #1473 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Weird and what-show I totally agree with.
arby - Jul 15, 2005 10:40:53 pm PDT #1474 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
Where you've seen the Big Stupidhead Boss - he was Tuvik the Tuvok-clone on Voyager. Sad that I know that, huh?
I liked this ep a lot but agree it was totally squickifying on so many levels. The nail-biting was ewww and I had to cover my eyes and at one point stop my ears. But that was nothing compared to Web: creee. peee. The BF thought the show had no balls because he wasn't the killer, but I thought he was creepier here than ever.
Paul was so cute in his white knight scene. I love it when JH's cheeks get all flushed and he's fully Boy Scout.