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.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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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.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2005 8:01:26 pm PDT #1469 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Kevin - Jul 15, 2005 11:06:36 pm PDT #1475 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Apologies, it wasn't flamebait. I think some people got that backwards.
le nubian - Jul 16, 2005 6:53:31 am PDT #1476 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
arby, my SO picked up that the boss was Tuvix. I laughed him out of the house.
I guess I'll have to let him back in then.
Kiba Rika - Jul 16, 2005 7:43:20 am PDT #1477 of 10001
I may have to seize the cat.
Thanks Cindy, P-C, Frankenbuddha. I only just watched the episode NOW, which is why I am so late with the thank yous.
I was reading posts about the last episode of the inside, and someone was appalled that Web suffered no consequences from hanging the hooker out on a limb and being responsible for her attack. The poster said that obviously Tim had learned nothing from Joss.
Am I the only person who doesn't CARE if Tim learned anything from Joss? Who might in fact, DANCE, if Tim deliberately ignored some Joss-things? There's something to be said for making one's own mark on the world. Isn't there? (Tim, this is not an invitation for you to go around ACTUALLY making marks places, cuz ew.)
Also, also - is it not true that sometimes in life, people do bad things and don't get in trouble for it? Allyson has repeatedly brought up the noirness of TI, and since I recently took a Barnes and Noble University on noir I am, of course, now an expert... but one of the common themes in noir is that bad stuff happens, and the people who did the bad stuff get away with it.
Art doesn't ALWAYS have to be didactic, I hope.
Scrappy - Jul 16, 2005 9:51:24 am PDT #1478 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw it last night finally, and dayum. First, and most shallow, Coyote is awfully sexy for an old guy. I had a huge crush on him in the '80s and I am glad to see the dude still has it going on. Second, loved the WHOLE FREAKING EPISODE. Lots of interesting darkness, the too-early entrance into the record store was great, the writing was strong and the cast just hit it out of the park, including Hooker and NailBiterDude.