It never even occurred to me that the four guns might have been funny. Aside from the whole "What are you doing?" thing, I thought it was really horrific, and purposefully so.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 5:00:30 pm PDT #47 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - Jun 23, 2005 5:13:43 pm PDT #48 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Twin Peaks
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2005 5:21:42 pm PDT #49 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I figured out why I liked this episode better than the last two (which I also liked, but this one really did it for me) - it was pretty much all cat & mouse and, other than "who's the victim", not a whodunnit. The killer was revealed in act one.
The first two, while having cat & mouse elements throughout, definitely had a lot more "who's the killer?" shell game going, and with a limited number of suspects, it's either obvious (in that it had to be one of these people) or an asspull (in that it's nameless numberhead killer).
Outside of giallo movies, I generally have little use for whodunnits. And with giallo, it's the stylishness of the movies that usually hooks me in - who's the psycho is usually SUCH an afterthought. It's also probably why I liked COLUMBO so much - you ALWAYS knew whodunnit. The fun was watching Peter Falk annoy the killer into confessing work it out.
Lee - Jun 23, 2005 5:53:15 pm PDT #50 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What else is/was out there?
Without a trace.
SailAweigh - Jun 23, 2005 5:58:47 pm PDT #51 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Like ita, I didn't find the four all going for the door with guns drawn funny, but I also didn't get pulled out of the story by the "who's watching the rest of the house." I didn't even stop to think about that until they said Roger was gone.
DCJensen - Jun 23, 2005 6:11:08 pm PDT #52 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh, nitpick! In the article about her disappearance, the caption described her as Becky Locke, not Becky George.
It does seem so, but I have crappy reception.
Off to download.
quester - Jun 23, 2005 6:23:30 pm PDT #53 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'm trying to think of FBI TV shows, and google is giving me no love.
The Untouchables
Seems to me there is almost always at least one FBI or CIA show on during any given season.
JenP - Jun 23, 2005 6:32:22 pm PDT #54 of 10001
I thought it was really horrific, and purposefully so.
I didn't find the scene overall funny. Overall it was disturbing, because... frightened little girl. But I did find it funny when they opened the door, all prepared for something threatening, and it was not threatening, for that split second (though then it was again right away because of why she was there, that he'd been talking to her, etc.). Perhaps I need to rewatch; I was anticipating something completely non-threatening to be a counterpoint to the four smooshed together agents with guns at the ready. It's possible I projected. I do that a lot.
Wolfram - Jun 23, 2005 6:37:49 pm PDT #55 of 10001
Visilurking
It never even occurred to me that the four guns might have been funny. Aside from the whole "What are you doing?" thing, I thought it was really horrific, and purposefully so.
See I found the scene where Rebecca and Paul draw on dad playing with his kids horrific (in a good way.) But all four of them drawing on a doorbell? Comedy gold. Maybe I'm just twisted that way.
evil jimi - Jun 23, 2005 7:07:35 pm PDT #56 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I'm trying to think of FBI TV shows, and google is giving me no love.
Is Millenium considered an FBI show?
Unsub was a short-lived FBI series from the late 80s starring David Soul.