W T F ?!?
The author starts off making sense (in that he/she has an apparent point, even if I don't agree with it) and then apparently took a hit of something or forgot to take a hit of something and just went off into crackville.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Veronica Mars: Annoy, Tiny Blonde One. Annoy Like the Wind.
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Kalshane - Oct 13, 2006 3:45:50 pm PDT #3887 of 5730
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
meara - Oct 13, 2006 3:48:33 pm PDT #3888 of 5730
I think it would be deliciously twisted and perfect for the morally grey universe of noir. Bad things being done with good intentions.
Totally.
Unless the girls turn out *not* to have been raped at all, but only had their heads shaved to make it appear they'd been raped. That I could see. Fucked up as it would be.
That's exactly what I was wondering...I mean, if you've been roofied and don't remember anything...
Plus, Take Back the Night Rallies in the day are DUM.
Hah!
But yeah, I think it would be interesting if some of teh rapes were real and some were not actually rapes, just the women trying to get more attention for the actual rapes. OTOH, that would be so many kinds of fucked up and really piss me off, putting that kind of shit into a Take Back The Night thing that I might have to hate Rob, so I'm hoping there's more to it. I mean...if that was the way to go, I'd want him to have given it some kind of fake name, and not use an actual group/event thing that has good stuff. So I'm hoping for (because, interesting and noir!) but also hoping against.
Polter-Cow - Oct 13, 2006 3:52:00 pm PDT #3889 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The author starts off making sense (in that he/she has an apparent point, even if I don't agree with it) and then apparently took a hit of something or forgot to take a hit of something and just went off into crackville.
It's so stream-of-consciousness, as if it were written in some sort of daze.
And HA! I just saw that the author commented on the post with a link to our reaming of it on TWoP.
DCJensen - Oct 14, 2006 3:55:14 am PDT #3890 of 5730
All is well that ends in pizza.
The cops are all bumbling and on the take
Not all of them. There seem to be some decent ones still on the force.
Polter-Cow - Oct 14, 2006 12:19:17 pm PDT #3891 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Diane Ruggiero and Dan Gabbe, writer and editor of the episode, have recorded an entertaining and informative podcast. It's worth listening to, if only for the BSG geek-out at the end.
Invisible Green - Oct 14, 2006 3:48:38 pm PDT #3892 of 5730
Dan Gabbe's actually the editor, not the director (that's John T. Kretchmer).
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2006 5:28:06 pm PDT #3893 of 5730
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If TBTN has actually been orchestrating actual rapes to further their agenda, however...that's just sick.
I'm still wondering if the buzzing that Veronica later thought was hair clippers might have been what she thought it was originally. I have no idea what way they would go with that (and if Parker ends up being another person who betrays Mac's trust, I'm gonna be over the show), but...I got nothing past that observation; just made it since no one else had noted it (apologies if I missed it).
Polter-Cow - Oct 14, 2006 6:14:54 pm PDT #3894 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dan Gabbe's actually the editor, not the director (that's John T. Kretchmer).
D'oh. I did know that. Just that "writer and director" is a pretty ingrained phrase.
Cashmere - Oct 14, 2006 8:29:44 pm PDT #3895 of 5730
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think the rapes aren't the work of the TBtNers or any subsequent head-shavings--it just doesn't ping me that way. Veronica's description of the buzzing was just meant to make her uncomfortable in front of Lamb.
§ ita § - Oct 16, 2006 9:41:13 pm PDT #3896 of 5730
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LA people, sometime on Thursday, IIRC, JD will be on the news doing krav.
I'm not entirely sure why, but hey--maybe they'll keep the shot of Kelly punching him in the stomach (soft, she reports) for no good reason.
I'll have to doublecheck and find out the station, but it should be a bit at 6 and again at 9.