Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.

'Bring On The Night'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2005 3:59:40 am PST #2098 of 10006
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So, Yahoo reports that CBS and NBC will feature individual episodes that people can "buy." But instead of going through itunes or other means so that people can download the program, they are offering this through directtv. I think it is nonsensical. They would have a WHOLE lot more $$ if they tossed it on their websites a week or so after the show aired.

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Jars - Nov 08, 2005 4:03:22 am PST #2099 of 10006

Having met Vincent Gallo, I think I can honestly say that the sperm thing is a piss take. He's pretentious, and kind of a dork, but he's not completely irredeemable.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2005 4:12:22 am PST #2100 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I can honestly say that the sperm thing is a piss take. He's pretentious, and kind of a dork, but he's not completely irredeemable.

It being a piss take doesn't make him redeemable in my book. It might mean he's not a racist elitist money-grubbing jackass, but that sort of pisstaking rates hugely low with me.

Ha ha ha I said a really funny thing where I pretended to be an asshole and people got their panties in a twist and then...

Whatev.

Unpleasant or disgusting. But still way over on >>>that>>> side of the scale for me.


Jars - Nov 08, 2005 4:27:58 am PST #2101 of 10006

Ha ha ha I said a really funny thing where I pretended to be an asshole and people got their panties in a twist and then...

Yeah, he's an 'artist'. Have you seen his films? He likes to provoke people.


sarameg - Nov 08, 2005 4:43:43 am PST #2102 of 10006

There is something hard-wired in all of us

So some of us button pushers are more feral, huh? I can work with that.

I remembered my lunch today.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2005 4:51:31 am PST #2103 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He likes to provoke people.

And it works. Thing is, when he provokes people, they get to react. My reaction is one of revulsion - whether his statements are true or not, I find it horrible behaviour, and not by my lights redeemable.

::does the little judgy dance::


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2005 4:55:03 am PST #2104 of 10006
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

::does the little judgy dance::

That dance involves a lot of finger wagging, doesn't it?


Trudy Booth - Nov 08, 2005 4:56:54 am PST #2105 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

There is something hard-wired in all of us about interacting with things that predict food or sex or escape, even when that interaction does nothing to increase the chances of food or sex or escape.

Ah, so it may not be "hitting" the button so much as "hitting on" the button.


tommyrot - Nov 08, 2005 4:59:14 am PST #2106 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

"You are just the sexiest button I've ever seen. How 'bout you and me go out to dinner?"


Jars - Nov 08, 2005 5:00:54 am PST #2107 of 10006

Thing is, when he provokes people, they get to react.

Well, yeah. He likes that, I'd imagine, egotist that he is.

Personally, I think it's kind of funny. He's putting forward a reprehensible persona. We get to laugh at it, rather than with it. It's a joke about a racist character, rather than a racist joke. But that's just me.