Serendipitously, I started Graphic Design 1 last night, and we watched part of Helvetica and chatted about fonts and placement, etc. I'm more than a little in love with that movie and the people in it.
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
juliana - Jun 11, 2008 9:32:15 am PDT #1147 of 4535
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
amych - Jun 11, 2008 9:36:25 am PDT #1148 of 4535
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I loved that movie!
CaBil - Jun 11, 2008 11:12:44 am PDT #1149 of 4535
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
The Futon's Critic reveals how ME is addressing at least two of the concerns that people have had...
1. Some of the Actives/Dolls have roles they repeat. They specifically mention that one Active/Doll specializes in personal assignments. That would imply that others do not. Which means that some, at least, are not (just) prostitutes.
2. There is a time limit to being a Doll, five years. Which means that they are tiptoeing around the slavery issue. I presume that they have some method of guaranteeing the Actives/Dolls that they will be 'under' for five years, rather than forever, because otherwise who would sign up?
Those two rules help constrain some of the concerns. Not that there will not be exceptions, or that the issues will not be raised or not challenged, but it is starting to put boundaries...
Kevin - Jun 13, 2008 9:40:13 am PDT #1150 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
CaBil,
1. They've taken that bit from the casting calls, which mentioned that one of the dolls (now introduced in episode 2) does personal assignments rather than, like, crime.
2. The five year thing is questioned even in the pilot. I wouldn't believe anything the Dollhouse people say. They're one part evil fuckers, one part misguided.
The thing does read creepy. Knowingly creepy. Also, fun. They're reshooting the pilot now so it might get jumbled about from what people have seen. Certainly the intro has been rewritten from when TFC saw it.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2008 9:43:18 am PDT #1151 of 4535
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kevin - Jun 13, 2008 9:45:45 am PDT #1152 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Ah, Little Virgil Webster and his poseable action figures. Want.
Tamara - Jun 13, 2008 10:06:10 am PDT #1153 of 4535
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
I have been pushing the Inside shamelessly since November and this ammunition helps.
Invisible Green - Jun 13, 2008 11:27:02 am PDT #1154 of 4535
Sorry, wrong thread!
Laga - Jun 13, 2008 9:52:11 pm PDT #1155 of 4535
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Don't you just hate it when you're watching Superbad and that chick who plays Jules is so cute and you know you know her from somewhere so you look her up on the imdb and it turns out you know her from "Drive"?
yeah, me too.
Allyson - Jun 23, 2008 12:45:05 pm PDT #1156 of 4535
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica