I think it is seriously creepy and not something I would normally watch.
Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.
Wash ,'Serenity'
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!
Stephanie - Feb 20, 2009 4:36:26 pm PST #1880 of 4535
Trust my rage
sj - Feb 20, 2009 4:41:26 pm PST #1881 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is a much better episode than the first, imo. It feels more Jossverse.
Ailleann - Feb 20, 2009 4:43:15 pm PST #1882 of 4535
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Oh, Joss. I can go with the human trafficking, but does the pathetically pining next door neighbor really have to be the only curvy/fuller figured/"normal"-sized woman on the show? Really??
sigh.
quester - Feb 20, 2009 4:43:37 pm PST #1883 of 4535
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
But, she's getting more flashes. I wonder if whatever he drugged her with is accelerating the process.
sj - Feb 20, 2009 4:44:19 pm PST #1884 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I keep thinking that the client is Alpha, but if so why would they work with him?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 20, 2009 4:44:39 pm PST #1885 of 4535
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The jumping through time certainly feels more like one of his story frameworks.
Appropriately, this dialogue seems to echo what she said in the teaser of the first episode just before being wiped.
Stephanie - Feb 20, 2009 4:51:36 pm PST #1886 of 4535
Trust my rage
This is definitely better but the "hiring a girl for sex and then hunting her" is just really disturbing. Somehow the fact that she doesn't know who she is makes it even creepier.
Steph L. - Feb 20, 2009 5:17:25 pm PST #1887 of 4535
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Not very pleased with the direction this is going. I promised myself 3 episodes, but I might not come back for more.
The creepy stuff about Alpha is intriguing, but the rest of the show is so goddamn offensive. I would have so much less of a problem with the premise if the Actives -- I'm sorry, the young white woman Active -- weren't getting mindwiped and raped every week.
On one episode of The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob's diabolical plan was that he wanted all the TV stations in Springfield to shut down. (Stay with me here.) To spread his message, he hacked into a jumbo-Jumbotron at an air show, and broadcast his message that he wants all the TV stations shut down. The screen goes black for a second, and then he comes back on and says, "And yes, I realize the irony of appearing on television in order to decry it."
Joss, the irony of using a show about mindwiped whores to make a statement on the treatment of....what? Actresses? Is no longer ironic. You don't get to use rape as a metaphor.
amych - Feb 20, 2009 5:25:17 pm PST #1888 of 4535
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
t stands and salutes La Tep
Laura - Feb 20, 2009 5:26:26 pm PST #1889 of 4535
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks Steph for being more articulate than I. All I can say at this point is, why would I want to watch this?