Not quite double post excited, but close.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'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!
Tamara - May 07, 2008 8:35:33 am PDT #562 of 4535
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Allyson - May 07, 2008 8:36:51 am PDT #563 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
Yeah, no. The concept of Buffy was silly and intriguing.
This is all stepford wives and slavery, and it gives me an ick.
Allyson - May 07, 2008 8:39:30 am PDT #564 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
Not so much with the Trust In Joss, either. Weird cult! Weird cult I say!
§ ita § - May 07, 2008 8:39:56 am PDT #565 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is all stepford wives and slavery, and it gives me an ick.
But don't you think Joss know it's icky? I mean, regardless of how they play it--I'm sure it will be pitched all Aliasy and hot chick kicking people in her underwear. Whether or not he does it well, from what I've read it seems like he thinks it's disturbing.
Jessica - May 07, 2008 8:40:25 am PDT #566 of 4535
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Weird cult! Weird cult I say!
Yeah, the phrase "Trust in Joss"? Also makes me cringe.
Steph L. - May 07, 2008 8:44:00 am PDT #567 of 4535
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yeah, the phrase "Trust in Joss"? Also makes me cringe.
Seriously. Didn't he write "Spiral"?
Allyson - May 07, 2008 8:44:48 am PDT #568 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
I've no idea if he's aware of the ick. Whether he is or not doesn't make the ick go away. Even if it's from a, "this is a horrible thing that's happening, and I will show you it" point of view, it sounds like NO FUN. And ick.
It hits the same sort of head explodey nerve as time paradoxy things for me.
Glamcookie - May 07, 2008 8:46:22 am PDT #569 of 4535
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm looking forward to Dollhouse. Great cast and I know Joss isn't going to do a show that is degrading to women. I may not like the show, but I highly doubt it'll be because it's offensive.
Kat - May 07, 2008 8:47:20 am PDT #570 of 4535
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
"this is a horrible thing that's happening, and I will show you it" point of view, it sounds like NO FUN. And ick.
HA! and you have nailed my issue with The Inside, too.
§ ita § - May 07, 2008 8:48:07 am PDT #571 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Even if it's from a, "this is a horrible thing that's happening, and I will show you it" point of view, it sounds like NO FUN
Kinda like The Inside, I guess.
I don't know. It's seemed to me that the whole thing hinges on the idea that what's happening is wrong, and that's why we're following along as someone inside wakes up to the what's happening to her, counterpointed by someone on the outside convinced of it and trying to hammer their way in.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Which is all aside from how well it will be addressed.