Uhm, I can answer the question about the question, but it's a spoiler:
you find out in the episode they're talking to Joss about. Press peeps have been given screeners of episodes 6 and 8.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
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Kevin - Mar 19, 2009 2:06:37 pm PDT #755 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
brenda m - Mar 19, 2009 2:55:33 pm PDT #756 of 5827
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It seems like Caroline was at least partially coerced,
It felt like they were setting up a Femme Nikita kind of situation, but no details to really show what side of the line it fell on. Given everything else, though, I'll be mightily surprised if it doesn't turn out that some if not most are "volunteers" rather than, you know, actual volunteers.
Juliebird - Mar 19, 2009 3:40:28 pm PDT #757 of 5827
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Although the paragraph containing "titillating" says yes, more gratuitous sex, the following paragraph seemed to read counter to that. That it would be more (ideal) Inara situations. The "let's talk about sex and sexuality in addition to showing it" that I vaguely remember reading about.
I'm so confused. Even if he really meant the latter, it didn't pan out well for Inara. (Whore!)
Anastasius - Mar 19, 2009 10:24:06 pm PDT #758 of 5827
There are a lot of interviews saying they are aware of the "ick factor", it is uncomfortable, they want to deal with responsibly, empowering, blah... And then we have last weeks episode where the head nerd has a live feed of the shower camera and it's just base exploitation with a joke on top. Of the million ways to show us that Victor remembers Sierra they chose the one with the least clothes.
Vortex - Mar 20, 2009 5:33:40 am PDT #759 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that it wasn't just about Victor remembering Sierra (remember the scene last week about them sitting at the same table?), it was about the fact that the dolls are losing their innocence.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 20, 2009 6:06:46 am PDT #760 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, I find the shower scene rather low on the exploitation scale compared to some other elements that have been in the show since the first episode.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2009 7:02:48 am PDT #761 of 5827
"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
That's probably because, as every network executive knows, male nudity and sexuality couldn't possibly be considered hot, so it's just played for laughs. rolls eyes forever...
Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2009 7:32:21 am PDT #762 of 5827
brillig
male nudity and sexuality couldn't possibly be considered hot, so it's just played for laughs.
The Slash Channel, with every buddy cop show ever made.
Toddson - Mar 20, 2009 7:41:32 am PDT #763 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Isn't televised slash much more entertaining when it's not intentional?
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2009 8:26:31 am PDT #764 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.