Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!

Giles ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2013 2:21:05 pm PDT #4745 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You have no idea. Or, well, you do. We have all had close shaves, when it could have been humiliating. I have some raging uncertainty coming up at work anyway, so I need to make as many other things as certain as poss....and the manager told me he's okay with profanity, so...I'm not sure how we like each other and work at loggerheads 95% of the time. Oh, well. Could be so much worse.

How did I just find out *now* that there is no set language for the Miranda rights, and what they use verbatim on TV so often is not conveying the right thing? I mean, i feel better, because it didn't make sense to me, but it's an industry-wide conspiracy!


le nubian - Sep 09, 2013 2:40:47 pm PDT #4746 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

here I'm thinking: man, ita's work situation is fucking out of control if she is being read her Miranda rights.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2013 2:40:56 pm PDT #4747 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What wrong thing is it conveying?


Amy - Sep 09, 2013 2:50:02 pm PDT #4748 of 30000
Because books.

there is no set language for the Miranda rights

Seriously?


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2013 3:22:55 pm PDT #4749 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What wrong thing is it conveying?

"Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law" when they are supposed to mean "anything you say can/may be used against you in a court of law".

Seriously?

Varies by jurisdiction. Not federally/supreme court dictated.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2013 3:27:13 pm PDT #4750 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, I believe they do say "may be used against you," not will. At least, not on Law & Order!


Jesse - Sep 09, 2013 3:29:05 pm PDT #4751 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wait, I take it back. I now have Jerry Orbach in my head saying "can and will..." Hmm.


§ ita § - Sep 09, 2013 4:41:44 pm PDT #4752 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This is what has been up my nose a lot. I'm glad I randomly asked. TV is clearly one jurisdiction...

And Life of Pi is clearly cheesy.


Kat - Sep 09, 2013 4:57:16 pm PDT #4753 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, the book or the movie?


Amy - Sep 09, 2013 5:01:04 pm PDT #4754 of 30000
Because books.

Life of Pi is one of those phenomenon (phenomena?) that just breezed right past me. I didn't read it, and I'm not particularly interested in the movie. No idea why.