Joss' fascination with torture ?
POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Monday, December 27, 2004 17:15
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Hey all.
I was recalling a few Buffy, Angel and Firefly episodes the other day and I realised how each show at various times dedicates an episode to having the character/s endure some form of torture.
Does Joss have some fascination with it do you think? Or is it just a great topic for character development?
What do you think?...And how well were they done?
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TheSomnambulist
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"Does Joss have some fascination with it do you think?"
Well...I think he 'goes there' because of the violent nature of all his shows. As for the character development, if your hero withstands torture and doesnt give up the goods than the hero becomes even cooler so yeah..I'd go with that one.
My fav is the end of season 2 of Buffy when Angel tortures Giles. When Dru makes Giles see Jenny...oooh...good stuff. Plus, Angel is funny in that scene (as in torture funny HAHA! :P)
"..it is my very favorite gun."
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Yep. I remember thinking that for a TV show like Buffy and the kind of audience it would have gathered after the first series, this was a really brave thing to be doing to the characters.
For Angel as much as Giles, because Angel was someone the audiece would have had certain ties with and to have him be so evil was a great twist for the audience to deal with.
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I think he has a fascination with birthdays.
I reckon he has crap birthday's like I do... many a scorched cupcake.
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Whedon spent much of his High School years at an English private boarding school.
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Whedon knows his audience, and how much they are entertained by the suffering of others. It is possible to address the evil of torture without presenting its enactment. What we have is torture as entertainment.
Does anyone else not re-view War Stories? Well, apart from Summer and Jewel's opening scene.
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Whedon spent his High School years at an English private boarding school.
Me to. It aint that bad!
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Quote:I think the canonical line is It never did me any harm
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Me to. It aint that bad!
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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:Quote:I think the canonical line is It never did me any harm
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Me to. It aint that bad!
Well I never said I came out unscathed....
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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
"Does Joss have some fascination with it do you think?"
Well...I think he 'goes there' because of the violent nature of all his shows. As for the character development, if your hero withstands torture and doesnt give up the goods than the hero becomes even cooler so yeah..I'd go with that one.
My fav is the end of season 2 of Buffy when Angel tortures Giles. When Dru makes Giles see Jenny...oooh...good stuff. Plus, Angel is funny in that scene (as in torture funny HAHA! :P)
"..it is my very favorite gun."
One of my favorite scenes is later in the series when Angel is now "good" again and he goes to Giles for help. Giles answers his door and Angel asks to come in. Giles walks away and Angel says kind of sheepishly "Ah, I can't come in without an invite." Giles comes back with a crossbow aimed at Angel and says "I know... Come in."
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