SHAMELESS (another pointless DA thread)
POSTED BY: Zoot
UPDATED: Sunday, August 21, 2005 18:49
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It’s certainly a very good episode!
Have been trying to interest my twin sister in DA – she has three kids under 6, so a little less time than me to lounge and watch telly and she has this really annoying belief that, if I tell her to watch something, it will be crap (despite the fact that I have recently made her watch Firefly, Sports Night and Wonderfalls and she cannot stop going on about how good they all are!!).
So I thought I’d be subtle and when she was over at mine last night I put on Miaow…
The conversation went something like this:
My Sister: What do they do, like, fight crime?
Me: sort of… See, there was this pulse (there follows long and dreary explanation of the DA world ending with) …So Max is looking for the other transgenics that escaped…
My Sister: So Logan’s a transgenic?
Me: No a cyber-journalist.
My Sister: (said at the point we see Renfro) Oh! I recognise her! What’s she been in?
Me: think bumpy nose …
Sister: ohhh yes! Deep Space Nine!
My Sister: (about Max) Doesn’t she sleep?
Me: Not really, ‘cos being transgenic she’s part cat or something…
My Sister: Then surely, if she’s part cat, she should sleep like A LOT, preferably on top of a radiator somewhere …
This was the point at which I gave up … maybe DA is just one of those things my sister won’t like or maybe I chose the wrong episode …
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One thing I do sort of want to know is – in Season 2 we find out that Logan can be cured of the Virus by transgenic blood transfusions – so why don’t he and Max just put a transgenic on ice and get on down to it????
Don't know if this has been discussed yet, but...
In one scene in late S2, Logan wears latex gloves to touch Max's back and examine those markings...
Why the *HELL* can't he wear those gloves and... you know... touch other places?
Full body condom, people, look into it.
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"And your head's up your..."
"Hey!"
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Full body condom, people, look into it.
Have to say I also wondered this when I saw that (and when he holds her hand at the end of Freak Nation) ... I mean - they know soo many wizzkid scientists, surely one of them could nock Logan (or Max)up an ultrastrong latex body sheath (with maybe a baggy bit round the mouth so they could kiss properly ...) oh GAWD am thinking about this WAY too much now ... STOP, Zoot, you perv, STOP!!!
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I'd start w/the pilot, myself, it explains everything up front (plus it's great).
The radiator refrence was greatlol.
Quote:I didn't know you were so politically minded, Zoot.
I can’t help but ask what is this freedom and democracy all these people are allegedly fighting and dying for, unless it’s the freedom to be shot in the head as the whimsy of the police dictates and the freedom to sit back and apathetically allow our civil liberties to be curtailed … talk about totalitarian regime – how long have we got ‘fore we’re living in one ourselves??
Dark Angel is full of 'don't trust the powers that be' messages, and shows pretty accuratly how governments work on some levels.
And it's still weird to me how a refrence to a character who 'fought in Iraq' was tossed off in the pilot ep, like the writers knew where we were going to fight.
The amazing and scary thing about DA is the world it depicts, aside from the transgenic thing. It wouldn't take too much more of a nudge to get us all there, don't you think?
See you at the sector checkpoint Chrisisall
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Have to say I also wondered this when I saw that (and when he holds her hand at the end of Freak Nation) ...]
My question with that whole episode and how it ended was this:
Spoilered ('cause I've noticed some are spoilering this thread and I don't wanna ruin anything for anyone) -->
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They made such a big point of that zone being such a no go zone for non trangenics, because the exposure would kill them all, and yet they barricade themselves in... with Logan, OC (geez, it's been over a year since I've seen this) and I'm thinking a few of the other Jam Pony (Normal and Sketchy? maybe) dudes...
What was the reasoning there? "Meh, maybe they'll die, but it'll be for a good cause, dammit!"
Probaby at this point they knew Logan's insides would putrefy after a week or so in so much radiation that they figured a little touch wasn't out of the question.
*That* is the final scene we didn't get to see after they climbed down off the roof.
Max: So... police chases, births, gun fights, transgenics kicking my ass..
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Max: Makes a girl all hot...
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Max: You're gonna die anyway...
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Cue: *boom chukka boom boom* porn music.
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"Your toes are in the sand."
"And your head's up your..."
"Hey!"
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I took the latex hand holding in Freak Nation to be a bold move in the direction of tactile experimentation that would later be expanded upon by our horney little heroes...
Rubber Chrisisall
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Not much of a nudge at all, I should sadly say, CIA ...
Gotta say it can't have been too hard to guess where the sphere of conflict was likely to be before the Iraq wars actually happened ...
Am VERY politically minded actually (am a paid up member of a certain political party here in the UK), but I don't normally post my thoughts on this website ...
Sadly, due to Mr Bush and his 'aggressive' foreign policy I tend to be anti-US and so many American ‘patriots’ seem to post to the site, I kinda don’t want to upset them – plus the few times I’ve made political comments I’ve been soundly slapped around for being rude about your President …
Plus, I tend to come on the site to forget about real life and revel in the joys of fanatical escapism – our current UK politics is making me sick as a dog!!
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Don't ya mean:
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Max: So... police chases, births, gun fights, transgenics kicking my ass..
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Max: Makes a girl all hot...
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Max: You're gonna die anyway...
Logan: Yeah, I noticed.
Max: sorry, I'm with Alec now - he has so many more muscles AND he can walk without the assistnace of mechanical aids ...
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I took the latex hand holding in Freak Nation to be a bold move in the direction of tactile experimentation that would later be expanded upon by our horney little heroes...
Rubber Chrisisall
"tactile experimentation" ... "latex"
ohhh! Chrisisall!
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I feel that the whole 'Terminal City is deadly' thing fall more or less into the urban legend category; don't drink the water, or lick the ground, and you'll be okay. It's not radiation, it's just highly toxic, and these particular toxins have no effect upon transgenics, allowing more freedom of movement, IE they can crawl around in a TC sewer, and suffer no ill effects.
Does that cover it?
Chrisisall, EPA man
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