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Current Talk '10 I / Re: Discuss - Ep #0975
« on: May 04, 2010, 07:53:04 PM »
I couldn't resist capturing this scene. It's obvious why fans have long referred to the portrait over the liquor cabinet (in reality, Richard Wagner) as "Joshua's portrait"--
Sabrina to Chris: "There is no way out."
Break a freakin' window. Sheesh.
Roger to Barnabas, in the East Wing: "I haven't been here in years."
Roger has a mind like a sieve! I think it's been only a couple of days since this took place:
Wasn't that a real knife that Stroka was holding against Briscoe's neck? Granted, it's probably not the sharpest knife, yet he easily peeled an apple with it a couple of eps ago.
But why use a knife to guard two prisoners when he already had Ned's gun? The writer (now Sam Hall) seems to be ignoring that fact completely. And what happened to Sky, btw, who was tied up in the closet?
The lack of continuity with set design, props, costumes AND plot might be a result of the wacky taping sched during the first 2 weeks of March. After #973 was taped on the previous Friday, the order went like this:
#975, #977, #980, #981, #982, #976, #974, #978, #979 and #983.![[ghost_wacko]](http://www.dsboards.com/SMF/Smileys/classic/ghost_wacko.gif "Wacko")
I do see some basic differences between the two characters. We were told that Aristede was a sadist who relished killing for killing's sake, but I see Bruno as more of an opportunist, always considering what was in it for him. Even when he whipped the werewolf, it wasn't done for the sake of inflicting pain on the creature but for a specific purpose-- to rile it up as much as possible before Jeb showed up. Bruno bragged that he wouldn't hesitate to kill, but when Jeb told him to get information out of Maggie and gave his permission to kill her, Bruno yelled a little at her, bought her story and let her go, but when Aristede set out to interrogate Amanda (who was not marked for death), she ended up unconscious. Bruno only boasted about his preference for knives, but Aristede employed torture devices that he aimed in the most horrific manner possible. And Bruno did have that that one unselfish moment when he saved Sabrina from the werewolf. (Sabrina didn't see it as saving her life, but I think she would've been wolf chow.)
Both men started new lives as followers-- Aristede fell into service with Petofi in exchange for the security, comfort, and adventure he could provide, and Strak may have made the same claims to Bruno to recruit his service to the Leviathans, maybe with a promise of power thrown in. However, Aristede knew his place as the servant, and we didn't see the profound jealousy in him that Bruno developed early on for Jeb, even after Petofi treated Aristede horribly.
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Sabrina to Chris: "There is no way out."
Break a freakin' window. Sheesh.
Roger to Barnabas, in the East Wing: "I haven't been here in years."
Roger has a mind like a sieve! I think it's been only a couple of days since this took place:
Roger, holding his aching head, comes to and looks up at Julia--what are you doing here? he asks. Liz told me I could come check the architecture in the east wing lies Julia. I'm not in the mood to discuss that, says Roger--the east wing? Yes, says Julia. What am I doing here? he asks. You must have some reason, says Julia, but you got a bad hit on the head--I think a cold compress is in order. Upset, Roger says I can think of no reason for being here in the east wing.
Bruno thinks he's too good for fistfights. Stabbing's cooler I guess.
Wasn't that a real knife that Stroka was holding against Briscoe's neck? Granted, it's probably not the sharpest knife, yet he easily peeled an apple with it a couple of eps ago.
But why use a knife to guard two prisoners when he already had Ned's gun? The writer (now Sam Hall) seems to be ignoring that fact completely. And what happened to Sky, btw, who was tied up in the closet?
The lack of continuity with set design, props, costumes AND plot might be a result of the wacky taping sched during the first 2 weeks of March. After #973 was taped on the previous Friday, the order went like this:
#975, #977, #980, #981, #982, #976, #974, #978, #979 and #983.
What's the difference between Bruno and Aristede? Not much. They're both sadistic brutes, they both love to use their knives to threaten their victims
I do see some basic differences between the two characters. We were told that Aristede was a sadist who relished killing for killing's sake, but I see Bruno as more of an opportunist, always considering what was in it for him. Even when he whipped the werewolf, it wasn't done for the sake of inflicting pain on the creature but for a specific purpose-- to rile it up as much as possible before Jeb showed up. Bruno bragged that he wouldn't hesitate to kill, but when Jeb told him to get information out of Maggie and gave his permission to kill her, Bruno yelled a little at her, bought her story and let her go, but when Aristede set out to interrogate Amanda (who was not marked for death), she ended up unconscious. Bruno only boasted about his preference for knives, but Aristede employed torture devices that he aimed in the most horrific manner possible. And Bruno did have that that one unselfish moment when he saved Sabrina from the werewolf. (Sabrina didn't see it as saving her life, but I think she would've been wolf chow.)
Both men started new lives as followers-- Aristede fell into service with Petofi in exchange for the security, comfort, and adventure he could provide, and Strak may have made the same claims to Bruno to recruit his service to the Leviathans, maybe with a promise of power thrown in. However, Aristede knew his place as the servant, and we didn't see the profound jealousy in him that Bruno developed early on for Jeb, even after Petofi treated Aristede horribly.
Aristede wouldn't be caught dead in that fur coat.Ha ha! And there's that.
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