Comments on: Charlie Jade Recap: "Dirty Laundry"

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:06:32 +0000

I have to agree. Bugs = bad. Big bugs = get a boot.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:05:42 +0000

Ah. I've been recording the SciFi showings, but not watching them in full, so I missed this song change. It's not the first one. Back in "Sand", the scene at Gordon Bolt's place (the crazy old guy with scissors) had Tears for Fears's "Mad World" on the SciFi showing and some random music on the version I've got.

I imagine that's a rights holders' issue with one of the former broadcasters.

By: Eliza Hayes

Eliza Hayes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:39:50 +0000

As much as I enjoyed Charlie Jade, if I saw a huge ugly bug crossing the floor that thing would be greeted with screams and a stomping foot.

No way that thing would be around long enough for it to video anything (or blow anything up for that matter), if I were around with a good hard shoe or rolled up magazine.

By: kagillogly

kagillogly — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:05:41 +0000

I've been watching on download AND on T.V. (T.V. to support the showing of 'fringe' SciFi, but download when showtimes change …)
This week I noted something interesting. There's a change in the soundtrack song when 01 Boxer drives up to the power utility site in the Bentley in the download, the song is some wicked electronic country song, and it's synched rather well with the girls' movements in the car. On the SciFi showing, it was switched to “Mack the Knife.” The words worked, but a crooner? It was soft and cheesy, and that's not the sense we should be getting from 01.
OMG, I'm turning into a geek, but I'm going to continue watching for this sort of thing. It made me realize how much the music added to the ambience.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:27:41 +0000

Part of the problem is that it follows the big revelations of “And Not a Drop to Drink”. While this week we see the temporary link…and see it get blown up, and we see Reena cross over the line, it's really only a character episode for Charlie. There's a lot less plot here and it comes as a pretty big shock.

By: Houston Tempus

Houston Tempus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:20:09 +0000

Thanks for making sense of this episode. I found it very chaotic and hard to follow, and I was totally clueless about the purpose of the Themba Makandi and found some of that story hard to follow.

I think the directorial style just didn't suit me the way it moved around the different plot lines.
Makes a lot more sense now.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:12:03 +0000

I wasn't implying he was a lost cause, but his measuring stick is a lot different than ours. That's why he was chasing 01 for *killing* that girl and not just for kidnapping and raping that girl.

He didn't really care too much to help her out when she showed up at his door, and I could (though would not) argue that he decided to chase 01 more because he took her death as a personal affront than anything else.

By: Eliza Hayes

Eliza Hayes — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:36:57 +0000

Charlie already knew a value of a human life or he wouldn't be in the Betaverse. He was chasing 01 Boxer (strange name, sounds like a name you would name a clone) for killing that young girl. He already cared about human life.

By: R.A. Porter

R.A. Porter — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:25:42 +0000

Well, Jasmine is effectively an Alphaverse hooker with a heart of gold. She's been around a bit. I like Paula better, too.

I would like Reena, but she's damaged goods right now. No telling what that girl's capable of.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:38 +0000

No comments?

As always, very nice recap. Unusually long this time around...

Such a dirty episode. But great turning point for Reena. Unless Charlie is with her, Jasmine bores me. I prefer Paula. She's got more of the girl next door vibe going.