Ariana - how much red bull can you drink in a day?
How much can I drink? I'm... not certain. Depends on what you call a day, I suppose... 18 hours? 20? 36? That said: I do hold myself to a budget -- I spend about the same on my caffiene and my nicotine.
I'm fairly serious. If I was a youngish teen, had super powers and sorta ended the world, I'd expect at least one of my group with have a misguided attempt or two to gravitate towards 'super hero' status. It would all end in tears of course...
So, I'm a bit late as I had very important movie watching to do yesterday (it went just fine, all, um, 8 hours of it).
I like how Kait just makes "the law" and seems to be one of the few people Arkady really doesn't like, or at least show much sweetness to. Also, the image of Alice startled every time she shows up is going to run on a loop in my visual images all fucking day. And maybe even tomorrow. Just for kicks.
Anyway, Loved this episode, and yes I had to wait until today (Saturday) evening to read it. Lots of stuff I had to do. Yesterday I saw Star Trek. That was good stuff. So I am really enjoying FreakAngels because it just makes each week worth muddling through. Thanks Mr. Ellis for giving life those simple pleasures of webcomics that deal with moider, threats of severed nipples, and Quincy jokes. That's the kind of thing that gives me the shit-eating grin that worries my family. =P
@ Dee Noir - You spelled Quincy wrong. You probably never saw Mannix, either. And yes, love to Peter Falk. But he was no Randolph Mantooth, star of a little show called EMERGENCY! It was the Adam 12 of medical shows.
And did you know Buddy Edbsen, otherwise known as Barnaby Jones, was originally tapped to play the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz? Had to quit because he was allergic to the make-up.
I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
@ mister hex - My knowledge of these matters is purely based on yesterday mornings T.V. schedule on ITV in England. First they showed Quincy where he solved a kidnapping/murder to do with the Chinese mafia. It was all about honour, revenge and what-not. Then there was a feature length Columbo starring William Shatner as a detective in a murder television programme who commits murder in real life. They were both pretty well written, I'm just undecided as to who is prettier - grey ancient Quincy, or stooping disheaveled trench-coated Columbo...
Maybe they both have foot long dicks. How is that for a compromise? *Goes off to look for slash fan-fic*
@ Dee Noir - Mannix was the most violent show on tv. Every week, Mannix would beat confessions out of people. And he drove a cool car (I used to have a Dinky Toy of Mannix's Car.)
Anyone remember Banacek? George Peppard, mainly in a turtle-neck, and he wasn't even a cop? He was an insurance investigator. (That probably didn't make it Over The Pond.) Banacek did not have a foot-long cock.
I'm just kidding and killing time until the NEXT FreakAngels. For more information on Obscure American Cop Shows From the Seventies and Eighties, consult your local library's free internet.
Arkady and Kait and Miki don't really get along, do they? Like any cohort of contemporaries, some people gel better than others. Everybody LOVES Arkady (except Kait), everyone's AFRAID of KK (except Conner?), everyone ribs Conner because he used to be fat, everyone knows Jack and Sirkka have some issues to work out ...
Actually, the only person who seems to truly dislike Arkady is Luke. Kait and Arkady seemed to get along quite well when Arkady teleported Kait away from the grenade. It seems more accurate to see that Kait was momentarily angry at Arkady for throwing chikkinz! at her face and then teleporting her into a nasty polluted river. I'll say that no matter how well I generally got along with someone, if they did that to me, it would tend to damage my calm. Also, notice that after Miki unleashed her profane rant at them, they teamed up against her.
Agreeing with johnjones. I think Kait's main problem is that she's both really edgy (in the "twitchy" sense) and she seems to have a fairly short temper. Although she seems to be pretty level-headed once the initial explosion happens.
Banacek did indeed make it over here. Always took his glove off to shake hands. Like Cannon, he always wore driving gloves so he didn't fuck his knuckles up when beating the shit out of people.
Of course, can't have a detective show unless the lead dick gets to beat the shit out the perp. It's called Television and ratings; you have to hook the viewers with violence because who wants to sit and watch actual detective work. (being sarcastic)