28 Feb
2001
28 Feb
'01
3:11 p.m.
Neil Faulkner wrote:
Not quite what I meant. Violence - people killing people - is intrinsic to the premise of B7, and by and large it is rarely if ever questioned, at least by fans. Sometimes it's a tragedy, other times arranged as spectacle (Mori falling into a volcano, Dorian wasting away), most often little more than incidental. Sometimes it can even be light relief (Vila shooting a trooper in Games).
Personally, I find that bit in "Shadow" where Avon is gunning down troopers, then smiles and says "Next!" to be a bit chilling. It's a much more disturbing line in its own way than "Stardrive"'s "Who?"
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