Rape Logic

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Anderson, you allege that on the night of 14 December 2010, the defendant robbed you on the corner of 24th St. and Broadway Ave. Am I correct in this?"

"Yes. He robbed me. Took my wallet."

"He took your wallet, Mr. Anderson? You mean, surely, that he tore your pants off and physically removed your wallet with his own hands?"

"Well no, it wasn't quite like that..."

"Well what was it like, Mr. Anderson?"

"He told me to give him his wallet and threatened me."

"And did you hand over your wallet, Mr. Anderson?"

"Well... well yes I did."

"So you willingly removed your own wallet and transferred possession of said wallet to the defendant?"

"No, he robbed me! He said he had a gun!"

"Did he, Mr. Anderson? Did he really say that?"

"Yes!"

"My client denies any such thing. What do you have to say?"

"He said he had a gun, and to give him his wallet."

"And did the defendant touch or harm you in any way?"

"Well... no... nothing happened like that... I was afraid!"

"Did you tell him that?"

"What? No! What kind of question is that?"

"So here we are left to believe only your word, Mr. Anderson? Your word that you freely handed over your wallet to the defendant, with no signs of violence, no evidence of any untoward actions, and yet you insist on wasting our time with this?"

"I was robbed!"

"That is precisely the issue under question, Mr. Anderson. Simply repeating yourself doesn't help. Mr. Anderson... were you drinking on the night of 14 December 2010?"

"Well yes... I was coming home from a pub I was at with my friends."

"Really, Mr. Anderson. How much did you drink?"

"Well I don't know really... a few beers, a couple shots... there was a birthday..."

"Ah, so it would be safe to say that you were suffering from, let us say, impaired faculties?"

"I know what happened to me!"

"Do you, Mr. Anderson? I can have an expert testify before the court that even moderate alcohol consumption greatly affects memory."

"This is insane!"

"No, Mr. Anderson, this is Conservative Court."

Comments

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

Damn. Beat me to it.

Though personally I woulnd't feel compelled to watch anything but the first of them.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

I'm generally so addictive i'd wanna watch the whole thing, the unedited version. Thats why i seldom embark on watching entire series because i know i cant stop.

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

I think you need to put caution tape on LOTR: Extended versions.

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

Just give me a version of LOTR without all the Arwen/lovey-dovey crap. I skipped those parts happily. In the books too. Boooooooooring.

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

I can never tell when you're just pulling legs. I don't even think Arwen had any actual lines in the book, unless you count the appendices. (Yes, I am a Ring geek)

But at least they didn't film Tom Bombadil or the Old Forest chapters. I think even Tolkien admitted he didn't know where he was going with the story at that point.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

You dont want Tom Bombadil? Right now i hate you!

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

Always thought his character would work better as part of a different story. Lord of the Rings is portentious and dark. Tonaly Bombadil always felt like he belonged in "The Hobbit".

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

They skipped the whole Tom Bombadil thing. Bastards.

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

I know, for all that they did cut or not shoot, they put in this other crap because you "can't have a movie without a love interest".

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Will you call me a sissy if i tell you i shed a tear when Liv Tyler saw her son in her dream?

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

Nah.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Sissy.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Appreciated.

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and that's probably one of my only problems with the film.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

DUDE! I watched this 2 times. The whole of it.. It took me 3 fucking days.

[jerseycajun.livejournal.com]

Hope your desire for completeness didn't also extend to the hours of bonus material ;)

I tried watching all three in one day once, but I ended up having it on in the background while I went about other things.

I can only sit focus on it when I watch one-a-night for three nights.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

You should see the Blu Ray Director's cut that's coming out shortly, several scenes not in the original extended versions. I listed all of the deleted scenes, but that doesn't mean they're going to all be included (according to Jackson). (http://telemann.livejournal.com/743615.html)

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could consider getting a Blu-Ray player for that. Maybe.