I’m not sure what you mean by this both in the sense of whether it’s ‘political correctness’ rather than straightforwardly divergent opinions on the efficacy of torture that drives the message of these movies or why genre is more suited to putting the conservative view. Does 24 count as genre (because that series is openly pro-torture)?
I'll try to explain by the example of Joss' favorite show Battlestar Galactica. It's a genre show that deals with hard choices in a fantastic setting of future war between people and robots. The pilot episode features a scene in which the president had to let several spaceships die to save the rest. Thousands of people die, including woman and children. In another episode the military leader orders (albeit reluctantly) a genocide of the enemy civilisation and one of his officers sabotages the decision.
Can you imagine the controversy such a scene in a realistic movie could cause? Yet the genre allows writers to explore hard dilemmas without accusations of these or that political agendas. It's a fantasy. It's genre.
Angel unleashed his vampire self in the fight with Hamilton and look where it got him and the rest of LA. When it's kill or be killed, you kill and everybody dies. If anything the current direction of the story looks like a condemnation of pro-active aggressive policies against evil (and terrorism) being as they are directly analogous to Angel’s plan to take out the Black Thorn.
Interesting point. I've got the impression that within season 5 Angel's decision was depicted as a right one and the final shot was a celebration of Angel's heroic ways. Obviously, the next season is set to subvert the previous one.
As to "you kill and everybody dies" - it's a civilized astronaut's attitude. Caveman's logic is simpler - "you kill and your enemy dies". That's why they win and astronauts lose.
I can’t help thinking it would have been neater and more subversive to begin with “It all started with a boy.”
I can imagine the uproar amongst slashers if season 6 would start with this line! :)
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I'll try to explain by the example of Joss' favorite show Battlestar Galactica. It's a genre show that deals with hard choices in a fantastic setting of future war between people and robots. The pilot episode features a scene in which the president had to let several spaceships die to save the rest. Thousands of people die, including woman and children. In another episode the military leader orders (albeit reluctantly) a genocide of the enemy civilisation and one of his officers sabotages the decision.
Can you imagine the controversy such a scene in a realistic movie could cause? Yet the genre allows writers to explore hard dilemmas without accusations of these or that political agendas. It's a fantasy. It's genre.
Angel unleashed his vampire self in the fight with Hamilton and look where it got him and the rest of LA. When it's kill or be killed, you kill and everybody dies. If anything the current direction of the story looks like a condemnation of pro-active aggressive policies against evil (and terrorism) being as they are directly analogous to Angel’s plan to take out the Black Thorn.
Interesting point. I've got the impression that within season 5 Angel's decision was depicted as a right one and the final shot was a celebration of Angel's heroic ways. Obviously, the next season is set to subvert the previous one.
As to "you kill and everybody dies" - it's a civilized astronaut's attitude. Caveman's logic is simpler - "you kill and your enemy dies". That's why they win and astronauts lose.
I can’t help thinking it would have been neater and more subversive to begin with “It all started with a boy.”
I can imagine the uproar amongst slashers if season 6 would start with this line! :)