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« on: January 26, 2011, 02:37:35 pm » |
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In the season three promo, one of the quotes was
"Slow and savage, Todd smiled. 'At last! My right arm is complete again!'"
This has not yet appeared in Shadow Unit, but the line "My right arm is complete again" is spoken by Sweeney Todd (in the eponymous musical) when Sweeney gets back his razors. Could this perhaps be a Sweeney Todd reference, maybe made by our Todd? Or Sol is making fun of a crime with razors?
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txanne
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2011, 03:07:53 pm » |
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I don't think Todd would mock a crime. I do think he'd make a Sweeney Todd reference if he were ever allowed to carry a gun--a privilege he had to give up when he retired.
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HebrewRose
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2011, 11:58:43 am » |
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I liked the idea that it referred to his journalist's pen (I seem to remember a conversation about it on here?)
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 08:45:52 pm » |
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Hm.
I could imagine Todd using a pen as a weapon. No, an actual sharp-thingie-type weapon.
Hmm.
Down, plot bunnies. Down, I say!
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Tegyrius
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 09:52:35 pm » |
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I don't think Todd would mock a crime. I do think he'd make a Sweeney Todd reference if he were ever allowed to carry a gun--a privilege he had to give up when he retired.
</lurk> He wouldn't necessarily have had to give it up. See LEOSA. |
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« Last Edit: January 31, 2011, 10:03:32 pm by Tegyrius »
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 10:46:01 pm » |
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I don't think Todd would mock a crime. I do think he'd make a Sweeney Todd reference if he were ever allowed to carry a gun--a privilege he had to give up when he retired.
Technically speaking, he is still allowed to carry a gun--both under LEOSA (as mentioned below) and based on contextual evidence, he has in the past had a concealed carry permit in at least one state. But he is not longer *required* to carry one. |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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txanne
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 11:41:17 pm » |
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Thanks for the correction, Tegyrius, and welcome!
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John Campbell
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 06:34:53 am » |
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Where I live, he wouldn't even need the permit.
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2011, 07:31:55 am » |
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Hello, Tegyrius! We look forward to getting to know you!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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DavidG
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« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 08:43:36 pm » |
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This has not yet appeared in Shadow Unit, but the line "My right arm is complete again" is spoken by Sweeney Todd Straying slightly off-topic, I've heard the line before without knowing it was a quote from Sweeney Todd, but I can't remember where it was and it's annoying me, vague-ish memories suggest a thriller, a gun, and someone like Gael Garcia Bernal or Benicio del Toro. Any suggestions? |
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rekre8
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2011, 12:24:54 am » |
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Well, it's in Niven's Footfall (which I've read numerous times, but have not yet seen Sweeney Todd, and so the reference had been lost on me)
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DavidG
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2011, 04:16:29 am » |
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Well, it's in Niven's Footfall (which I've read numerous times, but have not yet seen Sweeney Todd, and so the reference had been lost on me)
I've read Footfall, so my mind may be merging that and something else. |
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Tegyrius
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2011, 01:05:18 pm » |
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Thanks for the correction, Tegyrius, and welcome!
To be fair, it may be more of speculation than a correction. I was poking at extras yesterday and found this in Recidivism: "I'm turning in my gun," he admitted. "But I'll be staying on as a consultant. You'll be seeing me again." Then again, it's Sol, and that may have been a piece of misdirection aimed at the Bug. But on the gripping hand, he'll be under a lot more scrutiny if he shoots someone - even a host - as a private citizen. We don't get any easy answers.  Hello, Tegyrius! We look forward to getting to know you!
Howdy! I suppose I should hoist myself off the Lurking Bench now. |
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CJ
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« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2011, 05:07:35 pm » |
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I suspect that's either "turning in my gun" figuratively, or turning in my FBI issued weapon literally. Which doesn't mean he isn't carrying a different one.
Though I really like the "my right arm is complete again" with Sol saying it being about a pen. Or at least partially about a pen and/or writing. Because Sol totally does the multi-layered sense of humor thing.
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HebrewRose
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« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2011, 11:41:37 pm » |
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Just got to the quote. Oh, how the PTB must have laughed at our speculations... *groans*
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