Media things that I consumed last week
Jan. 11th, 2015 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krytellaI finally bought and read the first trade of Sex Criminals. I'd read the first issue when it was free online, and I saw Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky at a panel on it in March last year despite not actually having read it. So far, love it. The female protagonist's origin story is especially well-done for something written by men. Her sexuality isn't a stereotype. And it's about sex, and funny, but it doesn't laugh at people's sexuality.
Also rewatched the first truly social justice oriented episode of Criminal Minds, "Legacy" from season 2. The killer in the episode is completely underdeveloped as a character, but that's balanced by how much focus they put on the victims and on the local cop that brings them in. This is the episode where the local police captain wants them to go away, because homeless people, drug users, and street sex workers "can't disappear."
Hotchner: "What if they were cheerleaders?"
Captain Wright: "Excuse me?"
Hotchner: "Or teachers, or mothers. How did you put it, 'can bums even be missing'? Well, sir, they can. They can be hurt, they can be scared, and they can be killed."
One of the things I appreciate about Criminal Minds is the relative realism of types of victims and law enforcement response. The serial killers with the highest body counts prey upon vulnerable people who won't be reported to police. That's a prominent feature of this case and the later one that's loosely based on the Pickton murders.
Also rewatched the first truly social justice oriented episode of Criminal Minds, "Legacy" from season 2. The killer in the episode is completely underdeveloped as a character, but that's balanced by how much focus they put on the victims and on the local cop that brings them in. This is the episode where the local police captain wants them to go away, because homeless people, drug users, and street sex workers "can't disappear."
Hotchner: "What if they were cheerleaders?"
Captain Wright: "Excuse me?"
Hotchner: "Or teachers, or mothers. How did you put it, 'can bums even be missing'? Well, sir, they can. They can be hurt, they can be scared, and they can be killed."
One of the things I appreciate about Criminal Minds is the relative realism of types of victims and law enforcement response. The serial killers with the highest body counts prey upon vulnerable people who won't be reported to police. That's a prominent feature of this case and the later one that's loosely based on the Pickton murders.
