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by Bryan
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You missed Colonel Gentleman eying a young David Bowie and then making a Bowie song reference, "Oh! You Pretty Things" off of the album Hunky Dory. I think the character was even modeled after Bowie off of his appearance on the cover of his first album from 1967, as seen here: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006P8I.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

And Bowie has slept with men before, that's no secret. He met his first wife because they were both screwing the same guy.

Jul. 9, 2008, 2:47am

by Dandy
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So was the Sovereign of the Guild attending swinger parties at the Venture Compound back in the day? What's that all about? Is that how they got Rusty's Law passed?

Jul. 9, 2008, 3:19am

by Pvt. Schwa
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He probably wasn't Sovereign back then, though.

Jul. 9, 2008, 4:18am

by cgeye
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You know, that makes *sense*.

If I were a gifted rock star and shapeshifter with a up and coming presence in the Guild, if I saw just how lousy a dad Jonas was, wouldn't I put into law something that protects the poor kids of these adventurers?

Besides, if you kill off the kids, who will you have to arch, in the next generation?

Jul. 9, 2008, 8:21am

by jon
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That probably is Bowie. Sweet.
The more Bowie in this show, the better, as far as I'm concerned. Even if he is havin' sex with Horace Gentleman.

Jul. 9, 2008, 8:34am

by Dandy
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Heh, I don't think Jonas Sr. was such a terrible Dad. He seemed to genuinely care about Rusty's welfare. He just didn't know any better, like many old-school fathers.

Jul. 9, 2008, 6:48pm

by Pvt. Schwa
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Being promiscuous doesn't make him a terrible father. Personally, I think that people are trying to place Jonas Sr. in the failure paradigm of the show, when really he is an architype of success. His only real flaw is how annoyingly perfect he is, and his legacy looms over everyone else in the Ventureverse and exposes their flaws by comparison.

Jul. 12, 2008, 1:46am

by Kuiosikle
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See this week's episode. He's somewhat of a failure.

Jul. 12, 2008, 3:22am

by CaptainGS
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I don't know why anyone is disappointed to find out that Jonas Sr. is just as flawed as any of the other characters. I believe, for example, that it's already been mentioned by Doc and Jackson that dragging your child into harm's way *constantly*, when they should just be doing regular kid stuff -- not really the most responsible parenting.

Plus, it makes Rusty's pathos much more palpable. I'm starting to feel really sorry for him this season, which is good, because before he was just kind of an asshole. Living in your father's shadow is one thing, but having a father who does the sorts of things that they show him doing in this week's episode is a different story. Also - he's a philanderer, which is immoral and sets a bad example.

Jul. 13, 2008, 1:01pm

by Mike
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Well the line is a Bowie reference for sure but I am still not entirely convinced that the guy at the party was Bowie. I'm obviously not saying that there's no way it was him, but there's not really much to go on other than them having the same colored hair and giving this guy a late 60's haircut similar to Bowie's. I'll probably stick it in there just in case but I don't know if people are reading into it way too much.

Jul. 9, 2008, 9:51am

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