I liked her on Angel, but she has been absolutely awful on Law & Order.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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sj - Jun 23, 2004 6:04:51 pm PDT #1927 of 3531
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 6:07:14 pm PDT #1928 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm basically with SJ. I was stunned by how bad she's been on L&O. She was fine on Angel.
libkitty - Jun 23, 2004 6:09:47 pm PDT #1929 of 3531
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
What sj and ita said. It really boggles the mind how someone can act, and then, not. Hmmm. You think maybe there was something else to that Angel show? Maybe outstanding writing and direction and everything else. Hmmm. I don't know.
-t - Jun 24, 2004 2:44:58 am PDT #1930 of 3531
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
To be fair, Serena on L&O isn't written consistently. She tends to have whatever opinion will allow her to argue with McCoy and can flip flop several times in one case.
I liked Kate much more on DVD than the first time through.
AllAroundPsycho - Jun 24, 2004 3:16:15 am PDT #1931 of 3531
If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.
I liked Kate much more on DVD than the first time through.I didn't like her when the eps first aired and I didn't like her on DVD either. I can handle her, though. In my mind she's a necessary and known evil.
sj - Jun 24, 2004 7:44:57 am PDT #1932 of 3531
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
To be fair, Serena on L&O isn't written consistently. She tends to have whatever opinion will allow her to argue with McCoy and can flip flop several times in one case.
This is true. The writer's didn't give her any personality at all the first season she was on, and they have only done slightly better since then.
Vortex - Jun 24, 2004 7:58:37 am PDT #1933 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The writer's didn't give her any personality at all the first season she was on, and they have only done slightly better since then.
It's not like they have a lot to work with t /snark
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2004 8:09:20 am PDT #1934 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't blame the quality of the writing, when her inability to deliver a sentence you don't want to kill yourself halfway through is so apparent.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2004 8:55:18 am PDT #1935 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So, Halle Berry Syndrome? Except instead of a single tour-de-force, she burned up all her talent on two years of OK performances as Kate?
DavidS - Jun 24, 2004 12:17:34 pm PDT #1936 of 3531
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It really boggles the mind how someone can act, and then, not.
I was just thinking about this topic this morning. Two of my prime examples are Elliott Gould who I love in M*A*S*H and The Long Goodbye but have found him incredibly ham-handed and dull since; and Molly Ringwald who was perfect in the John Hughes movies and utterly wooden in just about everything she's done since she reached majority.