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.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
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-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
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.
Fred Pete - Jun 24, 2004 2:21:21 pm PDT #1937 of 3531
Ann, that's a ferret.
Except instead of a single tour-de-force, she burned up all her talent on two years of OK performances as Kate?
A character who had potential but, sadly, never fit into the arcs.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 24, 2004 3:01:08 pm PDT #1938 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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
I'd add CALIFORNIA SPLIT and THE SILENT PARTNER to that list, but yeah. Given the former was his last serious role for Altman, and the latter, despite its low-budget Canadian roots, had a script that you'd have to be lobotomized not to recognize the worthiness of, and Gould was at a low-point at that point in his career, I'd say something happened there (I'm guessing drugs of one kind or a multiple of types).
I will say, his character appearences (THE BIG HIT and his role as Pater Geller on FRIENDS) have been a bit more vital.
Lee - Jul 03, 2004 5:24:04 pm PDT #1939 of 3531
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thread's been quiet lately.
You know what I think would have been cool? If, as Wesley was dying, Illyria asked if he wanted her to lie to him, he said yes, and then Illyria morphed into Lilah.
That would have been cool. Out of character, but cool