Profit

On DVD in September! Finally!

Gods, that was a brilliant show.

What did everyone think about Charlie this episode?

I'm glad Drew retconned his motivations for shooting Ethan a bit (not so much retconned as added to in a sensible manner). I found him less unlikeable than I did at the end of last week's episode.

I do not have Charlie love. I really do feel like a stranger in a strange land when I go over to livejournal.

When I consider my feelings for Charlie it becomes apparent that I'm constructing these people with some input from the show. I have this strange feeling that for, say, Charlie, I know how he should work, and I'll keep pretending that's my version onscreen.

I think it's because the version I see either doesn't work right, or isn't interesting enough. So I make stuff up. But it's nice to see Drew gave him the motivation that I felt I had to assume he had. I doubt it'll continue to align.

Jack and Kate barely exist in my mental expanse, though, because there's just not enough for me to fill in. I can't like or dislike them consistently, because they're not consistent enough.

Yup. Jack and Kate are the Empty Pretty People.

I do not have Charlie love. I really do feel like a stranger in a strange land when I go over to livejournal.

I used to, but I lost it last week. Here is an LJ post to make you feel at home.

But it's nice to see Drew gave him the motivation that I felt I had to assume he had.

Exactly.

Jack and Kate are the Empty Pretty People.

I think Drew wrote a good and interesting Kate last night, at least. She acted realistically toward Sawyer, I think, and gave him the mocking he deserved. Also, she had a new purple tank top. Pretty.

ooh. thanks for that link. That did make me feel better, P-C.

Heh, for Charlie, I'm mostly struck by, "Aw, he's just got the sweetest expression when he looks at her sometimes." I think I conflate what I have grown to feel is DM's utter adorableness (which did not kick in for me until post-Hobbitness) with the character that is Charlie. I don't find the character particularly compelling, but... awww. Cute. Hey, at least I'm aware of my silly. And his story could always get more engaging, you never know.

I enjoy Charlie with Hurley, too. The writers need to keep that in mind.

Just so tavella doesn't feel all piled on about the villain thing, I must admit that Hurley is, unexpectedly, one of the most interesting characters to me. He's not a broken woobie, he doesn't seem to have a spooky hidden agenda or a terrible past; he's just an occasionally clumsy but essentially decent guy who's expending some effort to contribute to the community in any way he can, from the felicitous randomness of the golf course to the survivor roster to helping Charlie bury Ethan and prompting Sayid to talk to him afterward.

Wholly good, and entertaining, and interesting, and without question one of the people I'd actually want around if I crashed onto an Ethan and invisimechasaurus-infested island. Though still and all I'm fairly certain I would be bored to tears by the second commercial break of the first episode of a Lost populated exclusively by 46 Hurleys.

"Aw, he's just got the sweetest expression when he looks at her sometimes."

This is me. I'm not a particular DM fan (all my pervy hobbit fancy goes to Billy Boyd), but....cute. Woobie, indeed.