For the love of Mike, am I the only person on Earth who likes Kate?
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Scrappy - Oct 20, 2005 7:30:27 am PDT #9842 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Steph L. - Oct 20, 2005 7:34:13 am PDT #9843 of 10000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I like Kate. A lot, actually.
Scrappy - Oct 20, 2005 7:34:57 am PDT #9844 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
snuggles up to Teppy
You and me, baby. You and me.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 7:36:17 am PDT #9845 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I might like Kate played by someone else. I find the writing rocky, but rescuable by strong acting.
Jessica - Oct 20, 2005 7:42:33 am PDT #9846 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I find the writing rocky, but rescuable by strong acting.
I like Lilly more than the writing. She's good enough to make me wish Kate were written well enough for me to like her.
Kate P. - Oct 20, 2005 7:43:44 am PDT #9847 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I like Kate, too. Evangeline Lilly doesn't always do it for me, but there have been several scenes in which I've really believed her. Surprisingly for someone I don't consider an overall great actor, she's been able to evoke genuine emotion--anger, terror, sorrow--without coming across as maudlin or over-the-top.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 7:46:28 am PDT #9848 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She's never done anything to convince me she's a threat. She's done the soft and weepy stuff just fine -- not the "I will cut you where you stand for my toy plane" stuff, though.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 20, 2005 7:56:46 am PDT #9849 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
She's never done anything to convince me she's a threat. She's done the soft and weepy stuff just fine -- not the "I will cut you where you stand for my toy plane" stuff, though.
That's interesting. I hadn't really given it much thought, but while I bought it just fine when she kneecapped her "boyfriend", I haven't bought a single "badass" moment of hers otherwise.
I really did like it when she did the "count to 5" pause in the pilot, though.
aurelia - Oct 20, 2005 8:03:00 am PDT #9850 of 10000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think the writing does have a lot to do with that. They seem to just want to make her likeable now. I don't think they've figured out her backstory enough to determine what motivates Kate and that can be a bit of a handicap for the actor.
Wolfram - Oct 20, 2005 10:12:06 am PDT #9851 of 10000
Visilurking
I'm this close to giving up on this show. I'm in Steph's corner with the waiting for something to happen. The last two flashbacks told us NOTHING. Only Jack's flashback really gave us anything new (Desmond) and Locke's flashback was only interesting because it picked up his kidney-theft story from after it happened. We already know what happens after Hurley wins the lottery, and after Sun and Jin meet, fall in love, get married, etc.
And I find scene after scene of people walking in the jungle to be very tedious. It's like watching all the boring parts of the LOTR trilogy that Peter Jackson chose not to shoot. I'm serious this close to bailing on the rest of the season.