'Lineage'
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But DX, they're not really "plugging" the artist.
Sure they are. The cameos are set up to make you wonder "who is that guy?" in a meta way. The cameos do nothing to advance either plot or characterization. In fact, they work against both because when you do start to wonder who the guy is in his day job, it takes you right out of the story.
Or, what everyone else said.
The cameos are set up to make you wonder "who is that guy?" in a meta way. The cameos do nothing to advance either plot or characterization. In fact, they work against both because when you do start to wonder who the guy is in his day job, it takes you right out of the story
Yeah, exactly. Bands would of course play at the Bronze, and it's not unlikely that the characters would go out to see Cibo Matto play there. But C T-T would not have been singing karaoke in Neptune, and there is something irritating about implying meaning for his appearance without spelling it out until you go online. If it's a little more in the background-- where someone who is singing karaoke during a scene would normally be-- that's acceptable, because it's not interrupting the flow of the story.
Uhh... What DX & Bon Bon said.
I got nothin else to add.
I thought I'd changed to the wrong channel during the ad.
Yeah, the karaoke was just clumsy and took me out of the story. It was very songfic in feel. "Look! We shall punctuate the angst with LYRICS! That our characters are listening to! So we know that they know just how Alanic it all is!"
Or, what DX and Bon said.
I think the Logan-Duncan fight in last week's show is just about the lamest one I've seen on TV.
How so? IIRC I liked how realistic it seemed. It's not like either of them know how to fight.
I think Logan probably does, actually, between his father abusing him, watching the bum fights, and his own scuffles.
It looked like it was staged very badly somehow. I will have to go back and pinpoint it more than that.
Okay, on slomo, at first they were just pushing each other, even after it would have been natural to start throwing punches. Logan finally throws a punch that should have connected to Duncan's face, but suddenly, and somewhat awkwardly, becomes an semi open handed swat to the mid torso.
Given at the end of last season Logan was able to take out Weevil with a kick, I would expect him at least to be a better fighter.
I'm with Perkins. I thought it was a faked fight -- like being faked by the characters. I was surprised to see any blood was drawn, anything bad enough to require bandaging.
It looked like slapstick to me, not angry athletic teenagers.
And now I bow to the expert and just go with "what ita said".