A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
You can make up your own interpretation if you like Dana; my take on it starts from the premise that the creators' interpretation is the only correct one. Given that, he's not
choosing between "one reality and the other". He's choosing between reality and death. The only "mortal jeopardy" he left Annie in was the one where she was in a dream that he had awoken from.
I know I'm harping on this, but I don't believe that
suicide is ever the answer when it comes to mental illness, and I especially don't think it was the answer in this case. So his girlfriend left him and his job is boring -- Oh Boo-fuckin'-hoo! Did he even try to get help for his depression? if he did, we're not shown it. We can only assume that he was depressed and, rather than get help, he jumped off a building hoping to go back to his fantasy world for a brief moment before he went splat. And the creators presented that as a happy ending. I think that's messed up.
None of this is to say that I didn't enjoy the show. I thought it was brilliantly done!
my take on it starts from the premise that the creators' interpretation is the only correct one.
Yeah, whereas I'm all "authorial intent, piffle." I suspect it's the years of being an English major.
Oh, and I didn't know anything about
this spinoff, and I don't think I'm pleased. For one thing, I'd have been just as happy to forget that Ray ever existed. And as cool as Gene Hunt is, I just don't know if it's going to work, putting him in a new context.
Hmph.
y'know, I'd fallen waaaay behind in this thread. I come back and the first however-many-hundred posts are SPN W&P. I haven't been watching it this season, so I skipped and skimmed like crazy.
Perhaps a more appropriate title would have been Let The Flailing Begin!
I'm totally down with the authorial intent of LoM, although it took a while for the impact to sink in. Unlike Jon, I do believe that while
suicide is never the happy ending, it's sometimes the least sad. Sometimes there is no way to make everyone happy, and he prioritised himself.
However, he was also
crazy by that point, I think, or perhaps just running scared. Why did his subconscious create such a violent and primal take on his day job for him? Why did it demand he excise that violence before waking up?
a more appropriate title would have been Let The Flailing Begin!
I like the flailing, but we are more than the flailing.
Gilmore Girls HAH!! Loved the look on Jared's face.
