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Topic!Cindy - Sep 14, 2007 8:06:05 am PDT #2621 of 10002
What is even happening?
Theresa - Sep 14, 2007 8:44:04 am PDT #2622 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I respect the artistic value and creativity. And I know the following is large within fandom, but the plastic theater appeal continues to evade me. At least to the degree of the comments on the page. I think it is just a personal taste thing because I know lots of people really enjoy it.
1. Learn how to story-break. There is NO REASON to have your action climax at 9:40pm, and then have 20 minutes left over for talky meat afterwards. This is hourlong drama 101, and the fact they haven't mastered this one is criminal.
But Nutty, if the story didn't break like this, then we wouldn't have those angsty-brother conversations at the end. I love them. A lot.
P.M. Marc - Sep 14, 2007 8:52:34 am PDT #2623 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But Nutty, if the story didn't break like this, then we wouldn't have those angsty-brother conversations at the end. I love them. A lot.
I love them, but in moderation. Not every episode needs one, and my favorites from last season didn't have them. (IMToD and Nightshifter)
I think, like single perfect tears, they're best as garnish. Too much, and it's excessive in the way that eating a whole bowl of whipped cream is excessive.
Consuela - Sep 14, 2007 8:59:30 am PDT #2624 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
like single perfect tears, they're best as garnish.
Hence my announcement at the end of last season that there should be a moratorium on weeping. No More Weeping, damnit. (At least not for a good long while.) I want explosions and laughter, some sex, a few surprises, and a slow creeping sense of doom.
Theresa - Sep 14, 2007 9:02:21 am PDT #2625 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I can see that point. One of the reasons that I think I enjoy it is because I like the opportunity to watch the boys digest what has happened rather than waiting until the next week to see if it is mentioned again. I don't mind it as part of the weekly formula. I also like the IMToD and Nighshifter approach (OMG do I like it) but I'm happy with those being my garnish. It always boils down to me enjoying the relationship exploration of the brothers more than the action. Although the action is great too. My love for this show has been a cummulative effect and I'm not sure it would run as deep if the writers had written it any differently.
Cass - Sep 14, 2007 9:06:56 am PDT #2626 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
some sexBut not for Sam! Because Sam getting some just inevitably leads to Le WeepFest Extreme.
Theresa - Sep 14, 2007 9:13:41 am PDT #2627 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Because Sam getting some just inevitably leads to Le WeepFest Extreme.
And unexplained fatalities. The FBI can track him with his libido.
Nutty - Sep 14, 2007 9:14:45 am PDT #2628 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
if the story didn't break like this, then we wouldn't have those angsty-brother conversations at the end. I love them. A lot.
Joss always managed to have his angsty conversations in the middle. Or even better, he set up situations where the viewers were having those conversations for him, because he'd implied so well that all that was necessary was a look, or one line, to invoke the whole situation. The richest conversations are the ones where you don't actually have to say what's going on, you know?
signed,
explicitizing the implicit is not the show-writer's job. That is the fandom's job!
But not for Sam!
If he could get over the weepy over-analysis part, I could see a certain dark streak emerge over the next season. What with the monkey's-paw scenario hinting the Big Bad did before he bit it.
Ailleann - Sep 14, 2007 9:36:28 am PDT #2629 of 10002
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And unexplained fatalities. The FBI can track him with his libido.
He's much like his name buddy Sam Carter in that way.
Plastic!Winchester Theater is awesome with a side of awesome. anteka also did that Impala meta that Bev mentioned.... somewhere back there.
Theresa - Sep 14, 2007 10:01:22 am PDT #2630 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I had to look up Sam Carter because I haven't seen SG-1 yet. I watched Atlantis on disk (so hurry up Tuesday), and I plan on catching up with the original. That character is joining Atlantis in the new season, yes? Everyone she sleeps with dies? I hope she stays away from Rodney McKay.