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seriousficNon-shock of the day: After season and season of introducing female side-characters that were widely derided by fandom, Supernatural adds another handsome guy to the cast by the name of Cassiel. Guess the response. No, come on, guess.
Man, Smallville really is trying to go back to the roots. Lois is Lana (an improvement, since she and Clark have actual chemistry instead of endless moping), Tess is Lionel, Davis is Lex (downgrade, since instead of the intriguing notion of Clark and Lex as former friends, now it's Superman and Doomsday as... people who kinda saw each other at a party once?), and so on. I guess that makes Jimmy Pete. And we didn't even need Pete the first time around. Ouch.
And now, some random things I like about TV, courtesy of Prison Break.
One thing I liked was that, two seasons ago, the character of Darius got a happy write-off of the show. This in a series which, like so much any others, revels in killing characters. Now, aside from series where the premise forces that the actors are either in it till the bitter end or die (Lost, BSG), I find it refreshing when series give characters a happy ending. Since the kneejerk response is to "up the stakes" by killing someone off (but never one of the IMPORTANT people), I think it shows admirable restraint to say "these guys are dead, these guys are still in danger, but these guys earned a happy ending." Call it giving the finger to the death clock.
And they got Michael and Sara together instead of prolonging the "will they or won't they?" It's a small thing, since there aren't exactly any episodes about shopping for baby blankets, but the writers wisely just step back, let the actors' natural chemistry take over, and concentrate mostly on the episode's A-plot. But even while they're fighting the Company, there's this nice bit of squee tucked in there like sprinkles on a jelly donut. Very refreshing.
Lastly, this is a small thing, but they did an episode where Sucre had to GAY HUSTLE FOR GREAT JUSTICE but it turned out that really his john was an impotent husband who needed a hot stud to satisfy his hot wife (in case you were wondering, this is pretty much Prison Break in a nutshell). They cut away and when someone asks if Sucre went through with it, he gives a "what happens in Vegas" response. Which is unusually subtle for Fox, in that Sucre's whole storyline involves fighting to be reunited with Maricruz (presumably, the end result of his fight with the Company). So by leaving it ambiguous, they don't make people angry that he would cheat on his wife and they still don't provoke a "You idiot, she's hot, what's the problem?" response from... other segments of the audience. Canny, very canny.
Man, Smallville really is trying to go back to the roots. Lois is Lana (an improvement, since she and Clark have actual chemistry instead of endless moping), Tess is Lionel, Davis is Lex (downgrade, since instead of the intriguing notion of Clark and Lex as former friends, now it's Superman and Doomsday as... people who kinda saw each other at a party once?), and so on. I guess that makes Jimmy Pete. And we didn't even need Pete the first time around. Ouch.
And now, some random things I like about TV, courtesy of Prison Break.
One thing I liked was that, two seasons ago, the character of Darius got a happy write-off of the show. This in a series which, like so much any others, revels in killing characters. Now, aside from series where the premise forces that the actors are either in it till the bitter end or die (Lost, BSG), I find it refreshing when series give characters a happy ending. Since the kneejerk response is to "up the stakes" by killing someone off (but never one of the IMPORTANT people), I think it shows admirable restraint to say "these guys are dead, these guys are still in danger, but these guys earned a happy ending." Call it giving the finger to the death clock.
And they got Michael and Sara together instead of prolonging the "will they or won't they?" It's a small thing, since there aren't exactly any episodes about shopping for baby blankets, but the writers wisely just step back, let the actors' natural chemistry take over, and concentrate mostly on the episode's A-plot. But even while they're fighting the Company, there's this nice bit of squee tucked in there like sprinkles on a jelly donut. Very refreshing.
Lastly, this is a small thing, but they did an episode where Sucre had to GAY HUSTLE FOR GREAT JUSTICE but it turned out that really his john was an impotent husband who needed a hot stud to satisfy his hot wife (in case you were wondering, this is pretty much Prison Break in a nutshell). They cut away and when someone asks if Sucre went through with it, he gives a "what happens in Vegas" response. Which is unusually subtle for Fox, in that Sucre's whole storyline involves fighting to be reunited with Maricruz (presumably, the end result of his fight with the Company). So by leaving it ambiguous, they don't make people angry that he would cheat on his wife and they still don't provoke a "You idiot, she's hot, what's the problem?" response from... other segments of the audience. Canny, very canny.
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Date: 2008-11-01 03:34 am (UTC)I stay far away from that fandom. Even the faint beams of refracted crazy is too much for me.