Yes! I hear you! I was totally wailing and gnashing my teeth over this very issue earlier today.
Apparently, I am either a secret masochist or I subconsciously look to be enraged because it breaks up the monotony of my day. I haven't figured out which. But whatever the reason, I keep going back to TWoP. I never learn. Even after I was utterly enraged by the Medium thread where people who claim to be adults were calling the 8-year-old actress who plays the middle daughter ugly and calling her names like Chipmunk Cheeks and Sausage Girl and talking about hitting her. This is the little girl in question. (http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/maria-lark03.jpg)
Um, anyway. Today I made the mistake of going back and checking out the Atlantis thread. Wall-to-wall bitching about the latest ep. One person was like, "Oh, another supid ep where Rodney saves the day with science." I was wondering just what the hell they were expecting. Like maybe this time Jack Bauer was going to be the one to save the day by beating up brown people terrorists? I replied: "Yes, this was another episode where Rodney freaks out and works some Science Magic. When I tune in, I expect to see that, just like when I watch Dead Like Me I expect to hear George's angsty/funny voiceovers and watch her collect someone's soul. Thats what those characters do and it's part of the fabric of the shows. I don't see the problem."
It's gotten to the point where I just really don't want to talk about anything I don't like. When I complain about something on this show, it comes from a place of love, which I don't think is the case with most of the people in the places I know about. Mostly, my comments just end up basically being "FUCK YOU, I LIKED IT!" Anymore, the only place where I have discussions of any real substance is here (so thanks for that!)
I agree with everyone who's said that their love for the show is based on the amount of pleasure they get from it, not the level of technical excellence in the writing or whatever. I came to the conclusion years ago that my love for books or shows comes as much from their potential as from their execution. Take the example of the show The Tribe (http://www.youtube.com/user/amber1fire). So, so bad in execution. Awful writing, awful acting, non-special non-effects, the whole bit. I LOVED THAT SHOW. Why? Because when I was a kid, I read this book called "The Girl Who Owned A City" about this virus that killed off all the adults and this girl ends up living with a bunch of other kids in their old school. I was like "A school? Fuck that! I'd live in a mall!" and I used to have really elaborate fantasies about an adults-only apocalypse, after which I'd live this totally awesome life in a mall. Then this show came along about adults dying from a virus and a bunch of kids ending up living in a mall!! Plus, it had a lot of characters that I ended up caring a lot about. So the characters and the concept were fabulous, if not the execution.
Atlantis is sort of the same. Now, the execution of the show is lightyears away in terms of quality, but I still like it for much the same reasons. The concept is fantastic and I love the characters. I enjoy it for what it is and I look to fanfic for what it isn't. When the show actually lives up to its potential in some small way, that just makes it extra awesome!
So to summarize for those of you who couldn't sift through my insane ramblings:
Concept good. Characters good. Execution enjoyable for what it is. Fuck the haters. Yay show!
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Apparently, I am either a secret masochist or I subconsciously look to be enraged because it breaks up the monotony of my day. I haven't figured out which. But whatever the reason, I keep going back to TWoP. I never learn. Even after I was utterly enraged by the Medium thread where people who claim to be adults were calling the 8-year-old actress who plays the middle daughter ugly and calling her names like Chipmunk Cheeks and Sausage Girl and talking about hitting her. This is the little girl in question. (http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/maria-lark03.jpg)
Um, anyway. Today I made the mistake of going back and checking out the Atlantis thread. Wall-to-wall bitching about the latest ep. One person was like, "Oh, another supid ep where Rodney saves the day with science." I was wondering just what the hell they were expecting. Like maybe this time Jack Bauer was going to be the one to save the day by beating up
brown peopleterrorists? I replied: "Yes, this was another episode where Rodney freaks out and works some Science Magic. When I tune in, I expect to see that, just like when I watch Dead Like Me I expect to hear George's angsty/funny voiceovers and watch her collect someone's soul. Thats what those characters do and it's part of the fabric of the shows. I don't see the problem."It's gotten to the point where I just really don't want to talk about anything I don't like. When I complain about something on this show, it comes from a place of love, which I don't think is the case with most of the people in the places I know about. Mostly, my comments just end up basically being "FUCK YOU, I LIKED IT!" Anymore, the only place where I have discussions of any real substance is here (so thanks for that!)
I agree with everyone who's said that their love for the show is based on the amount of pleasure they get from it, not the level of technical excellence in the writing or whatever. I came to the conclusion years ago that my love for books or shows comes as much from their potential as from their execution. Take the example of the show The Tribe (http://www.youtube.com/user/amber1fire). So, so bad in execution. Awful writing, awful acting, non-special non-effects, the whole bit. I LOVED THAT SHOW. Why? Because when I was a kid, I read this book called "The Girl Who Owned A City" about this virus that killed off all the adults and this girl ends up living with a bunch of other kids in their old school. I was like "A school? Fuck that! I'd live in a mall!" and I used to have really elaborate fantasies about an adults-only apocalypse, after which I'd live this totally awesome life in a mall. Then this show came along about adults dying from a virus and a bunch of kids ending up living in a mall!! Plus, it had a lot of characters that I ended up caring a lot about. So the characters and the concept were fabulous, if not the execution.
Atlantis is sort of the same. Now, the execution of the show is lightyears away in terms of quality, but I still like it for much the same reasons. The concept is fantastic and I love the characters. I enjoy it for what it is and I look to fanfic for what it isn't. When the show actually lives up to its potential in some small way, that just makes it extra awesome!
So to summarize for those of you who couldn't sift through my insane ramblings:
Concept good. Characters good. Execution enjoyable for what it is. Fuck the haters. Yay show!