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swatkatAm finally home. Just got in (after being stuck in the damn traffic for an hour or so with a very whiny cat and a very jittery father), unpacked (don't you just *hate* unpacking?), and am now (slowly) going through the flist and my e-mails. I wish my brain would work. *sigh*
On other news, how come no one told me that Boone/Shannon is canon? *dies*
I don't like Jack. He's really, really, really annoying. He has these standards that he expects everyone to live up to, and when they don't, he adopts this holier-than-thou attitude that I find extremely irritating. To be fair to him, he tries to live up to those standards as well, and is pretty harsh on himself as well when he fails, but he needs to understand that different people have different standards, different needs and capabilities. A lot of my favourite characters actually have this characteristic (Buffy, for example), but somehow I can't warm up to Jack, which makes this so very annoying.
Speaking of Buffy, I just saw 'The Gift'. Cried. She is so very brave. *sniffs*
BtVS S5 is quite boring in parts (read anything that has to with Glory), but I like the individual character arcs. And why on earth did they have to take up the magic=addiction storyline in S6? Apart from the fact that it's horrible storytelling (you just don't change metaphors like that), it wasn't required - they could've easily done the Dark!Willow storyline from Willow's unscrupulousness re. certain aspects of magic ('Forever'), and her growing to be a very powerful witch.
Maybe it's just me, but Desperate Housewives keeps getting better every week. I actually enjoy it a lot more that Lost (some of which I find quite boring). Bree and Rex's discussion about sex was absolutely priceless ("How about Palestine?" LOLOL!).
On other news, how come no one told me that Boone/Shannon is canon? *dies*
I don't like Jack. He's really, really, really annoying. He has these standards that he expects everyone to live up to, and when they don't, he adopts this holier-than-thou attitude that I find extremely irritating. To be fair to him, he tries to live up to those standards as well, and is pretty harsh on himself as well when he fails, but he needs to understand that different people have different standards, different needs and capabilities. A lot of my favourite characters actually have this characteristic (Buffy, for example), but somehow I can't warm up to Jack, which makes this so very annoying.
Speaking of Buffy, I just saw 'The Gift'. Cried. She is so very brave. *sniffs*
BtVS S5 is quite boring in parts (read anything that has to with Glory), but I like the individual character arcs. And why on earth did they have to take up the magic=addiction storyline in S6? Apart from the fact that it's horrible storytelling (you just don't change metaphors like that), it wasn't required - they could've easily done the Dark!Willow storyline from Willow's unscrupulousness re. certain aspects of magic ('Forever'), and her growing to be a very powerful witch.
Maybe it's just me, but Desperate Housewives keeps getting better every week. I actually enjoy it a lot more that Lost (some of which I find quite boring). Bree and Rex's discussion about sex was absolutely priceless ("How about Palestine?" LOLOL!).
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Date: 2005-10-17 03:14 pm (UTC)...
and YES YES YES to the Jack-hate. Part of my dislike of the character is exactly what you said - that he's such a stuck-up/pain-in-the-ass/I know what's right and what's wrong and you'd better live to my values and my expectations.
And part of it is simply that the writers have decided the audience loves Jack. Someone has an icon out there, it has a picture of Sawyer and the text reads "even in my ep it's all about Jack".
The writers seem to be working with the expectation that we all luuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack, we all luuuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack/Kate and we all want to see everything thru Jack's eyes.
Ya know? You've got 14 really interesting people there (which is reason #4,567 that I'm pissed we needed to bring in the other survivors). I don't want to just see Jack, watch Jack, root for Jack, care about Jack. I want to see the other characters' POV. I want to see their motivations, what they care about, how they feel, what their expectations, values and standards are: not just in relation to the AlmightyWonderfulJack.
errrrrr......... I ranted a bit, there. Sorry. Welcome back! I missed you!
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Date: 2005-10-17 10:11 pm (UTC)For some reason, Jack doesn't annoy me at all. Charlie, however, can go throw himself off a cliff.
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