I thought that LMPTM was incredible in its depth. It added controversial back-story that aided (IMO) extreme character development that needed to be added before the end of the series. The intercutting of the scenes was brilliant I think.
Oh I'd agree. Except...there were emotional triggers in that show. And I guess it depends on how you watch or experience something - from an emotional view or a more objective/intellectual one. And emotional triggers are well just that. My difficulty with Lies was largely due to two things: 1) Robin Wood - I reacted negatively to the character emotionally. He pushed my buttons. 2)the Oedipus Complex got on my nerves - not sure why, maybe because I'd seen too much of it in books, movies, and tv shows I'd seen and felt, oh no, not *this* again? (Overexposure to a certain theme. Also probably did not help that I'd overdosed on the Freudian/Jungian "Monster" Female/Anima theme in Undergrad. And thought the whole thing a tad obvious as a result. As oyceter states above, we do tend to look at things through our own filter. I can't help but wonder what my reaction would have been if a) I hadn't predicted they'd do this storyline way before they did it, b) hadn't overdosed on those themes in my 20s, and c) didn't have a knee-jerk emotional reaction to the Robin Wood character? I may never know. But it definitely had an effect on my second viewing and aided in the ability of others posts to persuade me to dislike the episode.)
When I started watching BTVS in 1997, I watched much as you described above - intermittently. I got hooked in S2, briefly scanned online websites for spoilers, but did not know or frequent posting boards. I was a huge B/A fan in 1997-1999. It wasn't until 2002 that I discovered posting boards. I came online in fall of 2001, hunting essays, spoilers, and fanfic - discovered that - but no way to interact with it. Then voila, MArch 2002 - I made my first post to the Buffy Cross and Stake Spoiler Board. A poster there asked if he could transport one of my essays to another board, the ATPO board. I gave permission in exchange for a link to the board. A couple of months latter I was making posts directly to it. What happened to cause this gradual expansion? I think it had more to do with what was going on in my personal/professional life than BTVS. Something about BTVS spoke to what I was feeling at that specific time in my life. And online I found a bunch of people who seemed, for whatever reason, to share those feelings and desires. When I attempted to describe the posting board experience to an offline friend, she exclaimed:"Oh, it's like group therapy." And in a way it was and still is. But not quite how she would consider it.
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Date: 2004-11-24 09:42 pm (UTC)Oh I'd agree. Except...there were emotional triggers in that show.
And I guess it depends on how you watch or experience something - from an emotional view or a more objective/intellectual one. And emotional triggers are well just that. My difficulty with Lies was largely due to two things: 1) Robin Wood - I reacted negatively to the character emotionally. He pushed my buttons. 2)the Oedipus Complex got on my nerves - not sure why, maybe because I'd seen too much of it in books, movies, and tv shows I'd seen and felt, oh no, not *this* again? (Overexposure to a certain theme. Also probably did not help that I'd overdosed on the Freudian/Jungian "Monster" Female/Anima theme in Undergrad. And thought the whole thing a tad obvious as a result. As oyceter states above, we do tend to look at things through our own filter. I can't help but wonder what my reaction would have been if a) I hadn't predicted they'd do this storyline way before they did it, b) hadn't overdosed on those themes in my 20s, and c) didn't have a knee-jerk emotional reaction to the Robin Wood character? I may never know. But it definitely had an effect on my second viewing and aided in the ability of others posts to persuade me to dislike the episode.)
When I started watching BTVS in 1997, I watched much as you described above - intermittently. I got hooked in S2, briefly scanned online websites for spoilers, but did not know or frequent posting boards. I was a huge B/A fan in 1997-1999. It wasn't until 2002 that I discovered posting boards. I came online in fall of 2001, hunting essays, spoilers, and fanfic - discovered that - but no way to interact with it. Then voila, MArch 2002 - I made my first post to
the Buffy Cross and Stake Spoiler Board. A poster there asked if he could transport one of my essays to another board, the ATPO board. I gave permission in exchange for a link to the board. A couple of months latter I was making posts directly to it. What happened to cause this gradual expansion? I think it had more to do with what was going on in my personal/professional life than BTVS. Something about BTVS spoke to what I was feeling at that specific time in my life.
And online I found a bunch of people who seemed, for whatever reason, to share those feelings and desires. When I attempted to describe the posting board experience to an offline friend, she exclaimed:"Oh, it's like group therapy." And in a way it was and still is. But not quite how she would consider it.