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shadowkatFeeling somewhat accomplished at the moment - I managed to clean my apartment, do laundry, run errands, spend time with a close friend, relax, knit, and read all in one weekend. Not bad. Now if I can just find a moment to finish the novel, things will be hunky-dorey. But brain has been too fried to write well lately. Words either come or they don't. No rhyme or reason to it. And I've long since given up fighting the universe on what it has in store for me, right now, trusting my good karma and going with the flow. Seems to be working.
Been watching Season 2 Buffy DVDs, which I haven't seen since 2004 or 2005, can't remember. Not watching all the episodes, just the ones I *really* liked - which were When She Was Bad, School Hard, Halloween, Whats My Line 1 & 2, Surprise, Innocence, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, Passion, I Only Have Eyes for You, and Becoming 1&2. The rest I wasn't overly fond of at the time they aired -so don't see any point at the moment wasting time on them now. The funky thing about watching this season - is looking at the writing credits. People who bash Marti Noxon on one hand, then on the other exclaim how S2 is the best season ever...have no idea how silly they look. Marti Noxon wrote 80% of the episodes in S2. The only season she didn't write or work on a single episode was S1 and the only other season she wasn't *that* involved in due to other commitments such as being pregnant was S7 - the two seasons most fans dislike the most - yet these are the same people who think she's a horrid writer? Next time someone bashes Noxon on your flist - ask them what their favorite season of BTVS was. IF they state S2, gently point out that she wrote 80% of the episodes, including ones she wasn't credited for. (Surprise, Bewitched, Halloween, Lie to Me, Becoming, What's my Line, I only have eyes for you...etc.) Honestly, I think people just are annoyed about those stupid interviews she did which had zip to do with her writing for the series. At any rate, the series remains highly watchable regardless of distance. And Spike remains my favorite character, for one big reason - he makes me laugh (and it probably does not hurt that he's a badass romantic who moves like a kung-fu dancer).
Looking forward to BSG and Dresden Files tonight. As I told Wales today on our walk, it takes very little to make me happy nowadays. Triple Chocolat ice cream. Strawberries. Wine. Good conversation. An interesting book. Good tunes. And fun tv. Plus using the brain at work.
Not to mention being able to breath in my apt again.
Pretty sure I know where BSG is headed, although remain blessedly unspoiled on it. Love the themes on this show: "Who is the real enemy?" "What if we are the enemy?" "What makes us human?" "What would you do to survive?" People have been whinging about there being weak episodes in the mix, and all I can think is - guys do you have any idea what it is like to film a 22 episode television series - or how much time they have to film it? I'd like to see you come up with 22 fantastic episodes under that type of schedule. (Three days to write a script, get it torn apart, a week to film - and it takes by the way 6 hours to film 60 seconds. A day to edit. 14-16 hour days. No time off on weekends.) Personally, I think it's a miracle we get 10 good episodes in a season. The reason the first season was so spectacular was they had more time to do it and plan it out. The second two they've had less time. Plus that section was in some ways the easiest. I'm glad it will get 22 more episodes next year - unlike most fans, I think having more episodes gives the writers more flexibility, and we're more likely to get great episodes. When you have just thirteen - have less chances to hit gold. Yes - television is that random. You don't know what will work or what won't when you're filming something - it is always a gamble.
Have also been enjoying Dresden (last week's episode rocked, even though I missed Bob, I loved the fact that both Susan and Mister showed up and how proactive and somewhat dark Harry was portrayed.) Loving this show. Hope they renew it. If not, at least I got 11 episodes of it. And there's more books coming out. Looking forward to White Knight.
Oh, I'm still enjoying Lost - which continues to entertain me for all the reasons a good portion of my flist and other people hate it. It's all over the place. Has very flawed characters. Little structure. And feels like a social psychology experiment gone insane most of the time. Find it lots of fun and it helps that it employs a lot of excellent character actors in supporting and lead roles.
And of course my two for one chick night: Ugly Betty - Grey's Anatomy. Comfort food for the soul.
Same deal with Friday Night Lights - which is the best show a lot of folks aren't watching.
Well written. Well shot. And perhaps the most realistic drama I've seen TV ever attempt to do.
Find the realism oddly comforting. Most of us are like these folks. Not goregous. Not having easy lives. Just taking it day by day.
I tried Andy Parker, PI - sorry Jane, was bored so gave up. 30 Rock however is a real hoot.
And The Office is growing on me, I love Dwight. The Riches have potential - it of course helps that I'm a fan of Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. Boston Legal still entertains.
Raines - was boring. Robin Hood on BBC America is pretty good - it entertains me. That's it.
Haven't tried the Tudors yet, not sure I will due to lack of time.
Enough rambling. Off to watch tv, eat ice cream, knit, sip wine, and relax before work tomorrow. Not dreading going to work by the way. Sort of like the idea of doing it. As long as I get breaks such as weekends and nights off, things are hunky-dorey.
Been watching Season 2 Buffy DVDs, which I haven't seen since 2004 or 2005, can't remember. Not watching all the episodes, just the ones I *really* liked - which were When She Was Bad, School Hard, Halloween, Whats My Line 1 & 2, Surprise, Innocence, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, Passion, I Only Have Eyes for You, and Becoming 1&2. The rest I wasn't overly fond of at the time they aired -so don't see any point at the moment wasting time on them now. The funky thing about watching this season - is looking at the writing credits. People who bash Marti Noxon on one hand, then on the other exclaim how S2 is the best season ever...have no idea how silly they look. Marti Noxon wrote 80% of the episodes in S2. The only season she didn't write or work on a single episode was S1 and the only other season she wasn't *that* involved in due to other commitments such as being pregnant was S7 - the two seasons most fans dislike the most - yet these are the same people who think she's a horrid writer? Next time someone bashes Noxon on your flist - ask them what their favorite season of BTVS was. IF they state S2, gently point out that she wrote 80% of the episodes, including ones she wasn't credited for. (Surprise, Bewitched, Halloween, Lie to Me, Becoming, What's my Line, I only have eyes for you...etc.) Honestly, I think people just are annoyed about those stupid interviews she did which had zip to do with her writing for the series. At any rate, the series remains highly watchable regardless of distance. And Spike remains my favorite character, for one big reason - he makes me laugh (and it probably does not hurt that he's a badass romantic who moves like a kung-fu dancer).
Looking forward to BSG and Dresden Files tonight. As I told Wales today on our walk, it takes very little to make me happy nowadays. Triple Chocolat ice cream. Strawberries. Wine. Good conversation. An interesting book. Good tunes. And fun tv. Plus using the brain at work.
Not to mention being able to breath in my apt again.
Pretty sure I know where BSG is headed, although remain blessedly unspoiled on it. Love the themes on this show: "Who is the real enemy?" "What if we are the enemy?" "What makes us human?" "What would you do to survive?" People have been whinging about there being weak episodes in the mix, and all I can think is - guys do you have any idea what it is like to film a 22 episode television series - or how much time they have to film it? I'd like to see you come up with 22 fantastic episodes under that type of schedule. (Three days to write a script, get it torn apart, a week to film - and it takes by the way 6 hours to film 60 seconds. A day to edit. 14-16 hour days. No time off on weekends.) Personally, I think it's a miracle we get 10 good episodes in a season. The reason the first season was so spectacular was they had more time to do it and plan it out. The second two they've had less time. Plus that section was in some ways the easiest. I'm glad it will get 22 more episodes next year - unlike most fans, I think having more episodes gives the writers more flexibility, and we're more likely to get great episodes. When you have just thirteen - have less chances to hit gold. Yes - television is that random. You don't know what will work or what won't when you're filming something - it is always a gamble.
Have also been enjoying Dresden (last week's episode rocked, even though I missed Bob, I loved the fact that both Susan and Mister showed up and how proactive and somewhat dark Harry was portrayed.) Loving this show. Hope they renew it. If not, at least I got 11 episodes of it. And there's more books coming out. Looking forward to White Knight.
Oh, I'm still enjoying Lost - which continues to entertain me for all the reasons a good portion of my flist and other people hate it. It's all over the place. Has very flawed characters. Little structure. And feels like a social psychology experiment gone insane most of the time. Find it lots of fun and it helps that it employs a lot of excellent character actors in supporting and lead roles.
And of course my two for one chick night: Ugly Betty - Grey's Anatomy. Comfort food for the soul.
Same deal with Friday Night Lights - which is the best show a lot of folks aren't watching.
Well written. Well shot. And perhaps the most realistic drama I've seen TV ever attempt to do.
Find the realism oddly comforting. Most of us are like these folks. Not goregous. Not having easy lives. Just taking it day by day.
I tried Andy Parker, PI - sorry Jane, was bored so gave up. 30 Rock however is a real hoot.
And The Office is growing on me, I love Dwight. The Riches have potential - it of course helps that I'm a fan of Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. Boston Legal still entertains.
Raines - was boring. Robin Hood on BBC America is pretty good - it entertains me. That's it.
Haven't tried the Tudors yet, not sure I will due to lack of time.
Enough rambling. Off to watch tv, eat ice cream, knit, sip wine, and relax before work tomorrow. Not dreading going to work by the way. Sort of like the idea of doing it. As long as I get breaks such as weekends and nights off, things are hunky-dorey.
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Date: 2007-03-26 03:18 am (UTC)Jeez, most of the kinky weird stuff that half of fandom loves was due to her...
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Date: 2007-03-26 02:07 pm (UTC)and Buffy's depression arc as well as the death of Tara. But people don't hear it. LOL!
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Date: 2007-03-27 03:13 am (UTC)The BSG finale did what I expected and wanted it to, so was quite pleased.
Very happy with the character arcs.
What's interesting about the fan response to BTVS, is they are not responding to the episodes but to the writer interviews. The people who despise Marti Noxon, liked her until they read her interviews in late season 6, where she revealed a bit too much about her own take on the characters and own personal life. Some people just should not do interviews and I think she's learned from her mistake and backed away from doing them. What you say can, as we all know from interacting on fanboards, be taken out of context or misread/misinterpreted.
If you look at the series...the only seasons Marti was *not* heavily involved in were S1 and S7. So if you loved the series past the first season, then you liked Marti's writing. You may not agree with how she viewed the characters in her interviews, but anyone who has done any literary or film criticism knows full well that what an author intends to write and what they do write can be two separate things. We often are not aware of what we create. Creation is not always a conscious experience, sometimes it just happens. Plus the viewers own perceptions, experiences, and cultural background does play a role in how the veiwer perceives the work. Like it or not, we do not watch the same show. Our ears and eyes and emotions will focus on different sections. This is why one viewer may adore a controversial episode such Lies My Parents Told Me and really feel sympathetic towards Spike, while another will despise Spike, hate the episode and feel offended by it. Neither's perception is necessarily the right or wrong one, both are valid, and both are specific to the individual.
But it is hard, I think, for people to understand how someone can watch the same show they have and see it sooo differently. Just as it is hard for a writer to understand how someone can perceive their work the opposite from what they intended - The death of Tara is an excellent example. Some viewers could not understand how Whedon could not predict the negative reaction to Tara's death. How could he not see it? Well, simple, he wasn't focusing on the same issues the viewers were. He was focusing on something else. It's hard for people to understand that things can be seen and understood in more than one way. We usually only see our own, after all. It's one of our greatest flaws, the inability sometimes to see another's perspective. I think what art attempts to do is place us in perspective foreign to our own, to see the world through another perspective. Buffy attempted that as does BSG. To be able to emphasize with a pov that is counter to our own. When that happens...it is magic. At least that's what I think.