There are no words
Oct. 21st, 2008 02:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityvixenNo, there are lots of words. Most of them have four letters and roughly a bazillion question marks and exclamation points after them. I think I've just about had it. This episode wasn't the worst what-the-fucking-fuck? episode so far this season or anything, but it's just the straw, you know?
For heaven's sake, Prison Break is more realistic and I just spent another season's worth watching them attempt a break out from an entirely different prison. (SURPRISE.)
I think I've also had it with the acting choices on this show. (These aren't spoilers, these are just my thoughts so far.) Just because someone can cry doesn't make them a good actress. (Looking at you, Panettiere.) Milo Ventimiglia is just torture every minute he's on screen. Sendhil Rammamurthy never was very compelling; his latest incarnation is less so. Jack Coleman is pretty much the only person I love and that's because he plays Bennet with a sort of smirk that I can pretend is really Jack Coleman laughing at this goddamned show.
And I think I finally understand why I fucking hate Peter's fucking guts. I credit![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ivy03 for pointing this out about Smallville. Her theory of why that show often fails is that it unflinchingly backs up anything Clark says is right or wrong whether or not those of us living in a reality-based mentality believe that he is correct about his declarations. The same is true of Peter. Yes, he's gone a bit "dark" right now, and, yes, he constantly fucks up, but he's still the hero. He says things and they're true--we're supposed to aspire to his level of courage and dedication (though not, I would hope, his level of intelligence--unless you're in one of those "pro-America" states). He's like Hiro, but Hiro is played for laughs. The show backs up Peter without ever laughing at him. Peter is trying, and that gives him a pass on the endless stream of dickish or narcissistic things he's done. Minus a few decapitations, and he's basically Sylar with a hero complex. They were on the same path to different ends for a while; this season just made it explicit as to why. Fuck that noise.
For heaven's sake, Prison Break is more realistic and I just spent another season's worth watching them attempt a break out from an entirely different prison. (SURPRISE.)
I think I've also had it with the acting choices on this show. (These aren't spoilers, these are just my thoughts so far.) Just because someone can cry doesn't make them a good actress. (Looking at you, Panettiere.) Milo Ventimiglia is just torture every minute he's on screen. Sendhil Rammamurthy never was very compelling; his latest incarnation is less so. Jack Coleman is pretty much the only person I love and that's because he plays Bennet with a sort of smirk that I can pretend is really Jack Coleman laughing at this goddamned show.
And I think I finally understand why I fucking hate Peter's fucking guts. I credit
ivy03 for pointing this out about Smallville. Her theory of why that show often fails is that it unflinchingly backs up anything Clark says is right or wrong whether or not those of us living in a reality-based mentality believe that he is correct about his declarations. The same is true of Peter. Yes, he's gone a bit "dark" right now, and, yes, he constantly fucks up, but he's still the hero. He says things and they're true--we're supposed to aspire to his level of courage and dedication (though not, I would hope, his level of intelligence--unless you're in one of those "pro-America" states). He's like Hiro, but Hiro is played for laughs. The show backs up Peter without ever laughing at him. Peter is trying, and that gives him a pass on the endless stream of dickish or narcissistic things he's done. Minus a few decapitations, and he's basically Sylar with a hero complex. They were on the same path to different ends for a while; this season just made it explicit as to why. Fuck that noise.
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Date: 2008-10-21 12:39 pm (UTC)