First thoughts on "Hole in the World"
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indri1. Am I the only person who mostly hated it with, say, the passion of at least half a dozen suns? Thought it was clunky with some excruciatingly bad dialogue and wearying sexual politics, not to mention naff direction?
2. I kept thinking that at some point we'd learn that one side-effect of whatever was afflicting Fred was that male people near her suddenly turned into brainless macho over-protective cavemen. Really, I did think this. Wesley shooting someone, Lorne hitting Eve---I was certain. But I was wrong. I forgot, for example, that Wes is, along with many positive qualities, a complete head-case.
3. The caveman and astronaut joke reminds me of the week when all my colleagues down at the lab were arguing over what is the opposite of a turtle.
4. My story, the one I've spent a year on and which has just gone through its second beta, was jossed. Not that I'm bitter.
5. The Angel/Spike snarkage is still fun, but may explain why the show has been cancelled: the anti gay rights lobby is behind it. I blame Bush and maybe Haliburton.
6. So, the only living female character on the show is now Eve. Argh.
7. See 6. Argh.
8. Why would you name your cuddly toy after Mitchell Feigenbaum? I know they just wanted to make some sort of reference to chaos theory, I'm just wondering about Fred.
Lilah would be rolling in her grave if she didn't have many better things to do.
Maybe it will grow on me. Maybe I'll grow a new head.
Bah, humbug.
2. I kept thinking that at some point we'd learn that one side-effect of whatever was afflicting Fred was that male people near her suddenly turned into brainless macho over-protective cavemen. Really, I did think this. Wesley shooting someone, Lorne hitting Eve---I was certain. But I was wrong. I forgot, for example, that Wes is, along with many positive qualities, a complete head-case.
3. The caveman and astronaut joke reminds me of the week when all my colleagues down at the lab were arguing over what is the opposite of a turtle.
4. My story, the one I've spent a year on and which has just gone through its second beta, was jossed. Not that I'm bitter.
5. The Angel/Spike snarkage is still fun, but may explain why the show has been cancelled: the anti gay rights lobby is behind it. I blame Bush and maybe Haliburton.
6. So, the only living female character on the show is now Eve. Argh.
7. See 6. Argh.
8. Why would you name your cuddly toy after Mitchell Feigenbaum? I know they just wanted to make some sort of reference to chaos theory, I'm just wondering about Fred.
Lilah would be rolling in her grave if she didn't have many better things to do.
Maybe it will grow on me. Maybe I'll grow a new head.
Bah, humbug.
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Date: 2004-02-27 09:30 am (UTC)This is a large part of my problem with the episode (and the series as a whole, and Joss' ridiculous claim that he's a "feminist").
I didn't hate it; right now I'm at the point where I'm just resigned to it being lame. And if I fall asleep and miss an episode.... Doesn't really matter.
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Date: 2004-02-28 08:58 pm (UTC)I think both series have feminist moments and not-so-feminist moments. I cling like a drowning woman to the former and despise the latter. This episode was something of a nadir.
And I was amazed at how little moved I was at Fred's death, given that I usually rather like her.
I didn't hate it; right now I'm at the point where I'm just resigned to it being lame.
Whereas I've truly enjoyed some of this season. I know ME can do better than this and, with so few episodes to go, get angry when they waste one giving us this tosh.