First thoughts on "Hole in the World"
Feb. 27th, 2004 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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.
Re: I'm Joss' bitch
Date: 2004-02-28 12:28 am (UTC)invested in, I turn off my critical thinking
When I get invested in a show I take it strangely personally. I can usually fanwank most things, but not bad writing. And ME can write so well so often!
One of the posters said that we were seeing the Faustian bargain enacted out with all the Fang Gang
Those parts of the episode I enjoyed. Gunn's storyline, for example, is keeping me interested.
And since you know I'm a lawyer, you can appreciate how I squealed in glee when Wes shot the minion.
That scares me :)