Strangely, I agree with all of your points re: BSG and SPN. I think they were a lot more rational and reasoned out than some fan reactions which really was just a lot of shouting and people going WTF-Fuckity-FUCK, dude.
And still, strangely, I enjoyed both of those eps more than many of the eps I'd been watching on either shows lately. I liked Anna leading Castile especially, but Uriel the mean black guy as the evil angel? Yes, dodgy. (I thought that. I mean, is there no-where else for a black dude in SPN to go but from badass to EV0L? It's like Gordon all over again.)
Hera as the mother of humanity is cool, but yeah, she's uh, NOT BLACK. Which is seriously WTFy on some levels.
I don't know if I'm a bad person for not caring really, though. I see the points of the critiques and they are very valid. But personally, I think sometimes if I get caught up in the details too much - I end up not seeing the forest for the trees, yaknow? I think in the bigger picture I was satisified with the BSG finale and I was satisified with last week's Supernatural. I could explain why in more detail or how I seem to have turned off my usual "race/sexuality/gender" radar in regards to both of these eps, but whatever. It is what it is.
To be fair, it's really just BSG that actually bothered me enough to not enjoy the episode (once they got to Earth anyway), and that's not so much 'race/sexuality/gender' issues as sheer logical DOES NOT COMPUTE issues. And a kneejerk reaction to any science fiction seriously positing that God is the answer to everything. There were so many more things about it that made me go all 'wtf makes no sense', and I unfortunately hold BSG to a higher standard than most shows. Sucks for them.
Hera though, OMG, so adorable. She reminds me way too much of my little sister, so I just wanted to HUG HER and go AAAWWWW all the time. And then give her noogies.
LOL torture, on the other hand, was pretty fun. : ) It was really entertaining, and honestly, that's all I really expect from them. Which is a much healthier way to watch tv in general. *nods*
And thanks to your hilarious typo, I can't think of Castiel without thinking of Spain now. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.
And still, strangely, I enjoyed both of those eps more than many of the eps I'd been watching on either shows lately. I liked Anna leading Castile especially, but Uriel the mean black guy as the evil angel? Yes, dodgy. (I thought that. I mean, is there no-where else for a black dude in SPN to go but from badass to EV0L? It's like Gordon all over again.)
Hera as the mother of humanity is cool, but yeah, she's uh, NOT BLACK. Which is seriously WTFy on some levels.
I don't know if I'm a bad person for not caring really, though. I see the points of the critiques and they are very valid. But personally, I think sometimes if I get caught up in the details too much - I end up not seeing the forest for the trees, yaknow? I think in the bigger picture I was satisified with the BSG finale and I was satisified with last week's Supernatural. I could explain why in more detail or how I seem to have turned off my usual "race/sexuality/gender" radar in regards to both of these eps, but whatever. It is what it is.
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To be fair, it's really just BSG that actually bothered me enough to not enjoy the episode (once they got to Earth anyway), and that's not so much 'race/sexuality/gender' issues as sheer logical DOES NOT COMPUTE issues. And a kneejerk reaction to any science fiction seriously positing that God is the answer to everything. There were so many more things about it that made me go all 'wtf makes no sense', and I unfortunately hold BSG to a higher standard than most shows. Sucks for them.
Hera though, OMG, so adorable. She reminds me way too much of my little sister, so I just wanted to HUG HER and go AAAWWWW all the time. And then give her noogies.
LOL torture, on the other hand, was pretty fun. : ) It was really entertaining, and honestly, that's all I really expect from them. Which is a much healthier way to watch tv in general. *nods*
And thanks to your hilarious typo, I can't think of Castiel without thinking of Spain now. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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