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bop_radar

What I wish I had time to write

Mar 23, 2009 21:26

So it turns out I *do* still want/need to talk about Battlestar Galactica. I'm actually desperately itching to write a serious meta post on the big-picture problems with the finale. I'm reading a lot of response posts and seeing so many good points being made and I'd really like to collate them together. I've also read a few responses from people ( Read more... )

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frelling_tralk March 23 2009, 13:41:33 UTC

I've just been catching up on Skins lately too (I'm up to season two) and love it so far :D

bop_radar March 24 2009, 01:27:35 UTC

JAL!!!! *hugs icon* OMG, yes! It's so much fun and I love the HEART in all the characters. Who do you like? Who do you like? :)

frelling_tralk March 24 2009, 14:47:51 UTC

I like pretty much all of the characters actually, although Jal is definitely my favourite. Also I really love Chris, and am a total sad OTP shipper for them *g* Anwar is probably the character I care least about. I thought he was well used in the season 1 finale when we meet his family, but otherwise he seems to mainly be there for comic relief. I don't dislike him exactly, I've just never connected with him as as much as I have with the other main characters

I'm about halfway through season 2 at the moment, but I'm trying to catch up pretty quickly as it's been a bit disappointing to find all of the Skins comms talk about nothing but season 3, and there doesn't really seem to be a place to discuss the characters from the first two seasons much

bop_radar March 24 2009, 16:03:18 UTC

Awww, Jal! :) Chris didn't really click with me but I liked their relationship from Jal's side of it and enjoyed watching him. And I'm a sad sappy OTP shipper of Cassie/Sid. I liked all the girls though--which is always nice. *G*

I agree about Anwar--he sat awkwardly and maybe they never gave him enough time? Because when they spent longer showing the background of all the other characters I found them sympathetic even when they weren't initially immediately interesting to me. The comic relief thing seems true...

Yeah, I guess season 3 airing at the moment means there's no space for seasons 1 and 2 chat. :( That's sad because those seasons were so strong and the characters so striking! Damn it why am I late to the party?

frelling_tralk March 24 2009, 16:36:18 UTC

It would be good if there was a separate comm for seasons 1 and 2 discussion, all of the separate character and shipper comms for those seasons seem pretty dead, and the general comms that are still active are all mostly focused on season 3 ( ... )

bop_radar March 24 2009, 16:48:44 UTC

*nods* I agree it was less successfully handled in season 2. I too felt that rushing feeling. It felt like Season 1 was so well plotted to have the right plot points unfold when they did in different people's stories, but Season 2 didn't work quite so well that way. I could definitely have happily moved to a more ensemble feeling for each ep in season 2, instead of the if-anything-less-so feeling of each ep. That probably overstates how much it bothered me though because I definitely enjoyed the overall journey. But I did have to skip ahead at one point to make sure something would be addressed! ;) Hee!

Cassie is such a crazy (literally!) character but I found there was something very emotionally 'true' about her, for all the over the top behaviour. I probably identify with her waaay too much but then I was a mental basketcase at that age too. :)

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