3x06 Blatherings

[bowtrunckle]

More than anything, this episode left me uneasy. Plot changes I can handle. New characters I can handle. Brother angst I can handle. What seem to me like changes in fundamental characterization and show ethos, I apparently can’t.

Perhaps it’s the fact Raelle Tucker (who, IMHO, was one of the strongest writers for S1/2) has left the writer’s room

Comments

[kentawolf]

I love it to pieces. I just don't want to see it turn into something I don't recognize anymore.

*Nods furiously*

We all want growth. We just want it to retain its writing/visual style that we know and love. I think this is an important point.

[bowtrunckle]

We all want growth. We just want it to retain its writing/visual style that we know and love.

Well said. And the only thing I have to add is that the flat light, undersaturated colors, and deep shadows better return with the Vancouver winters. I want my grit and realism back!

[bowtrunckle]

It's like Dean becomes OOC whenever Bela is around. I don't get that. I don't know where the show is going with it, you know?

More than anything, I'm getting these weird wistful feelings about the show ... like "oh, S1/S2 where are you?" And I think that has me more worried than anything else because it means that there's something important MISSING in S3. This really makes me worried that the best of the show has already passed. :(

That feeling has everything to do with the "where's the show going" thing you mention. Where is the show going? *bites lip* I want to just say "have faith in the writers blah blah" but considering that the way they've written Dean with Bela, I'm having a hard time investing in that.

I just don't want to see it turn into something I don't recognize anymore. Me too! It's sort of bizzare to become strangely attached to and protective of a fictional universe, but that's why stories are created, so people can connect with them and the characters. I hope S3 proves to be something we can all still

[bowtrunckle]

if they could just give me something as brilliant as BUaBS or WIAWSNB, I'd be really, really happy.

Those are some of my favorite episodes, too. And you want to know the funny thing about all of this? Here I am talking about how uncomfortable it feels to wathc the boys relationship is fall apart and in both of those episodes the boys aren't playing the bonded-brother dynamic! LOL! But in all fairness, I think that's the reason I've been looking forward to having them be more antagonistic toward each other this season but now that it's here I'm all big eyes and meepish (is that a word? *snork*).

Fans are becoming more important than ratings

And don't forget "Serenity" Joss Whedon's film based on "Firefly". :) Oh, and the X-files movie. I just read an article about yet another X-files movie that's supposed to start shooting in Vancouver in early 2008 ... Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are in it! :) Go fans!