Lovers Walk.

[elisi]

Just by the way, for anyone disappointed with Mark's review of Lovers Walk, here's a link to Arbitrar of Quality's review. (Same deal: Unspoiled first time viewer, a ton of rot-13 in the comments etc. for those who weren't around at the time. But, uh, AOQ's take on things was... different to Mark's. *g*)

Comments

[gabrielleabelle]

I get a weird vibe that Mark is FEELING more because he's expecting angst, you know? Like, I know a friend's mom who started crying when she saw a shot of a baby doll at the beginning of the Titanic just because she'd heard that it was a sad movie. So you get yourself in the mood and ANYTHING will trigger it.

Cause...Lovers Walk is pretty low on the devastation scale for the show. And he's had some weirdly disproportional reactions before. Joss is know for teh angsting, so I think there's some skewiness in perception going on.

Loved the Arbitrar of Quality review. Thanks for linking! :)

[elisi]

I get a weird vibe that Mark is FEELING more because he's expecting angst, you know? Like, I know a friend's mom who started crying when she saw a shot of a baby doll at the beginning of the Titanic just because she'd heard that it was a sad movie. So you get yourself in the mood and ANYTHING will trigger it.
You might be right. He knows what Joss is like, so I guess he's constantly curled up in a worried ball, expecting people to die and HORRIBLE things to happen... And he's kinda excitable ANYWAY. I mean, he's got the same sort of attitude for LotR which is just weirding me out, as Tolkien is as far from Joss as you can get...

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

Loved the Arbitrar of Quality review. Thanks for linking! :)
AOQ is delightful. And had the most surprising opinions - but always interesting. :)

[gabrielleabelle]

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

Haha! Indeed. :)

[elisi]

I am very grateful to you for this insight.

[promethia_tenk]

ETA: He has pre-Traumatic Joss Syndrome?

*dies* =D

[elisi]

Suddenly it all makes sense. :)

ETA: Oooh, it makes sense of everything else too. With Moffat, he goes 'EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CLEVER AND COMPLICATED OH NOES WHAT IS GOING ON I CAN'T WORK IT OUT!!!!' and with LotR he's going 'OMG EVERYTHING IS EPIC AND EVERYTHING IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL FANTASY THAT COMES AFTER HOW SHALL I DEAL???'

His tagline is 'You're not prepared' - but he is. And that's the problem. :)

[promethia_tenk]

Ha! You know, I think you might be on to something there . . .

[elisi]

He's unspoiled, but that's something completely different... Oh, I feel clever now. :)