That article is exactly why I refuse to watch the show when it comes on BBC America:
1) I'm not a fan of TV shows where everybody dies, loses or fails. I saw that with Forever Knight's infamous finale. I don't CARE how brilliant the downer ending is--it's not my kind of thing.
Books, yes. I can deal with books with downer endings. (If I couldn't, I wouldn't have read Turn Coat.) But TV hits harder. It's live action, it's in your face and it's happening right now in front of you. It's much more difficult to take.
2) People are getting insanely zealous about CoE. This is the first article I've seen defining it as horror TV, but it's the twentieth or so that ends up saying that this is wonderful television, and if you don't like it, you're a brain-dead idiot.
I don't like being told that. I don't like knowing that a fair number of people demand that I feel a certain way. (And that just gets my back up and makes me less inclined to feel the way they want.)
So I won't be watching CoE when it comes on BBC America on the 20th. I know I wouldn't enjoy it--I'm not a particular fan of horror--and I particularly wouldn't like feeling that I HAD to like it, or had to say I liked it, to avoid wank.
1) It's definitely hard to watch, and while I appreciated it for what it was, I certainly wouldn't recommend it to *everyone*. It hurts. If you're not okay with watching something that will hurt you, definitely stay away. I'm the last person who'll criticize you for that, considering that's exactly the reason I didn't watch BSG after the first season. I had a feeling that show would hurt me, and from what I hear, I was right. For a five-part miniseries, though, I can take the hurt, as long as I feel like it's worth it.
2) Also hearing you here. I think the review raises an awful lot of good points, but the author needs to dial down her criticism of those who didn't like it. "YMMV" is always the last word in fandom, and what does it for one person may not do it for another.
1) I'm not a fan of TV shows where everybody dies, loses or fails. I saw that with Forever Knight's infamous finale. I don't CARE how brilliant the downer ending is--it's not my kind of thing.
Books, yes. I can deal with books with downer endings. (If I couldn't, I wouldn't have read Turn Coat.) But TV hits harder. It's live action, it's in your face and it's happening right now in front of you. It's much more difficult to take.
2) People are getting insanely zealous about CoE. This is the first article I've seen defining it as horror TV, but it's the twentieth or so that ends up saying that this is wonderful television, and if you don't like it, you're a brain-dead idiot.
I don't like being told that. I don't like knowing that a fair number of people demand that I feel a certain way. (And that just gets my back up and makes me less inclined to feel the way they want.)
So I won't be watching CoE when it comes on BBC America on the 20th. I know I wouldn't enjoy it--I'm not a particular fan of horror--and I particularly wouldn't like feeling that I HAD to like it, or had to say I liked it, to avoid wank.
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2) Also hearing you here. I think the review raises an awful lot of good points, but the author needs to dial down her criticism of those who didn't like it. "YMMV" is always the last word in fandom, and what does it for one person may not do it for another.
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