Yes you have. *g* The problem is I'm a bit of a (cynical)romantic myself and while Gene in LoM wasn't always likeable (understatement) his flaws just conspired somehow to make him an even better man in that he did learn and grow just like Sam did. That's where the brilliance of their relationship/romance lies for me and A2A was in danger of killing that for me by pushing him over the edge in to a full-blown stereotype, like Sam had no impact on the man Gene had become. I didn't trust them not to ruin Gene for me and LoM is one of my favourite things, EVER. After seeing what they did to Gene I *know* I don't want to hear their take on Sam. Nope.
The thing that annoyed me most about Gene's characterisation in A2A (but that had crept into S2 of LoM too), was that they glorified him so much. I don't know how far you got into that first series, but there were some ludicrously overblown scenes of him being a Big Damn Hero that didn't ring true, at all. I think, mostly, the reason he seems like more of a stereotype is that he doesn't get called on his behaviour much --- is, in fact, now shown as being the Protagonist whose opinion we're meant to relate to. (There's some grey there, it isn't exactly like that, but this is definitely a lingering impression.) And I don't agree with most of Gene's views most of the time
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You didn't have to watch much of A2A to see that... I was WTF-ing loudly from the moment the heroic music struck up every time he set foot on screen to say nothing of the way they filmed him.
But enough of talking about this imaginary show that so many people seem to think they've seen. *sings la la la*
I tried to watch A2A but I couldn't even recognize Gene so I gave up... *is happy in the land of denial*
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Yes you have. *g* The problem is I'm a bit of a (cynical)romantic myself and while Gene in LoM wasn't always likeable (understatement) his flaws just conspired somehow to make him an even better man in that he did learn and grow just like Sam did. That's where the brilliance of their relationship/romance lies for me and A2A was in danger of killing that for me by pushing him over the edge in to a full-blown stereotype, like Sam had no impact on the man Gene had become. I didn't trust them not to ruin Gene for me and LoM is one of my favourite things, EVER. After seeing what they did to Gene I *know* I don't want to hear their take on Sam. Nope.
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You didn't have to watch much of A2A to see that... I was WTF-ing loudly from the moment the heroic music struck up every time he set foot on screen to say nothing of the way they filmed him.
But enough of talking about this imaginary show that so many people seem to think they've seen. *sings la la la*
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