Bye Bye Painkiller Jane
I need to rant about this before I can let it go so here goes...
This is the end of Painkiller Jane for me (and I mean the tv series, not the comic). Unless something fantastic happens I'm done with it. I can take a shitty show as long as it's harmless but when they do everything in their power to make me hate it then I can do nothing but give up. Killing off Mo was too much for me. I hate when tv shows that have a female lead need to be "balanced" by making the rest of the cast male. Is it because the writers can't imagine how strong women interact with each other? Or is it fear? I don't get it. I was happy about PKJ having two female characters but obviously they never knew what to do with Mo. She was supposedly a long time friend of Jane's but she rarely acted the part. And all they had her do was deliver her share of bad lines. I must admit that from my former experience I expected them to kill her in the first episode already. Isn't it always the best friend who bites the dust first? But when she didn't die I thought she was staying after all and I was happy. They even killed Jane's female neighbor and that made me believe even more that Mo was safe. Should've known better because naturally a strong female lead can only have men around her. Well I don't agree and I don't like it. I've seen enough shows with male casts and I'm tired of it. Just simply sick and tired. And don't even get me started on Kristanna's part in all this. I don't know which is worse: the thought that she actually thinks she's making quality tv, or that she knows how bad the show is and still remains a part of it. In the past six months Kristanna has managed to make me adore her with her role in The L Word, and then she completely disappointed me with PKJ. No actor has managed to do that to me before. I feel kinda stupid now.
So I won't be watching PKJ anymore. I made my Jane/Maureen music video as an alternate ending for it with Jane and Mo driving off together and leaving all the shit behind. I will miss seeing Kristanna every week but thankfully I won't have to sit through a painful experience that it has been anymore. Screw you guys, I'm going home.
This is the end of Painkiller Jane for me (and I mean the tv series, not the comic). Unless something fantastic happens I'm done with it. I can take a shitty show as long as it's harmless but when they do everything in their power to make me hate it then I can do nothing but give up. Killing off Mo was too much for me. I hate when tv shows that have a female lead need to be "balanced" by making the rest of the cast male. Is it because the writers can't imagine how strong women interact with each other? Or is it fear? I don't get it. I was happy about PKJ having two female characters but obviously they never knew what to do with Mo. She was supposedly a long time friend of Jane's but she rarely acted the part. And all they had her do was deliver her share of bad lines. I must admit that from my former experience I expected them to kill her in the first episode already. Isn't it always the best friend who bites the dust first? But when she didn't die I thought she was staying after all and I was happy. They even killed Jane's female neighbor and that made me believe even more that Mo was safe. Should've known better because naturally a strong female lead can only have men around her. Well I don't agree and I don't like it. I've seen enough shows with male casts and I'm tired of it. Just simply sick and tired. And don't even get me started on Kristanna's part in all this. I don't know which is worse: the thought that she actually thinks she's making quality tv, or that she knows how bad the show is and still remains a part of it. In the past six months Kristanna has managed to make me adore her with her role in The L Word, and then she completely disappointed me with PKJ. No actor has managed to do that to me before. I feel kinda stupid now.
So I won't be watching PKJ anymore. I made my Jane/Maureen music video as an alternate ending for it with Jane and Mo driving off together and leaving all the shit behind. I will miss seeing Kristanna every week but thankfully I won't have to sit through a painful experience that it has been anymore. Screw you guys, I'm going home.