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.

[slackerspice]

I couldn't say that I was disappointed - I was too busy laughing my ass off. All I could think was "Dude, if you're this upset now..."

[elisi]

Ah, you and me both... But I know that others are getting frustrated with him. I, however, am getting the popcorn out! :D (It's Amends today. Should be a blast.)

[slackerspice]

I keep thinking that by the time he reaches The Gift, he'll have been reduced to an incoherent, screaming wreck.

[elisi]

IKR? Really, he should have saved the all-capslocks posts. He's gonna need them...