Monsters and Minors - Day 4

[midnight_jo]

Another day, another entry. My LJ is seeing more action these days than ever before. I don't think it quite knows what to do with itself. I kind of like this daily posting thing, though. It gets the rusty ol' gears turning again. Maybe after I'm done these two memes I'll start up another one. Yes, I realize I'm getting ridiculously ahead of myself

Comments

[the_angry_pixie]

i just died a little inside. effy? really?!

[midnight_jo]

LOLOL BARNEY STINSON!

wait... I thought you didn't like HIMYM.

And yep. Effy's my fav. Deal wit it. :P

[the_angry_pixie]

i never said i didn't like HIMYM. i just said i dont watch it. but a dramatised suicide is a dramatised suicide. its universal.

and.... ew ew ew just...ew. i feel unclean.

effy is a big fat fucking trifecta for me.

she's badly written. badly acted. and on top of all that... she's a wretched, horrible, unlikeable character.

*shudders*

[midnight_jo]

Agree to disagree, I guess.

Then again, I was one of the... like... two people who didn't care for Cook. Or Naomily. Or most of the others, really. And I didn't hate Freddie either (most of the time. He definitely had his "I want to strangle you" moments). So yeah, I know I'm in the intense-minority. I can handle the stones. Throw at will.

I'll just attack you with hugs.

[goddessdster]

My cousin (fellow X-Fanatic) loves Flukeman so much, she has a t-shirt with his face on it. I find even the shirt disturbing, because Flukeman is easily the scariest of the X monsters.

I like your choice a lot, but I have to say my favorite is Laverne & Shirley's Lenny as played by David Duchovny. It's those episodes that showcased Duchovny's talent as a mimic, coupled with that special brand of "menacing with a touch of whimsy" that only the X-Files could pull off, that I keep coming back to when I think about my love of the show.

[midnight_jo]

I would find that shirt disturbing too!

that special brand of "menacing with a touch of whimsy" that only the X-Files could pull off

You just named one of my favourite things about this show! And you're right... the Dreamland episides definitely accomplished this, as did Small Potatoes, Bad Blood, Jose Chung's From Outer Space, Post Modern Prometheus, and... well... so many others that I can't think of them all right now. I endorse your choice (and your reasoning) wholeheartedly!!! *thumbs up*

[bluesuzanne]

Applauding your choice of Effy Stonem. She's a tough character to like because, as you say, she's so multi-layered - complex but not messy in terms of the writing.

But yeah, I agree, hands down the best character of gen 2, perhaps because she was so carefully plotted throughout the seasons.

Oh yeah, and Kaya's acting is superb, IMO. She's very talented and it's no mean feat to play someone with the emotional range Effy ends up having.

[midnight_jo]

She's pretty much the only one in Gen 2 who is REALLY worth dissecting in my opinion. Glad someone agrees with me! :)

[bluesuzanne]

PS. I haven't watched The X Files in years, but I still get creeped out thinking about that dude who like, ate fat or whatever. You know, the one with the personal ads for chubby girls? I just... :((

[midnight_jo]

Ah yes, the episode you're thinking of is called 2Shy, I believe.

And yes, that one was particularly disturbing.

I can't wait until I get to the "grossest episode" and "scariest episode" days. Lol. That will be SUCH A HARD DECISION.