Some weeks ago, I caught about five minutes of the Glee premiere before turning it off when the choir director's wife (I don't know anyone's names) made me want to attack her with a sharp, pointy object. Ah well, I figured, I didn't need another show anyway. But then all manner of my acquaintances, fannish and otherwise, have exploded with love for
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As for who is in the minority, the comments to this post so far have really surprised me! The majority are agreeing with me that the show doesn't do much for them, and in the one pro-show reply, beanpot says she's tired of having to defend her love of the show against all the people who don't like it. I mean, I haven't been paying very close attention--haven't actually been clicking on tags and reading what people have to say about the show--but my impression was that the buzz around the show was overwhelmingly positive and that people were loving it. But maybe not?
Of course, as I noticed as BSG was going up in flames and everyone felt like an oppressed minority, it can be really hard to tell what the dominant opinion really is (or if there even is a dominant opinion).
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On LJ, however, I saw a lot of people feeling uncomfortable about ALL the women on the show being total caricatures.
It's okay -- I really need to cut back on TV as it is.
Is THE PLAN on dvd or something? I'm so out of it regarding BSG.
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Ah well. I imagine most of the Glee musical numbers end up on youtube; perhaps that's the way to go!
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Did you read my venting from several weeks ago? ;-) Seriously, you and I are on the same page. And I'd add TERRI MUST DIE. She's the wife from hell. Having said all that, I don't hate the show. I thought the pilot was awesome and the ep (the fourth I believe) guest starring Kristin Chenowith was not at all rage inducing and highly enjoyable. It also helped that Terri was relegated to one brief scene to set up a plot point. :) Right now I'm opting to DVR the show so I can FF through all the parts I don't like (such as the horrible duel pregnancy storylines).
I watched The Plan last night. I hope to get my thoughts written up later today, but, to sum up, it was OK. I loved all the ( ... )
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I suspect that if I ever manage to care enough to watch The Plan I'll like it well enough. All the wank is a little perplexing to me, though--not that people aren't free to dislike it, but I'm confused by the way people seem to be surprised if they don't like it. I mean, we all knew it was a Cylon backstory movie, right? So it seems fairly clear that if you're on Team Cylon it's great, and if you're not, it's probably not your thing, and...I'm not sure why people are getting quite so bent out of shape. But I, like you, am mostly in the neutral camp, in that this isn't a story about the characters I care most about. Plus I've got an extra dose of BSG apathy on all fronts. Ah well!
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But why can't a show just be over the top and about dancing and singing? Why do all shows have to be meta and enlightening and changing the world? Why do they have to be drama and depressing and dealing with issues? There are plenty of shows like that and I adore many of them because of what they are. And I like this one because I will hear some amazing singing and nothing moves me more than music.
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This, this, this. I gave it two whole episodes and then I couldn't take it anymore - the cliches, the sexism, the forced quirkiness. I think it's just the Shiny New Thing because there's singing and happy colors. *shrug*
My thoughts on "The Plan" are not exactly subtle. *g* But I do get your apathy, because for some reason I can't bring myself to care about "Caprica". I even had the DVD in my house for a few days and made no effort to watch it.
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And your post on The Plan was adorable! I'm glad you're excited. I miss having excitement about this show. I suppose I'd rather be apathetic than ragingly bitter like I was for a while there, but mostly I'm sad that I feel like I've lost this thing I used to love. So more power to those of you who are still feeling the love!
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