creepy vs sexy

[the_grynne]

I find myself warming up to CBS's Moonlight - which I've resigned myself to being addicted to almost despite myself because of Jason Dohring's 400-year-old but 23-at-heart vampire Josef - most especially when the show is taking the piss out of Mick St. John (still think that's a ridiculously pulpish name) rather than trying to make him out to be

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[alexandral]

I of course loooooove Mick, but it is totally subjective of the way one or another actor looks and other things, right?

How does Mick keep winning in fights against these older vamps? HOW?!??

I think this is what you say in the last paragraph - part of it is that Mick is sort of "here and there", still in touch with his human side and can see broader and act too.

[the_grynne]

I'm so out of the field with the Mick-love, I'm starting to wonder if something is wrong with me. Alex, with those clothes, that haircut, always looks to me like he's auditioning to be a pornstar. It's a credit to the actor that I can still take the character (mostly) seriously.

part of it is that Mick is sort of "here and there"

That's part of fantasy lore, isn't it? That the halfblood is also the greatest bane. I didn't really believe that in Blade either. And Mick...reminds me too much of Louis de Pointe du Lac, and he was always my least favourite.

[alexandral]

with those clothes, that haircut,

Hee! Must agree here - whoever does the clothes for "Moonlight" must be on some kind of glue. And I don't just mean Mick - Beth looks very frumpy (even when she was pretending to be a hot-chick) ! Josef (I am trying to spare your feelings :D) had some good shirts but ** shudder ** remember the pilot!

PS: Sorry to be so venom-like!

[alexandral]

PS: Sorry to be so venom-like

I want to make a post "Moonlight clothes".

[ghostrunner7]

You show me this video and I can't. stop. laughing. And then you get all introspective and serious. :shakes head:

I really liked Lola, she was very cool with her recapturing-her-vampire-youth ennui.

[the_grynne]

The show is like that too! Introspective and serous in the most unexpected moments. And then it tries too hard, and BAMM! Crashes painfully like Wile E. Coyote.

[kenorland]

Oh, god, I've started to watch this show. And while I have a lot to complain about (mostly the writing quality -- it's CRAZY-MAKING), it is so entertaining and unexpectedly funny. I agree that they're pretty good at making fun of the main character, which is what endeared the show to me, despite its badness.

I also really, REALLY hate his name. 'Mick St. John' is like the kind of name Anne Rice would use.

And HOLLY VALANCE. <3

[the_grynne]

He doesn't have the age, or the gravitas, to carry off a name like that "St. John".

Holly was so great! She still sounded vaguely Australian, but she acted like someone used to having her every whim carried out, and I thought her delivery suited the character well.

[kenorland]

Yeah, for real, and that mid-century Humphrey Bogart gumshoe accent he has is weird to hear, and I don't know if it's intentional. ALSO, every time they pronounce 'St. John' in the way they do (AND THEY SURE LIKE TO SAY HIS FULL NAME A LOT), I just cringe because I know that name as 'Sinjin' and-- oh man.

Holly was delightful and the most believable vampire so far. I really resent that he killed her off so easily. Like, REALLY SHOW??!

Did you ever watch Forever Knight?

[the_grynne]

I've never seen Forever Night - I don't think it's ever aired here, and I'm too young to get the references to it. But I remember people were comparing Angel to it back in the day?

[liminalliz]

I am madly in love with Mick - and Laura pointed out last night that he's a terrible actor; but I think what specifically I love about him is his voice. Which is hilarious to me because, err, he's from Australia??

Josef is AMAZING; especially because I'm starting to think that it's not Logan pretending to be a vampire but it was a vampire pretending to be Logan - they angst the SAME WAY over similar things only Josef has the "oh, i'm all alone and ancient and unsure of how to react to all this" epic angst. And also: hilarious chemistry with Mick. A++ on that relationship.

Lola: "Evil's a word that gets tossed around a lot, like 'great', or 'awesome'."
I loooooooooooooved that line for multiple reasons but specifically because it was another one of the gauntlet-throwing lines vs. Jossverse vampires as one can only assume that there are 1 in 500 vampires who really go for big scary evol schemes and none of them are really into the apocalypse. INTERESTING. Now if the show would only explain their full meaning behind "willing freshies

[the_grynne]

I'm starting to think that it's not Logan pretending to be a vampire but it was a vampire pretending to be Logan

YESYES! I thought of that too last night, that even more than for Logan himself, Josef's "Loganness" is a kind of camouflage, his continuous adaptation to living amongst the food; he's twitchy and juvenile to cover up for the sense of entitlement and command and the I've-seen-things-you-can't-begin-to-imagine sadness that he's susceptible to.

I'm waiting for someone to write Mick/Josef. *nudgenudge*

Moonlight's vampires have the benefit of not really being all that monstrous, and even Mick, who thinks its a curse, still takes a certain joy in what he can do. They don't go all "game face", or collude with demons, or even kill all that many people. Instead, they're just this invisible minority population, paying their taxes, driving their cars, and discretely feeding on our blood. I can see why "freshies" might think it's safe to offer themselves to creatures like that. Josef at least seems to treat them pretty well.

[the_grynne]

I wish, when the great Cas Re-do 2007 was going on, they'd gone and replaced O'Laughlin as well, because he really is dampening the fun of the show for me in so many ways. And, of course, the clunky and uneven script, the totally featureless Assistant DA boyfriend and token black cop, characters who clearly have no purpose but to push the plot along.