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Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
I dunno, sometimes I wish there were less people watching. Like for Doctor Who, I could lop off whole limbs of that fandom. It needs a trim. lol. sorry, unpopular opinion.
Also, sometimes I wish more of my people were watching a show. There are plenty of people watching 24, but I have not much in common with them, or they play elsewhere, not in my little circle. But I'm not sure I really want *more* people watching, either.
So far I'm rather failing at this question. haha.
Um, let's see... Oh, I know!
I do wish more people were watching, and appreciating, Ashes to Ashes. Many fans watched the UK Life On Mars, but fewer made the transition to A2A, and quite honestly, I think A2A is the better show. And it has an interesting and strong female lead, battling the sexism of her fellow officers in the 80s. I love Alex so much, watching her struggle to live the life she has to in this world that can't be real, that ISN'T real, except that it totally IS real, while also going through so much self discovery and mystery and trauma, and not losing herself, nor losing sight of goal of recovery and returning to her "real" life and her little girl. And the evolution of Gene Hunt as a character is incredible, far more developed than he was in LoM. I don't really know how else to say it. You don't have to like him much, but you can't say he isn't infinitely complex and capable of being a bastard and a hero at the same time, hard to the point of stubborn bullheadedness yet showing moments of caring that are stunning in their truthfulness.
As evidence, I submit
rhoboat's awesome A2A vid from Club Vivid last year --> Love, Etc.
I dunno, sometimes I wish there were less people watching. Like for Doctor Who, I could lop off whole limbs of that fandom. It needs a trim. lol. sorry, unpopular opinion.
Also, sometimes I wish more of my people were watching a show. There are plenty of people watching 24, but I have not much in common with them, or they play elsewhere, not in my little circle. But I'm not sure I really want *more* people watching, either.
So far I'm rather failing at this question. haha.
Um, let's see... Oh, I know!
I do wish more people were watching, and appreciating, Ashes to Ashes. Many fans watched the UK Life On Mars, but fewer made the transition to A2A, and quite honestly, I think A2A is the better show. And it has an interesting and strong female lead, battling the sexism of her fellow officers in the 80s. I love Alex so much, watching her struggle to live the life she has to in this world that can't be real, that ISN'T real, except that it totally IS real, while also going through so much self discovery and mystery and trauma, and not losing herself, nor losing sight of goal of recovery and returning to her "real" life and her little girl. And the evolution of Gene Hunt as a character is incredible, far more developed than he was in LoM. I don't really know how else to say it. You don't have to like him much, but you can't say he isn't infinitely complex and capable of being a bastard and a hero at the same time, hard to the point of stubborn bullheadedness yet showing moments of caring that are stunning in their truthfulness.
As evidence, I submit
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Date: 2010-06-09 07:51 pm (UTC)I wish this almost every day about my current fandom!
I admit, I haven't watched A2A yet (though I loved LOM), but I have all the episodes and your description is motivating me to move it to the top of my to-watch list.
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Date: 2010-06-10 01:06 am (UTC)nod nod. I know I think of it often for a few shows I watch here and there.
A2A is worth a look. I love it, but outside of the basic premise, it's very different from LoM.
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Date: 2010-06-09 10:26 pm (UTC)There are things I didn't like. I had to warm up to Alex, initially, and sometimes I didn't like how they used the fact that she was a mother and a woman as a driving force in her choices and actions, but all those issues went away one by one, and they kind of became wrapped up in the plot as well. And by the end of the first series I really loved her a lot. She's a very strong women in an evironment with few women in positions of power, in a world completely alien to her, after suffering a traumatic event and loss, and she manages to hold her own in all that, so I think she's awesome. :) She also has a different point of motivation than Sam, who at the end of the day was a bit too into his manpain.
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Date: 2010-06-09 08:43 pm (UTC)I actually started watching 24 but it freaked me out so much (the suspense nearly killed me I swear) that I stopped watching. But I did love it so I do want to keep watching when I have more time this summer.
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