Fandom Ate My Brain. It was a happy meal.
Oct. 9th, 2005 07:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieEnded seeing Serenity twice more this weekend (count is up to 5, yikes!) and meeting up with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
winterspel, repr0b8, kitsah and others.
Nothing is as much fun as talking to people who do not mind discussing which Boomer they like better or what crack is Veronica on for picking Duncan over Logan.
Serenity gets better every freaking time. This time, I did wonder what on earth Mal & Co (including Aeryn-like Zoe) are going to do now? All their job contacts are dead, and I doubt new ones will be eager to materialize (I doubt Inara can really go back anyway. She was on the ship with people who pissed off the Alliance and actively participated in all their activities. I think her client pool is likely to dry up). I also loved having Zoe and Jayne wonder if Mal got through. We always follow the "hero" and never see what happens to those who stay behind. I also liked the deal with the modification of reality: at first with the soothing narrator voice we think we hear an objective narration about the origins of the world, and then we realize it's an Alliance teacher. And then the Simon-River escape turns out to be a recording as well. And of course, I do wonder about the Operative (who of course let them go as his job was to keep secrets and not take vengeance). In some ways, what Mal did to him was about the worst thing he could have done: taken his dream (which really reminds me of totalitarian utopian societies: very Communist notion about building a better tomorrow through blood) and shown him the true nightmare it is.
In Veronica Mars related news, it was REALLY fun to discuss VM withwinterspel. She brought up a really interesting point (and one which I never realized before): Logan is attracted to older, tough, sophisticated women (Lilly, Veronica, Kendall). I suppose it's because it's such a contrast to his younger, doormat of a mother. winterspel also pointed out that both Veronica and Logan are really strong people except when it comes to their emotions (I actually think his inability to tone down his intensity is partially responsible for the demise of their relationship: it's too much too soon for Veronica who is terrified to let go and connect. With Duncan she can withdraw as much as she likes and is in no danger of being overwhelmed by her own powerful emotions). I was also glad to find out I was not the only one who thought Duncan had the emotive power of a block of really plain wood. Hmmm.
In other news, One Tree Hill continues to be a snorefest.
winterspel, repr0b8, kitsah and others. Nothing is as much fun as talking to people who do not mind discussing which Boomer they like better or what crack is Veronica on for picking Duncan over Logan.
Serenity gets better every freaking time. This time, I did wonder what on earth Mal & Co (including Aeryn-like Zoe) are going to do now? All their job contacts are dead, and I doubt new ones will be eager to materialize (I doubt Inara can really go back anyway. She was on the ship with people who pissed off the Alliance and actively participated in all their activities. I think her client pool is likely to dry up). I also loved having Zoe and Jayne wonder if Mal got through. We always follow the "hero" and never see what happens to those who stay behind. I also liked the deal with the modification of reality: at first with the soothing narrator voice we think we hear an objective narration about the origins of the world, and then we realize it's an Alliance teacher. And then the Simon-River escape turns out to be a recording as well. And of course, I do wonder about the Operative (who of course let them go as his job was to keep secrets and not take vengeance). In some ways, what Mal did to him was about the worst thing he could have done: taken his dream (which really reminds me of totalitarian utopian societies: very Communist notion about building a better tomorrow through blood) and shown him the true nightmare it is.
In Veronica Mars related news, it was REALLY fun to discuss VM with
winterspel. She brought up a really interesting point (and one which I never realized before): Logan is attracted to older, tough, sophisticated women (Lilly, Veronica, Kendall). I suppose it's because it's such a contrast to his younger, doormat of a mother. winterspel also pointed out that both Veronica and Logan are really strong people except when it comes to their emotions (I actually think his inability to tone down his intensity is partially responsible for the demise of their relationship: it's too much too soon for Veronica who is terrified to let go and connect. With Duncan she can withdraw as much as she likes and is in no danger of being overwhelmed by her own powerful emotions). I was also glad to find out I was not the only one who thought Duncan had the emotive power of a block of really plain wood. Hmmm. In other news, One Tree Hill continues to be a snorefest.
