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dangermousie1. I saw a copy of TV Guide that had blurbs about all the "returning favorites" shows. It seems that every other show is either cop, medical, or law show. I am sure those professions have their interesting moments, but NO profession is interesting enough to have 25 shows about it at the same time. Maybe with the exception of mercenaries. I'd watch those. But OMG, there won't be a courtroom or scalpel in sight!
2. I was also amused by the prevalence of teen soaps. Who knew that adolescence was that special time where you found out that your mother was actually your sister and that the boy you loved was a transsexual (both of which, while made up, are not too farfetched if those blurbs were any indication). My eye was especially caught by "One Tree Hill" (what happened to the rest of the trees?) and "O.C." (is it next to "E.R.?") I might even watch either one one of these days: they sound so delightfully outre.
3. Charmed is still running. Good God. Are the sisters grandmothers by this point? I think any show should get axed after 5 years. Otherwise it loses the iterative quality. Come on: I remember a girl I was friends with briefly 15 years ago, but on these shows people forget their spouses or parents after a year. Must be some powerful pills they are taking.
4. Their Veronica Mars blurb made me giggle as it said "blah blah blah Veronica also found out that Logan didn't rape her and Duncan isn't her brother which is good because she has hots for them both blah blah blah." To exclude blood relatives and rapists from the dating pool doesn't seem like too unreasonable a thing to do.
5. I have a frightening urge to write a Baltar fanfic after Pegasus. Because to see him sprawled on the floor of Gina's cell...wow.
6. And now to completely switch gears: I am reading Terry Pratchett's newest, Thud. It's not bad (in fact quite funny and clever), but there's too much Vimes and not enough Carrot. And considering that Carrot is my favorite ever Discworld character, this is making![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dangermousie cranky.
Of course, I am not surprised because both the Carrot character arc, and the Carrot/Angua ship (the only romantic relationship in Pratchett I ever bought. He is usually dreadful at portraying women) got resolved, or taken as far as you can go, in Fifth Elephant (unsurprisingly my favorite Pratchett). FE basically dealt with Carrot's duality, as much as Pratchett ever was going to, because we saw him with his mask off when he rode to Uberwald after Angua. The people en route weren't encumbered with the preconcieved notions of "Captain Carrot, City Watch" nor was he particularly interested in maintaining that vibe, so people jumped out of his way double quick.
And Carrot and Angua worked out their issues (well, Angua's issues, Carrot never had any in regard to her) in FE too. My favorite ever Discworld scene is after Carrot and Angua buried Gavin and Angua (who is a werewolf) turns to Carrot and asks him what would he do if she ever went psychotic like her brother did. He says that she won't, and she repeats the question and asks him if he'd come after her then, and put her down. And Carrot pauses and says yes. And she is completely grateful. And I have a lump in my throat. Trust me to pick on the angst even in Pratchett.
But basically, he's taken Carrot as far as he can and it's pretty clear that he has this friendly, straightforward manner and tons of charisma but he is not simple at all, but quite clever and quite aware of his destiny but he choses to step back and let the city run itself because he truly is incorruptible.
So unless he'd choose to write a very un-Pratchett-like book where Vimes and Carrot end up on different sides, I can understand why in Nightwatch and Thud, Carrot and Angua are there, clearly doing their usual thing and being happy with each other in the background, but they don't have a major role (though Angua's jealousy cracked me up). Still doesn't mean I have to like it. :P
2. I was also amused by the prevalence of teen soaps. Who knew that adolescence was that special time where you found out that your mother was actually your sister and that the boy you loved was a transsexual (both of which, while made up, are not too farfetched if those blurbs were any indication). My eye was especially caught by "One Tree Hill" (what happened to the rest of the trees?) and "O.C." (is it next to "E.R.?") I might even watch either one one of these days: they sound so delightfully outre.
3. Charmed is still running. Good God. Are the sisters grandmothers by this point? I think any show should get axed after 5 years. Otherwise it loses the iterative quality. Come on: I remember a girl I was friends with briefly 15 years ago, but on these shows people forget their spouses or parents after a year. Must be some powerful pills they are taking.
4. Their Veronica Mars blurb made me giggle as it said "blah blah blah Veronica also found out that Logan didn't rape her and Duncan isn't her brother which is good because she has hots for them both blah blah blah." To exclude blood relatives and rapists from the dating pool doesn't seem like too unreasonable a thing to do.
5. I have a frightening urge to write a Baltar fanfic after Pegasus. Because to see him sprawled on the floor of Gina's cell...wow.
6. And now to completely switch gears: I am reading Terry Pratchett's newest, Thud. It's not bad (in fact quite funny and clever), but there's too much Vimes and not enough Carrot. And considering that Carrot is my favorite ever Discworld character, this is making
dangermousie cranky. Of course, I am not surprised because both the Carrot character arc, and the Carrot/Angua ship (the only romantic relationship in Pratchett I ever bought. He is usually dreadful at portraying women) got resolved, or taken as far as you can go, in Fifth Elephant (unsurprisingly my favorite Pratchett). FE basically dealt with Carrot's duality, as much as Pratchett ever was going to, because we saw him with his mask off when he rode to Uberwald after Angua. The people en route weren't encumbered with the preconcieved notions of "Captain Carrot, City Watch" nor was he particularly interested in maintaining that vibe, so people jumped out of his way double quick.
And Carrot and Angua worked out their issues (well, Angua's issues, Carrot never had any in regard to her) in FE too. My favorite ever Discworld scene is after Carrot and Angua buried Gavin and Angua (who is a werewolf) turns to Carrot and asks him what would he do if she ever went psychotic like her brother did. He says that she won't, and she repeats the question and asks him if he'd come after her then, and put her down. And Carrot pauses and says yes. And she is completely grateful. And I have a lump in my throat. Trust me to pick on the angst even in Pratchett.
But basically, he's taken Carrot as far as he can and it's pretty clear that he has this friendly, straightforward manner and tons of charisma but he is not simple at all, but quite clever and quite aware of his destiny but he choses to step back and let the city run itself because he truly is incorruptible.
So unless he'd choose to write a very un-Pratchett-like book where Vimes and Carrot end up on different sides, I can understand why in Nightwatch and Thud, Carrot and Angua are there, clearly doing their usual thing and being happy with each other in the background, but they don't have a major role (though Angua's jealousy cracked me up). Still doesn't mean I have to like it. :P
