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clocketpatch) wrote2014-05-09 11:43 pm
clocketpatch) wrote2014-05-09 11:43 pm
30 Days, Day 3: An unpopular/cracky opinion you hold
I actually like Moloch (please don't hit me).
Yes, the Ben Steed awfulness is on full display, and it is some of the worst that he wrote, but... it's not boring, the plot makes sense, there are some near scifi ideas, and none of the main cast seem to have ingested OOC pills that week. The five minutes of Vila and Servalan is hilarious. Tarrant always looks nice in a Federation uniform. And... (please don't hate me) Doran is weirdly likeable. I kind of wish he hadn't died at the end, because it would have been fun to watch him fumble about as a member of the Liberator crew (and ultimately be killed by Dayna and Cally, probably.) Objectively, he is a terrible, disturbing and upsetting... but everyone (including the actor playing the part) seem to be aware of this. Doran's a really skeevy person who the other characters alternatively pity and are skeeved out by. And then he dies. And no one stands around adulating him. My guess is that they're all secretly relieved that they don't have to deal with him.
Probably Steed thought Doran was wrongfully imprisoned or something and was trying to get us to pity him for that. Um, no. But I think he's an interesting look at the kind of people the Federation produces, and who Blake, Vila, Jenna, and Gan probably spent several months in close quarters with on the London.
There's also Gross and Lector, the incredibly creepy and misogynistic section leaders who make incredibly disturbing jokes about cannibalism... but, they are also not adulated, and are on about the same level of awful as Raiker in Space Fall.
Plus the Muppet is funny.
...
*crickets*
...
Other random unpopular/cracky opinions I have, in no particular order:
- Avon didn't sleep with anyone during the years covered by the show. He didn't realize that Blake was even a possibility, Cally said no, Dayna was too young, he knew that Servalan was a bad idea, and Soolin told him that wasn't in the contract.
- Servalan was messing with Avon's mind the entire time he was on Earth during rumours in order to prep him for her plan to steal the Liberator on Terminal.
- Gan wasn't a terrible person pre-implant, but he wasn't a particularly calm person either, or any good at impulse control
- Cally trained to be a doctor on Auron prior to going off and being a resistance fighter, which is why she took over the medical equipment and the health-and-wellness activity schedule on the Liberator
- Tarrant did have Federation conditioning and was spying on everyone on the Liberator up until Deathwatch, when he stopped. But he didn't say anything about it to anyone else on board for obvious reasons.
- Dayna, Vila, and Tarrant got drunk one time and staged a small concert on the flight deck. Orac helped. Everyone else was very confused.
- Orac deliberately withheld information about Terminal and Gauda Prime because he was jealous about Avon still looking for Blake
- The main reason Tarrant wasn't chucked out an airlock in early series three is because Avon, Vila and Cally all get that he's a cocksure, arrogant kid who hasn't had a chance to grow up yet. And even though he annoys the hell out of all of them, that's not a reason to kill/abandon someone. And he's a good pilot, and trying (badly) to be a better person. Also, Dayna like him, and they all like Dayna and don't want her to have another person she loves die.
- I don't really like Duel. It's got some great moments: Avon talking about Blake and Travis throwing nuts at each other, Avon talking about how he doesn't need to prove that he cares about Blake, Blake and Jenna having their conversation about the Federation... Actually, no. That's all one moment. I like the bit where they're in a tree, but other than that I don't like Duel.
I'm going to be lynched by fandom for this, aren't I?
1. Favourite episode
2. What you wish happened
3. An unpopular/cracky opinion you hold
4. Your song/fan mix for the show
5. Most Romantic moment?
6. Favourite photo/screenshot
7. Favourite non-romantic OTP
8. Crackiest moment?
9. How would you convert someone to your show?
10. What show related fan works you would like to see?
11. Worst decision
12. Scene that made your heartbreak?
13. Best use of a hoary old trope
14. Most woeful use of SFX
15. Best scene involving eating/drinking
16. Something that made you Think
17. Something that made you Laugh
18. Best series opener
19. Best season finale
20. Which character would you like to go to lunch with?
21. Crime against fashion
22. Favourite quote(s)
23. Favourite costume/clothing/accessory
24. Favourite character moment
25. Biggest BAMF
26. Something from your head fanon
27. Least Favourite episode
28. Which character would you be?
29. All the pairings you ship
30. The coolest thing
Yes, the Ben Steed awfulness is on full display, and it is some of the worst that he wrote, but... it's not boring, the plot makes sense, there are some near scifi ideas, and none of the main cast seem to have ingested OOC pills that week. The five minutes of Vila and Servalan is hilarious. Tarrant always looks nice in a Federation uniform. And... (please don't hate me) Doran is weirdly likeable. I kind of wish he hadn't died at the end, because it would have been fun to watch him fumble about as a member of the Liberator crew (and ultimately be killed by Dayna and Cally, probably.) Objectively, he is a terrible, disturbing and upsetting... but everyone (including the actor playing the part) seem to be aware of this. Doran's a really skeevy person who the other characters alternatively pity and are skeeved out by. And then he dies. And no one stands around adulating him. My guess is that they're all secretly relieved that they don't have to deal with him.
Probably Steed thought Doran was wrongfully imprisoned or something and was trying to get us to pity him for that. Um, no. But I think he's an interesting look at the kind of people the Federation produces, and who Blake, Vila, Jenna, and Gan probably spent several months in close quarters with on the London.
There's also Gross and Lector, the incredibly creepy and misogynistic section leaders who make incredibly disturbing jokes about cannibalism... but, they are also not adulated, and are on about the same level of awful as Raiker in Space Fall.
Plus the Muppet is funny.
...
*crickets*
...
Other random unpopular/cracky opinions I have, in no particular order:
- Avon didn't sleep with anyone during the years covered by the show. He didn't realize that Blake was even a possibility, Cally said no, Dayna was too young, he knew that Servalan was a bad idea, and Soolin told him that wasn't in the contract.
- Servalan was messing with Avon's mind the entire time he was on Earth during rumours in order to prep him for her plan to steal the Liberator on Terminal.
- Gan wasn't a terrible person pre-implant, but he wasn't a particularly calm person either, or any good at impulse control
- Cally trained to be a doctor on Auron prior to going off and being a resistance fighter, which is why she took over the medical equipment and the health-and-wellness activity schedule on the Liberator
- Tarrant did have Federation conditioning and was spying on everyone on the Liberator up until Deathwatch, when he stopped. But he didn't say anything about it to anyone else on board for obvious reasons.
- Dayna, Vila, and Tarrant got drunk one time and staged a small concert on the flight deck. Orac helped. Everyone else was very confused.
- Orac deliberately withheld information about Terminal and Gauda Prime because he was jealous about Avon still looking for Blake
- The main reason Tarrant wasn't chucked out an airlock in early series three is because Avon, Vila and Cally all get that he's a cocksure, arrogant kid who hasn't had a chance to grow up yet. And even though he annoys the hell out of all of them, that's not a reason to kill/abandon someone. And he's a good pilot, and trying (badly) to be a better person. Also, Dayna like him, and they all like Dayna and don't want her to have another person she loves die.
- I don't really like Duel. It's got some great moments: Avon talking about Blake and Travis throwing nuts at each other, Avon talking about how he doesn't need to prove that he cares about Blake, Blake and Jenna having their conversation about the Federation... Actually, no. That's all one moment. I like the bit where they're in a tree, but other than that I don't like Duel.
I'm going to be lynched by fandom for this, aren't I?
4. Your song/fan mix for the show
5. Most Romantic moment?
6. Favourite photo/screenshot
7. Favourite non-romantic OTP
8. Crackiest moment?
9. How would you convert someone to your show?
10. What show related fan works you would like to see?
11. Worst decision
12. Scene that made your heartbreak?
13. Best use of a hoary old trope
14. Most woeful use of SFX
15. Best scene involving eating/drinking
16. Something that made you Think
17. Something that made you Laugh
18. Best series opener
19. Best season finale
20. Which character would you like to go to lunch with?
21. Crime against fashion
22. Favourite quote(s)
23. Favourite costume/clothing/accessory
24. Favourite character moment
25. Biggest BAMF
26. Something from your head fanon
27. Least Favourite episode
28. Which character would you be?
29. All the pairings you ship
30. The coolest thing