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timepiececlock) wrote2002-09-20 11:22 pm
timepiececlock) wrote2002-09-20 11:22 pm
Firefly & John Doe
(this is mostly carried over from a post I just did at CW)
Well, I recorded Firefly.
Which was a good thing cause I missed most of the dialogue in the first twenty minutes on account of my mom being on the phone (she could have been a little considerate and went to the kitchen or the other three rooms of the house, seeing how I HAD told her I was gonna watch the show and it was important...oh well, I'll watch it again later).
:rolleyes
On the whole it was alright, reminded me a little of Cowboy Bebop and a LOT of Trigun... but it didn't strike me as amazing. It seemed a little... predictable. Paced. Anyway, something was off. But I did also feel that it was something that would be solved as the show went along, and found its style. It had some amusing moments.. the best of which was when the Cap'n kicked the one guy into the jet engine, and then started the same speech again with the next prisoner, who immediately started to babble agreement.
The most interesting characters to me so far were the prostitute/"companion" ((I did like how the priest said they should send someon 'respectable', and she got picked)), the mechanic, the muscle guy (Jayne?), and the weird girl. I also like the pilot, but he didn't get many lines. I think it will take me a while to bond with the captain guy (Mal?)... and was there some UST goin' on between him and the companion chic, or what? --I just have to pause here to say her red dress & cape outfit was completely AWESOME, kinda gypsy-like.
I'm a little thrown by the weird sister/girl's presence, from the trailers I thought she'd be explained in the opener, but I guess that'll be a flashback later... she was cool though.
Did anyone else find the medic more than a little Westley-ish?
The dialogue was good, and I think it will get better as it goes.
That being said, I enjoyed John Doe more.:hat
I just...liked it. Him waking up on the island was strange (I know I'm not the only one who was squinting and wishing they would move the camera down a bit... :b )
I think I enjoyed his money-making and self-discovery portions the most--the horse-racing was fun. I noticed this guy smiled a lot, which was nice because he's certainly got quite the right to claim a permanent cloud of angst over his head. I immediately liked his character; despite knowing everythign he didnt' come off arrogant or pretentious... or even really genius... more like how an average-brain-sized person would behave if they suddenly had instant access to every piece of information in the world. He doesn't remember learning it, doesn't know how he knows it, so it doesn't really make him feel superior that he does. Does that make sense? Anyway, I liked him. AND the actor was cute too... reminded me a bit of Ben Browder from Farscape. The apartment was also nice, as was the bar & the student waitress.
My favorite part, John is starting to fly the heicopter, which he KNOWS how to fly...sort of. He's all delighted goin'..."I'm flying...I'm flying...I'm not flying. I'm not flying!"
Weird thing... John Doe is set in Seattle. And, at least part of it was filmed in Vancouver. At the end, when he's buying the hot dog, behind him you see a weird, blocky-shaped building that says 'bridges'. This was the restaurant/bar he'd been in earlier. I've been in that building, I've stood where the actor was standing and looked over at the water where the ferries are... and that place exists not in Seattle, but the tiny little place called Granville Island, in the city of Vancouver, Canada.
What's weirdly ironic (and I don't know if it was intentional or not) but the waistress who he kinda made friends with is supposed to be an art student... and everybody who works at Granville Island who's not at the food market, the hotel, or one of the restaurants---is an art student. The tiny TINY island (less than a square mile, or around) is covered in art schools. I've been there twice now (my parents bought their boat on Granville Island), and you can walk the length of the island in a brisk six or seven minutes, and pass thiry art schools of various mediums on your way.
But it's not set in Granville Island, it's set in Seattle.
Negative factor of JD: I sense there's going to be a long, built-in mythos to the series that will unwind (or wind-up) much in the same was of our favorite dear departed conspiracy-wrapped show, The X Files. Oh well. Already I like it more than Pretender, which never really clicked with me. I think it's cause I always thought Jarrod looked too much like a villian to be a believable hero.
Well, I recorded Firefly.
Which was a good thing cause I missed most of the dialogue in the first twenty minutes on account of my mom being on the phone (she could have been a little considerate and went to the kitchen or the other three rooms of the house, seeing how I HAD told her I was gonna watch the show and it was important...oh well, I'll watch it again later).
:rolleyes
On the whole it was alright, reminded me a little of Cowboy Bebop and a LOT of Trigun... but it didn't strike me as amazing. It seemed a little... predictable. Paced. Anyway, something was off. But I did also feel that it was something that would be solved as the show went along, and found its style. It had some amusing moments.. the best of which was when the Cap'n kicked the one guy into the jet engine, and then started the same speech again with the next prisoner, who immediately started to babble agreement.
The most interesting characters to me so far were the prostitute/"companion" ((I did like how the priest said they should send someon 'respectable', and she got picked)), the mechanic, the muscle guy (Jayne?), and the weird girl. I also like the pilot, but he didn't get many lines. I think it will take me a while to bond with the captain guy (Mal?)... and was there some UST goin' on between him and the companion chic, or what? --I just have to pause here to say her red dress & cape outfit was completely AWESOME, kinda gypsy-like.
I'm a little thrown by the weird sister/girl's presence, from the trailers I thought she'd be explained in the opener, but I guess that'll be a flashback later... she was cool though.
Did anyone else find the medic more than a little Westley-ish?
The dialogue was good, and I think it will get better as it goes.
That being said, I enjoyed John Doe more.:hat
I just...liked it. Him waking up on the island was strange (I know I'm not the only one who was squinting and wishing they would move the camera down a bit... :b )
I think I enjoyed his money-making and self-discovery portions the most--the horse-racing was fun. I noticed this guy smiled a lot, which was nice because he's certainly got quite the right to claim a permanent cloud of angst over his head. I immediately liked his character; despite knowing everythign he didnt' come off arrogant or pretentious... or even really genius... more like how an average-brain-sized person would behave if they suddenly had instant access to every piece of information in the world. He doesn't remember learning it, doesn't know how he knows it, so it doesn't really make him feel superior that he does. Does that make sense? Anyway, I liked him. AND the actor was cute too... reminded me a bit of Ben Browder from Farscape. The apartment was also nice, as was the bar & the student waitress.
My favorite part, John is starting to fly the heicopter, which he KNOWS how to fly...sort of. He's all delighted goin'..."I'm flying...I'm flying...I'm not flying. I'm not flying!"
Weird thing... John Doe is set in Seattle. And, at least part of it was filmed in Vancouver. At the end, when he's buying the hot dog, behind him you see a weird, blocky-shaped building that says 'bridges'. This was the restaurant/bar he'd been in earlier. I've been in that building, I've stood where the actor was standing and looked over at the water where the ferries are... and that place exists not in Seattle, but the tiny little place called Granville Island, in the city of Vancouver, Canada.
What's weirdly ironic (and I don't know if it was intentional or not) but the waistress who he kinda made friends with is supposed to be an art student... and everybody who works at Granville Island who's not at the food market, the hotel, or one of the restaurants---is an art student. The tiny TINY island (less than a square mile, or around) is covered in art schools. I've been there twice now (my parents bought their boat on Granville Island), and you can walk the length of the island in a brisk six or seven minutes, and pass thiry art schools of various mediums on your way.
But it's not set in Granville Island, it's set in Seattle.
Negative factor of JD: I sense there's going to be a long, built-in mythos to the series that will unwind (or wind-up) much in the same was of our favorite dear departed conspiracy-wrapped show, The X Files. Oh well. Already I like it more than Pretender, which never really clicked with me. I think it's cause I always thought Jarrod looked too much like a villian to be a believable hero.
But of course darlin
Sass
Re: But of course darlin
I'm not sure if you caught this though... I was saying that Granville Island was the set of John Doe, not Firefly. Still, you should go there. The restaurant/pub I mentioned, Bridges, is this big yellow building on one end of the island, near the market.
One weird thing (to me at least) that I noticed about Vancouverites: they don't notice rain. When I went there in April, it rained all day and night, stopping often but never for more than half an hour at a time. And the locals-- they just walked around, either uncaring or simply oblivious, with no 'brellas and often not even hoods or hats. I (the California girl) had this great desire to run around handing out umbrellas and beggin them to step inside somewhere. ::shrug:: Twas a bit of culture shock, cause we get rain in San Jose maybe five times a year, in sets of two-four days each.
Still.... Canadians have Death By Chocolate.
Which I really REALLY would rather have than Starbucks.
Re: But of course darlin
I'm sorry I'm still laughing about the rain thing. Thing is I'm about eight hours north of Van and here we get mother nature in all her glory. Trust me in late January when you're staring at yet another ten foot pile of dirty snow, rain would be a blessing. And hey the one and only time I was in California I couldn't get over the orange juice. It was fresh squeezed wherever I went, even McDonalds. I was in awe. Okay very lame but I was fifteen at the time, small things amused me. Oh and if your up this way again, you really REALLY have to check out the Island. Vancouver Island, I mean. The wax museum in Victoria is a trip and it is really one of the most beautiful places in the world. Yup, I'm bias.
Okay, so i have to check out John Doe and not Firefly. Gotcha.
Re: But of course darlin
Vancouver Island, I mean. The wax museum in Victoria is a trip and it is really one of the most beautiful places in the world.
I dunno.. I was just in Gettysburg a few weeks ago and they had the best wax museum I'd ever seen. It was all civil war, of course, but it was pretty amazing.
I've been to Victoria! I loved it. I had tea at the Empress. The first thing I saw when I sat down was a goblet full of raspberries and some kind of special-flavored whipped cream. I said, "I love this place. I'm never leaving this chair. You can't make me."
Victoria was beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. I loved the painted-white mime on the street, cause I thought he was a statue the first three times I passed. We were walking around and part of my group broke off to go see this All!Condom store in a small plaza a few blocks from the harbor, but it was closed. Then the girls I was with (all 17-18[me 18]) were all 'Don't tell them where we were!' meaning the 'adult' chaperones. I'm like 'Huh? It's not like we went to a strip bar. It's a CONDOM store. Like they'll care that much. How old are your guys again?' But they were fussing so I agreed.
Now here comes the real tragedy fo my Victoria... coincidentally, with the same group, but of more people. We're in tourist-central of B.C. There's lots to see or do. And what is the collective vote?
::shrieking idiot girlie Barbie voice:: "Let's go to the mall!"
I was... flabbergasted. I couldn't BELIEVE they wanted to got the the MALL. I'm like, "Guys, GUYS! I like shopping too but it's Canada, not Thailand! Trust me their malls are EXACTLY like ours! Let's do something *new* while we're in the foreign country, hey? Like, something FOREIGN."
...Of course, I was out-voted. I used to scoff at the generalization that lots of girls were shopping-obssessed culturally-ignorant morons. I was so wrong. There actually ARE a substantial amount of teenage girls out there who think shopping is better than exploring a foreign town or seeing world-famous site-seeing stuff. I had the bad luck to travel with more of them than not.
On the plus side, one girl who I thought was that way actually turned out to be not-- but she went with the crowd in the end anyway so I count her as a loss too.
But at least I got to spend three hours at Buschart (sp?) Gardens. Which wasn't enough time-- out-voted there too. ::sigh::