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Think with me!
So, I'm kind of in a think-y mood and would like to talk!
Really, I'll talk about anything under the sun, anyone interested in a rambley comment exchange?
To start things off, this is something I've been thinking about for a while now...
Let me start off by saying that other than a few half-paid-attention-to Firefly bits, the only thing I've seen Jewel in is Stargate. I know I lot of people loved her in Firefly, but wow, I just can't respect her performance as Jennifer Keller on SGA.
I know part of it is the writers giving her crappy parts (see Missing), but after watching This Mortal Coil, I have to put some of that on Jewel part. I mean look at how we saw Lorne and Zelenka act, they were both "off" but not enough to really make you think they were robots. Keller on the other hand might as well have had a sign around her neck saying "Aren't I acting stupidly weird!?" There was no subtlety in her part. You'd think, especially since this replicator appeared to be the one in charge that they'd be able to interact with the... the, what ever the team where, more human replicators, without panicking. Grrr.
Really, I'll talk about anything under the sun, anyone interested in a rambley comment exchange?
To start things off, this is something I've been thinking about for a while now...
Let me start off by saying that other than a few half-paid-attention-to Firefly bits, the only thing I've seen Jewel in is Stargate. I know I lot of people loved her in Firefly, but wow, I just can't respect her performance as Jennifer Keller on SGA.
I know part of it is the writers giving her crappy parts (see Missing), but after watching This Mortal Coil, I have to put some of that on Jewel part. I mean look at how we saw Lorne and Zelenka act, they were both "off" but not enough to really make you think they were robots. Keller on the other hand might as well have had a sign around her neck saying "Aren't I acting stupidly weird!?" There was no subtlety in her part. You'd think, especially since this replicator appeared to be the one in charge that they'd be able to interact with the... the, what ever the team where, more human replicators, without panicking. Grrr.
Re: Ramble ramble ramble Part 1
I almost just left an OT comments to a post of yours because I knew you'd come out and talk with me :)
I watched the entirety of Firefly (oh god, the hours of my life I'll never get back)
Wow, I think you're the first person I've spoken to about Firefly who hasn't come out singing it's praises. That makes me feel better, because I've caught a few episodes, seen the movie, and it still hold zero interest for me, but I kept thinking I was watching it wrong, because so many people think the sun and the moon of it.
I wasn't particularly attached to Carson, but Keller's definitely a step down.
Carson was, originally, the reason I fell in love with SGA, and I was a staunch McBeck shipper when I started out in the SGA fandom (none of that McShep nonsense for me!).
I eventually switched over to McShep because, even though Carson became a regular in season 2, he seemed pushed to the side more, and he was interacting less with Rodney. Then in season 3 it seemed they were just stuffing him in wherever (the perfect example of this being The Return II where Carson says something like "What do you expect *me* to do about it!?" and Landry says "Nothing, we didn’t actually call you").
Since I have moved onto McShep now, I wasn’t devastated when Carson was killed off (not like some other fans were), but I was really upset, and wanted him back. Seeing Keller has just cemented that wish for me; it’s that step down that’s making me really hate Keller. It drives me crazy to see her getting all this screen time (because it’s Jewel playing her) and seeing her screw it up, when I *know* Paul/Carson would have been able to do it sooo much better.
God TPTB are really doing their best to scare me away. If I weren’t so into this fandom, then I probably would stop watching the show. When I watched the season opener and saw how they handled Elizabeth’s leaving, I thought there might be hope for them, but This Mortal Coil was so much… less. It didn’t even feel like a mid season ender. And to so casually have Elizabeth pronounced dead… there were so many awesome ways they could have handled the Elizabeth story line and this one just came up so short. Now I’m kind of afraid to see how they’re brining Carson back.