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Jul. 2nd, 2010 12:01 am- 19:11 @LadyofShalott06 ...I'm Canadian. I'm not annoyed. I'm confused as hell, though. If they don't care about Canada ... why? #
- 19:12 @LadyofShalott06 ...AMUSING? Oh, fuck that. #
Jul. 2nd, 2010
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season Finale
Jul. 2nd, 2010 06:18 pmOkay, this one is allllllll kinds of tricky. When I think "OMGWTF?!?", I think the sort of thing that gets the reaction that, say, Lost did, or The Sopranos, or that last thing with Supernatural. The ones that get wank, I basically mean. Most of my shows? They don't go out that way. ...Well, mostly.
I'm also wondering if I can count Neon Genesis Evangelion as 'TV', but that kind of comes under the heading of 'Mini-series, a couple of movies and guaranteed 100% mindfuck'. Soooooooo ... not so much TV, then. Then again, that's anime all over - or at least, the sort I generally watch. Lain and Eva and Boogiepop Phantom and suchlike ... dude, that's just all over OMGWTF. But it's mostly awesome OMGWTF, so it can be forgiven. Encouraged, even.
So for the sort of OMGWTF we're talking about here, it's a tie. Both by the same man, more or less. Two words; Toclafane and Abbadon. Yep, for me, crappy ending = a tie between Torchwood S1 season finale and Doctor Who S3 season finale.
I'm never entirely sure what happens when Davies writes the Master. There are moments where Simms-as-Master have such gravitas and terror and feeling and awesome. And then there are the atrocious puns and the gurning fits and I thought that Davies was supposed to admire the Master! So why does he reduce him to puns about the Master Race or that horrible bit of business with the journalist screaming behind the door? It was supposed to be a horrible scene! But it was "close door - silence. Open door - screaming. Close door - silence descends. Open door - still screaming. Close door - silence descends again" and it was appalling! The plot itself promised great things but eventually degenerated to Doctor Messiah Complex and dear gods what ham-handed scripting.
Meanwhile, we have the finale of Torchwood S1. We have the thing coming from the darkness - coming for Jack. It had such potential. It could have been something subtle and horrific and shudder-worthy. What it was, in the end, was bad CGI. Bilys was awesome. Abbadon ... less awesome by a very long way. It was a shrieking disappointment and gyeh.
I can't decide between the two as my worst foam-at-the-mouth about a season finale. So ... I won't try. I have other things to natter about anyway. Namely ... JOB! *ahem* Seriously, I got two phone calls - one from the office manager, one from the HR department over at Hospital - saying that pending references and CRB check, the job is miiiiiiiiiiiine! No having to compete with someone else for a consultant's affections when I don't even know the criteria! Just "We will clear your paperwork and then you start work, okay?" I don't know how long the CRB check is going to take or how long it'll take my references to come through but it can't possibly be that long, right? Well, I'll probably stress like crazy until my name's on a contract (I honestly don't know what could go wrong at this point but I don't want to tempt fate by relaxing too soon, y'know?) but I'm tentatively going YAY!!!!!!! a lot.
I'm also wondering if I can count Neon Genesis Evangelion as 'TV', but that kind of comes under the heading of 'Mini-series, a couple of movies and guaranteed 100% mindfuck'. Soooooooo ... not so much TV, then. Then again, that's anime all over - or at least, the sort I generally watch. Lain and Eva and Boogiepop Phantom and suchlike ... dude, that's just all over OMGWTF. But it's mostly awesome OMGWTF, so it can be forgiven. Encouraged, even.
So for the sort of OMGWTF we're talking about here, it's a tie. Both by the same man, more or less. Two words; Toclafane and Abbadon. Yep, for me, crappy ending = a tie between Torchwood S1 season finale and Doctor Who S3 season finale.
I'm never entirely sure what happens when Davies writes the Master. There are moments where Simms-as-Master have such gravitas and terror and feeling and awesome. And then there are the atrocious puns and the gurning fits and I thought that Davies was supposed to admire the Master! So why does he reduce him to puns about the Master Race or that horrible bit of business with the journalist screaming behind the door? It was supposed to be a horrible scene! But it was "close door - silence. Open door - screaming. Close door - silence descends. Open door - still screaming. Close door - silence descends again" and it was appalling! The plot itself promised great things but eventually degenerated to Doctor Messiah Complex and dear gods what ham-handed scripting.
Meanwhile, we have the finale of Torchwood S1. We have the thing coming from the darkness - coming for Jack. It had such potential. It could have been something subtle and horrific and shudder-worthy. What it was, in the end, was bad CGI. Bilys was awesome. Abbadon ... less awesome by a very long way. It was a shrieking disappointment and gyeh.
I can't decide between the two as my worst foam-at-the-mouth about a season finale. So ... I won't try. I have other things to natter about anyway. Namely ... JOB! *ahem* Seriously, I got two phone calls - one from the office manager, one from the HR department over at Hospital - saying that pending references and CRB check, the job is miiiiiiiiiiiine! No having to compete with someone else for a consultant's affections when I don't even know the criteria! Just "We will clear your paperwork and then you start work, okay?" I don't know how long the CRB check is going to take or how long it'll take my references to come through but it can't possibly be that long, right? Well, I'll probably stress like crazy until my name's on a contract (I honestly don't know what could go wrong at this point but I don't want to tempt fate by relaxing too soon, y'know?) but I'm tentatively going YAY!!!!!!! a lot.