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Ugh.
I mean, don't get me wrong, the idea that the work of one man can inspire a generation to great heroism has obvious emotional appeal, I'm a writer and I get exactly why they wanted to write this.
But it's just... ugh.
The way they did it has too much of the self congratulatory back pat and I got bored.
The only bits of this I listened to with actual sound were the Mick story.
... many of us have been wanting to hear Mick say "I love you" to Len but not like this.
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Why is brain injury and emotional trauma being used as a punchline?
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It's frustrating me how the story is giving us all these heartbreaking pieces but seems to think it makes Mick frightening and funny. I just... I don't get what they think they're doing. And I don't like it.
Everyone's getting a lot of character stuff and emotional mileage, Sara and leadership and trying to live up to the past, Martin and his arrogant judgemental self making changes, Ray and Nate losing and finding themselves repeatedly, but Mick's is the most emotionally charged.
... and I know how it ends, and am not looking forwards to it.
*sigh*
I mean, don't get me wrong, the idea that the work of one man can inspire a generation to great heroism has obvious emotional appeal, I'm a writer and I get exactly why they wanted to write this.
But it's just... ugh.
The way they did it has too much of the self congratulatory back pat and I got bored.
The only bits of this I listened to with actual sound were the Mick story.
... many of us have been wanting to hear Mick say "I love you" to Len but not like this.
( Read more... )
Why is brain injury and emotional trauma being used as a punchline?
( Read more... )
It's frustrating me how the story is giving us all these heartbreaking pieces but seems to think it makes Mick frightening and funny. I just... I don't get what they think they're doing. And I don't like it.
Everyone's getting a lot of character stuff and emotional mileage, Sara and leadership and trying to live up to the past, Martin and his arrogant judgemental self making changes, Ray and Nate losing and finding themselves repeatedly, but Mick's is the most emotionally charged.
... and I know how it ends, and am not looking forwards to it.
*sigh*