Highlander season 3
Jan. 16th, 2006 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethThe Cross of St Antoine
some Quickenings look dumber than others
this one was definitely on the dumb list
I guess they were trying to be themey but... no.
Amanda, yaay! Looking less Amanda-y than usual. I've been trying to think of a better way of saying that but I can't make it any more sane sounding.
I did like the 'trying to go straight / wouldn't offer an alcoholic a drink' bit. Except for, yes, actually, Duncan apparently would (unless I'm reading beyond the text about Maurice who could be bribed with wine and turned cash into wine and had a general wine theme). And here, he'd do the I'm so pretty face until Amanda went back to stealing. And then make her feel good about it.
Its like he can feel extra moral himself by getting everyone else to do the dodgy bits.
Reinventing Joe proceeds apace. Like, they know people are going to be '???' about him going from tweedy book guy to being blues guy, so they have the characters be '???' and then point out how little they know about him really.
Joe wearing shiny silver celtic cross.
Joe having the worst luck in his love life.
Actually it made me laugh. Its so very Murder She Wrote, you know? I mean stuff happening to Mac, that makes sense because he meets Immortals and decides they're his business. Stuff happening at random to people near Mac that just coincidentally turns out to be about them being Immortals... less sense.
I've been noticing some of the differences between how a Highlander story uses the cast and how a Buffy story would. I mean Buffy has 4 characters who turn up all the time, the core 4. Highlander just has Mac. Richie, Joe, Amanda, they all wander in and out. Which works fine, if your favourite character is Duncan. If you're more a sidekick kind of a fan, not always so very worky.
I guess I like ensemble shows more than star ones.
Also, I ate two poppy seed rolls with apricot jam.
I always forget how good to eat those things are.
happy mouth now :)
some Quickenings look dumber than others
this one was definitely on the dumb list
I guess they were trying to be themey but... no.
Amanda, yaay! Looking less Amanda-y than usual. I've been trying to think of a better way of saying that but I can't make it any more sane sounding.
I did like the 'trying to go straight / wouldn't offer an alcoholic a drink' bit. Except for, yes, actually, Duncan apparently would (unless I'm reading beyond the text about Maurice who could be bribed with wine and turned cash into wine and had a general wine theme). And here, he'd do the I'm so pretty face until Amanda went back to stealing. And then make her feel good about it.
Its like he can feel extra moral himself by getting everyone else to do the dodgy bits.
Reinventing Joe proceeds apace. Like, they know people are going to be '???' about him going from tweedy book guy to being blues guy, so they have the characters be '???' and then point out how little they know about him really.
Joe wearing shiny silver celtic cross.
Joe having the worst luck in his love life.
Actually it made me laugh. Its so very Murder She Wrote, you know? I mean stuff happening to Mac, that makes sense because he meets Immortals and decides they're his business. Stuff happening at random to people near Mac that just coincidentally turns out to be about them being Immortals... less sense.
I've been noticing some of the differences between how a Highlander story uses the cast and how a Buffy story would. I mean Buffy has 4 characters who turn up all the time, the core 4. Highlander just has Mac. Richie, Joe, Amanda, they all wander in and out. Which works fine, if your favourite character is Duncan. If you're more a sidekick kind of a fan, not always so very worky.
I guess I like ensemble shows more than star ones.
Also, I ate two poppy seed rolls with apricot jam.
I always forget how good to eat those things are.
happy mouth now :)