Highlander season 5: Dramatic Licence
Feb. 4th, 2006 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethSo, once again my sociology student handbook kept my attention (first chapter all highlighted. probably badly. I should go sleep soon.)
up until the author starts crying this is really just very annoying.
trying to be funny is usually trying too hard.
the whole mock bad fanfic aspect is vaguely interesting, briefly. there's mileage in comparing Duncan with the cliches.
but mostly its just not funny.
"I was never cheap"
was the only bit made me giggle.
but the bit about trying to live up to the story, not just dealing with the age gap and the immortality but also trying to fit yourself into the story and finding a great big plausibility gap, that resonates.
"and I'll always be from Newark" is kind of funny because Mac will always be from the Highlands, and there's been plenty of times that just wasn't fashionable at all.
Also, there is Amanda. Being pretty. But petty. And then unexpectedly insightful. And then the talking with Mac.
The episodes don't stick together very well. There is no sense of arc. Or theme. Amanda is suddenly there and has been there long enough to settle in, no explanation. None required, but its a bit jarring when I'm watching a lot of high continuity stuff like Buffy or BSG where things happen all in a row logically. Or at least without leaving you feeling like you've missed an episode. (except for when Dawn turned up, but at that point I actually had missed quite a lot of episodes because of having the newest season instead of the terrestrial one)(/tangent)
So far season 5 has given me a depressing 'could do better' feeling. Theres good bits, but they are bits.
I'm remembering the *other* reason I wanted to write Highlander fic. Because the series just didn't do as much depth and breadth and continuity as the best fic does.
up until the author starts crying this is really just very annoying.
trying to be funny is usually trying too hard.
the whole mock bad fanfic aspect is vaguely interesting, briefly. there's mileage in comparing Duncan with the cliches.
but mostly its just not funny.
"I was never cheap"
was the only bit made me giggle.
but the bit about trying to live up to the story, not just dealing with the age gap and the immortality but also trying to fit yourself into the story and finding a great big plausibility gap, that resonates.
"and I'll always be from Newark" is kind of funny because Mac will always be from the Highlands, and there's been plenty of times that just wasn't fashionable at all.
Also, there is Amanda. Being pretty. But petty. And then unexpectedly insightful. And then the talking with Mac.
The episodes don't stick together very well. There is no sense of arc. Or theme. Amanda is suddenly there and has been there long enough to settle in, no explanation. None required, but its a bit jarring when I'm watching a lot of high continuity stuff like Buffy or BSG where things happen all in a row logically. Or at least without leaving you feeling like you've missed an episode. (except for when Dawn turned up, but at that point I actually had missed quite a lot of episodes because of having the newest season instead of the terrestrial one)(/tangent)
So far season 5 has given me a depressing 'could do better' feeling. Theres good bits, but they are bits.
I'm remembering the *other* reason I wanted to write Highlander fic. Because the series just didn't do as much depth and breadth and continuity as the best fic does.