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Chuckie
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Date Posted: 08:00:15 05/25/01 Fri
In reply to:
Wyldchilde
's message, "Dark Angel Finale (Spoliers)" on 22:56:59 05/24/01 Thu
Wyldchilde:
>Ok, besides the fact that we pretty much have to
>accept Max and Original Cindy aren't going to hook up
>there was a LOT of excellent stuff in the finale.
>Probably the best of which was that pain in the ass
>Xak dying. Other points would be Lydecker moving into
>a grey area (not good, but you have to question his
>evil). We learn of his connection to Max. We also see
>an actual effective strike on Manticore instead of
>them being just a invincible nemesis. We also get to
>see how and why the x-5s are so damn valuable (they
>tore through all the opposition until the X-7s were
>released. On a more general note THIS is what scifi
>should be. Prefect example would be Logan, they
>paralyzed him, but when they wanted him back on his
>feet there was no mircale cure. I mean Logan is still
>paralyzed, but he know has just a fancier way of
>getting around instead of just a wheelchair. Thats how
>scifi should be, consistent. Well there is half a
>dozen points, any thoughts?
I actually got to watch this, but I'm not sure why I did. There's just something about this show. It's not grabbing me. Yes, Alba is damned cute, and yes, she's finally beginning to discover other modes of emoting beyond "pout".
Maybe the dystopian future they're trying to portray isn't screwed up enough to suit me. Hollywood never seems to have the balls to thoroughly muck up the fabric of society, instead changing only a few things and keeping the gist of everything intact.
While I think sf is done much better, on average, than it used to be on tv, I think it still doesn't go far enough. In the writers' defense, though, I believe it's a hell of a lot more difficult to keep AHEAD of science these days than it used to be, fourty years ago when the first Trek showed up.
Original Cindy and Max are very good friends and trust each other completely. How often does that happen on tv? Sure, they've flirted with each other in the cause of Getting The Job Done, but there's really nothing there between them, sexually. I like it. Same as I used to like the close connection between Scully and Mulder. It was something different. Two gorgeous straight people of different genders who could work together well, be FRIENDS, and not have that unrequited lust thing going on in the background to kill all the other drama going on. We get SO much sexual angst, lust, and goings on that I love to see simple friendship take its place now and then.
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