Randomly, making notes for the next Sarah Connor Chronicles rewatch post: you know the James Ellison story I'd really love to read and might end up writing one day in the far, far future when I have time for it, because everyone else interested in Ellison in the fandom seems to be interested primarily in him and Sarah, which, well, is not what I want to read? Basically, something set in later s2, a day in the life kind of thing, which focuses on the bizarre family he forms with John Henry, Catherine Weaver and Savannah. How that relates to his past relationship with his wife and the reason for their break-up. How the experience of fatherhood - and it is fatherhood of a sort, from giving the "I'm disappointed in you" speech, which totally works, to being cajoled into painting the eyes of action figures by one's offspring, to suddenly finding oneself confronted with "do as I say, not as I do", i.e. the experience where you're held to your own moral standard by the young 'un when said growing up young one discovers you did something completely at odds with the moral lesson you taught - affects him. (This is why in a hypothetical third season I wouldn't have wanted Ellison completely on Team Connor. Not only did I like him on Team Weaver, but he took over a responsibility there, damn it, and I don't want him to be a deadbeat dad shrugging it off. *is really not kidding about this, despite flippant expression*
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Also randomly and rewatching, apropos the Alias s1 two-parter The Box: Sydney looks so young in s1, both physically and emotionally, it's amazing. Also, is that Sarah Shahi, aka Dani Reese from Life, as Will's assistant Jenny? Why yes, so it is. Small acting world.And The Box is still my favourite thing about s1 and one of my favourite examples of the "hostage" type of episode many shows do (i.e. an outward menace shows up, takes part or all of the ensemble hostage, thus forces regulars normally at odds to work with each other). And "I can't be the first one who has trouble taking you seriously, can I?" is still not only the best line spoken to Quentin Tarantino on screen but one of the best Arvin Sloane lines.
Meanwhile, in other fandoms:
Torchwood:
A Gwen Cooper love declaration via a pic spam, covering the entire show. One of these days I must make a list of characters I came to love after starting out indifferent to them versus characters I loved on first sight, and which of those I still love and which I fell out of love for, because there would be some odd results. Who'd have thought I'd feel much more love for Gwen Cooper (a case of *shrug* during s1 of Torchwood) than for Laura Roslin (definitely a love on first sight case for me, pushing all the right buttons from the get go in the BSG miniseries)? Not me. And yet it worked out that way, due to how their respective shows ended up treating them. Character development is a two edged sword, indeed.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
eponymous_rose wrote a great DS9 introduction post. Because if you still buy into the media myth of Star Trek having no character development and being married to the reset button, you're doing it wrong. And need to read up on what you've been misisng. Ditto if you're a Trekker and have been ignoring DS9 for some mysterious reason so far.
Star Trek: Voyager:
Terra Firma: a delightful portrait of Naomi Wildman (and Seven of Nine) in the years after the show ends.
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Also randomly and rewatching, apropos the Alias s1 two-parter The Box: Sydney looks so young in s1, both physically and emotionally, it's amazing. Also, is that Sarah Shahi, aka Dani Reese from Life, as Will's assistant Jenny? Why yes, so it is. Small acting world.And The Box is still my favourite thing about s1 and one of my favourite examples of the "hostage" type of episode many shows do (i.e. an outward menace shows up, takes part or all of the ensemble hostage, thus forces regulars normally at odds to work with each other). And "I can't be the first one who has trouble taking you seriously, can I?" is still not only the best line spoken to Quentin Tarantino on screen but one of the best Arvin Sloane lines.
Meanwhile, in other fandoms:
Torchwood:
A Gwen Cooper love declaration via a pic spam, covering the entire show. One of these days I must make a list of characters I came to love after starting out indifferent to them versus characters I loved on first sight, and which of those I still love and which I fell out of love for, because there would be some odd results. Who'd have thought I'd feel much more love for Gwen Cooper (a case of *shrug* during s1 of Torchwood) than for Laura Roslin (definitely a love on first sight case for me, pushing all the right buttons from the get go in the BSG miniseries)? Not me. And yet it worked out that way, due to how their respective shows ended up treating them. Character development is a two edged sword, indeed.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
eponymous_rose wrote a great DS9 introduction post. Because if you still buy into the media myth of Star Trek having no character development and being married to the reset button, you're doing it wrong. And need to read up on what you've been misisng. Ditto if you're a Trekker and have been ignoring DS9 for some mysterious reason so far. Star Trek: Voyager:
Terra Firma: a delightful portrait of Naomi Wildman (and Seven of Nine) in the years after the show ends.
