TV ramblings

[cornerofmadness]

I was very pissed at how they handled Serena's departure on Law & Order Cut for spoilers Okay I've seen every L&O or so I thought. I do not remember her being gay. I have this feeling I might have been upset about it coming out of the blue once before but they rarely if ever give us that kind of info. If they did and I forgot please tell me when and in what context we learned her sexuality since I think it might have cropped up.

That aside, I've been hating what they were doing with her. SHe's been fighting with everyone all season. I could tell she was going even before I read she was from that since it was so OOC. But to fire her was cold but then again it's something they've never done before. Now this is where her sexuality comes in. Now, I could give a toss if she's gay. Fine and dandy but it felt like something they trotted out for show. "Did you fire me because I'm gay?" he just spent 5 minutes telling you why he fired you but I understand the fear that your sexuality is the real reason only she's had NO sexuality for 4 years. It didn't feel natural. It felt very tacked on to rile up the audience and THAT'S what bothered me. End of rant

Now on to Medium. I'll be honest even though I've written stories like this a lot and I love psychic detective work, this didn't grab me even before it aired. So why did I watch it? I only get NBC in WI and that's the station it's on. It'll give me a computer break for an hour. Only I hate it and I have no idea why critics are raving. SPoiler cut The acting totally sucks. Patricia Arquette is an obnoxious bitch in this. She has all the feeling of a stone and has no connection emotionally to her family that I can feel. Okay I missed the second of the three because I forgot the 'bonus' episode on Thursday. But in #1 (which made me feel embarrassed for Texans. It made them look that bad. Um does anyone believe they'd roll out about a half dozen Texas Rangers to pick up one pyschic from the air port?) her husband is twisting her arm to do this and her boss at the end says I want you to be a jury consultant. I don't know what I missed in #2 but #3 has her husband embarrassed by her and making up lies as to what she does for a living for his friends (maybe he's embarrassed she quit law school at the very end and stuck the family with a 150,000$ in student loans or why no one thinks to say 'jury consultant' which she is and IS a real job), She suddenly thinks she can not be wrong and her boss seems to have forgotten he knows about her powers and that he wants her working for him. I hope #4 is better because there won't be a #5 for me if it's not.

Comments

[jadedcynic.livejournal.com]

I agree with a lot of your assessment of Medium. I actually don't mind Patricia Arquette, but I agree that she's obnoxiously bitchy at times, and there seems to be no love for her family. I really hate the husband, who seems like a cocky, self-absorbed know-it-all. Some of the writing is bad, the first ep to me seemed awkward as far as pacing, and in #3 the shaky camera made me want to reach out and slap the camera person and tell them to LET GO!

In spite of all this, however, there is something about the show that I really like. I have every intention of continuing to watch. Go figure. *shrugs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm hanging on hoping it'll get better. It does at least get rid of the touchy-feeling sweet as pie psychic stereotype. I had that discussion once with a friend. I just spent three years living within a few hundred yards of a psychic community so I've gotten a feel for how they're normal humans and not some Oprahesque carictures

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I was bored. Well, I've only seen the first episode and kind of rolled my eyes at it. None of the main characters appealed to me. The medium that Arquette and the attorney went to visit was the only person I liked at all out of the show.

I wanted to like this show but I'll stick to doing other things instead of watching it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Ditto with me re: the first show.

I'll probably watch simply because I DO need a computer break and what the hell else am I gonna do in the winter wonderland?

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.

Go walking?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it's 30 below up there. YOU go walking

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Are you back in the Nort' Woods already or still in PA? I'm confused.

And I've been walking in 0 already this winter. The dogs had to go out.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I go back Saturday

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Have they mentioned yet whether you have a job to go back to?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

nope

[makd.livejournal.com]

I watched one episode, then, in the middle of it, she referred to herself as "as girl". That did it for me. Her character is a married woman, a parent, a grad student (law school, particularly competitive), an intern, and she has such low self-esteem she calls herself a "girl"?

I turned it off and surfed away to another channel. Meh.

And...L&O? She lasted longer than any other ADA character; they had to find some way to fire her. Problem? In New York State, you can't fire someone because they're gay. In fact, the episode? gay - in the pejorative. I preferred Project Runway.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah that bothered me too. Not to mention she looks 40+. No, not a girl.

As for L&0, I think Jill Hennessy character lasted longer but I could be wrong. The whole episode rankled but that line really did mostly because she was never really brought out as a gay character. If she had been, I would have been fine with her asking the question but otherwise it was just WTF?

[ba4ever.livejournal.com]

Gah, I haven't watched Law in a while, but I watched it because of what was going to happen to Serena.

And I feel the same way. What the fuck was with the "Is it because I'm a lesbian" WHAT?! How random is that! Like you just said, he just TOLD you're too passionate and emotional to be a prosecutor. And it makes no sense, she's been there for 4 years, to fire her just like that , just FOR that?! He said so himself, "You're a superb lawyer". There was no indication whatsoever that she was a lesbian or straight. Does it even matter?! What was the point. The show hardly deals with what goes on in their personal lives, I haven't watched lately because I've gotten tired of the 50 bajillion Law and Orders out there.


And about Medium, I was never particularly fond of Patricia Arquette. Her acting...was...meh. Her waking up from like the SCARIEST DREAMS EVER, you'd think she's have some sort of reaction other than just waking up.

Though the husband, I liked him, I've seen him before and he always comes off as weird and creepy, but I didn't get that vibe off of him. Funny that. Um..why DIDN'T she say she works for the DA, she's an intern, ANYTHING that would have made sense. Like when people asked her what she did for a living she was really going to say "I see dead people" and then crawl under the table. Riight.

Overall I think the show is good, not great, albeit NOT very original. I don't think it's anything special certainly not anything to rave about. Also the end of the one...uh..with the necrophiliac...what the hell?! When she sees the guys face on the menu, it was like an "Aw shucks" moment. What the hell?! That's DANGEROUS, thinking for CERTAIN that said person was the murderer and he wasn't?! If she can mix up things like that, just simply by seeing a stupid menu once, how does that bode well for her? How can she trust herself and in what she sees and claims to "know"


There are a LOT of things that need to be fixed up.

Meanwhile, I'll watch good tv by watching reruns of BTVS S1-5



~Karla

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the multiple L&o's. I did at first but no more. But yeah this last episode rankled badly.

And yes everything you just pointed out bothered me about Medium too. I know her husband from the 80's. He used to be in lots of things as a bit actor but I'll be damned if I can remember his name.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

If I were really cynical, I'd say they pulled "Lesbian" out of nowhere just so people would buy the DVDs and start parsing old episodes for subtext.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, that thought crossed my mind. And to do that in a toss off line at the very end...well you've heard my bitch about that with Angel/SPike so I don't need to go into again.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I wish I'd actually watched L&O last night. (I was making awards and turned it off so that I wouldn't get distracted.) I had no idea Serena was gay. If it was mentioned before yesterday, I must have missed that one too.

I watched Medium last week because it was on after something I was watching and was pretty bored (enough to watch it, and with the show itself). I agree that the acting was awful. I don't plan on watching it again.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Oh that's right, you're getting those ready. Good luck with that.

It was NOT a good L&O it really wasn't. I'll probably end up watching Medium simply to get a break from the computer back in WI (NBC is all I get)