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meteordustQ: Why is a show like Witchblade being aired in a graveyard timeslot?
A: Because the powers that be at Channel Nine are morons.
(Refer to Farscape and Smallville for earlier examples.)
1. Sara Pezzini, you rock. You're a cool female lead. You look like a real cop, not some airbrushed beauty no one could take seriously. You don't get rattled by any of the power players trying to push you around. You have a temper. You have a dry sense of humour. You have a sexy voice. And you're just human enough to be likeable.
2. Danny. Oh Danny, you and Sara were so good together. The show didn't just tell us you were partners and close friends, but it actually showed us. Watching the two of you joking together, pouring coffee for each other, automatically responding to each other's moves - all this spoke of long familiarity and ease. Alas, the fact that you were (1) her partner, (2) married with children, and (3) Asian made chances of your survival extremely low. Fortunately, they brought you back as a ghost. Your continued presence makes the show a brighter place.
3. Jake. He's young, blond, and handsome, but no one's falling at his feet because of it - in fact, Sara doesn't give him an easy time at all - and for some weird reason, that makes him more likeable than otherwise. He's like a big, cheerful, often indignant puppy dog. (My sister, however, has a theory that Jake is actually the evil mastermind behind it all. Look at what happens to Sara's partner, Danny. Then look at what happens to her lover, Conchobar. Who is in position to benefit, both times? Hmm...)
4. Irons. Everything about this man screams, "Look at me! I'm sinister and evil!" He knows it too. He's milking it for all it's worth. Yeah, I like villains with a flair for the melodramatic. And I'll bet his secretary has orders to say "Mr Irons is expecting you" to every one of his visitors, just to enhance his aura of mystery and power.
5. Nottingham. I regret that he doesn't have the chiselled features and long flowing mane of hair possessed by the Nottingham of the comics. Still, I enjoy the moments when he springs out of nowhere to help Sara or to pass on enigmatic warnings. Such a stalker. It's like playing "Where's Wally?", waiting for him to show up. And him and Irons - man. It's called shipping when you support a pairing - what do you call it when it's so happening on the screen in front of you, and it creeps you the hell out?
6. Gabriel. I can't really articulate the reasons why I'm fond of him, apart from the obvious one of him being so damn cute. I swear, he's more apple-cheeked than Clark Kent. But he's not just a pretty face, he knows important things about the Witchblade, and he makes an interesting addition to Sara's world.
7. Everything else. The striking, stylised cinematography. The relationships between the characters, which are tense and edgy and never boring. The sense that the story of the Witchblade, and of Sara herself, is unfolding according to some plan. The fact that we get to see characters called on things they should be called on, instead of the show treating the audience like dummies. It's always a pleasure to find a show done so well, and I'm happy that Witchblade fits this description.
A: Because the powers that be at Channel Nine are morons.
(Refer to Farscape and Smallville for earlier examples.)
1. Sara Pezzini, you rock. You're a cool female lead. You look like a real cop, not some airbrushed beauty no one could take seriously. You don't get rattled by any of the power players trying to push you around. You have a temper. You have a dry sense of humour. You have a sexy voice. And you're just human enough to be likeable.
2. Danny. Oh Danny, you and Sara were so good together. The show didn't just tell us you were partners and close friends, but it actually showed us. Watching the two of you joking together, pouring coffee for each other, automatically responding to each other's moves - all this spoke of long familiarity and ease. Alas, the fact that you were (1) her partner, (2) married with children, and (3) Asian made chances of your survival extremely low. Fortunately, they brought you back as a ghost. Your continued presence makes the show a brighter place.
3. Jake. He's young, blond, and handsome, but no one's falling at his feet because of it - in fact, Sara doesn't give him an easy time at all - and for some weird reason, that makes him more likeable than otherwise. He's like a big, cheerful, often indignant puppy dog. (My sister, however, has a theory that Jake is actually the evil mastermind behind it all. Look at what happens to Sara's partner, Danny. Then look at what happens to her lover, Conchobar. Who is in position to benefit, both times? Hmm...)
4. Irons. Everything about this man screams, "Look at me! I'm sinister and evil!" He knows it too. He's milking it for all it's worth. Yeah, I like villains with a flair for the melodramatic. And I'll bet his secretary has orders to say "Mr Irons is expecting you" to every one of his visitors, just to enhance his aura of mystery and power.
5. Nottingham. I regret that he doesn't have the chiselled features and long flowing mane of hair possessed by the Nottingham of the comics. Still, I enjoy the moments when he springs out of nowhere to help Sara or to pass on enigmatic warnings. Such a stalker. It's like playing "Where's Wally?", waiting for him to show up. And him and Irons - man. It's called shipping when you support a pairing - what do you call it when it's so happening on the screen in front of you, and it creeps you the hell out?
6. Gabriel. I can't really articulate the reasons why I'm fond of him, apart from the obvious one of him being so damn cute. I swear, he's more apple-cheeked than Clark Kent. But he's not just a pretty face, he knows important things about the Witchblade, and he makes an interesting addition to Sara's world.
7. Everything else. The striking, stylised cinematography. The relationships between the characters, which are tense and edgy and never boring. The sense that the story of the Witchblade, and of Sara herself, is unfolding according to some plan. The fact that we get to see characters called on things they should be called on, instead of the show treating the audience like dummies. It's always a pleasure to find a show done so well, and I'm happy that Witchblade fits this description.
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Date: 2003-10-27 10:43 pm (UTC)I agree with everything you've written. I hadn't considered Jake being evil; I guess I was too busy accusing Danny. I'm not *actually* sure that Danny was married - did you happen to catch what Sara said about a wife in the pilot/movie? Cause there was then that whole "You think he's hot" conversation about Jake.
It's called shipping when you support a pairing - what do you call it when it's so happening on the screen in front of you, and it creeps you the hell out?
Oh dear god. I don't know what it's called, but a name might be helpful. 'Cept I'm not sure, at this point, that anything *can* help. They're going to send me utterly INSANE! Each week, *something* happens that nearly makes me fall off my chair, and makes me doubt the evidence of my eyes (and I wonder when I'm going to stop being surprised?)