“It wasn’t made for you”
In relation to television I’ve
heard this excuse used a couple of times. One of these was from Matthew Graham.
In response to the negative reaction of the older fans to his episode of Doctor
Who “Fear Her” he said "Well, it's
a shame that they have, but it wasn't meant for them"
Let me explain why this
statement holds absolutely no validity whatsoever. Doctor Who is the most
popular Science Fiction show I the UK and draws in viewers of all ages. To even
suggest that it would be alright to let down half these viewers for the sake of
impressing the other half is just plain stupid. It’s also an insulting thing to
say to a fan of the show. Graham is implying that there’s nothing wrong with
how he wrote the episode, but that those who reacted badly to it are the ones
with the problem. He could have reacted to the criticism by asking himself what
he did wrong and what he could have done better. Instead, the only thing he
seems to have asked himself seems to be, “what could possibly be wrong with the
people who didn't like my work?”
Also, looking at the episode
more specifically, the main antagonist (Chloe Webber) suffers from a constant
fear that her dead, alcoholic, abusive father will come back to life and beat
her to death. Written for the kids was that Matthew?
Star Wars is going to be the
same again
With his latest Star Trek
film, JJ Abrams has proved that he has no understanding of subject matter, deeper
meaning or character motivation. He knows how to put on a loud light show and
that’s exactly what Star Wars has been for the last few years anyway. Abrams
would appear to understand as little about what the original Star Wars meant as
George Lucus, to be honest.
The fact that people are
obsessed with twilight and not Buffy
From the first to the third
season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there is a love story constantly running
between the characters of Buffy and Angel. When broken down to it’s core
elements, this love story is essentially the same as that Bella and Edward in
Twilight. However, it is executed so much better in Buffy. Like Bella, Buffy is
in love with a dangerous vampire who struggles with his own love for her, not
to mention his bloodlust and true demonic nature. Unlike Bella, Buffy is able
to draw a line between love and complete and utter devotion. She is capable
operating without Angel, she regularly addresses the fact that they shouldn’t
be together simply because he’s 226 years older than her - yeah the fact that Edward Cullen is a
paedophile for purposes US law is never addressed is it?
Buffy is essentially a far
better role model than Bella, she exists in a similar universe and even goes
through the same love story, but comes out of it as a stronger character, whereas
Bella just concludes that it’s about time she surrendered everything to Edward
and embraced traditional marriage.
