#thefandomcritique

Really sorry for your troubles.

isagrimorie replied to your post “the poll results for the hungarian election so far...”:( i’m so sorry

:( i’m so sorry 

Wait, which episode?

twice shy (4x14). i'm still at the beginning of the ep though, so there's definitely something else going on there too 👀

car0l-avenger-danvers replied to your post “i cannot for the life of me figure out if claudia...”She has voiced some amazing characters in games to...

She has voiced some amazing characters in games to be honest

i recognized some of the names from people talking about those games, can't wait to play them!!!

thefandomcritique replied to your post “me: 'you know, i don't really get all that...”What a cliffhanger ending though right? Right????...

What a cliffhanger ending though right? Right???? God I remember watching that live for the first time... What a trip. Farscape is the best.

I’d laugh but that episode is DEVASTATING. Despite, y’know, the weird baby monster.

To be honest, even the baby monster worked for me, it was creepy and sleazy, and the whole thing just broke my heart. (Hence why I needed to make the joke to laugh through the pain 😅)

thefandomcritique replied to your post “magnificent”I am very fond of Revenging Angel though I do take...

I am very fond of Revenging Angel though I do take the point of some that as an exploration of head-trauma and near-death experiences at the hand of your best friend, it does push the "silly" envelope a bit far.

Huh, I had no idea that this was a discourse, for what it's worth, I enjoyed the ep too. I think I let go of the whole always-taking-traumatic-events-seriously-thing around Crackers - there's this one scene there with Crichton and Chiana that... was a bit much to me if I'm being honest, even if they played it off later with an 'oh, she's not bothered by it'. Even beyond that, I thought that this ep worked as John purposely avoiding the severity of his situation through the whole cartoon angle.

thefandomcritique replied to your post “i'm also just impressed with how long they're...”Yeah there was a lot of commentary about that at...

Yeah there was a lot of commentary about that at the time. Week on week it was a weird experience but the comparisons were interesting. I remember someone saying that on the Moya side it felt too much like Pilot was babysitting the kids. I dunno I liked how it went. It worked well and explored different aspects of the characters. Loved the development / deepening of the buddy dynamic between D’Argo and John. But there was a lot of silliness too. More than even usual with Farscape.

I liked the balance too, there were some relatively lighter episodes on the Talyn side too (e.g.: Meltdown), but they really let loose on the Moya side, and I quite enjoyed that (especially after some of the heavier episodes). But it's probably different binging it now than it was watching it week for week, hence why I'm impressed that they just went for it at the time. (Although I imagine that there were probably mainly technical/cost reasons for it, I'd be interested to read up on what was the background on this later.)

thefandomcritique replied to your post “i knew they were gonna kill that version, i...”Yeah, it was predictable, but tragic. And JESUS...

Yeah, it was predictable, but tragic. And JESUS his death scene in AMAZING.

I kept expecting them to bring up the other John, and they didn't, they made sure that the tragedy of it landed wholly, and it sure did!!

thefandomcritique replied to your post “i miss zhaan 😟”Totally. Zhaan's absence is always felt. ALWAYS.

Totally. Zhaan's absence is always felt. ALWAYS.

😘🌼 for Zhaan :(

thefandomcritique replied to your post “if i ever met aeryn sun i'd do nothing but love...”Love, cherish, worship - it's what she deserves

Love, cherish, worship - it's what she deserves

YES! this is my fave of all intros and welcome to the party, s3 is my favorite season!

thefandomcritique replied to your post “oh the s3 intro fucks”YES!!!! It sure does. I fucking love this season....

YES!!!! It sure does. I fucking love this season. It will destroy you.

I'M SUPER EXCITED!!!

thefandomcritique replied to your post “this whole father son love triangle is my least...”Oh, very true, it's a weird one. But it should be...

Oh, very true, it's a weird one. But it should be acknowledged that Chiana is / was canonically much younger than D'Argo and they were together for funsies and mutual comfort (at least initially). Which is why she gets so freaked out when he's looking for committment. Also, for the record, Gigi Edgley was eighteen years old when first playing Chiana. Baby! And brilliant!

I knew her character was younger, but I didn't realize that the actress was that young, oh 😮

I think the show ended up making a fairly good case for why the characters acted the way they did by the end, but for me, one of the most uncomfortable aspects of a storyline like this is when the father gets to feel all this justified rage. When Angel does this in season 4 it's incredibly bad from start to finish because it's all about how Joss Whedon threw a hissy fit at Charisma Carpenter for getting pregnant but there's this one moment that stayed with me, where Angel throws his son out of his home as a result. Like... no, that is your kid first and foremost, nothing should be more important.

the top one isn't even fitted well. the leather looks cheap. her belly is going to be cold. weak

the second is badass and practical and cute. i don't go here but i have opinions

you have the absolute correct opinions!! i'm gonna give them the cheap leather though, because this show was clearly made on a zero budget, this is all they had the money for

thefandomcritique replied to your post “k, i'm gonna reaction dump on yall about farscape,...”YAYYYYYY!!!! Thank you so much for this though I...

YAYYYYYY!!!! Thank you so much for this though I would almost take issue with your first point, season 1 & 2 John is so adorably useless when it comes to... most things. Especially fighting. But he is also an astronaut and a big sci-fi nerd and very very smart. So he is good at some things. Just most of those are useless in his current context. Anyway. Keep going, this is great!

Yeah, calling John a 'cool dude' was probably a stretch. 😂 I see a lot of wish fulfillment though in how, despite everyone calling him useless in a fight in canon, he still constantly gets into these fights and shootouts and somehow holds his own or even defeats characters with more training through sheer force. There are plenty of times though where it's made clear that it's his wits that give him an upper hand, so I suppose that this was a bit of a nitpitck on my end.

thefandomcritique replied to your post “she”Yes. The greatest. That line still makes me smile...

Yes. The greatest. That line still makes me smile to think about.

I just love Claudia Black's delivery too. Not just for this line, but every line tbh 😎

dratij replied to your post “i love that you can literally see the person's...”I don't know if this is actually the case here but...

I don't know if this is actually the case here but I know similar stuff happened when Buffy got its aspect ratio changed bc tv is different now. And all sorts of things like that ended up in shots. Could have been something that was never originally in the frame based on the ratio back the

hey!! so oc s1 runs alongside s22 -- watch 22.09 before watching 1.1 of oc, and svu 22.13 & oc 1.5 are a crossover that should be watched in conjunction with each other (with svu coming first). season two of oc time jumps and technically oc 1.8 takes place after the first fifteen or so minutes of svu 23.01, but you don’t have to watch it like that. the timeline got a bit messy since M broke her ankle irl but one of my previous posts lays out the s23/s2 timeline & the showrunner confirmed it, so hopefully it clears things up djsjs

Excellent editing, excellent video. Even though I've never played the games.

he just sucks so bad

thefandomcritique replied to your post “ihwwsm - i hate walter white so much”

I'm really enjoying your commentary. I think I made it through the first season of Breaking Bad... but, like you, I disliked Walter from the start and I ESPECIALLY disliked the way the narrative seemed to support his shtick of "woe is me! my life is so tough! I have a gorgeous wife and a nice son and lovely house with a swimming pool! I'm so pathetic!" Dude, get over yourself.

i will say this for the show: it very much knows what it's doing. the whole message of 'toxic masculinity will fuck you up and hurt everyone around you' is not subtle, and only ramps up more and more as the show goes on. (rn i'm at s5, and i think at this point even the thickest in the audience is very much supposed to understand that walter is the bad guy. they especially hammer this home when it comes to his relationship with skyler, which is just straight up abusive, and that's further emphasized by the camera focusing on her perspective in their scenes.)

that being said, the truth of the matter is that antihero stories are popular because the audience sees themselves in the flawed protagonist and cheers them on. and it's very hard to sympathize with walter from the get go if you don't connect to his obsession with his fragile masculinity - not to mention that it begs the question of just how self-aware the audience who do relate to him gets.