Comments | clueless_02: Same Archetype, Different Show, Same Result, Different Opinion

clueless_02

Same Archetype, Different Show, Same Result, Different Opinion

Sep 13, 2010 18:13

Okay, this is me so not reading about Public Administration to do a post about fannish things, but hell, I have come to realize that PA is just one huge exercise in post modernistic frustration so it's not like I'm going to take anything definitive away from my reading. Anyways, the whole remake of LFN and daybreak777 's comment to me about our shared love of ( Read more... )

lfn, xena

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nell65 September 15 2010, 20:37:29 UTC

I wasn't a 'fan' of Xena, the way I was for LFN, but I watched most of the first few seasons and really enjoyed them, then I lost track somewhere in the middle, but I did netflix the last few episodes, so I've seen the series ending and thoroughly spoiled myself for the middle parts I didn't see ( ... )

clueless_02 September 17 2010, 02:37:41 UTC

LFN is Nikita's story, Xena is Xena's story, not Gabrielle's.See, I have always prescribed to the theory that the show was more Gabrielle's journey than Xena's since it is really Gabrielle who undergoes the most growth. In a lot of ways, Xena was a static character, especially in light of FIN (A Friend in Need) [The only way she felt redeemed for her past sins was to die (which is okay, if you ended the show around S2 and it was for a crime she really committed, but by S6 Xena's arc was no longer about seeking redemption ( ... )

nell65 September 17 2010, 13:50:02 UTC

I think the 'mole reveal' in LFN felt wrong because it had never been set up -- I'm not even sure they dreamed it up until practically the last minute, and it *certainly* was NOT something they'd been laying the ground work for for THREE seasons! So it didn't ring true at all, especially with the tail they gave it.... If they'd dated it maybe to sometime after the whole Adrian story line, when Paul was gunning for her on the sly and she couldn't find Michael -- it would have made ALOT more plot sense for her to be open to an approach from above at that moment .... but still you have to wonder why, at that point, she wouldn't have spilled all the TR secrets she knew, which was hardly all of them, but plenty to give George/Mr Jones what they needed. So, we're back to it making no real sense and being wholly inorganic to the plot/characters established right up until that point ( ... )

clueless_02 September 17 2010, 16:50:38 UTC

Yeah, the time frames you picked out make a lot of sense in terms of Nikita being a mole. I mean, even though I have very biased opinion in favor of TR, I could see myself rooting for Nikita if they had given indications that she was becoming a mole during S3 or right after the *RoboNikita* arc. I know season/series finales are where you want to go out with a bang, but a little build up or a few hints scattered throughout the show would have made a lot of difference ( ... )