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donutsweeper) wrote2008-09-05 09:47 pm
donutsweeper) wrote2008-09-05 09:47 pm
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letter meme
On noes, it’s the letter meme!
1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.
(You can comment without playing—tell me if you want a letter, and I will be happy to give you one.)
_medley_ gave me “T” which stymied me for quite a bit.
1) Tony DiNozzo (NCIS)- I started watching NCIS for Michael Weatherly (I was a fan of his Dark Angel character, Logan Cale) but wasn’t quite what to think of Tony at first. I’d liked his role in JAG (the unofficial pilot) enough, but he was a bit crude and frat boy-ish... but then I realized it was all about layers and masks. The writing’s a bit frustratingly scattershot sometimes, but I really have fallen for the character and his hidden depths.
2) Cole Turner (Charmed) Overall I usually found the sisters on Charmed annoying self-centered bitches, but I really liked Cole. First off, Julian McMahon is gorgeous, but the character was interesting- evil, yet there was more to him. He was a demon who fell in love. He tried giving up everything, he tried changing, he tried over and over to change to be a better person for the woman he loved. Awwww. Overall, he didn’t have a whole lot of success, but that’s not the point.
3) Thor/Thunderstrike aka Eric Masterson (Marvel comic universe) Eric was just a guy who was hurt when Thor got into a huge fight with Mongoose at his construction site. Later he and Thor become friends and Eric is mortally wounded trying to save Thor’s life. Thor begs for Odin to save him and Odin does by binding the two men together- sharing a body. Eric can tap his staff to turn into Thor. They co-exit for awhile like that, and there’s quite a bit of chaos in Eric’s life as a result, but then Thor kills Loki (or so people think) and he’s exiled and Eric has to *BE* Thor, with Thor’s powers but no real idea of how to control them. He tries his best. There are some spectacular failings, but several successes. Eventually Thor is exonerated and given his powers back and Eric is given the powers of Thunderstrike instead. And despite being a divorced Dad, despite having a business that’s falling apart, he tries to continue to save the world.
4) Captain Paul Turner (Strange World, a tv show I’m sure none of you have heard of) Paul was doctor working for USAMRIID when he comes down with aplastic anemia after being exposed to chemical weapons. On his deathbed he’s injected with a drug, and told it’s a temporary cure for the disease. He’ll need regular injections and will have to earn them. He is asked to work as a Special Investigator for USAMRIID to look into abuses of science. All in all he hates being dependent on the drug and the mysterious woman slipping him the doses, but realizes he is doing good in the world as a result, and hopes that he’s making a difference in preventing the world from being exploited by those willing to bend science to their will.
5) Tim Bayliss (Homicide: Life on the Street) I love how the show was bookended by this character. The pilot has him as a rookie seeing the homicide department with fresh, innocent eyes- he’s so excited to be working there he’s practically vibrating. And the last episode of S7 has him packing his desk, dejected and worn down by all the crime and violence and plagued by the cases he couldn’t solve and all the murderers who got away and walking away from the squad room. The character was fascinating and they built depth and layers into him as the years progressed, from his partner barely putting up with him, to begging him not to die after Tim took a bullet for him. There was a layer of sadness and despair and a damaged childhood that just made him that much more interesting.
1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.
(You can comment without playing—tell me if you want a letter, and I will be happy to give you one.)
_medley_ gave me “T” which stymied me for quite a bit.
1) Tony DiNozzo (NCIS)- I started watching NCIS for Michael Weatherly (I was a fan of his Dark Angel character, Logan Cale) but wasn’t quite what to think of Tony at first. I’d liked his role in JAG (the unofficial pilot) enough, but he was a bit crude and frat boy-ish... but then I realized it was all about layers and masks. The writing’s a bit frustratingly scattershot sometimes, but I really have fallen for the character and his hidden depths.
2) Cole Turner (Charmed) Overall I usually found the sisters on Charmed annoying self-centered bitches, but I really liked Cole. First off, Julian McMahon is gorgeous, but the character was interesting- evil, yet there was more to him. He was a demon who fell in love. He tried giving up everything, he tried changing, he tried over and over to change to be a better person for the woman he loved. Awwww. Overall, he didn’t have a whole lot of success, but that’s not the point.
3) Thor/Thunderstrike aka Eric Masterson (Marvel comic universe) Eric was just a guy who was hurt when Thor got into a huge fight with Mongoose at his construction site. Later he and Thor become friends and Eric is mortally wounded trying to save Thor’s life. Thor begs for Odin to save him and Odin does by binding the two men together- sharing a body. Eric can tap his staff to turn into Thor. They co-exit for awhile like that, and there’s quite a bit of chaos in Eric’s life as a result, but then Thor kills Loki (or so people think) and he’s exiled and Eric has to *BE* Thor, with Thor’s powers but no real idea of how to control them. He tries his best. There are some spectacular failings, but several successes. Eventually Thor is exonerated and given his powers back and Eric is given the powers of Thunderstrike instead. And despite being a divorced Dad, despite having a business that’s falling apart, he tries to continue to save the world.
4) Captain Paul Turner (Strange World, a tv show I’m sure none of you have heard of) Paul was doctor working for USAMRIID when he comes down with aplastic anemia after being exposed to chemical weapons. On his deathbed he’s injected with a drug, and told it’s a temporary cure for the disease. He’ll need regular injections and will have to earn them. He is asked to work as a Special Investigator for USAMRIID to look into abuses of science. All in all he hates being dependent on the drug and the mysterious woman slipping him the doses, but realizes he is doing good in the world as a result, and hopes that he’s making a difference in preventing the world from being exploited by those willing to bend science to their will.
5) Tim Bayliss (Homicide: Life on the Street) I love how the show was bookended by this character. The pilot has him as a rookie seeing the homicide department with fresh, innocent eyes- he’s so excited to be working there he’s practically vibrating. And the last episode of S7 has him packing his desk, dejected and worn down by all the crime and violence and plagued by the cases he couldn’t solve and all the murderers who got away and walking away from the squad room. The character was fascinating and they built depth and layers into him as the years progressed, from his partner barely putting up with him, to begging him not to die after Tim took a bullet for him. There was a layer of sadness and despair and a damaged childhood that just made him that much more interesting.
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I'll keep an eye out for it on SciFi. I keep thinking I should watch "Eureka" but I haven't really gotten into it. I watched a few eps a while back and thought, that's clever, and cute, but it didn't really grab me.
Speaking of shows that didn't last long, do you remember "Jim Henson's Storyteller"? I liked that show.
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Eureka is cute. I watch it, but to some extent because my kids do. If you're home and it's on check it out. S1 was best, but it's still cute and fun. It's one of those shows that if can turn my brain off and watch- I don't get involved really, but it's engaging enough, if that makes sense
oh yes- Storyteller! A cool looking dog-like narrator, right?
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Makes perfect sense!
And yeah, there was a dog. The Storyteller was human (John Hurt, I think) but he told the stories to his dog. Who talked. And was by turns skeptical and caught up in the story. Donna and I found them on DVD recently. They're pretty cool.
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I too have a penchant for shows that get canceled. It's a curse!
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*sigh* it's terrible, isn't it?
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