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donutsweeper) wrote2016-05-23 08:22 am
donutsweeper) wrote2016-05-23 08:22 am
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He's dead, Jim
So in the TV shows I watch there have been two more deaths (one main, one multi-seasons recurring) and one we-were-supposed-to-think-is-dead-but-didn't who was revealed to be alive. Sadly, none made an impact on me at all. Honestly, out of all the characters that were killed off in the tail end of this season (and WOW there have been a lot), I don't think a single one got me teary eyed. I'm not sure I could even name them all.
To be fair, some shows, like Damien, sort of set themselves up with the idea of killing off someone every episode, which did not help the overall death count but even so... there HAS to be some way for tptb to write *tension* and *drama* without offing people right and left.
(Humorously, the NCIS:LA finale came and went without me noticing, to some extent because it was earlier than usual due to PoI's return but also because while it had the 'family member in danger trope' no one died so I guess I didn't realize it meant it was the season's ending episode. To be fair, the trope was badly done and I in no way thought the person was in any actual danger.)
I discovered this the other day- the #EmptyCupAwards
which were set up to acknowledge that while real coffee cups can be heavy, sloshy, and full of hot, potentially heavy liquids, the ones we see on TV are nearly always just filled with hot air and that would be fine except almost no one puts any effort into acting like that's not the case. This has been a pet peeve of mine for YEARS. It's so nice to see it getting some attention.
(Yes, I realize it's completely unrealistic to actually try to film the scenes with liquid in the cup, they can't risk it'll spill and the set/wardrobe/makeup/whatever gets damaged and the take gets ruined, but either teaching people to act like there's something in the cup or gluing in some beans/sand/weight of some kind would help matters greatly. Every time someone is shown holding one of those 4 cup coffee holder things they're always doing so with only one hand and it is so utterly jarring it's ridiculous.)
Several more of my shows have finales this week. Whee. Wonder how many more characters will get killed off.
To be fair, some shows, like Damien, sort of set themselves up with the idea of killing off someone every episode, which did not help the overall death count but even so... there HAS to be some way for tptb to write *tension* and *drama* without offing people right and left.
(Humorously, the NCIS:LA finale came and went without me noticing, to some extent because it was earlier than usual due to PoI's return but also because while it had the 'family member in danger trope' no one died so I guess I didn't realize it meant it was the season's ending episode. To be fair, the trope was badly done and I in no way thought the person was in any actual danger.)
I discovered this the other day- the #EmptyCupAwards
which were set up to acknowledge that while real coffee cups can be heavy, sloshy, and full of hot, potentially heavy liquids, the ones we see on TV are nearly always just filled with hot air and that would be fine except almost no one puts any effort into acting like that's not the case. This has been a pet peeve of mine for YEARS. It's so nice to see it getting some attention.
(Yes, I realize it's completely unrealistic to actually try to film the scenes with liquid in the cup, they can't risk it'll spill and the set/wardrobe/makeup/whatever gets damaged and the take gets ruined, but either teaching people to act like there's something in the cup or gluing in some beans/sand/weight of some kind would help matters greatly. Every time someone is shown holding one of those 4 cup coffee holder things they're always doing so with only one hand and it is so utterly jarring it's ridiculous.)
Several more of my shows have finales this week. Whee. Wonder how many more characters will get killed off.
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I wish shows would stop randomly killing characters. :-/ It's hard to get invested when you know a character could be killed off at any time.
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Just curious: is one of your "they keep killing off characters all the time" shows TWD? (I'm on season 4 and have good reason to wonder.)
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*high fives* over empty cup annoyance (well, maybe high-fiving isn't quite the appropriate term, but you know what I mean)
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I'll admit, I very rarely notice the empty cup thing, especially not with the Supergirl clip shown above, since Kara has super human strength.
Stacey
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that empty cup thing sometimes bugs me and sometimes i don't notice it. now i'm going to notice it! and seriously, why can't they at least put some beans or something in the bottom of the paper cups, just to make it look more realistic?
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that empty cup thing sometimes bugs me and sometimes i don't notice it. now i'm going to notice it!
Sorry!!!! (It is SO annoying though, isn't it?)
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Stacey
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Sooo, I'm poking around your older entries because I'm thinking of friending you. Would you mind if I did?
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I tend to run hot and cold with posting, but even at my most verbose I don't post a lot of non-fic, but feel free friend me :)
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ETA: Oops, thought the first yay didn't go through. /o\