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I am not allowed to watch anything else new to me until I've finished at least two vid projects, because having now caught up on Flashpoint, OMG I MUST VID ED NOW OMFG. Which tacks on yet another project to the growing pile of the last few weeks. Ideas I am not short of, actually sitting down and vidding is where the problem lies, and is not something I've really done since Vividcon. So if I say to you at any point, "You know, I was thinking of watchingcatching up with that thing." please smack me upside the head and tell me to Just Say No until I've got the backlog down. And we'll just ignore the fact that not one, but two of those involve Hugh. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sweetestdrain suggested that I just tell everyone my vid brain started typoing "hugs" as "hugh".
Yes, but Flashpoint has successfully made it over the hump of my indifference and into my heart because
I always liked the procedural aspect, and that hasn't changed. What did bother me was what I felt was weak characterization and the balance between the two, procedural and character. I still feel like the early part of the season is a bit shaky structurally, but I'm now forgiving it as finding it's first season legs, which it's done quite nicely all around.
You'll laugh at me, but one of items on that checklist of things that was bugging me, was that I thought they'd essentially dropped the ball on dealing with the fallout of Ed shooting the guy in the first episode. The pointing and laughing at me can begin now. They didn't let it drop, they were just letting it marinate, and oh my god YES. These recent episodes worked better, because everyone tried to deal with it by ignoring it and pretending to be just fine. And also because Hugh did done BRING IT in playing this, holy shit.
The other thing that had been bothering me which is not fixed, and can't be fixed, is that Sam bores the everloving shit out of me. Seriously, I'd rather watch paint dry. I almost wish I hated him because that would be better than the overwhelming urge to take a nap every time he shows up onscreen. On my first attempt to watch the show, I actually didn't realize how heavily this was contributing to me 'meh'. Because many of characters I actually do have interest in share so much screen time with him, I would come out of those scenes vaguely dissatisfied, but not understanding that it was Sam who was sucking all the air out of the room for me. This issue mostly resolved when I realized it was there, because instead of tuning out the whole thing as a response, I now ignore him deliberately when he's on screen.
It has been an especially useful tool with regards to Jules, who I love desperately but shares so much screen time with Sam on account of their stories being entertwined. Now that I mentally translate his lines to 'blahblahblahblah' in my head, I can focus on what's going with her much better! I am sorry she's dating a block of wood, but glad for getting the chance to see her conflict between having romance and happiness and whatnot and her duty to her job and team. Also, goddamn is she a badass. I find it incredibly hot when a woman could kick my ass with both hands tied behind her back. What I really hope they follow up on more are the hints into her childhood and the reasons she chose SRU and how all that informs her character.
And what post about Flashpoint would be correct without mentioning that Veronica Mars' dad is AWESOME. Because he is. I love the stability he offers, both to the team, and to the various individual hostage situations. I adore that his part in what they do is not just as important as the guns and the asskicking (much as I am a fan of guns and asskicking in my fiction), but often more important. Which is one of the utterly cool things about this show. The goal is not to bring a bad guy to justice, but to get everyone out alive, bad guy included, whenever possible. The actual crime is irrelevant, except in what it reveals about the humanity of the criminal that can be used to talk her/him down. And it wouldn't be possible without Greg. *heart*
So, yes, Flaspoint, you got me! I surrender. :)
sweetestdrain suggested that I just tell everyone my vid brain started typoing "hugs" as "hugh". Yes, but Flashpoint has successfully made it over the hump of my indifference and into my heart because
I always liked the procedural aspect, and that hasn't changed. What did bother me was what I felt was weak characterization and the balance between the two, procedural and character. I still feel like the early part of the season is a bit shaky structurally, but I'm now forgiving it as finding it's first season legs, which it's done quite nicely all around.
You'll laugh at me, but one of items on that checklist of things that was bugging me, was that I thought they'd essentially dropped the ball on dealing with the fallout of Ed shooting the guy in the first episode. The pointing and laughing at me can begin now. They didn't let it drop, they were just letting it marinate, and oh my god YES. These recent episodes worked better, because everyone tried to deal with it by ignoring it and pretending to be just fine. And also because Hugh did done BRING IT in playing this, holy shit.
The other thing that had been bothering me which is not fixed, and can't be fixed, is that Sam bores the everloving shit out of me. Seriously, I'd rather watch paint dry. I almost wish I hated him because that would be better than the overwhelming urge to take a nap every time he shows up onscreen. On my first attempt to watch the show, I actually didn't realize how heavily this was contributing to me 'meh'. Because many of characters I actually do have interest in share so much screen time with him, I would come out of those scenes vaguely dissatisfied, but not understanding that it was Sam who was sucking all the air out of the room for me. This issue mostly resolved when I realized it was there, because instead of tuning out the whole thing as a response, I now ignore him deliberately when he's on screen.
It has been an especially useful tool with regards to Jules, who I love desperately but shares so much screen time with Sam on account of their stories being entertwined. Now that I mentally translate his lines to 'blahblahblahblah' in my head, I can focus on what's going with her much better! I am sorry she's dating a block of wood, but glad for getting the chance to see her conflict between having romance and happiness and whatnot and her duty to her job and team. Also, goddamn is she a badass. I find it incredibly hot when a woman could kick my ass with both hands tied behind her back. What I really hope they follow up on more are the hints into her childhood and the reasons she chose SRU and how all that informs her character.
And what post about Flashpoint would be correct without mentioning that Veronica Mars' dad is AWESOME. Because he is. I love the stability he offers, both to the team, and to the various individual hostage situations. I adore that his part in what they do is not just as important as the guns and the asskicking (much as I am a fan of guns and asskicking in my fiction), but often more important. Which is one of the utterly cool things about this show. The goal is not to bring a bad guy to justice, but to get everyone out alive, bad guy included, whenever possible. The actual crime is irrelevant, except in what it reveals about the humanity of the criminal that can be used to talk her/him down. And it wouldn't be possible without Greg. *heart*
So, yes, Flaspoint, you got me! I surrender. :)