Unpopular opinions?
Jun. 24th, 2008 12:13 amAnother meme, ganked from
prettyquotable this time.
Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.
To be honest, I'm not sure what unpopular opinions I actually HAVE because I never really think about it that way. I'd say the possible fandoms to request are: Doctor Who, Supernatural, Heroes, Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, BSG, X-files, Farscape, Lexx, Xena, James Bond...or pretty much anything else I've watched in the last 15 years.
Hit me! I'm probably more curious about what my answers will be than you are. ;-)
ETA. The responses may contain spoilers!
Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.
To be honest, I'm not sure what unpopular opinions I actually HAVE because I never really think about it that way. I'd say the possible fandoms to request are: Doctor Who, Supernatural, Heroes, Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, BSG, X-files, Farscape, Lexx, Xena, James Bond...or pretty much anything else I've watched in the last 15 years.
Hit me! I'm probably more curious about what my answers will be than you are. ;-)
ETA. The responses may contain spoilers!
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on 2008-06-24 05:49 pm (UTC)You know, I had a whole section on Worf that I edited out - turns out we're in agreement there, too. I was not happy for him to cross over to DS9. He was much better as the comic relief in TNG, and I never bought the Worf/Jadzia romance for a minute. Actually, the best love story in that series was Bashir/Garak, but they backed away, even from subtext in the end. (And believe it or not, I have never even read a single B/G story. I've never delved into ST fandom, despite having watched the show since I was born.)
didn't really love any of the character on DS9 the way I loved the characters on TOS or TNG. But the overall storytelling of the later season
I agree, although I also moved countries during that and lost track at some point, only picking back up toward the end. I think I've seen them all, I just saw them out of order. One of these days, DVDs.
Have you ever watched Blake's 7?
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on 2008-06-24 05:59 pm (UTC)You could not possibly be more right. Their relationship was absurd and the actors had zero chemistry. One of the worst things to happen in DS9.
Actually, the best love story in that series was Bashir/Garak, but they backed away, even from subtext in the end.
See, I was all about Bashir/O'Brien. I think their love story was AWESOME and I mean Miles canonically stated that he pretty much loved Bashir more than his own wife. But the Bashir/Garak stuff was also made of Win. Actually, Garak's entire character was made of win. As was his relationship with Odo. (And I also haven't read much DS9 fic, despite being a total fanfic junkie. I just never really thought the show needed it. As opposed to Voyager, whose entire existence for me was nothing more than a vehicle for smutfic.)
Have you ever watched Blake's 7?
Oy.
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on 2008-06-24 06:13 pm (UTC)I definitely think that Bashir/O'Brien is basically canonic, I just loved the layers of mystery and espionage and possibly manipulation vs. real emotion in Garak/Bashir. (Again, my favourite spy show is The Sandbaggers, which is all about the talking.)