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General: Fannish
Having a six day work-week this... week. I'm just starting the middle, but the tiredness has begun already.
Still working on the current WR chapter, but my head is full of Firefly, so it's simply harder to stay in Luke's head. I love these characters, so I cannot be putting Jossian quips into their mouths, as that's not who they are. But that's why it's taking extra-long, because I want to make sure I stay in Lucas' universe.
I'm not expecting my Serenity giddy joy to go away any time soon. Big Damn Movie, people. Were people begrudging the Farscape folk their miniseries? If so, I missed it.
Seriously, what is up with the recent fannish backlash against acting fannishly? It's not just Serenity, I've seen other things ragged on in the past few. I mean, I don't watch Veronica Mars, but I've got this real handy ability to scroll past VM posts on my flist. Sometimes there are several in a row. This doesn't affect my non-desire to see the show one way or another. The only thing that does get me annoyed about such things is when there are negative comparisions thrown about.
Like, say, one thing I've seen recently (on TWoP, so I don't take it all that seriously) is to say how BSG is so much better at continuity than Joss (to which I say, pull the other one, it's got bells on. BSG is not beyond Making Shit Up On The Spot. One word, people -- Helo.). Dude, I love BSG, I love Joss. Stop trying to pull a Papa Adama and make me pick sides, because, push comes to shove, I'd be on Roslin's Joss', and I don't think that's the response they're going for, there. The thing that put me off Batman Begins was not the hype, but the amount of people who were all, "This is so much better than that other thing". Yeah, that's the way to reach people who liked that other thing.
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I don't know why people are comparing Joss's works to BSG...they are completely different shows. Oh well I enjoy Joss's works and BSG myself.
I think the only reason I felt negative towards Star Wars (the new trilogy) is because I really loved the first trilogy and high hopes for the new trilogy, and each new movie dissapointed me (though after the Phantom Menace, my expectations did go down a lot)
I know you're a fan of the last movie and I know a lot of other new trilogy fans, so I'm not going to say anything more beyond that.
But you do have a point when you say that the best way to get people to watch the show isn't necessarily to compare it to a show you don't like, because there's a good chance the person might have liked the show you just put down.
I went back and read my movie squeeing and realized I do sometimes put down movies I didn't like when I'm talking about a movie I enjoy. Never really thought about it before your post. This is something I'm going to try changing. Of course the first step is awareness.
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I actually do think that they both feature very realistic characterization, but I feel that this should not be considered a special thing. All shows should have it, in my way of thinking. But most don't, so the ones that do stand out. But Joss' voice is just so distinctive that I really can't understand comparing it to anything else.