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rionaleonhart) wrote2008-02-07 10:27 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2008-02-07 10:27 pm
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Was That Supposed To Be Cool?
Oh, Alex Drake. I wanted to like you; I really did.
Now, here is a question that is troubling me: why did I not particularly like Alex Drake? Is it just because she's not Sam?
Is it because she's a woman? This is something that concerns me quite a lot: do I tend to judge female characters more harshly purely because they are not men? There are many female characters I love - Cuddy, Cameron, Celes, Carla, Crescent, Carter, Cartwright and maybe even a few who don't begin with 'C' - but I can't help noticing that I tend to focus on and talk about the male characters more often. Am I more drawn to male characters? Were Alex a man, would I like him more?
I think I'm going to assume that I'm being harsh on Alex because she is not Sam, and Ashes to Ashes is so very similar to its predecessor (which distresses me, by the way; Life on Mars was brilliant and original, and the first episode of Ashes to Ashes just feels far too like a photocopy with breasts drawn on) that any main character would inevitably have been compared to Sam and probably come up short. Possibly I am merely assuming this because it is the explanation that makes me feel less like a horrible sexist, but shh. (Or, you know, maybe she really was a bit of a pain, but as a number of people on my friendslist seem to have liked her very much I think I have to question that.)
ALSO, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT: WAS I IMAGINING IT OR WAS THERE A SCENE FAIRLY NEAR THE BEGINNING IN WHICH GENE AND COMPANY WERE TALKING AND YET ALEX WAS NOT PRESENT?
In conclusion, I need to make more entries of appreciation for the many awesome females in my fandoms, and Ashes to Ashes needs to move away from Life on Mars if it doesn't want to keep being overshadowed by it. Had I never watched the original series, I might have thought that was brilliant. (Well, actually, had I never watched the original series I would probably just have been really confused. STILL. BECOME A SERIES IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, ASHES TO ASHES. WE DO NOT NEED LIFE ON MARS II: ONCE MORE, WITH HETEROSEXUALITY.)
Now, here is a question that is troubling me: why did I not particularly like Alex Drake? Is it just because she's not Sam?
Is it because she's a woman? This is something that concerns me quite a lot: do I tend to judge female characters more harshly purely because they are not men? There are many female characters I love - Cuddy, Cameron, Celes, Carla, Crescent, Carter, Cartwright and maybe even a few who don't begin with 'C' - but I can't help noticing that I tend to focus on and talk about the male characters more often. Am I more drawn to male characters? Were Alex a man, would I like him more?
I think I'm going to assume that I'm being harsh on Alex because she is not Sam, and Ashes to Ashes is so very similar to its predecessor (which distresses me, by the way; Life on Mars was brilliant and original, and the first episode of Ashes to Ashes just feels far too like a photocopy with breasts drawn on) that any main character would inevitably have been compared to Sam and probably come up short. Possibly I am merely assuming this because it is the explanation that makes me feel less like a horrible sexist, but shh. (Or, you know, maybe she really was a bit of a pain, but as a number of people on my friendslist seem to have liked her very much I think I have to question that.)
ALSO, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT: WAS I IMAGINING IT OR WAS THERE A SCENE FAIRLY NEAR THE BEGINNING IN WHICH GENE AND COMPANY WERE TALKING AND YET ALEX WAS NOT PRESENT?
In conclusion, I need to make more entries of appreciation for the many awesome females in my fandoms, and Ashes to Ashes needs to move away from Life on Mars if it doesn't want to keep being overshadowed by it. Had I never watched the original series, I might have thought that was brilliant. (Well, actually, had I never watched the original series I would probably just have been really confused. STILL. BECOME A SERIES IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, ASHES TO ASHES. WE DO NOT NEED LIFE ON MARS II: ONCE MORE, WITH HETEROSEXUALITY.)
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