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rionaleonhart) wrote2023-01-08 04:59 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2023-01-08 04:59 pm
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I tried out the first episode of Person of Interest years ago, but, for whatever reason, I never watched any more of it. I remembered finding it interesting, though, so I'm giving it another shot. I'm five episodes in!
To be honest, my main recollection of the first episode was 'macho and ridiculous, but entertaining', and that impression stands on a second watch. I like macho action protagonists if I can easily picture them crying nude on the bathroom floor, a test that John McClane of Die Hard absolutely smashes out of the park, and I'm pretty sure John Reese also passes.
Reese seems fucked up and I am, predictably, into that. I loved him waking up cuffed to a bedframe, hearing screams in the next room and fighting wildly to free himself, nothing but animal instinct. I liked him going 'someone probably murdered these people and covered it up like this' and Finch going 'how do you know that?' and Reese going 'that's how I would have done it'. I hope he has multiple horrible breakdowns; it seems like he has good potential for it.
The other recurring characters have yet to really catch my attention, but there's time! In the meantime, this series does a surprisingly good case of the week, so I'm engaged enough to keep watching. I tend to think of the cases themselves as the least interesting aspect of case-of-the-week shows, but I keep getting genuinely invested in the Person of Interest ones, perhaps because it's a show about preventing murders rather than solving them.
At first glance, 'it's basically a detective show but the murders haven't happened yet' sounds less tense than a show with actual murders, but of course the stakes are actually much higher. If Patrick Jane messes up a case, a murderer just doesn't go to prison; if John Reese messes up a case, someone gets killed. It also feels like there's more scope to mess up cases in Person of Interest; in a standard detective show, of course the murders are always going to be solved, because otherwise there's no narrative payoff. I'll be interested to see whether any cases do get fumbled.
On another note, I finally played Journey! I've been putting it off for years because I was so intimidated by the concept of being able to meet other players; I don't like online multiplayer because I worry about humiliating myself in front of strangers.
In the end, I went through a whole character development arc while playing this two-hour game. I started out avoiding other players so I could focus on my journey alone, then got attached to someone I met while slowly freezing on the mountain, and the game ended with me and my friend singing to each other as we walked into the light together. I've heard people talk about Journey's multiplayer being a moving experience, and I wasn't sure whether it would be the same for me, but there really is something striking about the way it lets you form a brief, wordless connection with a stranger.
To be honest, my main recollection of the first episode was 'macho and ridiculous, but entertaining', and that impression stands on a second watch. I like macho action protagonists if I can easily picture them crying nude on the bathroom floor, a test that John McClane of Die Hard absolutely smashes out of the park, and I'm pretty sure John Reese also passes.
Reese seems fucked up and I am, predictably, into that. I loved him waking up cuffed to a bedframe, hearing screams in the next room and fighting wildly to free himself, nothing but animal instinct. I liked him going 'someone probably murdered these people and covered it up like this' and Finch going 'how do you know that?' and Reese going 'that's how I would have done it'. I hope he has multiple horrible breakdowns; it seems like he has good potential for it.
The other recurring characters have yet to really catch my attention, but there's time! In the meantime, this series does a surprisingly good case of the week, so I'm engaged enough to keep watching. I tend to think of the cases themselves as the least interesting aspect of case-of-the-week shows, but I keep getting genuinely invested in the Person of Interest ones, perhaps because it's a show about preventing murders rather than solving them.
At first glance, 'it's basically a detective show but the murders haven't happened yet' sounds less tense than a show with actual murders, but of course the stakes are actually much higher. If Patrick Jane messes up a case, a murderer just doesn't go to prison; if John Reese messes up a case, someone gets killed. It also feels like there's more scope to mess up cases in Person of Interest; in a standard detective show, of course the murders are always going to be solved, because otherwise there's no narrative payoff. I'll be interested to see whether any cases do get fumbled.
On another note, I finally played Journey! I've been putting it off for years because I was so intimidated by the concept of being able to meet other players; I don't like online multiplayer because I worry about humiliating myself in front of strangers.
In the end, I went through a whole character development arc while playing this two-hour game. I started out avoiding other players so I could focus on my journey alone, then got attached to someone I met while slowly freezing on the mountain, and the game ended with me and my friend singing to each other as we walked into the light together. I've heard people talk about Journey's multiplayer being a moving experience, and I wasn't sure whether it would be the same for me, but there really is something striking about the way it lets you form a brief, wordless connection with a stranger.
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Yeah, that would make for a lot more engagement with the victim and the perpetrator, as they'd be intensely invested in interacting with at least one of them.
Oh, I like that! Like stopping contract killers and whatnot who can be arrested for attempted murder, sure. But stopping an angry distraught person from making an unwise decision really fascinates me.